3o6 
A VOYAGE TO 
T778. Thus far of their ordinary drefs and ornaments; but they 
y L _. have fome that feem to be ufed only on extraordinary occa- 
lions; either when they exhibit themfelves as ftrangers, in 
vifits of ceremony, or when they go to war. Amongft the 
firfi: may be confidered the fkins of animals, fuch as wolves 
or bears, tied on in the ufual manner, but ornamented at 
the edges with broad borders of fur, or of the woollen fluff 
manufactured by them, ingenioully wrought with various 
figures. Thefe are worn either feparately, or over their 
other common garments. On fuch occafions, the molt com¬ 
mon head-drefs is a quantity of withe, or half beaten bark, 
wrapped about the head; which, at the fame time, has va¬ 
rious large feathers, particularly thofe of eagles, ftuck in it, 
or is entirely covered, or, we may fay, powdered with fmall 
white feathers. The face, at the fame time, is varioufly 
painted, having its upper and lower parts of different co¬ 
lours, the ftrokes appearing like frefli gafhes; or it is be- 
fmeared with a kind of tallow, mixed with paint, which is 
afterward formed into a great variety of regular figures, and 
appears like carved work. Sometimes, again, the hair is 
feparated into fmall parcels, which are tied at intervals of 
about two inches, to the end, with thread; and others tie 
it together, behind, after our manner, and flick branches of 
the cuprejjus thyoides in it. Thus dreffed, they have a truly 
favage and incongruous appearance; but this is much 
heightened when they afiume, what may be called, their 
monftrous decorations. Thefe confift of an endlefs variety 
of carved w'ooden mafk or vizors, applied on the face, or 
to the upper part of the head or forehead. Some of thefe 
refemble human faces, furnifhed with hair, beards, and 
eye-brows ; others, the heads of birds, particularly of eagles 
and quebrantahueflbs; and many, the heads of land and 
fea~ 
