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  TRIBES 
  OF 
  SIERRA 
  NEVADA 
  — 
  PARK 
  879 
  

  

  above 
  and 
  below 
  San 
  Miguel 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  house 
  sites 
  and 
  patches 
  

   of 
  coca 
  vines. 
  Both 
  the 
  lea 
  and 
  the 
  Cdgaba 
  terrace 
  with 
  undressed 
  

   stones 
  to 
  provide 
  level 
  ground 
  for 
  the 
  coca 
  cultivation. 
  Other 
  fields 
  

   and 
  gardens 
  are 
  not 
  terraced. 
  

  

  The 
  abandoned 
  terraces 
  do 
  not 
  necessarily 
  indicate 
  a 
  greater 
  popu- 
  

   lation 
  in 
  the 
  past. 
  Family 
  dwellings 
  are 
  frequently 
  moved 
  because 
  of 
  

   soil 
  exhaustion. 
  Village 
  sites 
  are 
  also 
  changed 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time, 
  as 
  

   is 
  witnessed 
  by 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  San 
  Antonio, 
  between 
  Pueblo 
  Viejo 
  

   and 
  San 
  Francisco, 
  at 
  the 
  turn 
  of 
  the 
  century 
  because 
  of 
  conflict 
  with 
  

   non-Indians 
  and 
  the 
  shifting 
  in 
  1936 
  of 
  San 
  Jose 
  a 
  scant 
  quarter 
  of 
  a 
  

   mile 
  at 
  the 
  command 
  of 
  the 
  priest, 
  who 
  regarded 
  the 
  move 
  as 
  a 
  means 
  

   of 
  putting 
  an 
  end 
  to 
  an 
  unidentified 
  epidemic. 
  

  

  DRESS 
  AND 
  ORNAMENTS 
  

  

  The 
  clothing 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  mountains 
  is 
  of 
  cotton, 
  consisting 
  

   for 
  the 
  men 
  of 
  a 
  long-sleeved 
  gown 
  or 
  dresslike 
  garment 
  falling 
  from 
  

   the 
  shoulders 
  to 
  the 
  knees 
  and 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  tight-fitting 
  trousers 
  (pis. 
  181, 
  

   182, 
  183, 
  184). 
  It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  latter 
  were 
  introduced 
  by 
  the 
  

   Spaniards 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  long 
  upper 
  garment 
  more 
  nearly 
  resembles 
  the 
  

   pre-Columbian 
  clothing. 
  Men 
  wear 
  over 
  the 
  shoulders 
  one 
  or 
  more 
  

   cotton 
  bags, 
  or 
  mochilas, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  lime 
  gourd 
  (poporo), 
  coca 
  

   leaves, 
  and 
  other 
  personal 
  possessions 
  are 
  carried. 
  A 
  hat, 
  sometimes 
  

   a 
  woven 
  headband, 
  is 
  worn 
  by 
  the 
  men. 
  The 
  Cdgaba 
  hats, 
  small 
  and 
  

   running 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  on 
  top, 
  are 
  always 
  made 
  of 
  cotton. 
  The 
  larger 
  

   flat-topped 
  lea 
  hats 
  are 
  made 
  either 
  of 
  cotton 
  or 
  of 
  agave 
  fiber. 
  The 
  

   Cdgaba 
  hat 
  may 
  be 
  decorated 
  with 
  a 
  solid 
  purple 
  stripe; 
  the 
  lea 
  hat 
  

   sometimes 
  has 
  a 
  narrow 
  brown 
  line. 
  

  

  Women 
  wear 
  a 
  single-piece 
  dress 
  fastened 
  over 
  one 
  shoulder 
  with 
  

   the 
  other 
  shoulder 
  bare. 
  The 
  dress 
  is 
  gathered 
  at 
  the 
  waist 
  with 
  a 
  

   wide 
  cotton 
  belt. 
  Women 
  do 
  not 
  wear 
  hats. 
  

  

  Women 
  usually 
  carry 
  mochilas 
  only 
  when 
  transporting 
  burdens; 
  

   then, 
  only 
  the 
  mochila 
  made 
  from 
  agave 
  fiber 
  is 
  used. 
  

  

  Neither 
  men 
  nor 
  women 
  among 
  the 
  Cdgaba 
  wear 
  foot 
  covering. 
  lea 
  

   are 
  sometimes 
  seen 
  with 
  cowhide 
  sandals. 
  

  

  Painting 
  of 
  the 
  face 
  and 
  body, 
  scarification, 
  and 
  tattooing 
  have 
  not 
  

   been 
  reported 
  from 
  the 
  tribes 
  of 
  the 
  Sierra 
  Nevada. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  

   earlier 
  sources 
  mention 
  the 
  Chimila 
  and 
  other 
  lowland 
  tribes 
  covering 
  

   the 
  body 
  with 
  clay 
  as 
  a 
  protection 
  against 
  insects 
  and 
  painting 
  faces 
  

   and 
  bodies 
  before 
  going 
  into 
  battle. 
  

  

  The 
  men 
  of 
  the 
  mountain 
  tribes 
  wear 
  bright-colored 
  cotton 
  mochi- 
  

   las 
  on 
  festival 
  occasions. 
  The 
  number 
  a 
  man 
  wears 
  is 
  an 
  indication 
  

   of 
  his 
  wealth 
  and 
  the 
  industry 
  of 
  his 
  wives. 
  

  

  All 
  individuals 
  from 
  birth 
  onward 
  wear 
  several 
  strands 
  of 
  cotton 
  

   around 
  each 
  wrist; 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  small 
  beads 
  are 
  threaded 
  on 
  each 
  

  

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