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iinlda Canoe in the North Paoiiic Hall oi the Museum
ot Natural iiiaiorvj
(`o\irh\~y of Mumim oi ,Nnnnii llluqgy.
‘ By CONSTANCE BINE. `
' New Yoaii, Saturday.
A.'\'()Y had felt much iu_'|.:rit-v-
ed at not being included in the
EWS Iiilillid trip, hut it was in
vain tliut. she had pleaded lo
5:0. lier imiiiilfathei' had felt
sure she would "catch some.
thing," and in that ease “the Iioard of
Health would come and live with mg
for u month," lie solemnly told the little
girl. So, to i-niufort her, Pruilenee had
promised her a iuoi-ning at the Museum
of .\`1itiirai llistory, that wonder house
\vhieii New York <~hildren love so dearly.
“Wliiit part shall .we sen to-day,
Nariey?" asked Prudence, as they
crossed the sunny lawn and gained the
welcoine sliadef of the entrance hall.
“\Vell._ I already know n good deal
about birds and liutterfiies and aili-
nials,” mused Naiiey, "und I don't care
much uhout shells. except at the sea~
shore; and the rocks and bones are
meant for boys anyway, so I ht-lieve
1‘li elloose the Intliillisi!"
l‘rudenee could not repress a smile.
It was so ehnr:irterisl`ic of the sociahle
little girl to be interested xnost of ull in
people.
“You know, Prude, I felt so had not
to sci! those ennngiig little Italians nad
8l'PSies'aud Turks at _-Ellis Island, but
I 1-i‘pose Indians are the next best
things."
Her sister laughed heartily at this,
and replied:-‘°Tlint suits me exactly,
Nancy. I have just been reading two
such fine linoks about ‘Indians of the
Plains' and ‘indians of the Snuthwest,’
and I feel as wise as au owl aboilt
Indians."
“Indians are very interest'iu|z people,"
0bs0r\'ed Nancy uni!!-ly. “\\'licn' Aunt
Maria read me ‘The Last ot' the lllohi-
cnns’ I nearly cried uiy eyes out. It was
so sad."
"\\’ell, we \\'ou't lee anything sad to-
day," said I’i'udi-nee reassiiringly. “First
of all, let`s look at this wonderful Ilnliln
canoe, which the Alaska Indians made
n hundred years algo."
The corenioninl canoe of the Chilkat
Indians is themost interesting object in
the North Pacific lmll on the first floor.
It is n superb "dugout," carved from
the hairs trunk of ii ainirle cedar, sixty-
four feet long uild large enough to hold
forty people with their baggage. It is
monster for fltxureliead. f
“0h, Prne, how did the Indians make
FRY
indian Woman ol
Basket.
Gmrtuy of Hunan; ol i\ainral llistnry
frighten bad children,” replied P;-udenee,
lliigllixig,
"Giless what the Wbinen fire doing on
the platforin in front of the liouses."
“I i~nn't guess. \\'i|al_'!” _
“l)ryini.: berries and making cakes of
them for winter use. .-\nd the men on
the other side artglinving ii. ‘p‘otlatelx.’
.\`o\v shall we pass on to the southwest
win: and see the Indians of the Wood-
lands?"
“I'es. \\'hat n nice name. It makes
'me think of ‘Hiawalliu.’ Did they make
pretty birch bark tliings?'.'
“I`es, indeed. 'They worked in birch
bark, heads anil porcupine quills. Be-
fora we leave the i\'ortl1west Indians,
look at their fine ‘totem poles,’ carved
so well and painted sin gayly. Here is a
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this big b0at out of n tree trunk?" asked
Nancy. as she stood on tiptoe and eager-
ly peered over the side. _
“After the log was hollowed out and
roughly sliatlpililiey filled it with water,
dropped redhat roi-ks in it to heat the
water, and when the wood was soft they
put thivarta across the inside and
Dressed the sides out. The rnen rowing
are the slaves. and that strange man in
the stern is ilie ‘medicine inan;’ he has
on n false face like a big lizm-d's head."
“Where were they going, Pi-ue? They
look like they were dressed up for a
Mardi Gras festival."
“They were going to ii ‘poilatclif H
festival given in honor of their dead.
The uiedlelnn man directed the cere-
monies. Now look behind the other ond
of the canoe and yon will see n model
village of .tlimie Indians."
