The Arizona sentinel., 1877-04-28
toyotcro Apaehes No. 2.

made like an ordinary chemise. The sk kirts of this are usually con- fined at the waist by the band of a skirt, which reaches to just be- low the knees; @ blanket is also worn in winter. The married women wesr nothing in summer, but the skirt from waist to knees;, and even in winter they may be seen with only peice of unblea- ched cotton thrown over one shoulder and fastened beneath | the opposite arm, leaving the shealder and that side of the chest bare. These garments are made of buckskin or of cheap prints and unbleached cotton bought from traders. The anclean, soiled con- dition of the women's clothing gives them a most: repulsive ap- pearanee. The men wear few or naments, these consisting of neck laces of beads, leather bracelets adorned with percussion gun caps, partigolored cloth on their hats or heads and possibly a string of beads in the ears. Occasionally a man. who affects foppishness, will wear an immense head covering ornamented with turkey feathers, ribbons. &c.; his face will he paint. ed in the highest style of art; instead of a blanket, he will have a cotton sheet, with 8 bright ban- dana handkerchief sewed in the middle of ii, and be otherwise gaudily attired. This character, like his prototype in a civilized coEmunity, is regarded Tn accor. dance with his deserts.
 The ornaments of the women slso consist of beads, leather brace lets and parti-colored cloths; they also wear brass rings and bead or naments in their ears. A round shaving mirror, fastened to the necklace, is invariably worn. Old people wear no ornaments. Chii- d-en initiate their elders and are varieusly decorated. The various articles of clothing worn by both men and women are for the most part cut out and made by the men. Here IS truly an inverted order ofthings. The men sewing and making clothing, and the wo- men performing tke out door work, Families vary in size, de- pending on the number of wives. There are generally two to four children for each wife. Children are rarely born defOrmed or aG1ic, ted, either physically or mentally. In 8 thirty years life among them, the interpreter Miguel knows of but two cases of idiocy. Congenital malformations are rare, as are twin. Children are invariably suckled by their moth- CTS, this being continued in many instances until the child is three or four years old. Children are kept tied in their cradles most of the time, until they are two years ofage. They are not allowed to walk before the age of fourteen Or sixteen months,as it is deemed injurious. The cradle is a flat wooden frame work, about three feet long and one wide. so con- structed, as to form a handle at either end. At the upper or Wi der end of this frame work is fas- tened kind of matched basket, inverted, so as to enclose and pro- tect the chnd's head. A piece of buckskin is now fastened to the fiat surface, intended for the child, and padded with straw. The buckskin is so shaped, as to have two lateral flaps, which, when the child is in position, are brought forward and laced, in the manner of 8 shoe. across its body as high as the neck, the hands and arms being also enclosed. Cedar bark is used to absorb the discharges. The child, secured s- los 0,1 rrnnnd