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" ... down behind, as low as the waist. The cap, when they wear one, consists of a certain quantity of leather or cloth, sewed at one end, by which means it is kept on the head, and, hanging down the back, is fastened to the belt, as well as under the chin.... "
Elements of Useful Knowledge: Containing a Historical and Geographical ... - Page 282
by Noah Webster - 1806 - 294 pages
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The New England Quarterly Magazine, Volume 2

1802 - 308 pages
...back, is fafteied to the belt, as well as under the chin. The upper garment is a robe like that worn by the men. Their hair is divided on the crown, and tied behind, or fometimes fafteneiin large knots over the ears. They arc fond of European articles, and prefer them...
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The Travels of Capts. Lewis and Clarke from St. Louis, by Way of the ...

Cree language - 1809 - 332 pages
...back, is fastened to the belt, as well as under the chin. The upper garment is a robe like that worn by the men. Their hair is divided on the crown, and tied...or sometimes fastened in large knots over the ears. They are fond of European articles, and prefer them to their own native commodities. Their ornaments...
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New Travels Among the Indians of North America: Being a Compilation, Taken ...

Cree language - 1812 - 318 pages
...back, is fastened to the belt, as well as under the chin. The upper garment is a robe like that worn by the men. Their hair is divided on the crown, and tied...or sometimes fastened in large knots over the ears. They are fond of European articles, and prefer them to their own native commodities. Their ornaments...
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The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies ...

Antonio de Alcedo - America - 1814 - 654 pages
...to the belt as well as under the chin. The upper garment is a robe like that worn by the men. 1 heir hair is divided on the crown, and tied behind, or sometimes fastened in large knots over the ears. They are fond of European articles, and prefer them to their own native commodities. Their ornaments...
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Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to ..., Volume 1

Sir Alexander Mackenzie - Fur trade - 1903 - 376 pages
...back, is fastened to the belt, as well as under the chin. The upper garment is a robe like that worn by the men. Their hair is divided on the crown, and tied...or sometimes fastened in large knots over the ears. They are fond of European articles, and prefer them to their own native commodities. Their ornaments...
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American Anthropologist

Anthropology - 1905 - 668 pages
...back, is fastened to the belt as well as under the chin. The upper garment is a robe like that worn by the men. Their hair is divided on the crown and tied...sometimes fastened in large knots over the ears." The dresses illustrated are alike on both sides and are each made of two nearly rectangular pieces of skin...
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American Anthropologist, Volume 7

Anthropology - 1905 - 872 pages
...back, is fastened to the belt as well as under the chin. The upper garment is a robe like that worn by the men. Their hair is divided on the crown and tied...sometimes fastened in large knots over the ears." The dresses illustrated are alike on both sides and are each made of two nearly rectangular pieces of skin...
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Notes on the Eastern Cree and Northern Saulteaux, Volume 9

Alanson Skinner - Cree Indians - 1911 - 196 pages
...a disposition to pluck the hair from every part of the body and limbs." 3 According to Mackenzie, " Their hair is divided on the crown, and tied behind,...sometimes fastened in large knots over the ears." 1 Our informant said that the men sometimes wore their hair in a single plait down the back. Another...
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Notes on the Eastern Cree and Northern Saulteaux, Volume 9

Alanson Skinner - Cree Indians - 1911 - 194 pages
...According to Mackenzie 66. Also Maximilian's Atlas. Tab. 33. Franklin. 64. Mackenzie, 65. Mackenzie, " Their hair is divided on the crown, and tied behind,...sometimes fastened in large knots over the ears." ' Our informant said that the men sometimes wore their hair in a single plait down the back. Another...
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Sessional Papers - Legislature of the Province of Ontario, Volume 3

Ontario. Legislative Assembly - Ontario - 1924 - 1300 pages
...to the belt, as well as the under-chin. The upper garment is a robe like that worn by the men. The hair is divided on the crown, and tied behind, or sometimes fastened in large knots over the ears. Their ornaments consist, in common with all savages, of bracelets, rings, and similar articles. Some...
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