hapter, and
which, on the following day at sunset, carried them to their journey's
end.

From some remarks made by the Indian who gave them information of the
camp, Charley gathered that it was the tribe to which Redfeather
belonged, and furthermore that Redfeather himself was there at that
time; so that it was with feelings of no little interest that he saw the
tops of the yellow tents embedded among the green trees, and soon
afterwards beheld them and their picturesque owners reflected in the
clear river, on whose banks the natives crowded to witness the arrival
of the white men.

Upon the greensward, and under the umbrageous shade of the forest trees,
the tents were pitched to the number of perhaps eighteen or twenty, and
the whole population, of whom very few were absent on the present
occasion, might number a hundred--men, women, and children. They were
dressed in habiliments formed chiefly of materials procured by
themselves in the chase, but ornamented with cloth, beads, and silk
thread, which showed that they had had intercourse with the fur-traders
before now. The men wore leggings of deerskin, which reached more than
half-way up the thigh, and were fastened to a leathern girdle strapped
round the waist. A loose tunic or hunting-shirt of the same material
covered the figure from the shoulders almost to the knees, and was
confined round the middle by a belt--in some cases of worsted, in others
of leather gaily ornamented with quills. Caps of various indescribable
shapes, and made chiefly of skin, with the animal's tail left on by way
of ornament, covered their heads, and moccasins for the feet completed
their costume. These last may be simply described as leather mittens
for the feet, without fingers, or rather toes. They were gaudily
ornamented, as was almost every portion of costume, with porcupines'
quills dyed with brilliant colours, and worked into fanciful and in many
cases extremely elegant figures and designs; for North American Indians
oftentimes display an amount of taste in the harmonious arrangement of
colour that would astonish those who fancy that _education_ is
absolutely necessary to the just appreciation of the beautiful.

The women attired themselves in leggings and coats differing little from
those of the men, except that the latter were longer, the sleeves
detached from the body, and fastened on separately; while on their heads
they wore caps, which hung down and covered their backs