hv_swaynej_diary_1798_072

white children after some consideration we complyed with her request and she left her son with us- 10th of second month About this time the Indians collect'd together to perform their half years devotion, at which times they are mostly careful to collect all the Silver tinkling ornaments, and fine apparel that they are master of. I changed to see a broad- cloth wrapper that belonged to one of our neighbour women the lower end of which contained 790 silver broaches which would average at about one shilling a piece exclu-sive of about 60 dols worth of silver crosses, the upper end was faced with broad ribones which was computed at about 15 dols price the whole amount of the wrapper was es-timated at 180 Dollars. Yet altho she had abundance of superfluous clothing she lived in a poor little dirty House. I was afterwards informed that she obtained this property by selling whisky to other Indians,