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The women are the chief, if not the only, manufacturers; the men judge that if they performed that office, it would exceedingly depreciate them. * * * In the winter season, the...
2. Chapter 2The Indians, by reason of our supplying them so cheap with every sort of goods, have forgotten the chief part of their ancient mechanical skill, so as not to be well able now, a...
4. Chapter 4The mat, a very excellent piece of work, is 6 feet 6 inches by 3 feet 4 inches. By reference to plate II it will be seen that it is neatly and artistically made and quite well p...
1. Chapter 1Produced by Carlo Traverso, Turgut Dincer, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by t...
5. Chapter 5Nets were in use by the Indians of Florida and Virginia at the time of the discovery, and the ancient pottery of the Atlantic states has preserved impressions of innumerable spe...