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  555 
  

  

  passed 
  into 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  the 
  writers 
  in 
  1884 
  when 
  these 
  were 
  given 
  

   to 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  deposited 
  at 
  Cambridge, 
  Mass. 
  A 
  photograph 
  was 
  taken 
  

   of 
  this 
  pack 
  (fig. 
  113; 
  Peabody 
  Museum 
  no. 
  37560) 
  as 
  it 
  came 
  into 
  

   the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  writers, 
  just 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  left 
  by 
  Big 
  Elk. 
  

  

  This 
  pack 
  had 
  long 
  been 
  regarded 
  with 
  great 
  fear, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  believed 
  

   to 
  contain 
  virulent 
  poison. 
  So 
  great 
  was 
  this 
  dread 
  that 
  a 
  promise 
  

   was 
  exacted 
  of 
  the 
  writers 
  that 
  if 
  the 
  pack 
  was 
  opened 
  extreme 
  cau- 
  

   tion 
  should 
  be 
  used, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  feared 
  that 
  whoever 
  handled 
  the 
  con- 
  

   tents 
  would 
  surely 
  die 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  the 
  sacrilege. 
  The 
  sprays 
  of 
  

   cedar 
  thrust 
  through 
  the 
  strings 
  that 
  tied 
  the 
  pack 
  had 
  nothing 
  to 
  do 
  

   with 
  it, 
  so 
  faras 
  is 
  known: 
  these 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  in 
  recognition 
  of 
  

  

  Pig. 
  114. 
  Largest 
  bag 
  in 
  pack 
  (fig. 
  113). 
  

  

  the 
  Tent 
  of 
  War 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  pack 
  was 
  kept. 
  When 
  the 
  pack 
  was 
  

   opened 
  at 
  the 
  Peabody 
  Museum 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  contain 
  some 
  queer 
  

   little 
  boxes 
  made 
  like 
  trunks, 
  evidently 
  toys, 
  dating 
  from 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  last 
  century, 
  in 
  which 
  were 
  little 
  bundles 
  containing 
  red 
  paint, 
  a 
  

   few 
  shells, 
  and 
  dusty 
  fragments 
  impossible 
  of 
  identification. 
  

  

  Six 
  bags 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  pack; 
  these 
  were 
  woven 
  with 
  two 
  

   kinds 
  of 
  coarse 
  yarn 
  or 
  twine, 
  one 
  of 
  wool, 
  the 
  other 
  of 
  vegetable 
  

   fiber. 
  This 
  material 
  was 
  of 
  white 
  manufacture 
  and 
  was 
  probably 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  traders; 
  the 
  weaving 
  was 
  native. 
  The 
  general 
  hue 
  of 
  

   the 
  bags 
  is 
  reddish 
  brown. 
  

  

  