x8^ EXPLORATIONS IN THE FAR NORTH 



through a superstitious belief in their aiding the wearer or to 

 be used as rattles, as a piece of birch or deer's scapula some- 

 times is, to lure deer or moose within range of the hunter's rifle. 

 Not without difficulty I secured a specimen, No. 10,846, which 

 had been carried by Johnnie Cohoyla. It contains 4 points, 6 

 inches in length, which have been roughly cut from the antler 

 with an ax. The tips are held within an inch of each other by 

 sinew threads tied in a deep circular groove; these lines are 

 braided together a distance of 2 inches and attached to the mid- 

 dle of a birch stick 2 inches long which is passed under the belt. 

 In addition to the specimens here described, the collection 

 contains a number of articles which I obtained at Grand Rapids. 



3 Stone pipes Lls-si-mi-us-pwa-gun 



1 Clay pipe Wa-pe-tu-nlsk us-pwa-gun 



2 Skin scrapers Miq-ki-kwun 



1 Flat skin scraper Pusk-wu-hi-kiin 



Shot Sin-i-e 



1 Pan Pi-we-bis wi-na-gun 

 Fire steel A-pet 



3 Buttons Sa-go-pa-sun-uk 

 Touchwood Pu-sa-gun 



Knife Mo-ko-man, Kichi-mo-ko-man 



(Big Knife, name given to " Americans " — citizens of the United States. 

 Compare the Athabascan Bischo.) 



Canoe model Wfisk-wai-che-man 



2 Paddles E-pu-i 



7 Rogans Wusk-wai-In-e-kum 



Birch cups Wusk-na min-ik-wa-gun 



Flat sled Nuk-yu-ti-pan-ask 



6 Books printed in syllabic characters. 



5 Letters written by Cree children. 



Duffels, cradle, thread, moccasins, snow-shoe needle, netting 



needle, dressed skins. 



Methods of Dressing Skins Employed by 

 the Wood Crees. 



Moose. In former times, when the Indian was an unre- 

 strained carnivore, moose might be had for the killing. Now 

 they are becoming rare, though Grand Rapids is one of the 



