A book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government ..and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . t for every enemy that the warrior has slain in often suspend from their ears wampum beads, silver and tin trinkets,and they are fond of bracelets and rings. The face and body are oftenbesmeared with a mixture of grease and coal. They are very attent
A book of the United States : exhibiting its geography, divisions, constitution and government ..and presenting a view of the republic generally, and of the individual states; together with a condensed history of the land ..The biography ..of the leading men; a description of the principal cities and towns; with statistical tables .. . t for every enemy that the warrior has slain in often suspend from their ears wampum beads, silver and tin trinkets,and they are fond of bracelets and rings. The face and body are oftenbesmeared with a mixture of grease and coal. They are very attentive topersonal decoration; and vermilion is an important article at their faces of the men are painted with more care than those of the women ;and the latter have more pride in adorning the countenances of their hus-bands than their own. A tobacco pouch, attached to the girdle or carriedin the hand, is a usual part of their equipment. The womens dress ispartly like that of the men ; but their leggins only reach to the knee;they have sleeveless shifts, which come down to the ankle, and a mantlacovers all. The wigwams, tents, or lodges of the Indians, are differently constructedin different nations. The rudest are formed of branches, resting againsteach other at the top, covered with leaves or grass, and forming a very. Movable Lodges of the Kaskaias. imperfect shelter against the weather. The nations on the west of theRocky mountains have houses formed of a frame of sticks, covered with POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY. 413 mats and dried grass. Many tribes erect long poles, in a circular form atthe bottom, and resting against each other at the top, which they coverwith skins ; others have oblong lodges, consisting of a wooden frame,covered with grass mats and earth. The light is admitted by a smalldoor, and by an aperture in the top, which serves also for the escape ofthe smoke. The fire is in the middle of the lodge, and the family sitround it on the bare ground; but they spread
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