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THE INDIANS OP CAPE FLATTERY. 



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see an Indian who has been well dressed, even to stockmgs and shoes or boots, 

 perhaps for several days while with white people, or who may have been at work 



all day, come out of his lodge at night, or as 

 soon as he leaves work, with nothing on but a 

 blanket. This change from warm clothing to 

 nearly none at all causes colds and coughs to be 

 prevalent among them. During rainy weather 

 they wear, in addition to the blanket, a conical 

 hat woven from spruce roots, so compact as to 

 exclude water, and a bear skin thrown over the 

 shoulders. They are not particular in the 

 arrangement of their dress, even when they have 

 clothes to put on, and may occasionally be seen 

 parading with a cap on the head, boots on the 

 feet, and the body only covered with a blanket. 



Makali Indian with bis wet-weatlier fi&Iiing 

 dress, blanket, beai bkin, and hat. 



Head dress and pendant of dentalium. 



Before blankets of wool were procured from the whites, their dress was composed 

 of robes made of skins or blankets woven from dogs' hair or from the prepared 

 bark of the pine which is found on Vancouver Island. Very comfortable blankets 

 were also made from the down of birds woven on strings to form the warp. These 

 garments are still occasionally worn, and a description of their manufacture may be 

 found under the proper head. 



The dress of the women usually consists of a shirt or long chemise reaching from 

 the neck to the feet ; some have in addition, a skirt of calico like a petticoat tied 

 around the waist, or petticoats made of blankets or coarse baize. Formerly their 

 entire dress was merely a blanket and a cincture of fringed bark, reaching from the 

 waist to the knees. This is called wad-dish, a name they apply to their petticoats 

 of an kinds. Some of the women, particularly the younger ones, have of late years 

 dressed themselves in calico gowns, which are always of an antique pattern and open 

 in front instead of the back. Occasionally a squaw who has been to Victoria and 

 seen the fashions of white women will array herself in hoops, but these articles, so 



