140 ASSINNIBOINE AND SASKATCHEWAN EXPEDITION. 



The pipes manufactured by the Plain Crees and the Black- 

 feet are formed after the same model ; those of the Sioux 

 approach more to the form almost universally adopted by 



Sioux Pipe. » 



the Ojibways ; while the beautiful and sometimes highly 

 ornamented pipes of the Chipewyans resemble more the 

 favourite models of the prairie tribes. These distinctions 

 will be seen at a glance in the accompanying drawings, 

 which are all reduced from pipes in my possession. 



Chipewyan (1 and 2), Plain Cree (3), and Blackfoot (4) Pipes. 



The elaborate and sometimes beautiful pipes of the 

 Babeen Indians, while they exhibit a much higher degree 

 of art than we should expect to find among such a savage 

 race, are by no means illustrative of their superstitions 

 or customs, and can be received as illustrations only of 

 their imitative power and ingenious workmanship. The 

 grotesque devices with which their pipes are ornamented 

 can generally be traced to objects which they have seen 

 since they became familiar with the traders belonging to 

 the Hudson's Bay Company on the north-west coast. 



The customary salutation among the Ojibways who 

 have been brought in contact with the French Canadian 



