Some have a bearskin of which they make doublets; others again, coats of the skins of racoons, wild cats, wolves, dogs, fishers, squirrels, beavers and the like; and they even have made themselves some of turkey's feathers; now they make use for the most part of duffels cloth which they obtain in trade from the Christians ; they make their stockings and shoes of deerskins or elk hides, some even have shoes of corn husks whereof they also make sacks. Their money consists of white and black Wampum r tii« indinn cm- •' •' rmoY is white and which they themselves manufacture; their measure and value is the hand or wact wampum. fathom, and if it be corn that is to be measured, 'tis done by the denotas which are bags of their own making. Their ornaments consist of scoring their bodies, or The Indians ecore painting them of various colors, sometimes entirely black, if they are in mourning; ""'lie'i'ywayofol'- but mostly the face. They twine both white and black wampum around their (10) heads; formerly they were not wont to cover these, but now they are beginning to wear bonnets or caps, which they purchase from the Christians ; they wear Wampum in the ears, around the neck and around the waist, and thus in their way are mighty fine. They have also long deers-hair which is dyed red, •whereof they make ringlets to encircle the head; and other fine hair of the same

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282 NEW- YORK COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS. color, which hangs around the neck in braids, whereof they are very vain. They frequently smear their skin and hair with all sorts of grease. Almost all of them Wis th?m8dve8''of can swim ; they themselves construct the boats they use, which are of two sorts: ""' ''"'' oTtree".'' souie, of entire trees excavated with fire, axes and adzes ; the Christians call these Canoes; others, again, called also canoes, are made of bark, and in these they can move very rapidly.