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European spoons seem not to have been in extensive use at 

 this time. One iron spoon was found in a man's grave at Gan~ 

 dagora- Metal spoons were found on the Dann farm, one an 

 "Apostle" spoon, with the figure of one of the apostles on the 

 handle. A copper ladle was one of the articles found there. 



Food was served in bowls and on plates. The bowls seem to 

 have been mostly of bark, of the pattern still to be seen on the 

 Cattaraugus Reservation, though some wooden ones came from 

 the Dann farm, and from Gandougarae. 



Modern bark bowl and ladle. 



Father Beschefer's box of curiosities contained besides seeds, 

 "24 bark dishes of various sizes", and "2 wooden spoons." (*) 



Bowls, platters and spoons were not always as clean as they 

 might have been. Galinee stayed in the eastern village for some 

 time and left a good description of his food and how it was 

 served. He says: 'The great dish in this village, where they 

 seldom have meat, is a dog, the hair of which they singe over 

 the coals. After scraping it well they cut it in pieces and put it 

 into the kettle. When it is cooked they serve you a piece of 

 three or four pounds' weight in a wooden platter that has never 

 been rubbed with any other dish-cloth than the fingers of the 

 lady of the house which appear all smeared with the grease that 

 * Jes. Rel., Vol. LXIII, p. 289. 



