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  [Assembly 
  

  

  are 
  seldom 
  to 
  be 
  met 
  with. 
  Every 
  fifth 
  bead 
  upon 
  the 
  string 
  is 
  

   of 
  an 
  opaque 
  blue 
  glass, 
  introduced 
  for 
  contrast. 
  

  

  The 
  common 
  glass 
  beads 
  (fig. 
  1) 
  have 
  always 
  been 
  and 
  still 
  

   • 
  continue 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  high 
  favor. 
  From 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  their 
  discove- 
  

   ry 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  time, 
  glass 
  trinkets 
  of 
  this 
  description 
  have 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  to 
  dazzle 
  the 
  eye 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  maiden, 
  and 
  to 
  be 
  seized 
  

   upon 
  with 
  the 
  greatest 
  avidity. 
  The 
  brilliancy 
  of 
  their 
  colors, 
  

   the 
  neatness 
  of 
  their 
  finish, 
  and 
  their 
  conspicuous 
  appearance 
  as 
  

   personal 
  ornaments, 
  have 
  ever 
  given 
  to 
  necklaces 
  of 
  this 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  a 
  peculiar 
  charm 
  ; 
  a 
  charm 
  sufficiently 
  potent 
  to 
  draw 
  forth 
  

   the 
  richest 
  furs 
  from 
  the 
  depths 
  of 
  the 
  wilderness, 
  to 
  be 
  freely 
  

   exchanged, 
  although 
  a 
  thousand 
  fold 
  more 
  valuable, 
  for 
  these 
  

   glittering 
  baubles. 
  The 
  specimen 
  figured 
  in 
  the 
  plate 
  was 
  pro- 
  

   cured 
  of 
  a 
  Mohawk 
  girl 
  in 
  Canada. 
  

  

  Gii-te-as-ha 
  Gii-a-o-tii-ges, 
  or 
  grass 
  shoulder 
  ornament. 
  

  

  No. 
  78. 
  Plate 
  8. 
  

  

  This 
  article 
  of 
  dress 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  a 
  necklace. 
  It 
  is 
  made 
  

   of 
  a 
  fragrant 
  marsh 
  grass 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  Senecas 
  Gii-a-6-ta-ges, 
  

   which 
  is 
  first 
  braided 
  into 
  small 
  three 
  strand 
  cords, 
  after 
  which 
  

   several 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  united 
  in 
  one 
  chain. 
  At 
  intervals 
  of 
  three 
  

   or 
  four 
  inches 
  small 
  discs, 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  material, 
  but 
  some- 
  

   times 
  covered 
  upon 
  the 
  upper 
  face 
  with 
  bead 
  work, 
  are 
  attached, 
  

   together 
  with 
  some 
  other 
  ornaments. 
  On 
  the 
  specimen 
  repre- 
  

   sented 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  a 
  small 
  and 
  delicately 
  made 
  basket 
  of 
  the 
  

   size 
  of 
  a 
  thimble, 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  grass. 
  This 
  is 
  more 
  particu- 
  

   larly 
  a 
  female 
  ornament, 
  although 
  in 
  ancient 
  times* 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  worn 
  by 
  both 
  sexes. 
  The 
  grass 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  made 
  

   constantly 
  emits 
  an 
  agreeable 
  odor, 
  the 
  fragrance 
  of 
  which 
  made 
  

   a 
  species 
  of 
  substitute 
  for 
  artificial 
  perfumery. 
  It 
  was 
  obtained 
  

   of 
  an 
  Oneida 
  female 
  on 
  Grand 
  river 
  

  

  