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Dakota (Sioux) Match pouch. Haupt Coll and del.) length of pouch 3¼ inches. width of " 3 " length of flap 10 ½ " width " " top 3 bottom 1 " length of tassle 7 "
a quick blow of the [?] serving of the [?] The Dakota of today as a rule prefer the[?] easy method of securing a fire by the use of the white man's lucifer matches. These they procure from Traders as a good [?] profit to the seller and carry them in a buckskin or raw hide pouch suspended to the girdle or belt most all squaws carry a match pouch and old corn or in lieu thereof a needle case. The men carry a pouch of a different form from that of the squaws and such a pouch is shown in the annexed sketch. This pouch has a rectangular leg much in form like the pocket book of every day use except that the flap is much larger. The sides or ends of the pouch are ornamented with beads, the ground being white with layer of blue with a green center. At the lower edge of the pouch is a fringe of tin cones holding feathers dyed purple covering the mouth of the pouch and hanging pendant below it in triangular flaps, made like the pouch of buckskin. At the edge of the flap is a fringe three quarters of an inch long this outer face of the flap is covered with beads, a white ground with an irregular [?] central stripe of blue and red liner at the edges and corner of the same at regular intervals. At the end of the flap is a fringe comprised of six stripes of buckskin wrapped at the upper ends with porcupine quills dyed red. and below this is a cord of buckskin forming a tasell seven inches long and one quarter of an inch in diameter this is wrapped with blue in a spiral arrangement. at the end it is cut into strips four of which are finished with ten cones and feathers dyed purple. The whole length of the flap tasell included is seventeen inches. at the back of this point is a cross [?] in blue and green leads and a thong is fastened to secure it to the belt In such a pouch wrapped in a bit of old rag well greazed from contact with the indian who carries a few matches. In this instance two are so secreted to be used only in extreme emergency.