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the back of wearer and held in place by a broad woven belt or sash wrapped about the waist a couple of times in the fringed ends hanging down at the sides. A white cotton shirt cut low across the throat and short sleeved with a regular square pattern embroidered about the opening at neck in front makes up the costume of women except for a dark colored serape that may be worn coiled about the head or thrown about the person.
 
As a rule the women carry the round bladed paddles used in the canoes up to town with them & [[strikethrough]] f [[/strikethrough]] walk at a remarkable gait with a peculiar hitching motion from being pigeon-toed and having burdens upon their hips. At the same time their arms hang down straight in front & swing together from side to side with a quick motion at each step. On Sundays they come to town in swarms and at night return home, many of them in a state of almost helpless intoxication. At such times the women are generally somewhat more sober than the men and often bundle the latter into the the canoes like so many logs and paddle away over the water.