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ACCOUNT OF THE INDIANS. 



On these boards, which are about an inch thick, 

 they paint images to represent the sun, moon, 

 stars and different kinds of animals. Within these 

 buildings, the remains of the dead are contained 

 in boxes, of different dimensions, which in some in- 

 stances, stand on the top of one upright post, and 

 in other cases, are supported by four. The paints 

 which they use, in describing the figures on these 

 buildings, consist of black and red stones, which 

 they grind fine, and of a yellow and a red earth. 

 These substances, they mix with glue, which they 

 obtain by boiling the feet of the buffaloe, or from 

 the inside of sturgeon, where these fish are in 

 plenty. They put on their paints with a brush, 

 made of the hair which they take from the leg 

 of the moose. 



Among the Carriers, there are some conjurors, 

 who whenever they please, will vomit blood, or 

 swallow a small toad, alive. By doing the latter, 

 however, they are made sick, for three or four 

 days ; and yet they are ever ready to do it, for a 

 mere trifling recompense. 



Among the Indians who inhabit New Caledo- 

 nia, the Sicaunies deserve to be mentioned. They 

 are a small part of a tribe who, but a few years 

 since, came from the east side of the Rocky Moun- 

 tain. They now bring the produce of their hunts 

 to M c Lecd's Lake. The winter months, however, 



