ᏍᎩᏄᏍᏛ ᏓᏊᎪᏔᏅ, ᏥᏧᏣ ᏥᎨᏒ ᏗᎪᎵᎩ ᎨᏎ ᏧᎾᏛᏐᏅ ᎠᏂᏲᏍᎩ ᎤᏐᏱ ᏂᏚᏅᏅ ᏚᏂᏍᏘᏰᎬ ᏗᎾᏛᏍᎩ ᏥᎨᏎ ᏓᏳᏓᎴᏅᏓ, ᏍᎪᎯᏍᏆ ᏧᏕᏘᏴᏓ. ᏂᏚᏅᏅ ᏓᏂᏍᏚᏯᎩᏍᎬ ᎠᏰᎵ ᎢᏴ ᏗᏂᏍᎪᎵ ᏓᎫᎾ ᏧᏯᏍᎦ ᎬᏗ, ᏭᏩᎦᏛ ᏓᏂᏍᏕᏲᏍᎬ ᏗᏑᏫᏓ ᎠᏕᎳ ᏃᎴ ᎠᏕᎳ ᎤᏁᎦ ᎬᏗ ᎠᏃᏚᎢᏍᏗᏍᎬ, ᎦᏚᎢᏣ ᎤᏂᏍᏘᏰᎬ ᏲᎾ ᎪᎢ ᎬᏗ ᎠᏃᏚᎢᏍᏗᏍᎬ.
I qualified the judgment in that way because as a boy I knew a few old Indian warriors who still sported coifs from their youth way back in the previous century, styles that involved plucking half one’s head with mussel-shell tweezers and letting the other half grow long, festooning random braided locks with colored beads and silver fobs and making part or all of the remainder elevate in spikes with the assistance of bear grease.