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82 82 HOW THE WOMEN DRESS. four and seven stories. These people are very mtel- ligenlj. They cover their privy parts and all the im- modest parts with cloths made hke a sort of table napkin, with fringed edges and a tassel at each corner, which they tie over the hips. They wear long robes of feathers and of the skins of hares, and cotton blankets. The women wear blankets which they tie or knot over the left shoulder, leaving the right arm out. These serve to cover the body. They wear a neat, well-shaped outer garment of skin. They gather their hair over the two ears, making a frame which looks like an old-fashioned head-dress." The city next described was located where Ber- nalillo, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, now stands. "Tiguex is a province with twelve villages on the banks of a large, mighty river: some villages on one side and some on the other side. It Is a spacious valley two leagues wide, and a very high, rough, snow- covered mountain chain lies east of it. There are seven villages in the ridges at the foot of this, four on the plain and three situated on the skirts of the mountain. "There are seven villages seven leagues to the north at Quirix, and the seven villages of the province of Hemes are forty leagues northeast to Acha, and four leagues southeast to Tutahaco, a province with eight villages. In general, these villages all have the same habits and customs, although some have some things in particular which the others have not. They are governed by the opinions of the elders. They all work together to build the villages, the women being engaged in making the miztnre (or the walls, while