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SMITHSOXIAX MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



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As the Chippewa were a pe(j])le Hvini;- in the woods and heside 

 the water a study of their early hfe necessarily included the making 

 of a birchbark canoe. For this purpose an old canoe maker was 

 visited and his eciuipment photographed. ISrietly described, the 

 process consisted in molding thick sheets of birchbark upward around 

 a removable flat frame which was held in i)lace by heavy stones ( figs, 

 loi, 102). The sheets of Ijark were sewed together witli split roots 

 and fastened to a ])ermanent binding at the top. the seams being calked 

 with spruce or other gum. Hunting and trap])ing were studied, 

 together with the manner of tanning large and small hides. ( iames 

 and pastimes were recorded and the implements used in the various 

 games were obtained. Tribal organization received some attention, 

 as well as tribal customs relating to marriage, home life, death, and 

 burial. X'ot least in importance was the additional information 

 secured concerning the beliefs and customs of the Alidezvizvin, and 

 the practice of good and evil charms. 



ETHXOLOGIC WORK IX LOUISIANA 

 llie field-work of Dr. John R. Swanton. of the Bureau of American 



Ethn 



ologv, during U)]y. was confinecl to a short ex])edition to 



Fig. 103. — Mixed Houma Indians, Little Barataria Bayou. 



Louisiana between May 16 and June 25. Tn this period three sepa- 

 rate investigations were undertaken. The first of these was a visit 

 to the mixed-blood Houma Indians in La Fourche parish and the 



