NORTH AMERICA. 
They have large filver crefcents, or gorgets, 
which being fufpended by a ribband round the neck, 
lie upon the breaft ; and the arms are ornamented 
with filver bands, or bracelets, and filver and gold 
chains, &c. a collar invefls the neck. 
The head, neck and bread, are painted with 
vermillion, and fome of the warriors have the fkin 
of the bread, and mufcular parts of the body, very 
curioufly infcribed, or adorned, with hieroglyphick 
fcrolls, flowers, figures of animals, liars, crefcents, 
and the fun in the centre of the bread. This paint- 
ing of the fielh, I under (land, is performed in their 
youth, by pricking the fkin with a needle, until 
the blood darts, and rubbing in a blueifh drift, 
which is as permanent as their life. The fhirt hangs 
loofe about the waift, like a frock, or fplit down 
before, refembling a gown, and is fometimes wrap- 
ped clofe, and the waift encircled by a curious belt 
or fafh. 
The drefs of the females is fomewhat different 
from that of the men : their flap or petticoat is 
made after a different manner, is larger and longer, 
reaching almoft to the middle of the leg, and is put 
on differently ; they have no fliirt or fhift, but a 
little fhort waidcoat, ufually made of callico, print- 
ed linen, or fine cloth, decorated with lace, beads, 
&c. They never wear boots or ftockings, but their 
bufkins reach to the middle of the leg. They never 
, cut their hair, but plait it in wreaths, which are 
turned up, and fadened on the ^crown, with a filver 
broach, forming a wreathed top-knot, decorated 
with an incredible quantity of lilk ribbands, of 
various colours, which ftream down on every fide, 
almod to the ground. They never paint, except 
thofe of a particular ciafs, when difpofed to giant 
certain favours to the other fex. 
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