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  [Assembly 
  

  

  was 
  to 
  be 
  eured. 
  Having 
  informed 
  the 
  mistress 
  of 
  the 
  band, 
  and 
  

   prepared 
  the 
  customary 
  feast; 
  the 
  Falsefaces 
  at 
  once 
  appeared, 
  

   preceded 
  by 
  their 
  female 
  leg^er, 
  and 
  marching 
  in 
  Indian 
  file. 
  

   Each 
  one 
  woi:e 
  a 
  mask 
  or 
  falseface, 
  a 
  tattered 
  blanket 
  over 
  his 
  

   shoulders, 
  and 
  carried 
  a 
  turtle 
  shell 
  rattle 
  in 
  his 
  hand. 
  On 
  en- 
  

   tering 
  th^; 
  house 
  of 
  the 
  invalid 
  they 
  first 
  stirred 
  the 
  ashes 
  upon 
  

   the 
  hearth, 
  and 
  then 
  sprinkled 
  the 
  patient 
  over 
  with 
  hot 
  ashes 
  

   until 
  his 
  head 
  and 
  hair 
  were 
  covered 
  ; 
  after 
  which 
  they 
  perform- 
  

   ed 
  some 
  manipulations 
  over 
  him 
  in 
  turn, 
  and 
  finally 
  lead 
  him 
  

   around 
  with 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  falseface 
  dance 
  {Gd- 
  go-so) 
  ^ 
  with 
  which 
  

   their 
  ceremonies 
  concluded. 
  When 
  these 
  performances 
  were 
  

   over, 
  the 
  entertainment 
  prepared 
  for 
  the 
  occasion 
  was 
  distributed 
  

   to 
  the 
  band, 
  and 
  by 
  them 
  carried 
  away 
  for 
  their 
  private 
  feasting, 
  

   as 
  they 
  never 
  unmasked 
  themselves 
  before 
  the 
  people. 
  Among 
  

   the 
  simple 
  complaints 
  which 
  the 
  Falsefaces 
  could 
  cure 
  infallibly, 
  

   were 
  nose 
  bleed, 
  toothache, 
  swellings, 
  and 
  inflammation 
  of 
  the 
  

   eyes. 
  The 
  falseface 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  figure 
  was 
  purchased 
  of 
  an 
  

   Onondaga 
  on 
  Grand 
  river 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  came 
  

   from 
  Tonawanda. 
  

  

  ^ 
  Da-ya-no-ta-yen-da-qua, 
  or 
  snow 
  boat. 
  

  

  No. 
  313. 
  

  

  Top 
  view. 
  

  

  BottOTTi 
  vicAV. 
  

  

  ^Wiih 
  the 
  snow 
  boat 
  was 
  played 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  winter 
  games 
  of 
  the 
  

   Iroquois, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  strife 
  was 
  to 
  discover 
  which 
  boat 
  would 
  

   run 
  the 
  farthest 
  in 
  an 
  iced 
  trench 
  or 
  path. 
  The 
  boat 
  was 
  about 
  

   fifteen 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  and 
  made 
  of 
  beech, 
  or 
  other 
  hard 
  wood, 
  

   something 
  in 
  the 
  fashion 
  of 
  a 
  canoe. 
  It 
  was 
  solid, 
  with 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   ception 
  of 
  an 
  oblong 
  cavity 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  over 
  which 
  arched 
  a 
  

   hickory 
  bow, 
  designed 
  to 
  suspend 
  bells 
  or 
  other 
  rattles 
  upon. 
  

  

  