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Show Winds. Amount of sunshine. Dwellings. Clothing.. Occupations. Food. Habits, etc. Seldom of great veloc- . ity. Moderate Fairly good log or frame houses. As among whites Logging, lumbering; but little farming. Meat, especially salt p o r k ; fish; some milk, berries, wheat bread, pastry, vegetables, coffee, tea. Little want except among aged. Much exposure in winter; fairly clean; alcoholism common. High winds and storms occasionally. Above general average. Log houses with dirt floors; tipis; brush shelters. N e a r l y as among whites. Generally b u t few; some herding, and work for whites. Meat predominates; wheat bread, canned fruits, black coffee. Much want and irregularity. Nomadic; frequent gatherings and visits; cleanliness imperfect; little drinking. Chilly fogs prevail in ! summer; some wind in winter. Below average Fairly good frame houses. Frequent, of moderate severity in winter. Above average in summer; below, in winter. Fairly good log and frame houses. As among whites I As among whites.. Fishing; basket- mak- Farming, fruit- raising; ing ( women). Fish, bread, berries, purchased foods. No want. Much exposure to wet; cleanliness very imperfect; drink rare. basket- making ( women). Meat, fish, acorns, fruit, beans, bread. Little want, except among aged. Much e x p o s u r e in rainy season; young cleanly; aged live in squalor; drinking Rarely high. Much above average. Mostly open brush shelters; some rush and adobe houses. A p p r o x i m a t e l y as among whites; children and old men often nude. But little fishing and farming; some work for whites. Fish, mesquite and screw beans, meat, n a t i v e seeds and greens. Much want and irregularity, especially among aged. Open- air life; squalor in homes; aged neglected; drinking quite rare. odHwww F O > K o © a M W 3 2 • H W ww a Besides the births, some of the tribes, particularly the Menominee, have received during the year accessions of Indians who theretofore had lived outside of the reservation. CO This explains the apparent inconsistency of the census figures for 1907 and 1908. b © |