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Show 3 2 TRAVJ-'.L TliH.OUGTI UPPER CANADA: a very fr,':tll lin'; b:tl it is J'O~ mcrcly n p1ir whi h they W"ar, but f vcral. To admit th ·u , tht y bL>r~ ~ nun,k:r of hol ·~; in their c trs, fomt:tin s entir ·1} round the cdg ·s. The men VICar c.lr-t ings likewift:, ln1t )[.a fort totally difr-r ·nt frmn t w[c worn by the wo:1.cn; they mof11y c.on fdl of round fht thin 1 ieee;-; of fi lvcr, abont th<.: fiz<.: ( a dolhr, perf rat d with holes in tlifTe:.rult J'i:tt tcrns ; other , h o"t ·vcr, cqu.llly brr.,c, arc mad-.: in a trianguLtr rotm. Son.c of t 1 1c tt ilLs arc very ft:l ec in the choice of the }<llt...:m, and \\ ill not \\-c.u· any but the em: fo rt of p l uat u . Inn · .. d of boring tit ··r ·a.s, t lC men ilit th m alotw the out v;tr 1 cd1rc from tOf1 to botiOm, an l as roan as the () '""' g~dh i: 1 ·akd h:tng heavy wci l'h ts to th em in rdcr to Hrctch the rim thus (e ·ar,llcd as low down as poCl!bk. Some of th m arc fo fucccisful in th i:s opcr.ltion, th.1t they on tri vc to dr.:1w the rim · of the car in ~ rm of a bow, down to thtir very {houldcr , an 1 their l.1rgc earrinrr hann· dangling n th<;ir br ·afls. To JWe\·cnt the rim thus c ·tended [rom br<.:aking, they bind it with brafs wire; how v r, I ohfcrvecl that the re was not one in fix that bad his cars perfeCt ; the lcafl: touch, indccd, is fuili ient to break the fkin, and it would be mo!l: wonderful if th ey were able to pn.:fcrvc it entire, en gaged fo ften as they arc in drunken qnarrcl s, and fo often liable t() be cnt,mgled in thicl·cts whiHl: pnrfuing their game. Some of th · men wear ]1-.ll ants in their nofcs, but thefe arc not [c) common as e;:, r-r·ngs . Tie chiefs and principal warriors wear brcaf1: p1ate , confifi. il-16 of large piece of filver, [ca fhdls, or the liL. Silver gorgcts, fuch a arc t (ually worn by ofl1cers, plcafe them extremely, and to fa vCJuri.te chiefs th y arc given out, am on o-f~ other pre fen ts, on the part f government . .1\nother fort of ornament i Jikcwifc wom by the men, onfi ft:ng of a brge fi lv ·r Ltfp or brae let, to which is atuchcd a bune;h of h.lir died of a{; arlct colour, tdtta1Jy taken from the km:c of the bt.l ff.'l lo. Tl· ·,, is \ :) j'J1 0 '1 the natTOW p.ut ( r th -.: arm alnvc the c1bow, and it is l em .. cl ,.jy orr .llncnt.ll, all' , i(l ,l h.lJ~re of hono 11·, for no pcrfon wears it th.lt lJ.lS 1 ot dii inguit1l 1 in C·lf in the field. Silver ornaments arc univ erf~llly prtlcrrc l ttl thofc of any oth<:r ntc·t;d. Thl! In.cl ians 1 ot only paint thcmltlv s \\! c.1 they go to war, but lil c wi£i· I N D I A N I I U T S. wile wh~n tb y vvin1 to appc r full drcncd. Reel and bla ck arc th eir £,1 v mite colours, and t h ·y da 1b tlu.:mfl.:h cs in the n o11: fant.1fl 1c manJ~ cr. I h,tvc fc~.n r)!~1. \\i,h their[;\ <.: entirely CO\'t:l" ·d with black, lXccpt a round f] ut i i i the ccntu, wl i ·h inrlud:..:d the upp•T l ip anJ 4Cl1d r the nok, which w:u; pa:t tc l rctl; oth t:rs arrain I h <lVC [e 11 with th ·ir hods cntin;ly bb ·k, .'CCJ t a la1 ge red H•und fpot on c.lc.h car; others with ne eye black and the other rLd, Lrc.; bu th{; 10' ~ comn on fly c of 1 ainting I obfcrvcd, w;lS to bl.t !c their fa ces entirely ov..:r with charc ~l, and then ·wetting their nail s, t0> draw parallel undulatin rr lines on thei · check .. They rrcnc:rally carry~ li ttle l ok.ing, gb.CS about them to enable them to difpofe of tl cir colour. judi iouOy. When they go to war they rub in the p::~int with grea[e, :ll1cl are much more particular about their appearance, wbich they fi.udy to render as horrible as poOiole; they th ri c0vcr their whole body with red, white, and black paint, and fecm more like devils than human beings. Di1Tcrcnt tribe have differ nt methods of p.tinting th t:'l1 fdve .,. Though the Indian fpcnd fo much of their time in adornin._ th..:ir pcrfon , yet they t.tkc no 1 ains to ornament their habitation , which for th mo!l: part ar ... wr tc.:bcd indeed. Some of tl em arc formed of log , in a fl:yle fomewhat fimihr to tl c c mmon houfc in the Unitl.:cl St;ttcs; but the greater part of them arc of a moveable nature, an l formed f baric The bar!· of the birch tree is d ·cmed prJcr,\blc t every )tiler fort, at d where it i to be had is always 1)1, de ufl! or; but in thi p.trt of the country not hcing often met with, the b,uk of t.12 elm tree is ned in its {h·a,L '1 be Indi.tns nre very e. pert in fl:ripping it from a tree; and frequ ently take the entire bark from off the trunl in one pi ·ce. The fl ·clcrons of their huts onfdl of flt:ndcr poles, and on th em thc bark i · faflcned with Hrip of the tou nh ri n ! of fomc youtw tree: tl is, if fou nd, pruvcs a very dJ(;ctu.tl dcf'cnce a•,,tinfl thc weather. Th<.: hut · arc built in variou. fonns : fotnc of th -.:m luve walls on very Ji de, door s, and a!Cu a c.:himllcy in the mid,lle of the roof; Others .are o en on one !ide, and~ rc nothin.r.r l -:tt T t 1an fh · k Whcn built in this Ldl .:ylt:, four of them a~·c o,nn only !'!.teed t geth ·r, io ::t.S to iorm a quadr.tnglc~ wit 1 the open p~trls towarJs the infide, an ll a fire common |
