462 REPORT unitp:d states geological survey. 



The dififerent articles have been j^laced under different heads for the 

 sake of convenience, a complete history being superfluous and unneces- 

 sary ; such notes only being treated in detail as were considered of more 

 importance and more frequently passed over by others who have visited 

 the regions under consideration. 



The following remarks have been classified and arranged under the 

 following titles : 



1 . Dress, pastimes, &c. 



2. Food. 



3. Fire. 



4. Utensils and weapons. 



5. Medicine and incantations. 



6. Disposition of the dead. 



7. Stone circles and signals. 



8. Pottery and pictographs. 



9. Ruins. 



1. Dress, pastimes, &c. 



The clothing of the tribes need not be described in detail, as this has 

 been frequently and ably done. The Apaches in Central Arizona, the 

 Hualpais and the Seviches, prepare deer-skins by smoking with rotten 

 cedar or juniper wood, after having been subjected to the usual mode of 

 cleansing and preparation. The skins are generally of a yellowish-red 

 to a reddish-brown color. The women are usually better clothed than 

 the men, owing to a latent sense of modesty which has not and will 

 perhaps never be thoroughly eradicated. The Mojave women use a very 

 neat style of petticoat, made of strips of the inner bark of the cotton- 

 wood, tied about the waist and falling down to the knees or a short 

 distance below, with a protrusion behind in the form of the modern 

 bustle, upon which the children frequently sit astride when too young 

 to run unassisted. The Apach^ women carry their infants tied upon 

 frames covered with thongs, similar to the Dakotas. The male popula- 

 tion of nearly all tribes are known to devote a considerable time to 

 games of chance and other pastimes. 



The Mojaves are very fond of a simple game played by three or four, 

 in which five small heaps of sand are formed, when the player hides a 

 stick in one of the piles, singing during the time as an accompaniment. 

 The rest of the players then guess at the pile containing the stick, stak- 

 ing various trinkets, money, or other articles upon the result. The 

 Coyotero Apaches manufacture very nice cards, about the size of an 

 ordinary playing-card, from tanned horse-hide, upon which they draw 

 various figures, lines, or characters in various colors, resembling to 

 some extent the ruder styles of Mexican monte cards. 



Lieutenant Whipple* in speaking of the Mojaves says, "Some of the 

 young men selected a level spot, forty paces in length, for a play-ground, 

 and amused themselves in their favorite sport with hoop and poles. 

 The hoop is six inches in diameter, made of an elastic cord. The poles 

 are straight and about fifteen feet in length. EoUing the hoop from one 

 end of the course, two persons chase it half way, and at the same in- 

 stant throw their poles. He who succeeds in piercing the hoop wins 

 the game." 



The Coyotero Apaches play this game in nearly the same manner. 

 A perfectly level piece of ground is selected, which is afterward retained 



* Pac. R. R. Rep., vol. iii, 1856, p. 114. 



