. League of the Ho-dé-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois . ghtness, which often became amatter of some moment from the flood wood andwater-falls, which obstructed the navigation of theinland rivers. Two men could easily transportthese light vessels around these obstacles, and evenfrom one river to another when the portage was notlong. For short excursions one person usually paddledthe canoe, standing up in the stern; if more than Ch. I] SAP-TUB. 369 two, and on a long expedition, they were seated atequal distances upon each side alternately. In thefur trade these canoes were extensively used. Theycoasted
. League of the Ho-dé-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois . ghtness, which often became amatter of some moment from the flood wood andwater-falls, which obstructed the navigation of theinland rivers. Two men could easily transportthese light vessels around these obstacles, and evenfrom one river to another when the portage was notlong. For short excursions one person usually paddledthe canoe, standing up in the stern; if more than Ch. I] SAP-TUB. 369 two, and on a long expedition, they were seated atequal distances upon each side alternately. In thefur trade these canoes were extensively used. Theycoasted lakes Erie and Ontario, and up theOswego river into the Oneida lake, they went fromthence over the carrying place into the Mohawk,which they descended to Schenectady. They wouldusually carry about twelve hundred pounds of the period of the invasions of the Iroquois terri-tories by the French, large fleets of these canoeswere formed for the conveyance of troops and pro-visions. With careful usage they would last seve-ral GA-O-\V0 , OR BARK SAP-TUB Our Indian population have been long in the habitof manufacturing sugar from the maple. Whetherthey learned the art from us, or we received itfrom them, is uncertain. One evidence, at least, ofits antiquity among them, is to be found in one oftheir ancient religious festivals, instituted to themaple, and called the Maple dance. The sap-tubis a very neat contrivance, and surpasses all other16* 3T0 INCIDENT TO THE LEAGUE. [Book III. articles of tliis descriptiou. Our farmers may safelyborrow, In this one j^articular, and witli profit sub-stitute tliis Indian invention for tbe rough andwasteful one of their own contrivance. A strip of bark about three feet in length by twoin width, makes the tub. The rough bark is leftupon the bottom and sides. At the point wherethe bark is to be turned up to form the ends, theouter bark is removed; the inner rind is thenturned up, gathered together in small folds at thetop, and
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