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iinlda Canoe in the North Paoiiic Hall oi the Museum

ot Natural iiiaiorvj (`o\irh\~y of Mumim oi ,Nnnnii llluqgy.

‘ By CONSTANCE BINE. `

' New Yoaii, Saturday. A.'\'()Y had felt much iu_'|.:rit-v- ed at not being included in the EWS Iiilillid trip, hut it was in vain tliut. she had pleaded lo 5:0. lier imiiiilfathei' had felt sure she would "catch some.

thing," and in that ease “the Iioard of Health would come and live with mg for u month," lie solemnly told the little girl. So, to i-niufort her, Pruilenee had promised her a iuoi-ning at the Museum of .\`1itiirai llistory, that wonder house \vhieii New York <~hildren love so dearly.

“Wliiit part shall .we sen to-day,

Nariey?" asked Prudence, as they crossed the sunny lawn and gained the welcoine sliadef of the entrance hall.

“\Vell._ I already know n good deal

about birds and liutterfiies and aili- nials,” mused Naiiey, "und I don't care much uhout shells. except at the sea~ shore; and the rocks and bones are meant for boys anyway, so I ht-lieve 1‘li elloose the Intliillisi!"

l‘rudenee could not repress a smile. It was so ehnr:irterisl`ic of the sociahle little girl to be interested xnost of ull in people.

“You know, Prude, I felt so had not to sci! those ennngiig little Italians nad 8l'PSies'aud Turks at _-Ellis Island, but I 1-i‘pose Indians are the next best things."

Her sister laughed heartily at this,

and replied:-‘°Tlint suits me exactly, Nancy. I have just been reading two such fine linoks about ‘Indians of the Plains' and ‘indians of the Snuthwest,’ and I feel as wise as au owl aboilt Indians."

“Indians are very interest'iu|z people,"

0bs0r\'ed Nancy uni!!-ly. “\\'licn' Aunt Maria read me ‘The Last ot' the lllohi- cnns’ I nearly cried uiy eyes out. It was so sad."

"\\’ell, we \\'ou't lee anything sad to-

day," said I’i'udi-nee reassiiringly. “First of all, let`s look at this wonderful Ilnliln canoe, which the Alaska Indians made n hundred years algo."

The corenioninl canoe of the Chilkat

Indians is themost interesting object in the North Pacific lmll on the first floor. It is n superb "dugout," carved from the hairs trunk of ii ainirle cedar, sixty- four feet long uild large enough to hold forty people with their baggage. It is

monster for fltxureliead. f “0h, Prne, how did the Indians make

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Gmrtuy of Hunan; ol i\ainral llistnry

frighten bad children,” replied P;-udenee, lliigllixig,

"Giless what the Wbinen fire doing on

the platforin in front of the liouses."

“I i~nn't guess. \\'i|al_'!” _ “l)ryini.: berries and making cakes of

them for winter use. .-\nd the men on the other side artglinving ii. ‘p‘otlatelx.’ .\`o\v shall we pass on to the southwest win: and see the Indians of the Wood- lands?"

“I'es. \\'hat n nice name. It makes

'me think of ‘Hiawalliu.’ Did they make pretty birch bark tliings?'.'

“I`es, indeed. 'They worked in birch

bark, heads anil porcupine quills. Be- fora we leave the i\'ortl1west Indians, look at their fine ‘totem poles,’ carved so well and painted sin gayly. Here is a

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this big b0at out of n tree trunk?" asked Nancy. as she stood on tiptoe and eager- ly peered over the side. _

“After the log was hollowed out and

roughly sliatlpililiey filled it with water, dropped redhat roi-ks in it to heat the water, and when the wood was soft they put thivarta across the inside and Dressed the sides out. The rnen rowing are the slaves. and that strange man in the stern is ilie ‘medicine inan;’ he has on n false face like a big lizm-d's head."

