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Some Cherokee women make petticoats of mulberry root back, They stripped bark from the root, and then pealed strips down the inside. These would be 1/4 to 1/8 of an | Some Cherokee women make petticoats of mulberry root back, They stripped bark from the root, and then pealed strips down the inside. These would be 1/4 to 1/8 of an | ||
inch wide, and were then wove together like basket work; and being of a beautiful yellow collour, and of a soft pliable texture, they formed a handsome & comfortable garment. | inch wide, and were then wove together like basket work; and being of a beautiful yellow collour, and of a soft pliable texture, they formed a handsome & comfortable garment. | ||
Their short gowns they made sometimes of turkey feathers, thus [[it?]] strips of bark perhaps 1/2 of an inch wide & as long as the intended width of the cloth, was placed on the carpet, Thus Then a course of turkey feathers 1 1/2 long was placed on this bark thus [[image: horizontal line with vertical lines ||||||||||] Then another strip of bark of the same width & length as the first was placed directly over it, & both were then sewed together so as to fasten the turkey feathers, as if in the skin of the animal thus | Their short gowns they made sometimes of turkey feathers, thus [[it?]] strips of bark perhaps 1/2 of an inch wide & as long as the intended width of the cloth, was placed on the carpet, Thus Then a course of turkey feathers 1 1/2 long was placed on this bark thus [[image: horizontal line with vertical lines |||||||||| ]] Then another strip of bark of the same width & length as the first was placed directly over it, & both were then sewed together so as to fasten the turkey feathers, as if in the skin of the animal thus | ||
[[another image |||||||]] Then a second strip of bark like the first, was placed aside of the feathers half way to the end thus [[another image, with 2 horizontal lines and | [[another image ||||||| ]] Then a second strip of bark like the first, was placed aside of the feathers half way to the end thus [[another image, with 2 horizontal lines and | ||
vertical lines |||||| ]] then another course of feathers was placed as the first only the end rested on this second strip of bark instead of the first, thus [[another image]] then | vertical lines |||||| ]] then another course of feathers was placed as the first only the end rested on this second strip of bark instead of the first, thus [[another image]] then | ||
another strip placed on that second in the middle. | another strip placed on that second in the middle. Thus then a third strip placed at the end of the first course and in the middle of the second Thus and then an upper strip | ||
as before and thus till the web was completed. This cloth is Tuff & beautiful The inside is smooth, the quill end of the feather is is entirely hid between the strips of bark, and | |||
the outside presents the feathers as they appear on the animal when the set close to the body, nothing is seen but the strips of bark, red or yellow as the maker sees fit, | |||
and about half the feathers the top part of it. Thus they were used to make blankets &c. &c. | |||
Manners of treating friends (not communicated) also punishing adultery ( [[perhaps?]] sent) | |||
[[cut off]] Br. A Sanders commenced riding [[cut off]] for himself & horse. [[cut off]] spent the night with our dear br. Tsu [[cut off]] was with us. | |||
[[cut off]] to the house now occupied as a [[cut off]] held a meeting with a few [[cut off]] meeting rode to | |||
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Leaf B Some Cherokee women make petticoats of mulberry root back, They stripped bark from the root, and then pealed strips down the inside. These would be 1/4 to 1/8 of an
inch wide, and were then wove together like basket work; and being of a beautiful yellow collour, and of a soft pliable texture, they formed a handsome & comfortable garment.
Their short gowns they made sometimes of turkey feathers, thus it? strips of bark perhaps 1/2 of an inch wide & as long as the intended width of the cloth, was placed on the carpet, Thus Then a course of turkey feathers 1 1/2 long was placed on this bark thus File:Horizontal line with vertical lines Then another strip of bark of the same width & length as the first was placed directly over it, & both were then sewed together so as to fasten the turkey feathers, as if in the skin of the animal thus
|||||| Then a second strip of bark like the first, was placed aside of the feathers half way to the end thus [[another image, with 2 horizontal lines and vertical lines |||||| ]] then another course of feathers was placed as the first only the end rested on this second strip of bark instead of the first, thus another image then another strip placed on that second in the middle. Thus then a third strip placed at the end of the first course and in the middle of the second Thus and then an upper strip as before and thus till the web was completed. This cloth is Tuff & beautiful The inside is smooth, the quill end of the feather is is entirely hid between the strips of bark, and the outside presents the feathers as they appear on the animal when the set close to the body, nothing is seen but the strips of bark, red or yellow as the maker sees fit, and about half the feathers the top part of it. Thus they were used to make blankets &c. &c.
Manners of treating friends (not communicated) also punishing adultery ( perhaps? sent)
cut off Br. A Sanders commenced riding cut off for himself & horse. cut off spent the night with our dear br. Tsu cut off was with us.
cut off to the house now occupied as a cut off held a meeting with a few cut off meeting rode to