Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-30
THE INDIAN WOMAN
Where She is the Equal Of
Her Sisters.
THE BRAVES OPINION
AN INSIGHT INTO THE DAILY
TRIALS AND JOYS.
Summed Up. It Contrasts Pretty Well
With the Rest of the
World.
THE BRAVES OPINION

In enc respect the Indian woman is the
equal of all other women. The men of her
race hold her as their inferior.
No one accepts this standard more read
lily than the squaw herself To ride last in
parades seems TO her as much as a roman
should expect; to join with the men in their
dances would bc u distinction far beyond
her: and to wear ,noccasins with beads
upon them-well, that is a form of orna-
mentaticn reserved wholly for the braves.
The red womans plain, unbcaded foot
wear IS one mark of her sex.
In the young Indian womans bearing,
however, there is the same freedom and
pride rs in that Of the brave. Her life OF
constant exercise has been her Deisarte.
She has Trilby feet-for nothing harder
than undressed leather has ever confined
then The figure of the Indian maiden is
straight and 1.-THE. Her black hair is album
dant and coarse. her teeth faultless. and
her b., dark eyes are soft and shy. The
color Of the wild girls skin is a blending OF
brass. copper. bronze and California gold
"A rich miHtdre aid rich effect
The Indian squaW-just like other women
would enharice her natural graces- And
think not that she has a soul so dead that
=nc rocks not of THE style The blanket,
which is the most prized portion of her
attn ~. is subject to- many changes in It's
cnlG1S and designs y blanket may be thick
and warm. but oaIv ore of tire newest
we've and dye VIII serve an up-to-date
souaw
Tn ordinay Indian woman wears big
lowered calico dress. She covers her head
with a bright silk handkerchief or a grass
woven. basket-shaped hat An Indian girl
whom l visited ON E,r reservation was clad
in dark blue sateen that she had made
herself. The dress was a simple slip, curry
frsy in 70 and inst Pf O
top Of her high laced moccasins. The
neck was cut rounding and little low. and
the sleeves We're short and flowing. y
wide. beaded belt clasped the girls waist
loosely. The garment was Greek in out
line. This Indian girl had achieved one
ideal Of dress-thc combination OF classi Z
simplicity and modern utility
A Chieftain's Daughter
To Sc real elegance in dress, however
that can he rated at a money value of
several hundreds or a thousand dollars. one
must leek upon some chieftain's daughter.
in her gala bucxskin robe decorated with
elk-tooth pendants. AS accessories TO this
robe of state the chieftain's daughter wears
a collar o. elk teeth and beaded belt from
which hangs Il fox skin that of a weasel.
In her hand she carries figured grass
woven basket.
Although our Indian sister does not read
the beauty columns of the Sunday papers.
she is not averse to using heroic measures
for the purpose of rendering herself at
tractive. Often she goes into the little skin
covered hut that the Indians when they
take their sweat baths. Here, shutting her
eyes, she smokes herself for hours in the
fumes of willow twigS. This incense per-
meates her body with a delicate perfume.
She also spends much time in combing ner
glossy hair. She braids 1t into two long
plaits. which she lets hang down upon her
bosom. As last touch to her couture