﻿No. 
  122.] 
  

  

  107 
  

  

  hundred, 
  were 
  formed 
  for 
  the 
  conveyance 
  of 
  troops 
  and 
  provi- 
  

   sions. 
  With 
  careful 
  usage 
  they 
  would 
  last 
  several 
  years. 
  

  

  Ga-sna 
  Ga-ose-ha, 
  or 
  bark 
  sarrel. 
  

  

  No. 
  44. 
  

  

  The 
  bark 
  barrel 
  was 
  used 
  to 
  store 
  charred 
  and 
  dried 
  shi 
  11 
  corHy 
  

   beanSj 
  fruit, 
  cured 
  venison 
  and 
  other 
  meats, 
  and 
  a 
  variety 
  (^f 
  oth- 
  

   er 
  articles. 
  When 
  corn 
  was 
  buried 
  in 
  i:>its 
  or 
  caches, 
  it 
  was 
  usu- 
  

   ally 
  put 
  in 
  bark 
  barrel? 
  of 
  this 
  description. 
  During 
  the 
  war 
  of 
  

   1812, 
  when 
  the 
  British 
  forces 
  were 
  expected 
  over 
  the 
  frontier, 
  

   the 
  Senecas 
  r\f 
  Tonawanda, 
  who 
  had 
  enlisted 
  in 
  the 
  American 
  

   army, 
  buried 
  their 
  corn 
  in 
  bark 
  barrels, 
  after 
  the 
  ancient 
  cus- 
  

   tom. 
  These 
  barrels 
  were 
  made 
  of 
  all 
  sizes, 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  suffi- 
  

   cient 
  capacity 
  to 
  hold 
  three 
  bushels, 
  to 
  those 
  large 
  enough 
  for 
  a 
  

   peck. 
  They 
  are 
  made 
  of 
  black 
  ash 
  bark, 
  the 
  ^rain 
  being 
  run 
  

   around 
  the 
  barrel. 
  Such 
  barrels 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  every 
  family 
  in 
  

   ancient 
  times, 
  and 
  among 
  other 
  purposes 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  de- 
  

   voted, 
  they 
  were 
  made 
  repositories 
  for 
  articles 
  of 
  apparel 
  and 
  

   personal 
  ornaments. 
  With 
  proper 
  care 
  they 
  would 
  outlast 
  the 
  

   longest 
  life. 
  

  

  