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.