JOURNAL 
§4® 
Before I bid adieu to Ankara, I must note some general 
patters relating to heir character and manners. 
The men are large and well proportioned, complexion some- 
what fairer than Indians commonly are. Generally go naked ;r 
the dress they sometimes put on, seems more for ornament than 
any advantage it is to theip; this consists of a sort of cassoc or 
shirt, made of the dressed skin of the antelope, and ornamented 
wjth porcupine quills, died a variety of colors; a pair of leggings, 
which are ornamented in the same way. A buifaloe hide dressed 
with the hair on, is then thrown over the right shoulder, the 
Quiver being hung op the other, if he be armed with a bow.*—~ 
They generally permit their hair to grow long; I have, in one 
pr two instances, seen it reach to their heels: they sometimes 
increase it by artificial means; commonly with horse hair. It is 
divided into a number of locks, matted at intervals, with a braid 
of white earth, a substance resembling putty. Sometimes it is 
rolled up in a ball, and fixed on the top of the head. They ah? 
w^ys have a quantity of feathers about them; those of the black 
eagle are most esteemed. They have,a kind of crown made of 
►feathers, such as we see represented in the usual paintings of 
Indians, vyhich is very beautiful. The swan is in most estima° 
tion for this purpose. Some ornament the neck with necklace 
made of the claws of the white bear. To their heels they some¬ 
times fasten foxes’ tails, and on their leggings suspend deers- 
hoofs, so as to make a rattling noise as they walk. On seeing a 
warrior dressed out in all this finery, walking with his wife, who 
was comparatively plain in her dress or ornaments, I could not 
but think this was following the order of nature, as in the pea¬ 
cock, the stag, apd almost all animals, the male is lavishly deco¬ 
rated, while the female is plain and unadorned. I intend this as*a 
hint to some of our petit maitres, The dress of the female con¬ 
sists of a long robe made of the dressed skins, oi the elk, the ante¬ 
lope, or the agolja, and ornamented with blue be^ds, and strips 
of ermine, or in its place, of some white skin. The robe is gird- 
* A warrior is Seldom seen without his arms, even in the village.—- 
His bow. spear, or gun, is considered part pf his dress, and to appear in 
public without them, is in some measure disgracefi/h 
