The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1875-02-13

|duce false hair among their own, wear
ING the whole in two immense bows q
the back Of the head. At Point Bar
ROW they separate the hair into two
parts or braids, saturating it with
train-oil, and bind it into stiff punches
with strips of skin. Their lower ex
tremities are short. so that in a sitting
posture they look, taller than when
standing.
On the northern coast the women
paint the eyebrows and tattoo the
chin; while the men only pierce the
lower lip under one or both corners OF
the mouth, and insert in each aperture
a double-headed sleeve-button or dumb
bell-shaped labret of bone, ivory, shell
bone. glass or wood. The incision,
when first made, is about the size OF a
Quill, but as the aspirant for. improved
beauty grows older, the size OF the or
i6ce is enlarged until it reaches a
width of half or three-quarters OF an
inch. In tattooing the color is applied
by drawing thread under the skin or
p;ricking it in with needle. Different
tribes and different ranks in the same
tribe, have each their peculiar form OF
tattooing. The plebeian female OF GER
tain bands is permitted to adorn her
chin with but one vertical line in the
center, and one parallel to it on either
side, while the more fortunate noblesse
mark two vertical lines from each cor
ner of the mouth. A feminine cast OF
features, as in common with other
branches of the Mongolian race, pre-
vail in both sexes. Some travellers dis
cover in the faces of the men charac'
teristic expression of ferociousness,
and in those of the women, an cxtraor-
binary display of wantonness. a thick
coating of filth and a strong odor OF
train.oil are inseparab!e from an Eskl-
mo, and the fashion of labrets adds III
no wise to his loneliness.
For covering to the body, the Eski-
mos employ the skin of all the beasts
and birds that come within their reach.
Skins are prepared in the fur, and cut
and sewed with neatness and skill.
Even the intestines of whales and seals
are used in the manufacture Of water
proof overdresscs. The costume for
both sexes consist of long stockings or
drawers, over which are breeches, eX-
tending from the shoulders to below
the knees; and irock or jacket, some
what shorter than the brcechcs with
sleeves and hood. This garment is
made whole. there being no openings,
except for the head and arms. The
frock of the male is cut at the bottom
nearly square, while that of the ic-
male reaches little lower, and termi-
mates before and behind in APPOINT or
scallop. The tail Of some animal
graces the hinder part Of the male
trock; the woman's has large hood
in which she carries her infant Oih-
erwise, both sexes dress alike; and as,
when stripped of their facial dccora-
tons, their physiognomies are alike,
they are not unfrequently mistaken one
for the other They have boots of wal
rus or scal-skin, mttcns or gloves of
deer-skin, and intestine watcrproofs
covering the whole body. Several
kinds Of fur frequently enter into the
of the same garment
Thus the body of the frock, generally
of reindcer-skn, may be of bird, bear,
seal, mink or squirrel-skin; while the
hood may be Of fox-skin, the lining of
hare-skin, the fringe of wolvcrine-skin,
the gloves of fawn-skin. Two suits
are worn during the coolest weather;
the inner with the fur next to the skin,
and the outer one with the fnr out
ward. Thus, with their stomachs we'll
filed with fat, and their backs covered
with furs, they bid defiance to the Sc
vcrest Arctic winter.-From II. II.
Bdncroffs Wild Tribes