'Nancy tiklbped around _behind that part
of the condo-wiiere. the liig bear danced
and the aiiislcliius pounded their driimii-
ami ei-|¢'¢1'¢nt gleefully at the cunning
anis model or an indian van” from
Vancouvoii Island. '
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tepeea,"; 'Ilia elrclaimed. “
"oil, not sms iivea in xml *"1"-
lomo in bkin tepwl. B010! "1 “MY °°"°'°d
tipis nndlldine, like these, la-timber
hum, gg'¢_ uw pg-guy decorations carved
on the pollnot the huts. _ These Indians
were voryrikilful woodcnrvors and tllcli
_figural are _their family 0l‘°"‘>°- Y°“ °““
and n ncii lion."
an big on-ved out In
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house b! N10 Hill!" 0f
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The owl protecta tho families of the
dead." `
"I must tell lllainmy Jane that when
I go lioinc. Slieis afraid of owls. She
says tliey`re ‘liants' and it`s had luck
for one to hoot in the yard."
“I'|n afraid old .\Iauun_v Jane will
laugh nt you and any ‘I.a, chile! Ilona’
ole Mnnuny Jane know more 'bout
sercecii owls in a ininit iinui iieui Iujiins
knoived lil a lifeliine'." " '
“\\'eil, I’|-in-, show nie sonietliing spe-
cial in tell .\Iuininy .Inna uliont," begged
I\'ani-y in tho tone of a couspirntor.
"’l‘hi-se false faces are the very tliiiig's4,"
replied her sister, as tlir~_v stopped before
a case ol’ hideous _wooden masks with
long, coated hair. `
“I wish I had one, wouldifi: I scare
her!" cried Nancy, clapping her bands,
“What did they do with tlicso maska'i" . ,
“They were worn by the Indians ln.
their 'societies' for preventing the bad
tricks of evil spirits. Here is a picture
of the man dressed in their masks and
doing n dance to frighten away tliobad
spirits." _
"And here are some masiirmado of
corn shocks," said Nancy. “\Voren‘t
they smart io'plnit the hunks no care-
fully? I think these masks are the bent
of all.” '
"Piney are the masks at the 'Bunk 
goclqqy _Tho oneamnrlc thi
'wiioi ‘swim-’
tlielo locietiéii ,md `lll0
societies.  'rho' women
nn very iinporinnt.
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in eoi\ncll`and`¢lI¢l
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lioiise a¢:.'iiii_"
“l es, _\ on would," ti-a_~'i-il i’rinlei\r:i~.
“Il the |i\'.i< litaiteil :iiiil the :ieiirlis
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xniimr iimiui ai an iiopi indiana. ‘2""'§~’l.’.._'i'i i‘i’i‘iI$‘.’;" °‘   _
'_ re _vnu elioilgli ri. u il.-|i'i\il<-vil to do
it ‘sun iian<‘e':' " nslie-l l'i'iidi-iii-e. us sin-
lcd her little sister in :i l'iiii- inode] of the
Courtesy _oi Iluveiim ni Natural History, " ‘_ » <~ "-f ~ \
They were ri-nl sufh-agettes!"
'f_Where did these woodland Indians
live, 1’riio?" _
“ln the States east of the Mississippi.
They were nil connected with the liistury
of our colonies, and the ()n4_~idns of- the
lroiiiioin tribe were lo_vai to the Colouists
in the \\'ur of the Itevolntion, 'l‘he Del-
nwares lived around New York, and
reniunnis of their pottery and uteisils
iiave been found on Manlinttan limi
Staten islands."
"ls there anything here about our
Soutlieru _ Indians?"_ asked loyal -little
Nancy. '
' "Yes, here is 11 Seininole exhibit." Tlieir
things are very rare, because tho Sem-
inoles have never been entirely con-
quered. You know they live in the Ever-
3lldgs,of.ls_`lorida and they are still shy
of tiiowhlteman. _ Yoirsca their dresses
ara of ca1ioo;"thpy could not wear skins
inftlie I1otl\Ygm11l»”j- ‘ - '
‘.‘What.aro_tJi¥sa turtle nliells7'{ asked
Nancy, assiie pointed out n cawlnli ot
‘mottled shells riin through ivitlil thongs
01-1;-ini_i_¢r.~ __  _ - I ‘ <
"Tho Worden tiéd .ili'e'in.‘ to their ankles
in the' dance: I_w‘n`nt you to notice some
of tlfe other thlniu the 'Women made and
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mid it was a hard matter for the trader V
to acquire them.
