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McKenzie, Charles. The Mississouri Indians, 1809. An electronic transcription. MFTP #0009
The corbeaux tribes cannot pronounce the letter V[.] But the Gros Ventres speak Corbeau fluently[.] All these Tribes dress in the same manner – the men have long hair which trail on the Ground – but to make it Appear long, they add horse hair, by a cement of gum[.] They comb only the forehead and for combs they substitute porcupine Tails[.] The woman are careless about their hair, which scarcely reaches the shoulders[.] To make it look fine they sometimes throw a little water over it[.] The Corbeaux do not cut off joints of their nor slash their own flesh as the Gros Ventres do[.] But they are much addicted to an abominable crime – the crime of Sodomy – this I could not credit[.] The chief to convince me called a Young man of that Tribe[.] After exhanging the usual civilities he inquired of the young man why he did not come oftener to see him[.] Then putting [46] L E G E N D : |
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