Some have a bearskin of which they make doublets; others again, coats of the skins of racoons, wild cats, wolves, dogs, fishers, squirrels, beavers, and the like; and they even have made themselves some of turkey's feathers; now they make use for the... Metallic Ornaments of the New York Indians - Page 8by William Martin Beauchamp - 1903 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
| Adriaen van der Donck - New York (State) - 1856 - 98 pages
...of a piece of duffels, or of deerskin leather or elk hide around the body, to cover their nakedness. Some have a bearskin of which they make doublets;...stockings and shoes of deerskins or elk hides, some even have shoes of corn husks whereof they also make sacks. Their money consists of white and black... | |
| History - 1877 - 900 pages
...nakedness. Some have a bearskin of which they make doublets; others again, coats of the skins of raccoons, wild cats, wolves, dogs, fishers, squirrels, beavers...stockings and shoes of. deerskins or elk hides, some even have shoes of corn husks whereof they also make sacks. Their money consists of white and black... | |
| Science - 1903 - 572 pages
...time they prefer Dutch shoes and stockings. O'Callaghan, 4:125 In the Remonstrance of New Netturland, 1649, we are told that, beside a piece of duffels,...duffels cloth which they obtain in trade from the Qiristians; they make their stockings and shoes of deerskins or elk hides, some even have shoes of... | |
| American Museum of Natural History - Anthropology - 1909 - 330 pages
...of a piece of duffels, or of deerskin leather or elk hide around the body, to cover their nakedness. Some have a bearskin of which they make doublets;...stockings and shoes of deerskins or elk hides, some even have shoes of corn husks, whereof they also make sacks.* * * * * They twine both white and black... | |
| Alanson Skinner - Indians of North America - 1915 - 160 pages
...dogs, fishers, squirrels, beavers, and the like ; and they even have made themselves some of turkey feathers; now they make use for the most part of duffels...they make their stockings and shoes of deerskins or elkhides, some even have shoes of cornhusks, whereof they also make sacks. . . They twine both white... | |
| Alanson Skinner - Indians of North America - 1915 - 160 pages
...nakedness. Some have a bearskin of which they make doublets; others again, coats of the skins of raccoons, wild cats, wolves, dogs, fishers, squirrels, beavers,...like ; and they even have made themselves some of turkey feathers; now they make use for the most part of duffels cloth which they obtain in trade from... | |
| James Truslow Adams - Bridgehampton (N.Y.) - 1916 - 424 pages
...have a bear skin of which they make doublets; others again coats of the skins of raccoons, wildcats, wolves, dogs, fishers, squirrels, beavers and the...even have made themselves some of turkey's feathers . . . they make their stockings and shoes of deerskins or elk hides, some even have shoes of corn-husks... | |
| James Truslow Adams - Southampton (N.Y.) - 1918 - 640 pages
...which they make doublets; others again coats of the skin of raccoons, wild cats, wolves, clogs, fishes, squirrels, beavers and the like ; and they even have made themselves some of turkey's feathers they make their stockings and shoes of deerskins or elk hides, some even have shoes of corn-husks whereof... | |
| George Patterson Donehoo - Pennsylvania - 1926 - 614 pages
...nakedness. Some have a bearskin of which they make doublets; others again, coats of the skins of raccoons, wild cats, wolves, dogs, fishers, squirrels, beavers...stockings and shoes of deerskins or elk hides, some even have shoes of corn husks whereof they also make sacks. Their money consists of white and black... | |
| Chester Hale Sipe - Indians - 1927 - 582 pages
...of which they make doublets; others again, coats of the skins of raccoons, wild cats, wolves, dogs, squirrels, beavers and the like; and they even have...stockings and shoes of deerskins or elk hides, some even have shoes of corn husks whereof they also make sacks. Their money consists of white and black... | |
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