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Ga-no-jo-o, or Indian Drum. 



1 foot. 



Over- one head of the drum the skin of some animal is stretched to 

 its utmost tension, and held firmly by a hoop. Vocal music is essential 

 to every Indian dance ; the drum being used" to mark time, and as an 

 accompaniment. These primitive amusements are still maintained by 

 a certain portion of the present Iroquois, with undiminished interest. 

 Their social intercourse still takes on this form, and scarcely a week 

 passes, in the winter season, without a dance. They are eminently 

 calculated to keep alive ,their Indian sympathies and notions ; and for 

 this reason, the first efforts of their missionaries are, with great pro- 

 priety, directed to their suppression. There is a wildness in the music 

 and excitement of the dance, exactly attuned to the nature of the 

 Indian ; and when he loses his relish for the dance, he has ceased to 

 be an Indian. 



Yun-ga-sa, or Tobacco Pouch. 



The tobacco pouch is made of the skin of some small animal, which 

 is taken off entire. It was anciently an indispensable article, and was 



