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sins differs but little from the deer-skin mocca- 
sins worn by the northern Indians. The knap- 
sack was of wove or knit bark, with a deep, 
strong border around the top, and was about the 
size of knapsacks used by soldiers. The work- 
manship of it was neat, and such as would do 
credit, as a fabric, to a manufacturer of the 
present day. The reticule was also made of 
wove or knit bark. The shape was much like a 
horseman’s valise, opening its whole length on 
the top. On the side of the opening, and a few 
inches from it, were two rows of loops, one row 
on each side. Two cords were fastened to the 
reticule at the top, which were passed through 
the loop on one side, and then on the other side, 
the whole length, by which it was laced up and 
secured. The edges of the top of the reticule 
were strengthened with deep, fancy borders. 
The articles contained in the knapsack and reti- 
cule were quite numerous, and were as follows: 
one head-cap, made of wove or knit bark, with- 
out any border, and of the shape of the plainest 
night-cap; seven head-dresses, made of the quills 
of large birds, and put together somewhai in the 
way that feather-fans are made, except that the 
pipes of the quills are not drawn to a point, but 
are spread out in straight lines with the top. 
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