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to procure a substitute. Collecting his band, this captain went out 

 as for war, and took a prisoner. If he was a white man his head' 

 was shaved and painted; in every case the belt was wrapped around 

 his neck, and "he was carried off to the bereaved family, which re- 

 ceived him with all affection." — De Schzveinitz, p. 620-21 



In Stone's Life of Joseph Brant, 1:17, will be found several ex- 

 tracts from Sir William Johnson's diary, relating to a kindred cus- 

 tom. May -22, 1757, he sympathized with a Canajoharie chief, who- 

 had lost his mother, and " expected he would remove his concern 

 by going to war, and bringing either a prisoner or a scalp to put in 

 her room, or stead, as is usual among Indians. Upon this Sir 

 WilHam gave him a very fine belt to enforce his request." 



A chief brought him four French scalps. May 18, 1758, and said: 



This scalp (the one with a black belt tied to it painted) I desire 

 may be delivered to my wife's uncle, old Hickus of Canajoharie, to 

 replace her mother, who was his sister. This scalp (meaning an- 

 other upon the same stick, with a bunch of black wampum tied 

 to it) I send to the aforesaid man to replace Eusenia, who was 

 Taraghyorie's wife. This scalp (meaning a scalp by itself on a stick, 

 with a bunch of black wampum) my cousin. Captain Jacob, gives 

 to replace old King Hendrick of Canajoharie. This scalp (meaning 

 the small one tied round with a bunch of wampum) my said cousin 

 gives to replace Hickus's son, who was killed at the battle of the 

 lake under your command. 



Small wampum was one decoration of the white dog at the New" 



Year's feast, and sins were confessed on strings of this at that time. 



Glass beads 



Glass beads were introduced at an early day but had not the same 

 esteem as wampum. They had a moderate use in a public way. 

 In 1633 Le Jeune presented a string of these to three chiefs of 

 different nations in Canada, and glass tubes were among the Huron 

 purchases of that year. In 1635 Brebeuf catechised the Huron chil- 

 dren and gave a little glass tube or bead to those who did the best. 

 Bruyas did the same at Oneida in 1670. " Whoever knows how to 

 repeat on Sunday all that is said during the week, has a string of 

 bugle or two little glass beads, or two brass rings." This was a 

 common practice, and the tubes may be several inches long. 



