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Show 6 4 PICTOGRAPHS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. from the center and corners of the lower lip to the chin. See Bancroft, Native Races, I, p. 332. Stephen Powers says ( Contrib. N. A. EthnoL, III, p. 20) that the Karol, California, squaws tattoo in blue three narrow fern leaves perpendicularly on the chin, one falling from each corner of the mouth and one in the middle. For this purpose, they are said to employ soot gathered from a stone, mingled with the juice of a certain plant The same author reports, page 76: " Nearly every ( Hup&, California) man has ten lines tattooed across the inside of the left arm, about half way between the wrist and the elbow; and in measuring shell- money, he takes the string in his right hand, draws one end over his left thumbnail, and if the other end reaches to the uppermost of the tattoo lines,# the five shells are worth $ 25 in gold or $ 5 a shell. Of course it is only one in ten thousand that is long enough to reach this high value." The same author, on page 96, says: The squaws ( Pat'awat, Cal.) tattoo in blue three narrow pinnate leaves perpendicularly on their chins, and also lines of small dots on the backs of their hands. He reports, page 148, of the Kas'tel Porno: The women of this and other tribes of the Coast Range frequently tattoo a rude representation of a tree or other object, covering nearly the whole abdomen and breast. Of the Wintuns of California the same author says ( page 233) that the squaws all tattoo three narrow lines, one falling from each corner of the mouth, and one between. See also page 167 infra. Rev. M. Eell8 says ( Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Survey, III, p. 75) of the Twana Indians: A little of this tattooing is done, but much less than formerly, and chiefly now among the children. Blue marks tattooed upon a Mojave woman's chin denotes that she is married. See Pacific R. R. Exped., Ill, 1856, p. 33. The only remarkable instance of tattooing now among the Hidatsa is that of Lean- Wolf, the present second chief of the tribe. The ornamentation consists of horizontal stripes, from one- third to one- half an inch broad, running from the middle of the breast around the right side of the body to the spinal column. The right arm and the right leg are encircled by similar bands, between which there are spaces of equal width. Lean- Wolf professed not to be able to give the origin and history of this ornamentation, although he represents himself with it upon picto-graphs relating to personal events of warfare and the chase. Bancroft ( Native Races, Vol. I, p. 48) says of the Eskimo, that the females tattoo lines on their chins; the plebeian female of certain bands has one vertical line in the center and one parallel to it on either side. The higher classes mark two vertical lines from each corner of the mouth. On page 72 he says that young Eadiak wives tattoo the breast and adorn the face with black lines. The Kuskoquim women sew into their chin two parallel blue lines. This color is applied by |
