180 NOTES TAKEN. 
_Ke-tum-e-see, was a fine-looking man, about fifty years old, 
fall six feet high, with a dark red bronze complexion. 
His wives—(these were two, and the youngest of four, 
whom he commanded) were mere children, the one about 
eighteen and the other not sixteen years old. 
Both were pleasing in their appearance, but entirely dif- 
ferent; the youngest being chubby and dark, the eldest lean 
and as fairasa quadroon, Whether it was by accident or 
from choice that the chief had made his selection, I know not, 
perhaps, a spice of both, though he gave us to understand he 
was quite an epiewre in such matters, 
An odd mixture of wealth and poverty, marked this trio. 
Ke-tum-e-see was dressed in corduroy leggins and buckskin 
moccasins, much worn, an old, torn, greasy, checkered 
cotton coat, and a sixpenny straw hat, whilst his bridle was 
ornamented with perhaps fifty dollars worth of silver. 
His wives were attired in dark calico shirts, with leggings 
and moccasins in one piece, like a boot; their clothes thin, 
dirty and common, and heads bare ; the hair short, thick and 
uncombed, whilst their bridles were similarly ornamented as 
the chief's ; and the youngest, who appeared to be the favorite, 
wore in addition, a girdle studded with silver brooches, very 
heavy, showy and costly, The wives rode astride, driving the 
pack horses, who bore their scanty stock of cooking utensils, 
blankets, skins, &c., and as soon as they arrived, set diligently 
to work to unsaddle, unbridle and lariat the horses, and make 
from bushes and blankets a temporary shelter for their lord. 
