beautifully worked with beads by their own ingenious

women. They were thankful, too, for knives even of

the commonest description, having none but bone ones

of their own; and they gloried in daubing their faces

with intermingled streaks of charcoal and vermilion.

To gaze at their visages, when thus treated, in the little

penny looking-glasses is their summit of delight!

Joe presented the chief with a portion of these coveted

goods, and tied up the remainder. We may remark

here that the only thing which prevented the savages