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Introductory 1 



Occurrences of the motive south of the St. Lawrence river 4 



Primary area. Group I : Penobscot, Malecite, Passamaquoddy, and 



Micmac 4 



Penobscot 4 



Malecite and Passamaquoddy 6 



Micmac 7 



Group III : Adjacent areas south of the St. Lawrence 8 



Iroquois (including Wyandot) 8 



Delaware 9 



Mohegan 9 



Occurrences of the motive north of the St. Lawrence river 10 



Primary area. Group I: Naskapi, Montagnais. Mistassini 10 



Naskapi 10 



Montagnais 10 



Mistassini, TStes de Boule, and Huron 12 



Adjacent areas westward 13 



Group II: Cree, Ojibwa, Blackfoot 13 



Group IV: Sauk and Fox, Menomini, Pottawatomi 13 



Summary 14 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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Plate I. Penobscot chief's regalia End 



II. Malecite beaded collar 



" III. a Malecite squaw cap 



b Malecite beaded breast-piece 



" IV. a Micmac beaded squaw cap 



b Micmac beaded cap for women 



V. Micmac beaded coat 



VI. a Iroquois woman's beaded leggings 



b Iroquois woman's beaded leggings 



c Huron beaded case for scissors 



d Iroquois woman's beaded leggings 



" VII. a Iroquois girdle for cradle-board 



b Huron beaded work-bag, made from woman's skirt . 



c Iroquois girdle for cradle-board 



" VIII. Naskapi coat 



" IX. a Montagnais bark box with cover 



b Cover of bark box 



c Montagnais bark basket 



d Montagnais bark box with lid 



