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Show 75 A cnn ( pronounced as the u in cushion) corresponds with our cradle. The squaw makes this out of wood and buckskin. The back is hewn from a board and then covered with skin. Then the pouch is formed of the proper size and shape and so arranged that when the child is laid in, the flaps are laced tightly down the front, so that it may be fixed immovably in i t Above the baby's head is always a little wicker- work awning into which it fits loosely, and day or night the arrangement, pappoose and all, is leaned up against the tcick'- e- upj and the infant is only removed from its coffin in cases of necessity. The squaw carries this on her back on journeys, though she go afoot or on horse- back, and it is secured by a strap passing across her breast. When the little one cries, it is gently swayed from side to side by the mother, and the soothing motion soon rocks it to sleep. One of the greatest luxuries of the Ute toilet is the Turkish bath. It is such a rare thing for an Indian to perform his ablutions, that when he does so it is considered a great occasion, and must be done in no ordinary way. In fact, scarcely anything but sickness can prevail upon a Ute to wash himself, « and perhaps three- fourths of the tribe never apply water to their external bodies. The bath is constructed and used in the following manner: A frame- work of poles is set up in the shape of a hemisphere, the base being perhaps six feet in diameter. This skeleton is covered with blankets, robes, and skins, in order to bar out the gaze of profane eyes. In the center of this dome- shaped apartment a cylindrical hole is dug in the earth to the depth of about two feet, and six or eight inches in diameter. In the bottom of this a fire is built, and when several inches of the excavation are occupied with hot coals, the hole is filled to the top with stones, which soon become heated and ready for use. The patient then disrobes, and, standing or sitting over the bath, poors a bucket of cold water upon the stones, which generate steam; and thus, surrounded by a cloud of vapor, the Indian enjoys to the fullest extent what might be called a primitive Turkish bath. The bone whistle which I obtained, was captured from the Arrapahoe Indians, by the Utes, in a skirmish at Pine Grove, Wyoming Territory. It is decorated with bunches of human hair tied to the otter- skin trimmings* The necklace is made of grizzly bears' claws, fastened on a band of leather which is covered with bead- work. The necklace has been used in the tribe for several years, and was at length bought from an old man into whose possession it had fallen. Vocabulary of Ute ( Tampa J words. RGUSH. inn. Blood. Friend. Knife. Tobacco. San. Water. WoTi Beaver. That ( one). Name. Black. Small, Yon. ML Poor- ah'. Pwap. Titf- a- boo. Weetoh. Quap. Tah'- by. Pah. Sar- xich'. You- o'ge. Pow'- inch. Inch. Pis- ah'- nee. To'- quer. May'- pootz. Em. Mab- no'- nee. ENGLISH, To- morrow. Yes. No. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Nin^ TFoenrt. y. Fifty. UTE. Way'- tchook. Oo'- ah. Katsh. Su'- is, or su'tis. Wy'- une, or wine, PiMme, or pine. Wa't- shu- e - nee. Man'- i- rin. Na- vine\ Sur- rom'- su- e- nee. Tom'- shu- e- nee. J Wat- shu- e'- nee. I Tom'- shu- e- nee* 5 Man'- i- gin. I Tom'- shu- e- nee. |