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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  for 
  making 
  lines 
  and 
  notches, 
  and 
  a 
  fine 
  grained, 
  waterworn 
  

   pebble 
  for 
  smoothing, 
  showing 
  the 
  polish 
  of 
  long 
  use. 
  The 
  excep- 
  

   tion 
  is 
  the 
  carved 
  paddle 
  for 
  stamping 
  the 
  pottery 
  — 
  a^broad 
  bladed 
  

   wooden 
  affair 
  about 
  8 
  inches 
  long, 
  carefully 
  carved 
  to 
  produce 
  a 
  

   checkerwork 
  pattern 
  when 
  struck 
  against 
  soft 
  clay. 
  More 
  paddles 
  

   were 
  later 
  collected 
  bearing 
  different 
  figures, 
  some 
  quite 
  complex. 
  

   Other 
  accessories 
  were 
  a 
  common 
  axe, 
  a 
  bucket 
  of 
  water, 
  a 
  low 
  

   sided 
  wooden 
  tray 
  for 
  kneading 
  clay 
  and 
  a 
  flat 
  oval 
  piece 
  of 
  wood 
  

   used 
  as 
  a 
  stand 
  to 
  build 
  large 
  jars 
  upon 
  and 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  

   handle 
  at 
  either 
  end 
  for 
  convenience 
  in 
  turning; 
  some 
  saucers 
  of 
  

   china 
  or 
  gourd, 
  and 
  some 
  pieces 
  of 
  cotton 
  sheeting. 
  

  

  After 
  Iwi 
  Katalsta 
  had 
  dug 
  her 
  clay 
  from 
  a 
  bed 
  on 
  Soco 
  creek, 
  

   the 
  exact 
  location 
  of 
  which 
  she 
  did 
  not 
  seem 
  inclined 
  to 
  reveal, 
  

   she 
  was 
  accustomed 
  to 
  mold 
  it 
  into 
  a 
  cake 
  some 
  14 
  inches 
  long, 
  

   resembling 
  in 
  forma 
  loaf 
  of 
  bread, 
  in 
  which 
  shape 
  it 
  was 
  dried 
  and 
  

   laid 
  away 
  for 
  future 
  use. 
  When 
  we 
  visited 
  her 
  home 
  at 
  " 
  Yellow 
  

   Hill 
  " 
  [pi. 
  i] 
  and 
  requested 
  her 
  to 
  make 
  us 
  some 
  pottery 
  she 
  

   broke 
  off 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  this 
  cake 
  and 
  proceeded 
  to 
  pulverize 
  it 
  on 
  

   her 
  hearthstone, 
  using 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  a 
  common 
  axe 
  as 
  a 
  crushing 
  

   instrument. 
  In 
  old 
  times, 
  she 
  explained, 
  a 
  " 
  long 
  rock 
  " 
  was 
  used 
  

   for 
  this 
  purpose. 
  

  

  When 
  sufficiently 
  pulverized 
  the 
  clay 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  wooden 
  

   tray, 
  moistened 
  and 
  again 
  thoroughly 
  pounded 
  [pi. 
  2]. 
  This 
  time 
  

   Iwi 
  used 
  a 
  hammerstone 
  which 
  she 
  kept 
  especially 
  to 
  crush 
  hickory 
  

   nuts, 
  but 
  which 
  she 
  often 
  used 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  axe 
  in 
  pounding 
  

   the 
  dampened 
  clay. 
  From 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  the 
  mass 
  was 
  kneaded 
  

   and 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  water 
  or 
  dry 
  clay 
  added 
  as 
  seemed 
  necessary 
  to 
  

   obtain 
  the 
  required 
  consistency. 
  Sometimes, 
  I 
  was 
  informed, 
  a 
  

   fine 
  sand 
  was 
  added 
  at 
  this 
  stage 
  as 
  a 
  tempering 
  material 
  ; 
  but 
  in 
  

   this 
  case 
  it 
  was 
  omitted. 
  Iwi 
  had 
  a 
  vessel 
  of 
  the 
  pot 
  form 
  in 
  

   mind. 
  Taking 
  a 
  large 
  handful 
  of 
  the 
  clay 
  she 
  patted 
  it 
  into 
  a 
  

   ball 
  which 
  she 
  took 
  in 
  both 
  hands 
  and 
  pressing 
  her 
  thumbs 
  deeply 
  

   into 
  one 
  side, 
  began 
  to 
  turn 
  it 
  rapidly 
  [pi. 
  3]. 
  In 
  a 
  surprisingly 
  

   short 
  time 
  a 
  small 
  bowl 
  with 
  fairly 
  thin 
  sides 
  was 
  produced 
  to 
  

   serve 
  as 
  a 
  base 
  for 
  the 
  future 
  vessel. 
  During 
  this 
  process 
  she 
  

   had 
  taken 
  care 
  to 
  keep 
  her 
  hands 
  wet. 
  Then 
  supporting 
  the 
  inside 
  

   of 
  the 
  bowl 
  with 
  the 
  fingers 
  of 
  her 
  left 
  hand 
  she 
  struck 
  it 
  sharply 
  

   on 
  the 
  outside 
  with 
  her 
  carved 
  paddle, 
  slightly 
  turning 
  the 
  embryo 
  

   vessel 
  before 
  each 
  stroke 
  and 
  moistening 
  the 
  paddle 
  now 
  and 
  then 
  

   in 
  a 
  vessel 
  of 
  water 
  which 
  stood 
  near. 
  The 
  bowl-shaped 
  base 
  

   was 
  then 
  carefully 
  laid 
  upon 
  a 
  bit 
  of 
  cotton 
  cloth 
  resting 
  on 
  a 
  

   common 
  china 
  saucer. 
  When 
  questioned 
  as 
  to 
  what 
  the 
  Indians 
  

  

  