Plate 30 



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1 Ransom belt. If presented by the youngest unmarried female, the rela- 

 tive of a murderer, to the avenger of the slain it would ransom the life of 

 the guilty party. 



2 The Lewis II. Morgan belt. Made at Tonawanda in 1850. Said to 

 symbolize the peace between clans and villages. This never was a national 

 belt. 



