yenne.

It consists of a hunting-shirt of dressed deer-skin, smoked to the
softness of a glove; leggings, reaching to the waist, and moccasins of
the same material; the latter soled with the parfleche of the buffalo.
The shirt is belted at the waist, but open at the breast and throat,
where it falls back into a graceful cape just covering the shoulders.
Underneath is seen the undershirt, of finer material, the dressed skin
of the antelope, or the fawn of the fallow-deer. On his head is a
raccoon cap, with the face of the animal looking to the front, while the
barred tail hangs like a plume drooping down to his left shoulder.

His accoutrements are, a bullet-pouch made from the undressed skin of
the mountain cat, and a huge crescent-shaped horn, upon which he has
carved many a strange souvenir. His arms consist of a long knife, a
bowie, and a heavy pistol, carefully secured by a holster to the
leathern belt around his waist. Add to this a rifle nearly five feet
long, taking ninety to the pound, and so straight that the line of the
barrel scarcely deflects from that of the butt.

But little attention has been paid to ornament in either his dress,
arms, or equipments; and yet there is a gracefulness in the hang of his
tunic-like shirt; a stylishness about the fringing of the cape and
leggings; and a jauntiness in the set of that coon-skin cap that shows
the wearer to be not altogether unmindful of his personal appearance. A
small pouch or case, neatly embroidered with stained porcupine quills,
hangs upon his breast.

At intervals he contemplates this with a pleased and complacent look.
It is his pipe-holder: a love-token from some dark-eyed, dark-haired
damsel, no doubt, like himself a denizen of the wild wilderness. Such
is the _tout ensemble_ of a mountain trapper.

There were many around him whom I have described almost similarly
attired and equipped. Some wore slouch hats of greyish felt, and some
catskin caps. Some had hunting-shirts bleached to a brighter hue, and
broidered with gayer colours. Others looked more tattered and patched,
and smoky; yet in the costume of all there was enough of character to
enable you to class them. There was no possibility of mistaking the
regular mountain man.

The third group that attracted my attention was at a greater distance
from the spot I occupied. I was filled with curiosity, not to say
astonishment, on perceiving that they were Indians.

"Can they be prisoners