“Such is their common dress, but on particular occasions they appear to greater advantage, having their cap, shirt, leggings, and shoes perfectly clean and white, trimmed with porcupine quills and other ingenious work of their women, who are supposed to be the most skilful hands in the country at decorations of this kind.  The women’s dress consists of the same materials as the men’s.  Their leggings do not reach above the knee, and are gathered below that joint; their shoes always lack decoration.  The shift or body garment reaches down to the calf, where it is generally fringed and trimmed with quillwork; the upper part is fastened over the shoulders by strips of leather; a flap or cape hangs down about a foot before and behind, and is ornamented with quillwork and fringe.  This covering is quite loose, but tied around the waist with a belt of stiff parchment fastened on the side, where also some ornaments are suspended.  The sleeves are detached from the body garment; from the wrist to the elbow they are sewed, but thence to the shoulder they are open underneath and drawn up to the neck, where they are fastened across the breast and back.

“Their ornaments are two or three coils of brass wire twisted around the rim of each ear, in which incisions are made for that purpose; blue beads, brass rings, quillwork, and fringe occasionally answer.  Vermilion (a red clay) is much used by the women to paint the face.

“Their hair is generally parted on the crown and fastened behind each ear in large knots, from which are suspended bunches of blue beads or other ingenious work of their own.  The men adjust their hair in various forms; some have it parted on top and tied in a tail on each side, while others make one long queue which hangs down behind, and around which is twisted a strip of otter skin or dressed buffalo entrails.  This tail is frequently increased in thickness and length by adding false hair, but others allow it to flow loose naturally.  Combs are seldom used by the men, and they never smear the hair with grease, but red earth is sometimes put upon it.  White earth daubed over the hair generally denotes mourning.  The young men sometimes have a bunch of hair on the crown, about the size of a small teacup, and nearly in the shape of that vessel upside down, to which they fasten various ornaments of feathers, quillwork, ermine tails, &c.  Red and white earth and charcoal are much used in their toilets; with the former they usually daub their robes and other garments, some red and others white.  The women comb their hair and use grease on it.”