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  [Assembly 
  

  

  it 
  was 
  parched 
  over 
  in 
  the 
  ashes 
  to 
  reduce 
  its 
  weight 
  still 
  more 
  

   by 
  drying. 
  The 
  splint 
  seive 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  figure 
  was 
  used 
  

   to 
  sift 
  out 
  the 
  fine 
  ashes 
  which 
  might 
  adhere 
  to 
  the 
  kernel. 
  After 
  

   the 
  corn 
  was 
  thus 
  purified 
  it 
  was 
  pounded 
  into 
  flour 
  and 
  mixed 
  

   with 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  maple 
  sugar 
  ; 
  in 
  which 
  condition 
  it 
  not 
  only 
  

   made 
  a 
  very 
  palatable 
  and 
  nutritious 
  food^ 
  but 
  was 
  so 
  light 
  that 
  

   sufficient 
  could 
  be 
  carried 
  in 
  the 
  bear 
  or 
  deer 
  skin 
  pocket 
  of 
  the 
  

   hunter 
  or 
  warrior 
  for 
  many 
  days 
  subsistence. 
  

  

  Gis-tat-he-o 
  Ga-ya-ah, 
  or 
  fawn 
  skin 
  bag. 
  

  

  No. 
  62. 
  

  

  Bags 
  or 
  pockets 
  of 
  this 
  description, 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  skins 
  of 
  ani- 
  

   mals, 
  were 
  in 
  constant 
  use 
  among 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  in 
  ancient 
  times. 
  

   They 
  were 
  hung 
  to 
  the 
  girdle 
  of 
  the 
  warrior 
  and 
  the 
  hunter, 
  and 
  

   would 
  contain 
  within 
  their 
  narrow 
  folds 
  sufficient 
  subsistence 
  for 
  

   a 
  long 
  expedition, 
  thus 
  answering 
  very 
  perfectly 
  the 
  purposes 
  of 
  

   the 
  knapsack. 
  At 
  home 
  they 
  were 
  used 
  as 
  repositories 
  for 
  the 
  

   safe 
  keeping 
  of 
  choice 
  articles. 
  Occasionally 
  these 
  pockets 
  were 
  

   made 
  of 
  the 
  skin 
  of 
  the 
  speckled 
  fiiwn, 
  a 
  fine 
  specimen 
  of 
  whick 
  

  

  is 
  given 
  on 
  plate 
  7. 
  

  

  i 
  

  

  