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Show Lewis ancl Clarl.:e's ExjJedilion or calumet bird, of which thc-v ·u·c ext. lat·s are formed cithet· of sea. ; I~ . t t•meJy fond. The cof. lations to the southwest 0" fstllt' s procured from t1Jch· rc. ' ' o H~ sw~et SC' t I grows in the neigllfJOurhood d I . -. en C( gl'ass whicb t h ' an 't uch th<'y t' · • oget er, to the thit•kne f VIS'- or plait . I , .ss o a man·s fiJPlOca· I I Wit 1 porcupine quilJ. f . ~ • am t u•n cover . so various colout·s 1.,1 fi IS worn indiscrimin-tteJy b I }· • lC ll'St of these II ' · Y >Ot 1 sexes the , d . . pa y ('Onfirwd fo the . ' se<on prmm- 1 · men. while a strinO' f 11 • co lar almost p<'culiaJ> to th :") o e ( s tuslis is a 11 c women and child . co at· worn b\. th. . . 1 en. Another • . " c men ts a strmoo of . d . JOJnts of a Ji~h's lmck b t J o I oun bones hkc the ' u t JC coll·u· most _c most honountulc. i~ one r tl I L pre et·cd, hccausc kill , o lc c aws of the b b one or these animal . .1' • • rown ear. To sIS as uiSllll<lOUJsJ ed 1 . ai to have Jmt to dca•Jl . b . • an ac ncvement • l .tn enemy and · f: . pons is a mOt·e •lan~>·erous tdal l'. Ul act With thcii·wca- 1 0 0 courage rrl l suspcm ed on a tJwnoo f d. · tesc c aws Hl'C b o t csscd leather d '· . mentcd with b<'ads at·e , an a.~ctng orna- . l ' worn rouud then . ·J· fJ J Wit 1 gr·cat. pride. TJ . t:c \. y l lc waniors f • lC men also h·cque tl a ox, or a strill of ott • k' n y wear the skin of a 1u. andcau. ei s In round the l lead . Jn the form or In short, the dress of th and decent as that of an I ;. Shosbonees is as convenient 1,he 1 y n tans we have S('Cn. y lave man.y more c1 u ' ld t•cn tha . I l expected. considcriuoo tl . • . n Jmg Jl mvc hcen l b leu pr·ccarw an< then• wandrrinu· }'~' . . us means of support b ] b 11e. TJus 1nr · . a anced by tht.· wond ·f I~ . . onvcnrencc IS however d ct u tamhty witl I . h un ergo the opc•·ation 1. 1 . 1 w uc thrir females t . ' s o c uld-uirth I •1 s ate of pregnancy tl . · n '- 1c most advanced 1 . Icy eontmuc tb .· J W uch arc scarcely · l cir usua occupations ' Ill Cl'l'UJHed fo ' bringing the child i t 1 nger than the mere time of r 1 n ° t le wol'ld. I he old men at·c few . trc ated w·i th much tc I ' m number' and d o not appear to be rf') IH {.rness 01' J'eS)JCCt. le tobacco used b tl ' among them, but b''. y le Shoshonees is not cultivated o tallled fl·om tl 1 d. mountains, and fl'om . le 11 Jans of' the Roeky h li 'v some of the ba I f . 0 ve south or tlt . . J1( s 0 their 0'\'11 nation em: Jt Is the 1 among the ~:linnctc'l' same p ant which is in use • ees, Maudans, and Uicaras. . Up the .M.issom·7. 4$3 Their cl1ief inter·coursc with other nations seems to con~ sist in their association with otl1er Snake Indians, aml with the Flatheads when th~y go eastward to hunt buffa.loc, and in the occasional visits made by the Flathcad!:i t.o the waters of the Columbia for the purpose of' fishing. Their intercourse with the Spaniards is much mol'e rare, and it furnishes them with a few articles, such as mules, and some bridles, and other ornaments for horses, which, as well as some of their kitchen utensils, arc also furnished by tl1e ban<ls of Snake Indians feom the Yellowstone. The pearl ornaments which they esteem so highly come ft·om other bands, whom they l'cprcsent as their fl'icnds and relations, living to the southwest beyond the hal'I'Cn plains on the other side of the mountains: these relations they say inhabit ·a good cc:mntry, aboumlin!; with elk, (lee•·, bear, and ante· lope, where horses and mules are mueb more abundant than they are here, or to usc their own CXllression, as numerous as the grass of the plains. The names of the Indians varies in the course of theiL' life: originally given in childhood, ft·om the mere necessity of distinguisbing objects, or from some accitlcntal resemblance to external objects, the young warrior is impatient to ebange it by some achievement of hi:; own. Any im11ortant event, the stealing of bol'ses, the scali'ing an eucmy, or killing a brown bear, entitles him at once to a new name whiclt he then selects fo•· himself, and it is confirmed by the nation. Sometimes the two names subsist tobethcr: thus, the chicr Cameahwait, which means," one who never walks," has the war naRle of Tooettecone, ot· H black gun," which he acquit ·ed when he ih-st signalized himsell'. As each new action gives a warrior a right to change his name, many of them have had several in the course of their lives. To give to a fl'icnd his own name is an act of higll courtesy, an<l a pledge like that of pulling off the moccasin of sincerity and hospitality. rrhe chief in this way gave his name to C!ap- · VOL. l~ 3 1\. |