﻿No, 
  122. 
  J 
  109- 
  

  

  Yont-ka-do-qua, 
  or 
  basket 
  fish 
  net. 
  

  

  No. 
  7f. 
  

  

  3 
  feet. 
  

  

  The 
  basket 
  net 
  was 
  made 
  of 
  splint 
  in 
  a 
  conical 
  form, 
  about 
  

   three 
  feet 
  in 
  length, 
  fifteen 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter 
  at 
  the 
  mouth, 
  and 
  

   six 
  at 
  the 
  sinall 
  end. 
  In 
  using 
  it, 
  the 
  fisherman 
  stood 
  in 
  the 
  rap- 
  

   ids 
  of 
  the 
  creek 
  or 
  river, 
  where 
  the 
  water 
  rippled 
  over 
  the 
  stony 
  

   bottom, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  stick 
  or 
  rod 
  managed 
  to 
  direct 
  the 
  fish 
  into 
  

   the 
  partly 
  submerged 
  basket, 
  as 
  they 
  attempted 
  to 
  shoot 
  down 
  

   the 
  rapid. 
  When 
  one 
  was 
  heard 
  to 
  flutter 
  in 
  the 
  basket, 
  it 
  was 
  

   at 
  once 
  raised 
  from 
  the 
  water, 
  and 
  the 
  fish 
  was 
  found 
  secure 
  

   within 
  it. 
  In 
  those 
  forest 
  days, 
  when 
  fish 
  abounded 
  in 
  every 
  

   stream, 
  it 
  was 
  an 
  easy 
  matter 
  thus 
  to 
  capture 
  them 
  in 
  large 
  num- 
  

   bers. 
  

  

  Basket-making 
  is 
  preeminently 
  an 
  Indian 
  art. 
  It 
  was 
  the 
  

   intention 
  of 
  the 
  writer 
  to 
  enter 
  into 
  this 
  subject 
  somewhat 
  mi- 
  

   nutely, 
  and 
  for 
  that 
  purpose 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  splints 
  in 
  their 
  

   various 
  stages, 
  from 
  their 
  condition 
  when 
  first 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  

   tree, 
  to 
  those' 
  ready 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  into 
  the 
  most 
  delicate 
  baskets,. 
  

   was 
  put 
  up 
  and 
  arranged. 
  But 
  the 
  unexpected 
  length 
  of 
  this 
  re- 
  

   port 
  will 
  prevent 
  any 
  thing 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  passing 
  notice 
  - 
  Black 
  

   ash 
  furnishes 
  the 
  only 
  splint 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  

   the 
  same 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  of 
  all 
  other 
  Indians. 
  They 
  choose 
  a 
  tree 
  

   about 
  a 
  foot 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  free 
  from 
  limbs, 
  after 
  which 
  they 
  

   cut 
  off* 
  a 
  stick 
  about 
  six4eet 
  in 
  length. 
  After 
  removing 
  the 
  bark 
  

   they 
  pound 
  the 
  stick 
  with 
  some 
  heavy 
  implement 
  to 
  start 
  the 
  

   splints, 
  which 
  can 
  thus 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  run 
  off 
  with 
  the 
  utmost 
  regu- 
  

  

  