“Where were they going, Pi-ue? They

look like they were dressed up for a Mardi Gras festival." “They were going to ii ‘poilatclif H

festival given in honor of their dead. The uiedlelnn man directed the cere- monies. Now look behind the other ond of the canoe and yon will see n model village of .tlimie Indians." 'Nancy tiklbped around _behind that part of the condo-wiiere. the liig bear danced and the aiiislcliius pounded their driimii- ami ei-|¢'¢1'¢nt gleefully at the cunning anis model or an indian van” from Vancouvoii Island. ' , "1 uioiiihc they iilwlv' “"4 "‘ tepeea,"; 'Ilia elrclaimed. “ "oil, not sms iivea in xml *"1"- lomo in bkin tepwl. B010! "1 “MY °°"°'°d tipis nndlldine, like these, la-timber hum, gg'¢_ uw pg-guy decorations carved on the pollnot the huts. _ These Indians were voryrikilful woodcnrvors and tllcli _figural are _their family 0l‘°"‘>°- Y°“ °““ and n ncii lion." an big on-ved out In

ed to be presented to house b! N10 Hill!" 0f

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The owl protecta tho families of the dead." `

"I must tell lllainmy Jane that when I go lioinc. Slieis afraid of owls. She says tliey`re ‘liants' and it`s had luck for one to hoot in the yard."

“I'|n afraid old .\Iauun_v Jane will

laugh nt you and any ‘I.a, chile! Ilona’ ole Mnnuny Jane know more 'bout sercecii owls in a ininit iinui iieui Iujiins knoived lil a lifeliine'." " ' “\\'eil, I’|-in-, show nie sonietliing spe-

cial in tell .\Iuininy .Inna uliont," begged I\'ani-y in tho tone of a couspirntor.

"’l‘hi-se false faces are the very tliiiig's4,"

replied her sister, as tlir~_v stopped before a case ol’ hideous _wooden masks with long, coated hair. ` “I wish I had one, wouldifi: I scare her!" cried Nancy, clapping her bands,

“What did they do with tlicso maska'i" . ,

“They were worn by the Indians ln. their 'societies' for preventing the bad tricks of evil spirits. Here is a picture of the man dressed in their masks and doing n dance to frighten away tliobad spirits." _ "And here are some masiirmado of corn shocks," said Nancy. “\Voren‘t they smart io'plnit the hunks no care- fully? I think these masks are the bent of all.” ' "Piney are the masks at the 'Bunk goclqqy _Tho oneamnrlc thi 'wiioi ‘swim-’

tlielo locietiéii ,md `lll0 societies. 'rho' women

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xniimr iimiui ai an iiopi indiana. ‘2""'§~’l.’.._'i'i i‘i’i‘iI$‘.’;" °‘ _

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They were ri-nl sufh-agettes!" 'f_Where did these woodland Indians live, 1’riio?" _

“ln the States east of the Mississippi.

They were nil connected with the liistury of our colonies, and the ()n4_~idns of- the lroiiiioin tribe were lo_vai to the Colouists in the \\'ur of the Itevolntion, 'l‘he Del- nwares lived around New York, and reniunnis of their pottery and uteisils iiave been found on Manlinttan limi Staten islands."

"ls there anything here about our

Soutlieru _ Indians?"_ asked loyal -little Nancy. ' ' "Yes, here is 11 Seininole exhibit." Tlieir things are very rare, because tho Sem- inoles have never been entirely con- quered. You know they live in the Ever- 3lldgs,of.ls_`lorida and they are still shy of tiiowhlteman. _ Yoirsca their dresses ara of ca1ioo;"thpy could not wear skins inftlie I1otl\Ygm11l»”j- ‘ - ' ‘.‘What.aro_tJi¥sa turtle nliells7'{ asked Nancy, assiie pointed out n cawlnli ot

‘mottled shells riin through ivitlil thongs

01-1;-ini_i_¢r.~ __ _ - I ‘ < "Tho Worden tiéd .ili'e'in.‘ to their ankles in the' dance: I_w‘n`nt you to notice some of tlfe other thlniu the 'Women made and Wm." _ » __ _ V '

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“0l|, look at those darling little inue-

ciisins, all eniliroiilered in porcupine iplillsl" cried Nancy. “Notice the snake eiulii'oiiIe\‘i‘d on the toe. That was to prevent the riiiid heiu;,' liiiien by siiukes," explained l'ruileuee.

