OF THE INDIANS. 235 
The dress of the women differs but very 
little from that of the men. They wear moc¬ 
casins, leggings, and loose short shirts, and like 
them they throw over their shoulders, occa¬ 
sionally, a blanket or piece of broad cloth, but 
most generally the latter; they do not tie it 
round their waist, however, but suffer it to 
hang down so as to hide their legs; instead 
also of the breech cloth, they wear a piece of 
cloth folded closely round their middle, which 
reaches from the waist to the knees. Dark 
blue or green cloths in general are preferred to 
those of any other colour; a few of the men 
are fond of wearing scarlet. 
The women in warm weather appear in the 
villages without any other covering above their 
waists than these shirts, or shifts if you please 
so to call them, though they differ, in no re¬ 
spect from the shirts of the men; they usually, 
howeves fasten them with a broach round the 
neck. In full dress they also appear in these 
flirts, but then they are covered entirely 
over with silver broaches, about the size of 
a sixpenny piece. In full dress they likewise 
fasten pieces of ribands of various colours to 
their hair behind, which are suffered to hang 
down to their very heels. I have seen a young 
squaw, that has been a favourite with the 
men, come forth at a dance with upwards 
of five guineas worth of ribands streaming 
from her hair. 
