24 Processes used in Dyeing 



of infusion is shorter. The' subject is then MTapped up ill 

 flannel and dried. When so dried it retains its roundness* 

 Had it been dried in the open air, even without light, ifc 

 would have become flattened and contorted. 



Their yelloiv is of a pure hue, rather pale and very 

 durable. The seeds of ootsigooara osookwa, (tni/rica g(ile,J 

 are pounded and mixed with water, and boiled for a 

 quarter of an hour. The porcupine-quill or elk-hair is 

 then introduced and the ebullition continued for another 

 quarter of an hour. It is then withdrawn and washed in 

 soap and water and then in pure water. It is then dried 

 with the precaution mentioned in the former case. 



Their blue is extracted from green baize. The baize is 

 boiled in pure water. When the water has become of a deep 

 blue the subject is introduced together with a little alum in 

 powder. They are then brought to the boiling point, and the 

 boiling is continued a quarter of an hour, when the subject 

 is washed in pure water. It is essential that the baize be 

 old, or have been much worn. It then retains its yellow 

 and parts with its blue in this process. But if the stuff" be 

 new, it parts with both these colours. The blue dyed by 

 the Indians of the interior is deeper than the above, and 

 is said by the Hurons to be derived from indigenous plants, 

 no longer known to the latter. 



Green is dyed by boiling a subject previously dyed 

 yellow, as above, in the blue decoction above described. 



Broivn is dyed with the husk of the butter-nut, Quglans 

 cathartica.) 



Black, with the husk of that nut, or with the bark of 

 alder or of maple, with sulphate of iron. If with the lirst 

 the black inclines to brown, if with the second it is pur- 

 plisli, and bluish with thclast. 



