. League of the Ho-dé-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois . YA-WA-0-DA-QUA OR NEEDLE BOOK Ch. I.] MEDALS. 389 Brother, and several other distinguished Senecachiefs have received medals of this presented a medal to Red Jacket in1792. It is an elliptical plate of silver, surroundedby a rim, as represented in the figure, and is aboutsix inches in its greatest diameter. On each side itis engraved with various devices. The medal isnow worn by Sose-ha-ivd^ (Johnson,) a GA-NUH-SA, OR SEA-SHELL MEDAL. Medals of sea-shell, inlaid with silver, as repre-sented in the figure, were
. League of the Ho-dé-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois . YA-WA-0-DA-QUA OR NEEDLE BOOK Ch. I.] MEDALS. 389 Brother, and several other distinguished Senecachiefs have received medals of this presented a medal to Red Jacket in1792. It is an elliptical plate of silver, surroundedby a rim, as represented in the figure, and is aboutsix inches in its greatest diameter. On each side itis engraved with various devices. The medal isnow worn by Sose-ha-ivd^ (Johnson,) a GA-NUH-SA, OR SEA-SHELL MEDAL. Medals of sea-shell, inlaid with silver, as repre-sented in the figure, were also worn suspended fromthe neck as personal ornaments. They were madeof the conch-shell, and were highly valued. A few plates further to illustrate the handiworkof the Indian female in bead-work are introducedat the end of this chapter. The figures themselveswill dispense with the necessity of any description,although they should be colored to give a full im-pression of their character. The patient industryof the Indian female is quite remarkable, when seen 390 INCIDENT TO THE LEAGUE. [Book III. in contrast with the impatience of labor in the war-rior himself. In the work of their reclamation andgradual induction into industrial j^ursuits, this factfurnishes no small degree of encouragement. GA-OSE-HA; OR, BABY-FRAME.—See Plate, page 390. This is likewise an Indian invention. It appearsto have been designed rather as a convenience tothe Indian mother for the transportation of
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