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  [Assembly 
  

  

  dark 
  green 
  beads 
  are 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  stalk 
  of 
  the 
  shrub, 
  and 
  glass 
  

   beads 
  of 
  various 
  colors 
  and 
  tints, 
  for 
  the 
  flowers. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  reverse 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  Satchel 
  are 
  two 
  stars, 
  which 
  as 
  spe- 
  

   cimens 
  of 
  fancy 
  beadwork 
  are 
  tastefully 
  and 
  ingeniously 
  made. 
  

   This 
  is 
  not 
  an 
  original 
  Indian 
  article, 
  but 
  a 
  naturalized 
  invention. 
  

  

  Ta-wa-o-da-qua, 
  or 
  pin 
  cushion. 
  « 
  

  

  Plate 
  19. 
  

  

  The 
  plate 
  is 
  intended 
  merely 
  as 
  a 
  further 
  illustration 
  of 
  the 
  ge- 
  

   neral 
  character 
  of 
  bead 
  work 
  embroidery. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  Seneca 
  manu- 
  

   facture 
  and 
  requires 
  no 
  description 
  beyond 
  the 
  plate 
  itself. 
  

  

  Ga-n6-sote, 
  or 
  bark 
  house. 
  

  

  No. 
  114. 
  Plate 
  20. 
  

  

  The 
  bark 
  house 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  has 
  long 
  since 
  given 
  place 
  to 
  a 
  

   more 
  substantial 
  structure; 
  but 
  occasionally 
  in 
  some 
  secluded 
  

   corner 
  a 
  Gd-n6-sote, 
  may 
  yet 
  be 
  seen, 
  constructed 
  by 
  some 
  one 
  

   whose 
  age 
  or 
  fondness 
  for 
  the 
  ancient 
  mode 
  of 
  life 
  led 
  him 
  to 
  pre- 
  

   fer 
  the 
  light, 
  but 
  convenient 
  lodge 
  of 
  his 
  forefathers. 
  The 
  single 
  

   Gd-no-sote 
  was 
  usually 
  about 
  twenty 
  feet 
  by 
  fifteen 
  upon 
  the 
  

   ground, 
  and 
  from 
  ten 
  to 
  twenty 
  feet 
  high. 
  The 
  frame 
  consisted 
  

   of 
  upright 
  poles 
  firmly 
  set 
  in 
  the 
  ground, 
  usually 
  five 
  upon 
  the 
  

   sides 
  and 
  four 
  at 
  the 
  ends, 
  including 
  those 
  at 
  the 
  corners. 
  Upon 
  

   the 
  forks 
  of 
  these 
  poles, 
  about 
  ten 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  ground, 
  cross 
  

   poles 
  were 
  secured 
  horizontally, 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  rafters, 
  also 
  poles, 
  

   but 
  more 
  numerous 
  and 
  slender, 
  were 
  adjusted. 
  The 
  rafters 
  were 
  

   strengthened 
  with 
  transverse 
  poles, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  was 
  usually 
  so 
  

   arranged 
  as 
  to 
  form 
  an 
  arching 
  roof. 
  After 
  the 
  frame 
  was 
  thus 
  

   completed, 
  it 
  was 
  sided 
  up 
  and 
  shingled 
  with 
  black 
  ash 
  bark, 
  the 
  

   rough 
  side 
  out. 
  The 
  bark 
  was 
  flattened 
  and 
  dried, 
  and 
  then 
  

   split 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  boards. 
  To 
  hold 
  these 
  bark 
  boards 
  firmly 
  in 
  

   their 
  places 
  another 
  set 
  of 
  poles, 
  corresponding 
  with 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  

   frame, 
  were 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  outside, 
  and 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  splint 
  and 
  

   bark 
  rope 
  fastenings 
  the 
  boards 
  were 
  secured 
  horizontally 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  them. 
  It 
  usually 
  required 
  four 
  lengths 
  of 
  boards, 
  and 
  four 
  

   courses 
  from 
  the 
  ground 
  to 
  the 
  rafters 
  to 
  cover 
  a 
  side, 
  as 
  they 
  

   were 
  lapped 
  at 
  the 
  ends, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  clapboarded 
  ; 
  and 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  proportions 
  for 
  the 
  ends. 
  In 
  like 
  manner 
  the 
  roof 
  was 
  cov- 
  

  

  