in diameter, which he or some other member of the tribe

must have procured during one of their few excursions

to the trading-forts of the Pale-faces, and examined himself,

as well as he could, in so limited a space. Next,

he took a little vermilion from a small parcel and

rubbed it over his face until it presented the somewhat

demoniac appearance of a fiery red. He also drew a

broad red score along the crown of his head, which was

closely shaved, with the exception of the usual tuft or

scalplock on the top. This scalplock stood bristling