North American Indians of the Plains . air on are treated in the same manneras above, except that the adze-tool is not applied to thehair side. A large buffalo robe was no light objectand was handled with some difficulty, especially in thestretching, in consequence of which they were some-times split down the middle and afterward- sewedtogether again. Among some of the Milage tribes, it seems to havebeen customary to stretch the skin on a four-sided frameand place it upright as shown in the exhibit for theThompson Indiatis south side of the Jesup NorthPacific Hall). The exact distribution of t
North American Indians of the Plains . air on are treated in the same manneras above, except that the adze-tool is not applied to thehair side. A large buffalo robe was no light objectand was handled with some difficulty, especially in thestretching, in consequence of which they were some-times split down the middle and afterward- sewedtogether again. Among some of the Milage tribes, it seems to havebeen customary to stretch the skin on a four-sided frameand place it upright as shown in the exhibit for theThompson Indiatis south side of the Jesup NorthPacific Hall). The exact distribution of this trait i- not M \ I ESR] \l. I i i i;i 61 known but it has been credited t the Kastern Dakota,Hidatsa, and Mandan. The Blackfoot sometimes used it in winter, but laid flat upon the ground. Buckskin was prepared in the same manner as amongthe forest tribes. The tribes of the western plains wereespecially skilful in coloring the finished skin by smok-ing. There were many slight variations in all theabove process >>.. Fig. 21. Hide Scrapers. The adze-like scraper was in general use throughoutthe Plains and occurs elsewhere only among borderingtribes. Hence, it is peculiar to the buffalo huntingtribes. The handle wras of antler, though occasionallyof wood, and the blade of iron. Information from someBlackfoot and Dakota Indians indicates that in formertimes the blades were of chipped stone, but the chippedscraper found in archaeological collections from thePlains area cannot be fastened to the handle in thesame manner as the iron blades, the latter being placedon the inner, or under side, while the shape of the 1 _ INDl INS 01 l m. PLAIN8 chipped -tone blade seems to indicate thai it was placedon the outside. Hence, the former use of -tone bladesfor these scrapers musl be considered doubtful. The iron blade- are bound to the wedge-shaped haft, whicheach downward blow, when the tool i- in use, forcestightly into the binding. When the pressure is re-moved the blade and b
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