﻿No. 
  112.] 
  77 
  

  

  always 
  carved, 
  and 
  frequently 
  inlaid 
  with 
  silver, 
  or 
  with 
  wood 
  of 
  

   different 
  colors 
  and 
  in 
  various 
  figures. 
  The 
  bow, 
  which 
  arches 
  

   over, 
  is 
  held 
  to 
  the 
  bottom 
  board 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  cross 
  piece, 
  pass- 
  

   ing 
  under 
  it, 
  into 
  which 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  bow 
  are 
  inserted. 
  It 
  is 
  

   further 
  secured 
  in 
  its 
  perpendicular 
  position 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  side 
  

   pieces 
  in 
  w^hich 
  the 
  bow 
  is 
  embedded. 
  The 
  foot 
  board 
  at 
  the 
  

   small 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  frame 
  is 
  also 
  carved, 
  and 
  often 
  inlaid, 
  it 
  being 
  

   the 
  only 
  part 
  of 
  it, 
  which 
  is 
  exposed 
  when, 
  the 
  infant 
  is 
  lashed 
  

   upon 
  the 
  frame. 
  Deer 
  strings 
  are 
  run 
  along 
  the 
  outer 
  edges 
  of 
  

   the 
  bottom 
  board 
  under 
  which 
  the 
  belts 
  are 
  passed 
  from 
  side 
  to 
  

   side 
  passing 
  over 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  the 
  child. 
  As 
  a 
  w^hole 
  the 
  Ga-ose- 
  

   ha, 
  with 
  its 
  embroidered 
  belts, 
  and 
  other 
  decorations, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   most 
  conspicuous 
  articles 
  pertaining 
  to 
  their 
  social 
  life. 
  

  

  Ga-swa-hose-ha, 
  or 
  baby 
  frame 
  belt: 
  ) 
  

   Ga-nose-ga, 
  or 
  eaby 
  frame 
  belt. 
  ) 
  

  

  Plate 
  2. 
  

  

  Ga-nose-ga, 
  or 
  baby 
  frame 
  belt. 
  

  

  The 
  covering 
  of 
  the 
  frame 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  spread 
  to 
  draw 
  over 
  the 
  

   bow, 
  and 
  these 
  belts. 
  The 
  largest 
  belt 
  {Gd 
  swd-hose-hdj 
  Fig. 
  1,) 
  

   is 
  of 
  red 
  broad 
  cloth, 
  beautifully 
  embroidered 
  with 
  bead 
  work. 
  

   This 
  is 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  frame 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  bow, 
  and 
  passed 
  over 
  the 
  

   frame 
  from 
  side 
  to 
  side, 
  under 
  the 
  deer 
  strings 
  and 
  above 
  the 
  

   child, 
  finally 
  bringing 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  it, 
  which 
  is 
  most 
  embroidered 
  

   in 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  frame. 
  - 
  In 
  like 
  manner 
  the 
  second 
  belt, 
  {Gd- 
  

   nose-gdy 
  Fig. 
  2,) 
  which 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  broad 
  cloth, 
  is 
  adjusted 
  at 
  

   the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  frame. 
  Between 
  the 
  two 
  the 
  short 
  belts 
  (fig. 
  3,) 
  is 
  

   inserted. 
  Over 
  the 
  bow 
  is 
  drawn 
  the 
  spread 
  (Yen-dus-ho-dd-qud) 
  

   usually 
  of 
  red 
  merino, 
  embroidered 
  with 
  beads, 
  and 
  often 
  decora- 
  

   ted 
  with 
  silver 
  ornaments. 
  Rattles 
  were 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  bow 
  for 
  

   the 
  amusement 
  of 
  the 
  child 
  ; 
  but 
  as 
  it^ 
  arms 
  were 
  confined 
  be- 
  

   neath 
  the 
  belts, 
  this 
  gratification 
  was 
  only 
  afforded 
  when 
  the 
  

   frame 
  was 
  rocked 
  by 
  the 
  Indian 
  mother, 
  or 
  waved 
  by 
  the 
  breeze 
  

   while 
  depending 
  from 
  the 
  branch 
  of 
  a 
  tree. 
  

  

  