﻿FOURTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I907 
  IOO, 
  

  

  consists 
  of 
  six 
  diagonal 
  bars 
  of 
  white 
  beads, 
  three 
  bars 
  on 
  each 
  

   side 
  of 
  a 
  central 
  cross, 
  the 
  arms 
  of 
  which 
  radiate 
  from 
  a 
  central 
  

   square 
  composed 
  of 
  eight 
  white 
  beads. 
  The 
  beads 
  are 
  strung 
  on 
  a 
  

   vegetable 
  twine, 
  probably 
  hemp. 
  

  

  The 
  belt 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  Oldtown, 
  Maine, 
  where 
  it 
  had 
  

   been 
  held 
  by 
  the 
  Penobscot 
  Indians. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  Iroquois 
  

   manufacture 
  and 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  " 
  condolence 
  belt." 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  command 
  and 
  

   summons 
  to 
  a 
  condolence 
  council 
  at 
  Onondaga, 
  represented 
  by 
  the 
  

   central 
  cross. 
  

  

  A 
  wristband 
  of 
  modern 
  stringing 
  is 
  another 
  wampum 
  piece 
  of 
  

   interest. 
  It 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  an 
  old 
  Mohawk 
  wristband 
  which 
  

   has 
  been 
  restrung 
  to 
  preserve 
  the 
  design, 
  the 
  original 
  warp 
  having 
  

   decayed 
  and 
  become 
  broken. 
  

  

  The 
  Archeologist 
  secured 
  on 
  the 
  reservations 
  several 
  ceremonial 
  

   wampum 
  strings 
  of 
  considerable 
  interest. 
  One 
  is 
  a 
  string 
  of 
  purple 
  

   beads 
  hung 
  from 
  a 
  streamer 
  of 
  black 
  ribbon 
  in 
  five 
  strands 
  of 
  thirty- 
  

   two 
  beads 
  each. 
  At 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  each 
  string 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  piece 
  of 
  deer- 
  

   skin. 
  This 
  wampum 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  Seneca 
  condolence 
  

   string, 
  that 
  is 
  a 
  string 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  ceremony 
  of 
  a 
  mourning 
  council. 
  

   Another 
  string 
  of 
  purple 
  wampum 
  divided 
  in 
  two 
  strands 
  is 
  repre- 
  

   sented 
  as 
  the 
  " 
  death 
  horns." 
  It 
  was 
  held 
  by 
  a 
  sachem 
  until 
  his 
  

   death 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  passed 
  to 
  his 
  successor 
  in 
  ofrice 
  as 
  a 
  symbol 
  of 
  

   name 
  and 
  ofrice. 
  

  

  A 
  string 
  of 
  mixed 
  purple 
  and 
  white 
  beads 
  arranged 
  in 
  two 
  strands 
  

   is 
  a 
  " 
  name." 
  One 
  strand 
  consists 
  of 
  beads 
  arranged 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

   2 
  purple, 
  1 
  white, 
  2 
  purple, 
  1 
  white, 
  2 
  purple, 
  2 
  white, 
  4 
  blocks 
  the 
  

   same, 
  then 
  5 
  purple, 
  2 
  white, 
  ending 
  with 
  1 
  purple 
  bead 
  held 
  on 
  the 
  

   string 
  by 
  a 
  small 
  knot 
  of 
  yellow 
  ribbon. 
  The 
  other 
  strand 
  consists 
  

   of 
  bars 
  of 
  4 
  purple 
  beads 
  with 
  a 
  white 
  bead 
  interposed 
  between. 
  A 
  

   faded 
  purple 
  ribbon 
  holds 
  the 
  beads 
  on 
  the 
  linen 
  string. 
  

  

  A 
  " 
  runner's 
  " 
  or 
  messenger's 
  summons 
  composed 
  of 
  50 
  purple 
  

   beads 
  strung 
  on 
  gut 
  and 
  tied 
  to 
  a 
  notched 
  stick 
  is 
  a 
  condolence 
  

   council 
  call. 
  There 
  are 
  four 
  notches 
  on 
  the 
  stick 
  which 
  mean 
  that 
  

   four 
  days' 
  time 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  which 
  to 
  appear 
  at 
  the 
  council. 
  

  

  A 
  Canadian 
  string 
  of 
  mixed 
  disk 
  wampum 
  and 
  colored 
  beads 
  

   forms 
  an 
  interesting 
  mate 
  of 
  the 
  disk 
  string 
  secured 
  in 
  1898 
  by 
  

   Mrs 
  H. 
  M. 
  Converse. 
  The 
  string 
  is 
  strung 
  on 
  heavy 
  cotton 
  thread 
  

   and 
  there 
  are 
  knots 
  of 
  colored 
  ribbon 
  tied 
  at 
  intervals. 
  Mr 
  M. 
  R. 
  

   Harrington 
  who 
  secured 
  this 
  piece 
  says 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  last 
  Tutelo 
  

   name 
  string 
  and 
  obtained 
  with 
  great 
  difficulty. 
  The 
  Tutelos 
  are 
  an 
  

   adopted 
  captive 
  tribe 
  originally 
  of 
  Siouxan 
  culture. 
  

  

  