140 INDIANS OF THE SOITHWEST. 



Navajo lived to a larj!;e extent on the ^cattle, sheep, 

 horses, mules, and burros they were^able to drive off 

 in the settlements. The Navajo alone of^^the nomadic 

 tribes, raised sheep for food and wool. 



Clothing. 



Tlu^ Jicarilla Apache wore buckskin clothing similar 

 to that of the Plains. The Mescalero and the Western 

 Apache women had dresses in two parts, the upper 

 garment had an opening for the head and two large 

 square portions which fell in front and behind to the 

 hips. A skirt reached from the waist to the knees and 

 was generously provided with fringes of buckskin. 

 Less is known of the men's clothing. It seems to have 

 been scanty, except on festive occasions, and in winter. 

 A shirt and leggings were probably worn, with a robe 

 of skins for winter. 



The Pima man wore and still wears only a scant 

 breech cloth in the summer. In winter he used to add 

 a deerskin shirt and a robe usually of rabbitskins. The 

 women wear a cotton blanket which they fold round 

 the waist or raise around the neck in cold weather. 

 The Pima are the only people of the Southwest who 

 still wear sandals. In prehistoric times, sandals of 

 rawhide or of yucca fiber, as described and figured in 

 previous pages, were worn over the entire area. The 

 Pima make them only of rawhide and wear them about 

 their homes. When away from home, moccasins of 

 buckskin are sometimes used. 



