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infant is born, two boards are prepared, by draw- 

 ing a dressed skin over them. One board is 

 longer than the other, and the longest is placed on 

 the back part of the head, extending from the 

 neck about eight inches above the head ; the 

 shortest board is placed against the forehead, 

 from the eyebrows, and meets the upper end of 

 the other board. It is then laced together at the 

 sides, and the head of the child is thus confined 

 between these boards, until the child has grown 

 to a considerable bigness. After the head is be- 

 come sufficiently flattened, it is taken out of this 

 compress. One of the prisoners had her infant 

 child with its head in the frame. I also saw some 

 of the prisoners which were two or three years 

 old, who, I was informed, had the frame on when 

 they were taken. This compression forms the 

 head into the shape of a wedge, swelling it out 

 over the ears, and gives the head a very singular 

 shape. These people are of a middle stature, 

 well formed, and of a pleasant countenance. Their 

 skin of an olive colour, hair lank and coarse, and 

 ther features regular and handsome. The men 

 had a bone passed through the gristle of the nose, 

 which separates the nostril, that extended the 

 width of the face. All the hair on their heads 

 was pulled out, except a lock on the crown, which 

 was left to grow its full length. This tuft of hair 

 Was divided into two parts, tied up in a short cue> 

 and fell over each ear. Their dress consisted of 

 nothing more than leggins and moccasons, ex- 

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