_ “You will find dii‘i’ercnl. kinil.~i of iiuiu- raiiiiis in ilil`i'i-reiit trilies, Tile Iiilii:|u_~< ol' the plains wore hard soil-il and liaise of the wiioiilniiils soft soil-d ii|oecu.~diii<. ldueh trlho hail shine oilier spei-ini feat- ure on their iiioecusiiis, iineli as heel fringes. tee forms, &c. 'l`lie old fi1»n- tiersnien used to say that hy e.\'nniinin;: carefully the trackii of 1'. war party they could distinguish the tribes."

"Were the Indians always figlitingl"

asked Nancy, with a gleniu in her eye which indicated that she hoped they wore.

"Oh, no, they had time to play games.

They loved to play lacrosse and nhlnuy. '.l‘hey played in honor of the Thunder Bird and the Sacred illiiter of the East- ern Sky. llere is n case ol! the things they played games with. See the dice and the hoops and sticks. Did you know Indians liked to plny~‘hlde the button‘?"

“N-o-o-oi Did they play ‘Many, many

Atari?" "I 'don’t tselliive so." said Prudence

laughing. "Indiana didii't .know how to_llls`|." ` "Oli, the poor little Indians! How did they tell their inammas goodliy ?" "I °.ltl't lninfitn. Maybe they rubbed noses."

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"I want to soc n real "teepce, Pi-ue, I

with a little Indian in it."

“_\ll riulit. '.|'liere in mic in the South-

west Pavilion. It ia n iilm-kfoot ieepi-i-_ and is like-*all those uiicd by the Indians

of the piaili_s."

The girls passed out of the i~uutli\\'est

wing and drew near the “mcdieine_umn's teepes" from Blnntltna. “Tliig tm'-pee be- longed to a niedieine man who claimed to have miraic~_ilou~ help from the <itliors_ no he painted utters on the sides of his louise.

ive the altar with ineeuso iuirnlug on ii. | .Inyhe that agus for the liners," ., “What is the teepee made oi'."' askeil Nalle_v._ "Or imffaio illaf-_ 'rim infiinu- nr uw

Dllittl were very iii-peiiiii-ut upon tliol

Apache Man and Wife Placing and Sscurina the Thaich oi Their House, Calva. Arizona. Uuumcy d llinnqng oi .\'n|unii ill-i-in

.trupaiioes engaged in their sacred illiliee.

“\\`:is that very liruvr~'!" "Yi-<. i||il\‘i'\l. 'l`lii.~< iluni-ii lnsii-il three

il:\_\'ri :iuii the men miuhl ni-itln~i' e:\t nor drink during that lime."

"ltii. l didii't i4:i_\' :in_\'iliing about fast-

ing. UI' i‘iiiii'sr‘ I have to out to grew," replied the little girl iinpfirinilily.

“l ihiuk we lnivu only one more di-

vision in see, little ‘finrnileril,’ mul that is givi-u to the liulllius of the Soutliwest. Tlii-_v lived in nillilu- luiiises called ltirns :i nd niaile lu-:iutifiil hluiilieis, pottery uni! l-uslai-is. '|`lii-_v ili~\~_~i<eil in robes of liuf- fuin or ruliliit skin, or of net interwoven uiih iui‘l<|»_v feailicrs. The women'n iiiw-em-i nvre iuade nf Yucca fibre and

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ihey ivaslieii their hair with the sud! of the Yucca root. I wiliit _vuii to see the \\'oniii‘ri`ill Knit-hinn dolls of the Ilopis. Ili-re they are in this cane." `

"ith, my! Iliil a|l_\'hoti_v ever see such

doll_~'! I tliouulit nl_v "ld liieknry nut (lull and niy ilrii-il apple dolls were the fuiniii-st dolls in the world, hut these are fuuniei‘_"

