Report to the Regents of the University: Upon the Articles Furnished the Indian Collection. December 31, 1849

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第 3 頁 - Annual Report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York, on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History, and the Historical and Antiquarian Collection annexed thereto.
第 70 頁 - It is then wrung out and stretched, until it becomes dry and pliable. Should it be a thick one, it would be necessary to repeat the process until it becomes thoroughly penetrated by the solution. The skin is still porous and easily torn. To correct both, a smoke is made, and the skin placed over it in such a manner as to enclose it entirely.
第 88 頁 - It consisted of an upright shaft, about four feet in length and an inch in diameter, with a small wheel set upon the lower part, to give it momentum. In a notch at the top of the shaft was set a string, attached to a bow about three feet in length. The lower point rested upon a block of dry wood, near which are placed small pieces of punk. When ready to use, the string is first coiled around the shaft, by turning it with the hand. The bow is then pulled downward, thus uncoiling the string, and revolving...
第 95 頁 - ga-ose-ha," is an Indian invention. It appears to have been designed rather as a convenience to the Indian mother for the transportation of her infant than, as has generally been supposed, to secure an erect figure. The frame is about 2 feet in length by about 14 inches in width, with a carved footboard at the small end and a hoop or bow at the head, arching over at right angles. After being...
第 70 頁 - before the tomahawk came into use among the Iroquois, their principal weapons were the bow, the stone tomahawk and war-club. The Gd-je-wd was a heavy weapon usually made of ironwood, with a large ball of knot at the head. It was usually about two feet in length, and the ball five or six inches in diameter.
第 158 頁 - twas the tooth of a human creature; others, of some beast or fish ; but nobody could tell what beast or fish had such a tooth. I was of opinion it was the tooth of a giant, which gave me the curiosity to enquire farther. One Mr Abeel, Recorder of Albany, was then in town...
第 73 頁 - ... old time people — the mound builders especially. The burden or basket strap is more characteristic and was indispensable at an early day, though now becoming quite rare. Mr Morgan gave a good figure of this, with its Seneca name of gusha'-ah, in Onondaga, kas'-ah. His remarks on this are quoted: The burden strap is worn around the forehead and lashed to a litter, which is borne by Indian women on the back. It is usually about 15 feet in length, and braided into a belt in the center, 3 or 4...
第 71 頁 - Morgan, League of the Iroquois, 1904, II, book III, pp. 9-10. 3 Ibid., pp. IO-II. •Ibid., pp. 13-14. do, except in having it so fashioned as to be adapted to his taste and usage. The tomahawk is known as widely as the Indian, and the two names have become apparently...
第 158 頁 - Mr Abeel's letter runs thus: According to your Excellency's order, I sent to Klaverak to make a further discovery about the bones of that creature, where the great tooth of it was found. They have dug on the top of the bank where the tooth was roll'd down from, and they found, fifteen feet underground, the bones of a corpse that was thirty feet long, but was almost all decayed; so soon as they handled them they broke in pieces; they took up some of the firm pieces, and sent them to me, and I have...
第 69 頁 - ... should be called bodkins. The fine sewing was done with the sharp pointed awl and a hemp or sinew thread. It is probable that for fine stitching the bone awl Fig. 31098— Full size was used, and that the sinew or hemp thread was carried through the hole. Mr. Morgan says of needles and their uses: "A small bone near the ankle joint of the deer has furnished the moccasin needle from time immemorial; and the sinews of the animal the thread. These bone needles are found in the mounds of the West,...

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