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abrig anfr%frbcnturcgdanger of the navigation, however, is lessened.On the sixteenth we reached Lake Winipegon,at the entrance of which is a largevillage of Christinaux, a nation which I hadnot previously seen. The name is variouslywritten; as, Cristinaux, Kinistineaux, Killistinoes,and Killistinaux. Lake Winipegonissometimes called the Lake of the Killistinons,or Cristinaux. The dress and other exteriorappearances of the Cristinaux are very distinguishablefrom those of the Chippewa andthe Wood Indians.The men were almost entirely naked, andtheir bodies painted with a red ocher, procuredin the mountains and often called vermilion.Every man and boy had his bow strung and inhis hand, and his arrow ready to attack in caseof need. Their heads were shaved or the hairplucked out all over except a spot on the crownof the diameter of a dollar. On this spot thehair grew long and was rolled and gatheredinto a tuft; and the tuft, which is an object ofthe greatest care, was covered with a piece ofskin. The ears were pierced and filled with thebones of fish and of land animals. Such wasthe costume of the young men; but among theold, some let their hair grow on all parts oftheir head without any seeming regard.The women wear their hair of a great lengthboth behind and before, dividing it on the foreheadand at the back of the head, and collectingthe hair of each side into a roll which is fastened239