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Show ~so Lewis anc.l Clarke's EXJJedition elk, t~wugh the last is more rarely used than any other for th1s purpose •. It fits the body loosdy. and 1·eachcs half way down the tlugh. 'I'he aJ>et·1 ut·e at the top is wide enough to admit the head, and has no collar, but is eithel' left square, or most frequently ter·minates in the tail of the anim~l, which is left entire, so as to fold outwat·ds, 1hougb s~metun.es the edges at•e cut into a f1·ingc, and ornamented Wlth qullls of the porcupine. 'l11te seams of the shirt are on ~he sid.es. and a1·e richly ft·ingcd and adorned with porcupme qmlls, till within five or six inches · of the sleeve where it is left open, as is also the undc1• side of the slecv; from the shoulder to the elbow, where it fits closely round the arm as low as the wrist, aud bas no fringe like the sides, and the undct• pa1·t of the sleeve above the elbow. It is kept up by wide shouldcl' straps, on which the manufact~ rer· displa~s his t~ste by the variety of figures wrought With porcupmc quills of difftwf-'nt colours, and sometimes by beads when they can be obtajncd. The lower end of the shirt r~tains. the natural shape of the fore legs and neck of ~he skm, With the addition of a slight fringe; the hair too lS left on the tail and ncar the hoofs, part of which last is retained and split into a fringe. T~e leggings are generally made of antelope skins, drcs~ ed Without the bair, and with the legs, tail and neck Imugmg to them. Each legging is formed of a skin ne~nly cnti~ e, and reaches from the ancle to the upper part of the thigh, and the legs of the skin are tucked before and behind under a gii·dlc round the waist. It fits closely to the leg the t .a1' I b c~· ng worn upwards, and the neck higbly ornament-, ed With ft·mge and porcullinc quills, drags on the ground behind the heels. As the legs of the animal ai·e tied round the girdle, the wide part of the skin is drawn so hiooh as to conceal the parts usually kept from view in which 0 respect th. ei•r dress is mucl1 tn or•e d eeent t h an tha' t of any natw· n of lndi~ns on the Missouri. 'I'he scams of the leggings down the Sldes, are also fl'inged and ornamented, and occasionally Up the M.issom·i. ~st decorated with tufts of hai1· taken from enemies \vhom they JJ_ave slain. In making all tbcsc dresses. their only thread is the sinew tal~cn f··om the backs and loins or deer, elk. buf-faloe, or any other animal. 'I'he moccasin is oi' the deer, elk, or buffaloe skin, dres-sed without the hair, though in winter they usc the butfaloe skin with the hairy side inward, as do most of the Indians who inhabit the buffaloe country. Like the Mandan moccasin, it is maclc with a single scam on the outer edge, and sewed U}l bd1ind. a hole being left at the instep to adlnit the foot. It is variously ornamented with figures wrought with porcupine quills, a.nd somt•times the young men mo~t fond of dt·css. cover it with the skin of a polecat, and trail at their beels the tail of the animal. The dress of the women consists ol' the same articles as that of their husbands. The robe though smaller is worn iu the same way: the moccasins are precisely similar. The shirt or chemise reaches half waJ down the leg, is in the same form, except that there is no shoulder-strap, the seam coming quite u1> to the shoulder; though for women who give suck both sides arc open~ almost down to the waist. It is also ornamented in the same way with the addition of little patches of re(l cloth, edged round with beads at the skirts. The chief ornament is over the breast, where there are curious figures ma(lc with the usual luxury of porcupine quills. Like the men they have a girdle rouml the waist, and when either sex wishes to disengage the arm, it is drawn up through the hole ncar the shoulder, and the lower part of the sleeve thrown behind the body. Children alone wear beads t•ouncl their necks; grown persons of both sexes p1·cfcr them suspended in little hunches from the ear, and sometimes intermixetl with triangular pieces of the sheH of the pearl oyster. Sometimes the men tic them in the same way to the hair of the fore1lart of the lteatl, and increase the beauty of it by adding the wings and tails of bh·ds, and particularly the feathers of th~ great eagle |