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painted. They rode into camp bareheaded, with umbrellas 
hoisted, an incident which occasioned some merriment. 
Previous to holding the talk, they improved their toilette, 
when I perceived what gave Oti his more than usually dia- 
bolical appearance, which I could not account for before on 
account of the load of paint with which his face was covered. 
’ Producing a small looking glass and a pair of rude tweezers, 
which he used with great dexterity, he proceeded to pull out 
every hair he could find upon his face. His hair on his head 
was. cropped close, except the crown tuft, from which de- 
pended his buffalo hair plait, and commencing at the roots of 
the hair on his forehead, he pulled out eyebrows, eyelashes, 
beard, &e., and then smearing the whole with yellow clay, 
streaked his eyelids with vermillion, spotted his cheeks with 
the same, and finished by daubing his chin with black, making 
a most hideous.specimen out of himself in a very short time. 
The other was not so particular, iat with his matted hair, 
hooked nose, and wide mouth, was ugly enough without any 
effort to increase it. 
They held their talk, and told us that we must not believe 
Ke-tum-o-see, that he was a liar and a scoundrel, and that 
they would go off and bring in Se-na-co, who alone was 
authorized to speak for the tribe; they said the tribe was 
friendly, and would accede to the proposed settlement. 
Rations were then served to them, and they passed the night - 
under the trees in the valley, intending to leave early in the 
morning. 
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