. League of the Ho-dé-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois . e admiration by the exactness of their adjust-ment and the delicacy, even brilliancy of their bead-work embroidery. They use, to this day, the samearticles of apparel in form and fashion, as in ancienttimes, but they have substituted materials of for-eign manufacture. The porcupine quill has givenplace to the bead, and the skins of animals to thecotton fabric and the broadcloth. Much taste isexhibited in the bead-work, which is so conspicuousin the female costume. The colors are blended har-moniously, and the patterns are ingeniously devisedand s
. League of the Ho-dé-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois . e admiration by the exactness of their adjust-ment and the delicacy, even brilliancy of their bead-work embroidery. They use, to this day, the samearticles of apparel in form and fashion, as in ancienttimes, but they have substituted materials of for-eign manufacture. The porcupine quill has givenplace to the bead, and the skins of animals to thecotton fabric and the broadcloth. Much taste isexhibited in the bead-work, which is so conspicuousin the female costume. The colors are blended har-moniously, and the patterns are ingeniously devisedand skilfully executed. It is sufficiently evident,from the specimens of their handiwork, that the In-dian female can be taught to excel with the Gd-M-ali^ or Skirt, of one of which the plateis an accurate copy, is usually of blue broadcloth,and elaborately embroidered with bead-work. Itrequires two yards of cloth, which is worn with theselvedge at the top and bottom; the skirt being se-cured about the waist, and descending nearly to the. 384 INCIDENT TO THE LEAGUE [Book IIL out with great labor and care. In ancient times,the aged and infirm were wont to assist themselvesin walking with a simple staff, but in later times thecane, Ali-da-dis-lia^ has been substituted. Liketheir other utensils of wood, the modern cane iselaborately carved. GA-KA-AH, oa SKIRT.—See Plate, page 384. The modern female costume of the Iroquois isboth striking and graceful. Some of them wouldexcite admiration by the exactness of their adjust-ment and the delicacy, even brilliancy of their bead-work embroidery. They use, to this day, the samearticles of apparel in form and fashion, as in ancienttimes, but they have substituted materials of for-eign manufacture. The porcupine quill has givenplace to the bead, and the skins of animals to thecotton fabric and the broadcloth. Much taste isexhibited in the bead-work, which is so conspicuousin the female costume. The colors are blended har-moniously,
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