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  [Assembly 
  

  

  later 
  days 
  they 
  have 
  substituted 
  a 
  metalic 
  point, 
  inserting 
  it 
  how- 
  

   ever 
  in 
  a 
  bone 
  handle. 
  These 
  handles 
  are 
  often 
  carved 
  with 
  

   such 
  care 
  and 
  labor 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  them 
  tasteful 
  implements. 
  In 
  

   sewing 
  deer 
  skin 
  either 
  with 
  sinew, 
  or 
  deer 
  strings, 
  or 
  bark 
  thread, 
  

   the 
  Iroquois 
  women 
  are 
  very 
  expert. 
  

  

  Ah-ta-quii-o-weh, 
  or 
  moccasiw. 
  

  

  No. 
  33. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  common 
  moccasin 
  the 
  side 
  pieces 
  instead 
  of 
  folding 
  down 
  

   rise 
  above 
  the 
  ankle, 
  and 
  are 
  secured 
  with 
  strings. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  

   Iroquois 
  both 
  male 
  and 
  female, 
  and 
  especially 
  the 
  elders, 
  still 
  

   cling 
  to 
  the 
  moccasin 
  as 
  the 
  most 
  acceptable 
  protection 
  for 
  the 
  

   foot 
  ; 
  and 
  wear 
  it 
  plain, 
  as 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  figure, 
  as 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  

   their 
  daily 
  apparel. 
  The 
  bottom 
  and 
  sides 
  are 
  without 
  seams, 
  

   the 
  only 
  ones 
  being 
  on 
  the 
  instep 
  in 
  front, 
  and 
  up 
  the 
  heel 
  behind. 
  

   In 
  the 
  figure 
  the 
  moccasin 
  is 
  thrown 
  out 
  of 
  shape 
  by 
  being 
  flatten- 
  

   ed 
  on 
  the 
  side. 
  When 
  in 
  actual 
  use 
  the 
  thickness 
  of 
  the 
  mocca- 
  

   sin 
  would 
  be 
  the 
  thickness 
  of 
  the 
  foot. 
  Two 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  

   plain 
  moccasin 
  are 
  furnished, 
  one 
  from 
  Canada 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  

   from 
  Tonawanda. 
  

  

  