Historical and statistical information respecting the history, condition, and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States; collected and prepared under the direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs per act of Congress of March 3rd, 1847 . e implement with an orifice and cover. Figs. 1 and 2, without supposingit to be some implement or contrivance used in the sacerdotal function. Equallyanomalous are Figs. 3 and 4, unless we may conjecture that their uses weresempstresscal, and that they were designed for smoothing down seams of Figs. 5 and 6 we behold very clearly the mutil
Historical and statistical information respecting the history, condition, and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States; collected and prepared under the direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs per act of Congress of March 3rd, 1847 . e implement with an orifice and cover. Figs. 1 and 2, without supposingit to be some implement or contrivance used in the sacerdotal function. Equallyanomalous are Figs. 3 and 4, unless we may conjecture that their uses weresempstresscal, and that they were designed for smoothing down seams of Figs. 5 and 6 we behold very clearly the mutilated blade of a battle-axe of siliciousslate, which was perforated through its head to admit a handle. It is, with imprecision,labelled a pipe. To these notices we subjoin the articles of antiquarian interest of Plate 51, in thepossession of Mr. Keeler of Jamesville, Onondaga, all being of the period of the Frenchattempt at colonization in that section of the country, about 1666. De Moyen had, in1653, visited the Onondaga country, and it appears in ten years afterwards the Jesuitswere permitted to establish themselves in the country. After the close of theRevolution, which threw open this region as a military grant, Mr. Keeler came into i. ?? U[yj|i!^SiJ|i|;g,» f iimft, ,|ife; J
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