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ACCOUNT OF THE INDIANS. 



them from another tribe, that is said to take them 

 on the sea shore, where they are reported to be 

 found in plenty. 



All the Indians in this part of the country, are 

 remarkably fond of these beads ; and in their 

 dealings with each other, they constitute a kind of 

 circulating medium, like the money of civilized 

 countries. Twenty of these beads, they consider 

 as equal in value to a beaver's skin. The elderly 

 people neglect to ornament their heads, in the 

 same manner as they do the rest of their persons, 

 and generally wear their hair short. But the 

 younger people of both sexes, who feel more so- 

 licitous to make themselves agreeable to each oth- 

 er, wash and paint their faces, and let their hair 

 grow long. The paint which they make use of, 

 consists of vermilion, which they occasionally ob- 

 tain from us ; or more commonly, of a red stone, 

 pounded fine, of which there are two kinds. The 

 powder of one kind of these stones, mixed with 

 grease, and rubbed upon their faces, gives them 

 a glittering appearance. 



The young women and girls wear a parcel of 

 ^European beads, strung together, and tied to a 

 lock of hair, directly behind each ear. The men 

 have a sort of collar of the shell beads already 

 mentioned, which they wind about their heads, or 

 throw around their necks. In the summer season^ 



