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izy rrtzr Roctins anJ fzs, made and ornamented as thofe of the men. f hey differ from eacU other in the mole ofdre'iing their heads, and each trilow the caftom of vhe nation or band to which they belong, and adhering to the form mad? ute of by their an-eitcrs ii-oir time immemorial. I remarked that mod of the females whodw.cll on the eaft iide of the M Uli fl pi, decorate their heads by encioinig their hair either in ribbands, or in plate; sffilver; the latter is only made ule of t-y the higher ranks, as it is a coiily orna jtient. The filver they make ufc of on t;is occafion is formed into thia plates, of about four inches broa.i, ii ieveral of which they confine iheir hair. Tht plate which is ncareft the head is of a con fi durable v.idth ; :he next to that is riarrjwer, and made lb as to pafs a little way under the other ; and in tnts raanner they fallen into each other, and gradually tapering, defcend to ine waift. The hair of Indian women being in gene ral very leng, this proves an cxpenuve method. But the r3men that live to the weft of the Mi ft Hip pi, viz. the Naudo wellies, the AGinipoils, and odieri, divide the hair i.i the middle of the head, and j"rm ic isto two rolls, one againll each ar. Thcfe rolls are about three inch es lorg, and as large as their wrills They hang in a perpendicular attitude at the front of each ear, and defcend as fax a; the iov-'er part cf it. The vrcntn of every nation generally j i;e aipoicf paint, about the l:zc ot a .;-ov.n piece, auinft each ear; fome jf put paint cn their hair, and fome e:mes a I'khW fpot ia the middle of their !iV.c Indians, in generaV p?.y a greater i." tcruion to their drefs, and tfrtheorna jrir.'.s wit!: whicl. they dt-coiate their per- i nis, than to the acjrjnimsitions ofheir huts er tents. They con!trul fhe luter ii 'he following f:mj-le and expiditluus Bcnig provided with poles of a proper l-r.; ;h, they faiien two of them acroft, 'J:xi band r:aJcrf bark. H iving, done 'hi-, thtyralle them up, and extend the b --rem of earl; as wide as they purpefe to n::ike the arta of the tent ; they ihrn crect others rf an eqti il height, and rlx ;!-;m fo a to ft; poor c the twa principal or -:s. On thr whole thy lay fltins of the c?h or deer, f.v.cd t:?;eiher, in quantity fj:liciwnt to co ver iKj poles, and by lap x 'r.Z tr-:m over to form the door. is the h:-' .j.ti ns of the Indians are i! -is u le, th'ii" dom.-liic ulcr.fils are few. . c.Tjrjb-r, .i:-! r-Uir i. th-i; igrmatioa. (-1S6-) The tools wherewith they 'fafliloa them are fo aukward and defective, that it jis not only impollible to form them with any degre of neatnefs or elegance, but the time required ia the execution is fo consi derable, as to deter them from engaging ia the manufacture of fuch as are not ab- folucely necetfary. ' Fro&i the American Museum. 1 Geographical dtfeription of Bachelor's Tflad, When Hymen's torch glows in the marry'd breaft, All wand'ring paflions are at left, In conftant love we ev'ry plcafure find And cv'ry folace in the female mind. BACHELOR'S ISLAND is fituated on the burning fands of the defart oi folly, where even the favage inhabi tants of the foreft feldom venture to tread. It is bounded on the eaft by the regions of allegation, vanity and deceit; ion the nonh, bv the territories of fear and cowardice ; on thefouth, lv remorfe dif cafe, and death ; and on 'h weft, by the dead lake of oblivion. Hence it is e'afi ly to be fuppofed, that the air of jthis ifland is fultry, enervating and peliife rous ; expofed to perpetual cenes! of ftnrm, hurricane and tempeft ; and its climate, like the minds of its inhabttaiiUi is re ver fettlec for an hour. The Ipnng of Bachelor's Ifland totally differ! flora tkat of any other I have hitherto read of. As that is here the feafon f the mod n ioufc heat, and in whlcK the gerera Iity of its inhabi ants are poflefled ivirh a kind otsmadnefs, rhe mo! delfruetive to thsmfelves, the moll injur ious4o :eve ry civilized country, and rhe moiVjmb vcrfive ot unguarded innocence Thie vha weather out.thefpring, and livi to fethe fummer, J hough rhey lofe a great degree of their mdntfs yet in that) fea fon '"hey become ar.fui. hypocritical and trcachei u . i'heir w nter is truly cable, indeed ; lince, anion? all naj upon earsh you cannct exprefs vour tcmprof a man more pointedly, than by calling him an old bachelor a thine? that lives only for i felf ; a 'hing that h no focial harmony in it foul i. a thing that cares for roborfy, and whom ubodr re gards ; a ihing thar, like a mu fiuom, deligh's in bogs and muraifes, but hates the generous wanuh of h( noon dal iun. Though tnc natives or this miferablc iflaarl make rhoie of the Ifle of Matrimo ny the conftant :hj-a of their ridicule, )et there have bcn numberlefs inftances of ?hrTr ,'ealinp from their own ifland in to thit tf JWauixaojij, where ihejj have efpi-Lions con- Frera,ed m feme od natnred eafr creatures td become thWr nuifes arid ref. torers, alter their constitutions have been nearly ruiijed in their former referable abodes ; far, ia the Ifle of Matrimopk though clouds now and then gather over it, yet they ferre only to render the re mainder of the day more brilliant and cheerful, jln Bachelor's .flmd, love is f thing mijch talked of, but totally un Inown to them ; and they are hated and defp:fed,rbbbed and plundered by the rbjeas ot Jheir rhifbrable embraces. If cards be the u foal div;Crfion of the peo ple on the Jfland of Matrimony, they arc confTderfd only as an amufement ; but on Bachelor'; Ifland, they are prodbclive of the moft Rocking vices, fuch as the graft. H eft fcenes of drunkennefs and debauche ry, the total ruin of their private fortunes and even murder itfelf fbmetimei is the confeqnence.1 How many have quitted this iiland, and fled fo -hat fo much defptled, In order to repair their ruined fortunes, ly feeking a rich and amiable partner ! f, Bachelor' Ifle is a mere de fart, incapable of producing any thinff but nettles, thorns and briars. Here are no bleating lambs to pleafe the ey e of in nocence ; I here are no doves to cheriih their yourjg,; nor does the youthful fari bound oyer their barren plains; but wolves, tygers, and croccdilei, are here (een in abundance. Here are neid er wife nor children to weep over the allies b thededeaied ; but owls hoot, ravrns croak, and the re; tiles of the earth crawl" over their graves. Iiv fliofr, cf all ani mals that nature ever produced, ?n -'d bachelor muft thel moil contf mpublc. He lives ja ufelefs being on earth ; Mes without Having anlwered the end rf Hj great majcer ; and is at laH conficned forever to oblivion i 1 v " . CONGRZSSoftMJNrFDSTt7S AjT THE THIRD SfcSSIOX. Begun and held at the city of Philadel phia, c?n Monday, ih, dxih of Deceni : ber, ope thosifasd ft ven hundred and .ninety! " i An A(jT Implement ary to the g&s cntittca, 4 an aft nu-kng ju ther provififfn j or ike aeVts QJ the United btates. M HKREAS no exrrefsr provifion has btcn for extending the acT:, entitled "an aft to piovidc rVVI made
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