﻿No. 
  122.] 
  

  

  95 
  

  

  Gus-to-wehj 
  or 
  head 
  dress. 
  

  

  No. 
  68. 
  

  

  This 
  figure 
  is 
  introduce 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  skeleton 
  or 
  frame 
  of 
  the 
  

   Iroquois 
  head 
  dress, 
  which, 
  when 
  completed, 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  striking 
  

   feature 
  of 
  their 
  costume. 
  It 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  splint 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  rep- 
  

   resented, 
  except 
  that 
  in 
  some 
  instances 
  another 
  band 
  arches 
  over 
  

   from 
  side 
  to 
  side. 
  The 
  large 
  feather 
  revolves 
  in 
  the 
  tube 
  in 
  

   which 
  it 
  is 
  inserted. 
  It 
  was 
  obtained 
  of 
  a 
  Seneca 
  on 
  Grand 
  river. 
  

  

  Gii-ka-ah, 
  or 
  kilt. 
  

  

  No. 
  27. 
  Plate 
  9. 
  

  

  The 
  ancient 
  male 
  costume 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  consisted, 
  in 
  its 
  prin- 
  

   cipal 
  parts, 
  of 
  the 
  moccasin 
  made 
  plain 
  ; 
  deer 
  skin 
  leggins 
  made 
  

   plain, 
  setting 
  tight 
  to 
  the 
  legs, 
  and 
  rising 
  considerably 
  above 
  the 
  

   knees 
  ; 
  the 
  Ga-ka, 
  or 
  breech 
  cloth 
  also 
  of 
  deer 
  skin, 
  worn 
  about 
  

   the 
  loins 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  bear 
  or 
  deer 
  skin 
  blanket. 
  This 
  is 
  especially 
  

   the 
  present 
  daily 
  costume 
  of 
  the 
  wild 
  tribes, 
  which 
  roam 
  over 
  

   the 
  plains 
  in 
  and 
  beyond 
  the 
  Indian 
  territory, 
  and 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  

   Mississippi 
  States 
  ; 
  and 
  was, 
  doubtless, 
  the 
  primitive 
  costume 
  of 
  

   the 
  whole 
  Indian 
  family. 
  The 
  first 
  innovation 
  among 
  the 
  Iro- 
  

   quois 
  was 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  cotton 
  shirts, 
  after 
  their 
  intercourse 
  

   commenced 
  with 
  the 
  Dutch 
  and 
  English. 
  With 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  