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Show £ they orossed the rivero by fording, awircning or constructing a clumsy raft. Horses constituted their wealth; thooe, dried fish, ekins or furu were uoed in barter. They were very deliberate tradero. They had their gomes and trials of otrcngth end skill. They were especially skillful in riding; a horae- hair lariat served as a bridle; only older people used saddles liko thoee of the white men. Gambling and drinking were freOAient, They had no Intoxicant © theirsolves but enjoyed the white BSU' 0 fire- water whenever available. The custom of ratifying a poaoe treaty by a grand emoko, common to many of the Ilorth Arcterioan Indiana, waa observed by theao tribea. The toola of theao Indiana before iron and steel were introduced by the whites, were of flint, bone or horn, from which kniveo and wedge- shaped hatohete were Bade, and used to fell trees. They made water- proof baskets of hide and of graea. Their weapons were the bow and arrow; spcara weee used in fishing, and olube irere the general tool and weapon of the poorer tribes. Shields poaeeeaing © special virtue from the medicine men were valuable articles |