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with coarse woolen cloth and lined with print. The sides are 

 ornamented with beads upon a background of dark red ribbon. 

 There are several black bead stars on the top to which is 

 attached, by a string 2 inches long, the figure of an animal cut 

 from heavy tin. Loosely tied around the outside is a piece of 

 cheesecloth intended to be drawn over the eyes to prevent snow- 

 blindness in spring. The wearer had used the crown for a 

 needle case. When at the Narrows of the Saskatchewan I 

 obtained a boy's cap, No. 9,608, made of the skins from the 

 necks of five loons (Urinator imber) . It is lined with a piece of 

 white cotton cloth. Its owner was greatly pleased at receiving 

 a common cloth cap for it from the store. 



Leggins. These are worn at all seasons by the metis and 

 Indian women and by the men in winter. The collection 

 contains a pair of women's leggins, No. 10,897, from McPher- 

 son. Like nearly all others of that country, they are of blue 

 strouding and are ornamented by a double row of white beads 

 at the bottom and a zigzag pattern in blue beads above it. 

 There is a quarter inch hem of black cloth around the bottom 

 and extending half way up the outer side. They are 14 inches 

 long and 8 inches broad to the seam, which is 2 inches from the 

 margin. There is also a pair of men's short leggins, No. 9,609, 

 from Isle a la Crosse. The beaded portion on the outside of the 

 leg extends nearly the whole length of the leggin. It is of black 

 broadcloth, nearly covered with beads in flower patterns, and 

 surrounded by a quarter inch hem of pale blue ribbon. There 

 are four tufts of narrow colored ribbons at the sides. The 

 piece is 14 inches long and 5 wide. The leggin is of navy blue 

 flannel, with a drawing-string of print at the top; it is 14 inches 

 long and 8.25 wide. A pair of garters, 17 inches long and 2.5 

 wide, was worn with these leggins. They are also braided and 

 have a rosette and lines and tassels at the ends of variegated 

 worsted. The typical men's leggins reach above the knee and 

 are fastened by leather thongs to the belt. They are some- 

 times made of white strouds with a scarlet stripe along the 

 outer seam, but usually they are blue with the gray selvage at 

 the top, and have a narrow braided piece along the outer seam 

 below the knee. A pair of these pieces of beadwork, No. 

 10,898, from Good Hope, are of black velvet nearly covered 

 with beads. They are 12 inches long and 3.25 wide. 



