﻿No. 
  122.] 
  87 
  

  

  other 
  and 
  back 
  again. 
  Ropes 
  were 
  then 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  

   the 
  belt 
  and 
  the 
  work 
  was 
  completed. 
  

  

  O-a-ta-ose-kiij 
  or 
  moose 
  hair 
  burden 
  strap, 
  > 
  

   Gus-ha-ah, 
  or 
  deer 
  hair 
  do 
  ) 
  

  

  No. 
  74 
  Plate 
  3. 
  

  

  Near 
  the 
  rump 
  of 
  the 
  Moose 
  ( 
  Yen-dd-ne,) 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  neck 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  the 
  shoulders, 
  there 
  are 
  small 
  tufts 
  of 
  white 
  hair, 
  about 
  

   four 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  each 
  yielding 
  a 
  small 
  handful. 
  These 
  hairs 
  

   were 
  carefully 
  preserved, 
  dyed 
  red, 
  blue 
  and 
  yellow, 
  and 
  used 
  in 
  

   the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  varieties 
  of 
  burden 
  straps. 
  Similar 
  

   tufts 
  of 
  hair, 
  but 
  inferior 
  in 
  quality, 
  are 
  found 
  upon 
  the 
  Elk, 
  (Jo- 
  

   rd-dd,) 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  tail 
  of 
  the 
  deer 
  (JVa-o-geh.) 
  The 
  Moose 
  hair 
  

   burden 
  strap 
  is 
  made 
  in 
  all 
  respects 
  as 
  above 
  described, 
  except 
  

   that 
  the 
  thread, 
  which 
  serves 
  as 
  the 
  filling, 
  is 
  wound 
  with 
  this 
  

   hair 
  upon 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  belt, 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  way, 
  as 
  either 
  to 
  cover 
  

   the 
  whole 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  belt, 
  or 
  to 
  sprinkle 
  it 
  through 
  with 
  small 
  

   figures 
  at 
  the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  the 
  maker. 
  The 
  one 
  represented 
  in 
  th« 
  

   plate 
  (fig. 
  1.) 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  perfect 
  and 
  beautiful 
  piece 
  of 
  work, 
  near- 
  

   ly 
  the 
  whole 
  upper 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  belt 
  being 
  covered 
  with 
  Moose 
  

   hair, 
  white, 
  yellow, 
  red 
  and 
  blue, 
  which 
  is 
  woven 
  into 
  the 
  belt 
  in 
  

   a 
  regular 
  figure. 
  It 
  v/as 
  made 
  by 
  an 
  Onondaga 
  woman 
  on 
  Grand 
  

   river 
  in 
  Upper 
  Canada, 
  where 
  it 
  was 
  purchased 
  in 
  October 
  last. 
  

   Although 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  used 
  many 
  years, 
  and 
  the 
  colors 
  have 
  lost 
  

   some 
  portion 
  of 
  their 
  original 
  brilliancy, 
  it 
  is 
  yet 
  wholly 
  unim- 
  

   paired, 
  and 
  a 
  remarkable 
  specimen 
  of 
  finger 
  weaving, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   of 
  artizan 
  skill. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  only 
  woven 
  compactly, 
  but 
  with 
  such 
  

   evenness 
  of 
  thread 
  as 
  to 
  present 
  a 
  smooth 
  surface 
  and 
  uniform 
  

   texture. 
  It 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  believe, 
  upon 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  un- 
  

   der 
  side, 
  of 
  the 
  belt, 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  manufactured 
  with 
  bark 
  threads 
  ; 
  

   and 
  perhaps 
  still 
  more 
  incredible, 
  that 
  in 
  the 
  mechanism 
  of 
  this 
  

   belt, 
  can 
  be 
  found 
  the 
  primary 
  elements 
  of 
  the 
  art 
  of 
  weaving. 
  

  

  In 
  figure 
  2 
  of 
  the 
  plate 
  is 
  a 
  representation 
  of 
  a 
  burden 
  strap 
  in 
  

   which 
  deer's 
  hair 
  is 
  used. 
  It 
  is 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  general 
  fash- 
  

   ion 
  as 
  the 
  preceding, 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  a 
  Seneca 
  woman 
  at 
  To- 
  

   nawanda. 
  

  

  1. 
  Among 
  the 
  Ch;ppeway3 
  a 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  fancy 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  baskets, 
  

   kc, 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  birch 
  bark, 
  upon 
  which 
  various 
  figures 
  are 
  worked 
  with 
  mooso 
  hair 
  of 
  

   the 
  kind 
  above 
  descrite:?. 
  

  

  