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Show CIIAP1.,EU VI. An ~ccount ol lht ClatSOTIS, Kil\arnu ·ks, Clainnoo'ks uml Cathlluunh~-thcit• uni form custom of flnttcning th<' fon head-the drcs~ of these savngcs, And their Ql'lll\1\ICIIlS, I I CSC·1l 'll1e \-tl l c l't<'"-'''",e, <l \>rostitution of the women, na zHTie<l an . d ,. I . I ltttl'a~J'0\1~ ,·n"l'I!ICe is ··ivcn-thc cltnmctcr or thcit· dis UI)OIHITIC 1 0 W IIC I tl ' " ~ ' ' o cnscs-l1t c common 11 1,·11 1 't()tl , tla,o, t tlw u·c•· llmcnl of women is the stnmlard h•v 1 · 1 1 · t f 11 \tlllinn may he known, combattl·d, nnd dispt'OI'C<I b1 W Ill' I tIC VII' II'S 0 II • I tl P ·ct "nlct·tninc•l by tlwsc ln<linns fm· old a~c, coutp:ll'cd \\ ith C~l\111\) cs- H' l'CS l ... ' • . . the ditfl·rent comlucl of thost: nations "ho sub!list by the chnsc-the11· '!wrlc ot .,.0vca·n~twnt-t hcit· i~nm·ancl' of :.nlent sptrits, Hnd thcia· limdncss for gntu· ~ling-tln·ir· dcxtt•rit) in trnllic-in what m·ticlcs thcit· trnllir. consists-tlrciJ <':..tl'aonlin:u·y 11 tw~:hrrtt•nt to hluc b~aus, which form!! thcit· cinmlalin:~ me· \lium. Tuesday. 21. 'rwo of t.hc huntct·s came back with three elk. which l'o•·m at imely actdition to our sto<:k of1wovisions. The Indian visitcr!:l left u:; at twdve o·ctoek. 'J'lw Killmnucks, Clai~:WJtS, Chinnook , and Cathlamahs, tho fom· neighbom·ing nations with whom we h~n· e had most intt·1· •ourse, prrs<wve a gcnc•·al resemulancc in pcr·sou. dress, and ma.nu<·t·s. They al'e COlllllJOilly or a diminutive stature, badly shaped, and tlwit· HJlpccu·ance by no means l,r ... possessin~. They have bL·oad thick nat feet, thick ankles, anll ca·ooli.rd legs: the last of which defm·mitics is to be asea·ibed, ill pat·t, to the uniHwsal practice of S(JUatling, 01' itlill!; on the calves of thci•· leg!:! au(\ heels, and al:o to the tight JJamlagcs of heads and sta·iug~ WOl'lll'OUJlCl (he ankles, by the WOHH'll, which }ti'CVl'llt the Cii'Culatinn of the blood, and I'CildtW tlu~ le~s, ol' the females, pa1·tieul:u·ly, ill shal1cd and swolh.m. Tho complexion is the usual eoppcl' ('olourctl bt·own of tho Ol'f h A mca·ican ta·i.hcs, thou~ Ia the cornplt'xioo is rathca· lighttr than 1 hat of Uw Indians of !111~ l'f issouri, and the frontit\' of the United .'tatcs: the mouth is wide nru1 J.~cwis mul Clarl~c's };~'Prdition, &c. 181 the liJlS thiC'.k; the nosl" of a moth ... t·afc si7.~, fleshy, wif1 at tla(' cxtr·<'miti<·s, with large nostr·ils, and grnct•ally )ow betwrt~ n the eyes, though thct·c aJ'. l'<ll'(' instance . or high acquclinc uoscs; t.hc eyes arC' ~<·nr•·ally black, though we occ~asiunaJJy sec them of a dar·k )<~llowtsh lwown, with a hlack pupil. Hut the most di~tingui s hin~ par1 of' thcia· physiog· nomy. is tlw pr<:uli:u· flatness ami width ol' their fcwcht ad, a pr<·tlliarity which they owe to 0110 of thl"sc cu~t.oms by wJaieh uattll'(.' is saet•ificed to r:llltastic iclt•as of he~\uty. 'rhc Cll!oltOlll, in<ft"('d, of flaft('Jlillg tht• hratl hy at•t ifi<"ial ()l'('S 111'C dul'iut;infancy. pt·t·vails anwn;:;all the nations we~ hav~ !H'CU west of the I'Ot•ky mo11ntains. 'l~o the east of that bm•t·icl', the fashion is so [H't·l(•d ly unl,uown, that there the western ludians, with Ow rxc•(·pt ion ol' tlw A lliatan o1· Sua I e nation, m·c dosi~;na.tc<l by tlu· eommo11 mtme of Flatheads. Tho sin Mula!' usage, which nat m·c <'.o11lcl scaa·eely ~c•·m tn su~;gcst to remote n:\tions, might pedtaps iuelino us to lu liclC in tJu~ common and not vra·y ancient OJ'igila ol' all tho wcst<wn natians. Such an opinion might well act·o•umotlafe itself wHh the f'act, that while on the low•~•· pat·f s ot' the Co] umbia, hoth ex •s ~u·e univet·sally llathcacl:, 1hc enstoni <li ~ mini hrs in t'CC(•tling castw:ud, l't·om tl~t· common et•nt•·e of tlw iuf'cction, tiJl amonb 0H' l'cmoter· t.J·ilH•s nt••u· the H\Ullllbins, natut'e t·ecnvea·s hct·t·i~hts, an<l the was t('<l f'olly is eon !inl'd to a. few f'cmall's. ~:hu•h opiuions. however. an~ t!OI'rcctNl or wcak('llctl 1, c·ousid<·r·inp; tho.tt the fla(h'nin,_;or the head i · not, iu l'ad. p('t•uli•u· to 1uat pat·( of Hw colltitlf'lli, 'iin ·cit \,as a.mont; the fit·st ol~jeds whic·h ·tt·nck the a.ttculion of Columhu~1. 1l11t WhCI'lW('\' tl IIIHJ }taVe lH'!-;1111, tfH' ]ll':tdi<·C~ is IIOW uuivel'sal a.mouh' tlac st• nations. Soon aftt.·s· Ow hil'th ofiJca· t:hild, the nwUH.·r·, auxiouH to pt'(WIII't' f'ot· her infant tltr J'Ccommerulatiou of a, broad f'OtThC?&ttf, pJaclt'S it in flw COirl· prcssin!; madtitH' , wltt•t·r it is kt·pt. fot· 1<'11 o1· tweh'(\ mnutlts; l.hOII!;h the l'('tl1:lll'S t'(.'Jilain )Oll[.!;e l' (lt:tll fhe hoys. 'J'he npt:ration i!i so ~~·1u1ual, that it i~ not attcnt1<•( with pain; lwt tftc jmpres~ion i · tlc('ll and pet•m:HH' tt. The head · ofihn <·hil- |