﻿No. 
  122.] 
  97 
  

  

  mal 
  its 
  dark 
  appearance. 
  -Ifter 
  being 
  picked 
  and 
  seasoned 
  they 
  

   are 
  colored 
  red, 
  blue 
  and 
  yellow 
  by 
  artificial 
  dyes, 
  (see 
  fig. 
  24, 
  

   plate 
  12,) 
  and 
  then 
  used 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  white 
  ones. 
  

   For 
  heavy 
  border 
  work 
  the 
  quills 
  are 
  moistened 
  and 
  flatten- 
  

   ed 
  down, 
  and 
  in 
  that 
  form 
  are 
  used, 
  as 
  w^ill 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  

   the 
  plate 
  3 
  but 
  for 
  vine 
  or 
  figure 
  work, 
  a 
  thread 
  is 
  stitched 
  

   through 
  the 
  deer 
  skin 
  and 
  around 
  the 
  quill, 
  and 
  drawn 
  down 
  

   so 
  as 
  to 
  compress 
  it. 
  This 
  process 
  is 
  repeated 
  at 
  intervals, 
  

   the 
  quill 
  being 
  bent 
  between 
  the 
  stitches. 
  No 
  patterns 
  are 
  used 
  

   to 
  w^ork 
  from, 
  the 
  eye 
  and 
  the 
  taste 
  being 
  the 
  principal 
  guides. 
  

   In 
  combining 
  colors 
  much 
  taste 
  is 
  displayed. 
  

  

  Yunt-ka-to-da-ta, 
  or 
  dber 
  skin 
  shoulder 
  belt. 
  

  

  No. 
  30. 
  Plate 
  12. 
  

  

  ]3a-Tunt-wa-hos-ta, 
  or 
  deer 
  skin 
  waist 
  belt. 
  

  

  No. 
  20. 
  Plaie 
  IS. 
  

  

  Whether 
  the 
  practice 
  of 
  wearing 
  a 
  belt 
  over 
  the 
  left 
  shoulder 
  

   was 
  a 
  primitive 
  custom 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  or 
  an 
  imitation 
  of 
  the 
  

   corresponding 
  article 
  in 
  our 
  own 
  military 
  costume 
  is 
  uncertain 
  ; 
  

   but 
  the 
  latter 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  probable. 
  At 
  an 
  early 
  day 
  these 
  belts 
  

   were 
  worn, 
  made 
  of 
  deer 
  skin 
  worked 
  with 
  porcupine 
  quills 
  like 
  

   the 
  one 
  represented' 
  in 
  the 
  plate. 
  Having 
  been 
  passed 
  over 
  the 
  

   left 
  shoulder 
  and 
  across 
  the 
  chest 
  diagonally 
  to 
  the 
  waist 
  belt 
  on 
  

   the 
  right 
  side 
  it 
  was 
  there 
  secured. 
  The 
  waist 
  belt 
  was 
  a 
  narrow 
  

   strip 
  of 
  deer 
  skin 
  embroidered 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner. 
  It 
  was 
  put 
  

   on 
  like 
  the 
  bead 
  and 
  worsted 
  belt, 
  with 
  the 
  centre 
  in 
  front, 
  the 
  

   belt 
  l^eing 
  passed 
  around 
  the 
  body 
  from 
  before 
  back, 
  and 
  the 
  ends 
  

   brought 
  around 
  in 
  front 
  again 
  to 
  be 
  tied, 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  the 
  orna- 
  

   mented 
  part 
  might 
  occupy 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  plae^. 
  

  

  [Assembly. 
  No. 
  122.1 
  

  

  