320 ACCOUNT OP THE INDIANS* 



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the young females may often be determined by 

 the number of garters which he wears. 



The female dress is made of the same materi- 

 als as that of the men, but differently constructed 

 and arranged. Their shoes are without ornament ; 

 their leggins are gartered beneath the knee ; the 

 shirt or coat, which is so long as to reach the mid- 

 dle of the leg, is tied at the neck, is fringed around 

 the bottom, and fancifully painted, as high as the 

 knee. Being very loose, it is girded around the 

 waist with a stiff belt, ornamented with tassels* 

 and fastened behind. The arms are covered as 

 low as the wrists with sleeves, which are riot con- 

 nected with the body garment. These sleeves 

 are sewed up, as far as the bend of the arm, hav- 

 ing the seam the under side ; and extend to the 

 shoulders, becoming broader toward the upper end, 

 «o that the corners hang down as low as the waist. 

 They are connected together, and kept on, by a 

 cord, extending from one to the other, across the 

 shoulders. The cap, when they have one, con- 

 sists of a piece of cloth, about two 4eet square, 

 doubled, and sewed up at one end, which forms an 

 enclosure for the head ; and it is tied under the 

 chin. The bottom of it falls down the back, like 

 a cape, and in the centre, is tied to the belt. This 

 cap is fancifully garnished with ribbon, beads or 

 porcupine quills. The upper garment, is a robe 



