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aged couple are typical Tuscarora persons, for they both claim de- 

 scent from grandparents who emigrated in the i8th century directly 

 from North Carolina, the ancient home of the Tuscarora tribe. 

 Mr. and Mrs. Sherry are l)oth past 75 years of age. 



At the village of Ohsweken, I visited the newly completed Lady 

 Willingdon Hospital, where I was delighted to see four babies and 

 their Iroquois mothers ; the youngsters were all less than 24 hours old, 

 and they and their mothers were receiving the best of hospital atten- 

 tion. This institution was built at the suggestion and under the 

 patronage of Lady Willingdon, the gracious wife of the present Gov- 

 ernor General of Canada. It was opened in 1928, and is fully equipped 

 with the most modern appliances and appointments. It is an institu- 



FiG. 183. — The Lady Willingduii iliLspital al Uh^wckcii, (Jiitario, Canada. 

 Completed in 1928. 



tion that was much needed fur both service and for instruction in the 

 care and treatment of diseases among these people. 



In the course of my work I purchased a ceremonial set of wampum 

 strings of exceptional interest and value, the use of which is required 

 in the delivery of the Requickening Address (Ado"'daks"h'i') of the 

 Council of Condolence and Installation of Federal Chiefs of the 

 League of the Iroquois. This set consists of 15 items or rather parts, 

 consisting of one or two cords of wampum, each about six inches in 

 length, to correspond with the 15 themes or burdens of the Requick- 

 ening Address mentioned above. These token cords of wampum 

 are strung with white and purple wampum in accordance with a 

 fixed pattern, with the exception of the first and the tenth which are 

 composed entirely of purple beads of wampum. 



