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Title: League of the Ho-dé-no-sau-nee, or Iroquois
Year: 1851 (1850s)
Authors: Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881
Subjects: Iroquois Indians Names, Geographical
Publisher: Rochester : Sage & Brother New York : M.H. Newman & Co. (etc.)
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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itution of material, the original costume would berecovered in full. In preparing for the dance, all the articles above Ch. IV.) COSTUME. 267 described were not necessarily used by eaeli indi-vidual. Those strictly needful were tlie head-dress,the belt and kilt, to which each wearer added suchornaments and rattles as he was disposed. Usu-ally they were nude down to the waist, and alsobelow the knees, to give greater freedom to theirlimbs. A great diversity could be seen in theircostumes when brought together in the dance, inconsequence of the diiferent fabrics of which theywere composed, and the variety in their personal or-naments, notwithstanding every article of apparelwas of the same pattern. Specimens of full Iro-quois costumes, both male and female, are given inthe enoravinos which are introduced as frontis-pieces. These, and the several plates which aregiven to illustrate the male costume in detail, willsave the necessity of any further description. GA-NO-JO -O, OR INDIAN DRUM.
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1 foot. 268 SPIRIT OF THE LEAGUE. (Book II. The two dances mentioned before tliis digressionwere the highest in the popular favor. One was oforiginal invention, the other imported; one was ofa strictly religious character, and the other of a patri-otic ; but both were equally effective to arouse theenthusiasm of the people. All things considered,however, the last of the two, the War dance, Wd-sa-seh, was the favorite. It was the mode of en-listment for a perilous expedition, the dance whichpreceded the departure of the band, and with whichthey celebrated their return. It was the dance atthe ceremony of raising up sachems, at the adoptionof a captive, at the entertainment of a guest, thefirst dance taught to the young. It was not of Iro-quois origin, but was adopted from the Sioux, as itsname imports, reaching back through them to a re-mote antiquity.^ The characteristic feature of thisdance is to be found in the speeches which weremade by those surrounding the band of dancers be-tween

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