[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] Their ornaments consist of scoring their bodies, or The Indians ecore painting them of various colors, sometimes entirely black, if they are in mourning; ""'lie'i'ywayofol'-but mostly the face. They twine both white and black wampum around their (10) heads; formerly they were not wont to cover these, but now they are beginning to wear bonnets or caps, which they purchase from the Christians; they wear Wampum in the ears, around the neck and around the waist, and thus in their way are mighty fine. They have also long deers-hair which is dyed red, •whereof they make ringlets to encircle the head; and other fine hair of the same Vol. I. 36 282 NEW-YORK COLONIAL MANUSCRIPTS. color, which hangs around the neck in braids, whereof they are very vain. They frequently smear their skin and hair with all sorts of grease. Almost all of them Wis th?m8dve8''of can swim; they themselves construct the boats they use, which are of two sorts: oTtree".'' ""' ''"'' souie, of entire trees excavated with fire, axes and adzes; the Christians call these Canoes; others, again, called also canoes, are made of bark, and in these they can move very rapidly. Traces, and nothing more, of the institution of marriage can be perceived indiam do not amoug them.