“0l|, look at those darling little inue-
ciisins, all eniliroiilered in porcupine
iplillsl" cried Nancy.
“Notice the snake eiulii'oiiIe\‘i‘d on the
toe. That was to prevent the riiiid heiu;,'
liiiien by siiukes," explained l'ruileuee.
_ “You will find dii‘i’ercnl. kinil.~i of iiuiu-
raiiiiis in ilil`i'i-reiit trilies, Tile Iiilii:|u_~<
ol' the plains wore hard soil-il and liaise
of the wiioiilniiils soft soil-d ii|oecu.~diii<.
ldueh trlho hail shine oilier spei-ini feat-
ure on their iiioecusiiis, iineli as heel
fringes. tee forms, &c. 'l`lie old fi1»n-
tiersnien used to say that hy e.\'nniinin;:
carefully the trackii of 1'. war party they
could distinguish the tribes."
"Were the Indians always figlitingl"
asked Nancy, with a gleniu in her eye
which indicated that she hoped they
wore.
"Oh, no, they had time to play games.
They loved to play lacrosse and nhlnuy.
'.l‘hey played in honor of the Thunder
Bird and the Sacred illiiter of the East-
ern Sky. llere is n case ol! the things
they played games with. See the dice
and the hoops and sticks. Did you know
Indians liked to plny~‘hlde the button‘?"
“N-o-o-oi Did they play ‘Many, many
Atari?"
"I 'don’t tselliive so." said Prudence
laughing. "Indiana didii't .know how
to_llls`|." `
"Oli, the poor little Indians! How did
they tell their inammas goodliy ?"
"I °.ltl't lninfitn. Maybe they rubbed
noses."
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"I want to soc n real "teepce, Pi-ue, I
with a little Indian in it."
“_\ll riulit. '.|'liere in mic in the South-
west Pavilion. It ia n iilm-kfoot ieepi-i-_
and is like-*all those uiicd by the Indians
of the piaili_s."
The girls passed out of the i~uutli\\'est
wing and drew near the “mcdieine_umn's
teepes" from Blnntltna. “Tliig tm'-pee be-
longed to a niedieine man who claimed to
have miraic~_ilou~ help from the <itliors_ no
he painted utters on the sides of his louise.
ive the altar with ineeuso iuirnlug on ii. |
.Inyhe that agus for the liners," .,
“What is the teepee made oi'."' askeil
Nalle_v._
"Or imffaio illaf-_ 'rim infiinu- nr uw
Dllittl were very iii-peiiiii-ut upon tliol
Apache Man and Wife Placing and Sscurina the Thaich oi Their House, Calva. Arizona.
Uuumcy d llinnqng oi .\'n|unii ill-i-in
.trupaiioes engaged in their sacred
illiliee.
“\\`:is that very liruvr~'!"
"Yi-<. i||il\‘i'\l. 'l`lii.~< iluni-ii lnsii-il three
il:\_\'ri :iuii the men miuhl ni-itln~i' e:\t nor
drink during that lime."
"ltii. l didii't i4:i_\' :in_\'iliing about fast-
ing. UI' i‘iiiii'sr‘ I have to out to grew,"
replied the little girl iinpfirinilily.
“l ihiuk we lnivu only one more di-
vision in see, little ‘finrnileril,’ mul that
is givi-u to the liulllius of the Soutliwest.
Tlii-_v lived in nillilu- luiiises called ltirns
:i nd niaile lu-:iutifiil hluiilieis, pottery uni!
l-uslai-is. '|`lii-_v ili~\~_~i<eil in robes of liuf-
fuin or ruliliit skin, or of net interwoven
uiih iui‘l<|»_v feailicrs. The women'n
iiiw-em-i nvre iuade nf Yucca fibre and
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ihey ivaslieii their hair with the sud! of
the Yucca root. I wiliit _vuii to see the
\\'oniii‘ri`ill Knit-hinn dolls of the Ilopis.
