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  larity 
  and 
  uniformitj 
  of 
  thickness. 
  This 
  process 
  is 
  continued 
  un- 
  

   til 
  the 
  log 
  is 
  stripped 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  heart. 
  These 
  splints, 
  which 
  

   are 
  about 
  three 
  inches 
  wide 
  and 
  an 
  eighth 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  thick, 
  are 
  

   afterwards 
  subdivided 
  both 
  ways 
  until 
  reduced 
  ^to 
  the 
  required 
  

   width 
  and 
  thickness. 
  When 
  resplit 
  into 
  thinner 
  strips 
  the 
  

   splints 
  have 
  a 
  white 
  and 
  smooth 
  surface. 
  If 
  the 
  baskets 
  are 
  to 
  

   be 
  variegated, 
  the 
  splints 
  are 
  dyed 
  upon 
  one 
  side 
  before 
  they 
  are 
  

   woven, 
  and 
  are 
  also 
  moistened 
  to 
  make 
  them 
  pliable 
  before 
  they 
  

   are 
  used. 
  The 
  patient 
  industry 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  female 
  while 
  en- 
  

   gaged 
  in 
  this 
  manual 
  labor, 
  and 
  her 
  skill 
  and 
  taste 
  are 
  alike 
  ex- 
  

   emplified 
  in 
  this 
  interesting 
  manufacture. 
  

  

  E-yose, 
  or 
  blanket. 
  

  

  No. 
  1031-2. 
  Plate 
  16. 
  

  

  In 
  ancient 
  times 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  female 
  costume 
  consisted 
  of 
  moc- 
  

   casins, 
  leggins, 
  a 
  deer 
  skin 
  skirt, 
  and 
  a 
  deer 
  or 
  bear 
  skin 
  blanket 
  

   dressed 
  with 
  the 
  hair 
  upon 
  it. 
  Since 
  then 
  they 
  have 
  adhered 
  to 
  

   the 
  ancient 
  costume 
  with 
  great 
  fidelity 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  the 
  articles 
  of 
  

   apparel 
  are 
  concerned, 
  although 
  they 
  have 
  changed 
  the 
  materi- 
  

   als 
  of 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  made. 
  They 
  still 
  wear 
  the 
  moccasin, 
  the 
  

   leggin, 
  the 
  skirt 
  and 
  the 
  blanket 
  as 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  their 
  ordinary 
  dress 
  ; 
  

   but 
  the 
  deer 
  skin 
  has 
  been 
  laid 
  aside 
  for 
  the 
  broadcloth 
  and 
  the 
  

   woolen 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  porcupine 
  quill 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  measure 
  for 
  the 
  bead. 
  

   We 
  can 
  yet 
  discover 
  in 
  the 
  broadcloth 
  blanket, 
  however 
  tasteful- 
  

   ly 
  embroidered 
  or 
  ribboned, 
  the 
  legitimate 
  descendant 
  of 
  the 
  an- 
  

   cient 
  deer 
  skin 
  blanket. 
  As 
  now 
  worn 
  by 
  the 
  Indijan 
  female, 
  the 
  

   blanket 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  graceful 
  and 
  becoming 
  article 
  of 
  apparel. 
  It 
  

   is 
  either 
  passed 
  over 
  the 
  head 
  ^nd 
  falls 
  down 
  around 
  the 
  person 
  

   in 
  natural 
  folds, 
  or 
  rests 
  upon 
  the 
  shoulders 
  and 
  is 
  gathered 
  like 
  

   a 
  shawl. 
  The 
  one 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  plate 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  description. 
  

   It 
  is 
  bordered 
  with 
  ribbon, 
  the 
  colors 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  tastefully 
  com- 
  

   bined, 
  and 
  also 
  with 
  beadwork, 
  which 
  will 
  be 
  more 
  fully 
  appre- 
  

   ciated 
  from 
  the 
  plate 
  than 
  from 
  any 
  description. 
  

  

  Ga-ka 
  ah, 
  or 
  skirt. 
  

  

  No. 
  101. 
  Plate 
  17. 
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  This 
  is 
  without 
  question 
  the 
  finest 
  specimen 
  of 
  Indian 
  bead- 
  

   work 
  over 
  exhibited. 
  Next 
  to 
  the 
  article 
  itself 
  ihe 
  plate 
  will 
  

  

  