The matter smoked was chiefly Kinni Kinick & very nasty.

[Sketch of pipe]

Most of the pipes used by these indians common ones, got from the traders. A few stone ones, but all except this chiefs pipe of black stone. Got one of the latter kind for two dollars.

All the Indians were more or less painted in various designs. Some had only a general appearance of rubbed in vermillion about the face, & a streak of same down the parting of the hair. One had his face decorated in horizontal stripes of yellow & red, one a single yellow horizontal line on a red background &c.

The men are not very good specimens of indians being inferior in physique to those seen at Turtle Mt & the Souris. Some of them are tall however & have not bad profiles. The women are all undersized & generally very ugly & decorated with a rouge patch on each cheek & some vermillion in the hair. Two or three of the younger squaws not worse than plain & one even was rather good looking.

A good many half breeds here now in the houses & with our large camp the place looking quite busy.