Ili-re they are in this cane." `
"ith, my! Iliil a|l_\'hoti_v ever see such
doll_~'! I tliouulit nl_v "ld liieknry nut
(lull and niy ilrii-il apple dolls were the
fuiniii-st dolls in the world, hut these are
fuuniei‘_"
“'I`llt-_=o dolls ri-presenter] the l{ni‘iiln:1il.
who wi-re _siipi-rnaliirul lii-ings and in
1\'llo.-.e lninor the Ilulians iiiiliri-ii and
i-:irrieil tlicsi- dolls. .\l`li‘r ilii- ei-reiiuiiiy
tilt* ilolls \\'e|‘e ;_'i\'i>n iii the r-llililrvn. See
if _vnu can ru.-iii ‘lie n:ii|n-.~'_"
" ‘l.iz;iril I(;u-Iiina, who l'i;:l\ts with the
<‘io\\'n_s_' 't'oi'u I{u1'l|iiiu,' `.\`nuw Ku-
:-hlii:\,' ‘liatile I{:n-iiin:|.’ ‘Slit-li-toil Kn-
i.'hiui` ainl 'liaeliiua .\laiiieli, inosi .sacred
<if.'ill.' " ri-ad _\':in<‘y.
“Now if you had one of those to take
.\ianiin_v Jane siie_\voiilii use it ns a
‘i~l.urll|.' " >
"I do \vi.<h I had one. I think they are
lim <‘iinniiii.:_" said .\`:iue_v, eii\'ii»ii_°4l_\',
“Win-n ilu- little :iris grew too larxe
to plny with their dolls. the_v took part ln
<~i-reiiiuiiisiis wliieh were aiipiiimt-il to
lirllug thi-in good lic-nlth and good for-
iniu-, and they were given new names
\\hii~|i ihr-_v kt-pt for lifv. Suppose you
were giiiiig io get a new inline, what
iviiiilil you i'lioosi‘, .\'ullr‘y 'F'
".\Iii|noluilinl" replied the little girl,
with :i rapt expri~ssii»ii.
"\\‘luil~l _ion ri-.lily like to he nn In-
|li_-in'."' n_-lied her i-iister, niui‘li amused.
“\'e:~'. l \viiiild_ .\ niee Indian Squaw,
with :i eiinnini.: littlc p:i|\iu>se."
“\`<-v_\' well, .\linui-liulin. New crims
see how an .\p:\i-lu: sqiiaiv liuilds hcl'
In»u_<i~_ I i'orgoL io tell you that ihe ivan-
iierlni; tribes of ilu: Souillwest lived in
;_'rns_~' houses and tepi-ras." I’ri|ili'IiC9
siiiiiieli .\'uln-_v n pif-ture of two Indian
woineii liiiililim: ii iioine shaped liilt of
in-ni saplin|.:.~1, iviiieii they would later
tliair-li iviili grass. Q
“I think it would he lots of fan tn
huilil n house like that. i)on'; you re-
ini-lulii-r how ue lined to liiiild nwll
li<iiiai~_~< in the woods, just that Burns
\\':i_v'!°’
“l`en,
Navajo
little squiiw. New si-o_ your
sister iveaviusz a beautiful
blanket. li is very much like the one
ue have at lainie."
_\nd the tivo girls looked at ii number
of pri-tt_r photoizraplir of tho Indian
liioius and weavr-rs, and then examined
tile lmuilsoiuc iilaiikets in the CnleL
i’ruiienee told her little sister that the
diamonds in the di-signs represented tho
morning star. the zigzag lines the light-
uiniz. und irlnnenlar mnsiies stood for
eliiiuls. They also adniired long_ bright
snslieq ivorrin on "belt looms."
“\\`iin`t I have u lot. to iell Mnfiilhf
June uhout the indians!" she exclaimed,
ivitli sparkling eyes. "Guess whit I’m
_zeiuig to ask her to have for my lunch
ivlien I get home; n bnffnlo steak. loml
dried l"’\`\'Y cakes and some wild rlct.
What do you think iihe`ll any 7"
And 1‘rudi\nce replied. "I think lh\'\\
any sometlilnil like thin, ‘Ll. him", ll
yo' hold clean turn byclem Injnn foihi
Wliar nie Jnne gwinter gl! dl! bnfflh
steak an' dat wlio rice? Came M lieth
nn` eat yo’ ri-g‘lnr vlttirs. Co'n bread sn'
iurnlp greens an' fried chic-ken‘n ~¢~
I niif fer any w'ite chilli’ " ‘
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