They looked with disgust at the whiskers and well-furnished chins of the white men, and in derision called them Long-beards.

Both sexes, on the other hand, cherished the hair of the head, which with them is generally black and rather coarse.

They allowed it to grow to a great length and were very proud and careful of it, sometimes wearing it plaited, sometimes wound round the head in fanciful tresses.

No greater affront could be offered to them than to cut off their treasured locks.
They had conical hats with narrow rims, neatly woven of bear grass or of the fibres of cedar bark, interwoven with designs of various shapes and colors; sometimes merely squares and triangles, at other times rude representations of canoes, with men fishing and harpooning.

These hats were nearly waterproof, and extremely durable.
The favorite ornaments of the men were collars of bears' claws, the proud trophies of hunting exploits; while the women and children wore similar decorations of elks' tusks.