“'I`llt-_=o dolls ri-presenter] the l{ni‘iiln:1il.

who wi-re _siipi-rnaliirul lii-ings and in 1\'llo.-.e lninor the Ilulians iiiiliri-ii and i-:irrieil tlicsi- dolls. .\l`li‘r ilii- ei-reiiuiiiy tilt* ilolls \\'e|‘e ;_'i\'i>n iii the r-llililrvn. See if _vnu can ru.-iii ‘lie n:ii|n-.~'_"

" ‘l.iz;iril I(;u-Iiina, who l'i;:l\ts with the

<‘io\\'n_s_' 't'oi'u I{u1'l|iiiu,' `.\`nuw Ku- :-hlii:\,' ‘liatile I{:n-iiin:|.’ ‘Slit-li-toil Kn- i.'hiui` ainl 'liaeliiua .\laiiieli, inosi .sacred <if.'ill.' " ri-ad _\':in<‘y.

“Now if you had one of those to take

.\ianiin_v Jane siie_\voiilii use it ns a ‘i~l.urll|.' " >

"I do \vi.<h I had one. I think they are

lim <‘iinniiii.:_" said .\`:iue_v, eii\'ii»ii_°4l_\',

“Win-n ilu- little :iris grew too larxe

to plny with their dolls. the_v took part ln <~i-reiiiuiiisiis wliieh were aiipiiimt-il to lirllug thi-in good lic-nlth and good for- iniu-, and they were given new names \\hii~|i ihr-_v kt-pt for lifv. Suppose you were giiiiig io get a new inline, what iviiiilil you i'lioosi‘, .\'ullr‘y 'F'

".\Iii|noluilinl" replied the little girl,

with :i rapt expri~ssii»ii.

"\\‘luil~l _ion ri-.lily like to he nn In-

|li_-in'."' n_-lied her i-iister, niui‘li amused.

“\'e:~'. l \viiiild_ .\ niee Indian Squaw,

with :i eiinnini.: littlc p:i|\iu>se."

“\`<-v_\' well, .\linui-liulin. New crims

see how an .\p:\i-lu: sqiiaiv liuilds hcl' In»u_<i~_ I i'orgoL io tell you that ihe ivan- iierlni; tribes of ilu: Souillwest lived in ;_'rns_~' houses and tepi-ras." I’ri|ili'IiC9 siiiiiieli .\'uln-_v n pif-ture of two Indian woineii liiiililim: ii iioine shaped liilt of in-ni saplin|.:.~1, iviiieii they would later tliair-li iviili grass. Q

“I think it would he lots of fan tn

huilil n house like that. i)on'; you re- ini-lulii-r how ue lined to liiiild nwll li<iiiai~_~< in the woods, just that Burns \\':i_v'!°’

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little squiiw. New si-o_ your sister iveaviusz a beautiful

blanket. li is very much like the one ue have at lainie."

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of pri-tt_r photoizraplir of tho Indian liioius and weavr-rs, and then examined tile lmuilsoiuc iilaiikets in the CnleL i’ruiienee told her little sister that the diamonds in the di-signs represented tho morning star. the zigzag lines the light- uiniz. und irlnnenlar mnsiies stood for eliiiuls. They also adniired long_ bright

snslieq ivorrin on "belt looms."

“\\`iin`t I have u lot. to iell Mnfiilhf

June uhout the indians!" she exclaimed, ivitli sparkling eyes. "Guess whit I’m _zeiuig to ask her to have for my lunch ivlien I get home; n bnffnlo steak. loml dried l"’\`\'Y cakes and some wild rlct. What do you think iihe`ll any 7"

And 1‘rudi\nce replied. "I think lh\'\\ any sometlilnil like thin, ‘Ll. him", ll yo' hold clean turn byclem Injnn foihi Wliar nie Jnne gwinter gl! dl! bnfflh steak an' dat wlio rice? Came M lieth nn` eat yo’ ri-g‘lnr vlttirs. Co'n bread sn'

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