. The Oregon trail; sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life . th by way of ornament an4 of talisman, themystic whistle, made of the wing-bone of the war-eagle,and endowed with various magic virtues. From the backof his head descended a line of glittering brass plates,tapering from the size of a doubloon to that of a half-dime, a cumbrous ornament, in high vogue among theDahcotahs, and for which they pay the traders a mostextravagant price ; his chest and arms were naked, thebuffalo robe, worn over them when at rest, had fallenabout his waist, and was confined there by a belt. This,with the
. The Oregon trail; sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life . th by way of ornament an4 of talisman, themystic whistle, made of the wing-bone of the war-eagle,and endowed with various magic virtues. From the backof his head descended a line of glittering brass plates,tapering from the size of a doubloon to that of a half-dime, a cumbrous ornament, in high vogue among theDahcotahs, and for which they pay the traders a mostextravagant price ; his chest and arms were naked, thebuffalo robe, worn over them when at rest, had fallenabout his waist, and was confined there by a belt. This,with the gay moccasins on his feetf completed his arms he carried a quiver of dog-skin at his back, anda rude but powerful bow in his hand. His horse had nobridle ; a cord of hair, lashed around his jaw, served inplace of one. The saddle was made of wood coveredwith raw hide, and both pommel and cantle rose perpen-dicularly full eighteen inches, so that the warrior waswedged firmly in his seat, whence nothing could dislodgehim but the bursting of the J^ >%,. • \ r T,S&;v,»?
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