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This was done by perforating the pipe of the 

 quill in two places, and runnipg two cords 

 through the holes, and then winding around the 

 quills and the cord fine thread to fasten each 

 quill in the place designed for it. These cords 

 extended some length beyond the quills on each 

 side, so that on placing the feathers erect the 

 cords could be tied together at the back of the 

 head. This would enable the wearer to present 

 a beautiful display of feathers standing erect, 

 and extending a distance above the head and 

 entirely surrounding it. These were most splen- 

 did head-dresses, and would be a magnificent 

 ornament to the head of a female at the present 

 day. Several hundred strings of beads ; these 

 consisted of very hard, brown seed, smaller than 

 hemp-seed, in each of which a small hole had 

 been made, and through the whole a small three- 

 corded thread, similar in appearance and texture 

 to seine twine; these were tied up in bunches, 

 as a merchant ties up coral-beads when he ex- 

 poses them for sale. The red hoofs of fawns 

 on a string supposed to be worn around the neck 

 as a necklace. These hoofs were about~twenty 

 in number, and may have been emblematic of 

 innocence. The claw of an eagle, with a hole 

 made in it, through which a cord was passed, so 



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