. League of the Ho-dé-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois . AH-DE-A-DA-WE-SA or RONT. AH-HE-A-DA-WE-SA or OvER DRCSS. B ACK , Ch. l] costumes. 387 female tlian upon tliat of tlie warrior. Hat bandsof silver, or of broaches strung together, or of longsilver beads, are indisj^ensable ornaments on publicoccasions. Sometimes, but rarely, clusters of feath-ers are attached to the hat. GA-TE-AS-HA, OR NECKLACE.—See Plate, page 226. The necklace is made of silver and wampumbeads, and has a silver cross suspended. The beadsusually worn by Indian Avomen are of commonglass. In ancient times it was cust
. League of the Ho-dé-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois . AH-DE-A-DA-WE-SA or RONT. AH-HE-A-DA-WE-SA or OvER DRCSS. B ACK , Ch. l] costumes. 387 female tlian upon tliat of tlie warrior. Hat bandsof silver, or of broaches strung together, or of longsilver beads, are indisj^ensable ornaments on publicoccasions. Sometimes, but rarely, clusters of feath-ers are attached to the hat. GA-TE-AS-HA, OR NECKLACE.—See Plate, page 226. The necklace is made of silver and wampumbeads, and has a silver cross suspended. The beadsusually worn by Indian Avomen are of commonglass. In ancient times it was customary to wearnecklaces of the teeth of animals, but such barba-rous ornaments were long since repudiated by theIroquois. A species of shoulder ornament in thenature of a necklace made of a fragrant marsh grass,called by the Senecas Ga-a-o-tli-ges^ is very gene-rally worn. Several strands or cords are braidedfrom this grass, of the requisite length, and tied intoone string. At intervals of three or four inches,small round discs, made of the same material, some-times covered upon t
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