The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-03

ing of.dasily although not all basket makers are
80 careful In this detail In good weather
and the sun aide in making the colors last. A
row Of tall bushes covered with these winding.
twisting streamcra looks like some unknown va
riety of shrub with. flowers ON gayly colorcd
stems, The effect Is beautiful.
indian fnaidons are not slow workers in the
trade. Thoy become so export that they can
weave strips In pretty baskets with Dyes closed.
30 experienced are they that in q single morn
ketsSaftcr tho strips have been prepared. They
generally perform ono operation at q limo, max
ing the bottoms first, so that ono finds in thoir
shoproon, u quantity Of material in various
Stages OF completion. Ono after another is then
9 9nu and the sides woven. Last Of al, the han;
bands of sweet erass, and the basket is finished.
4 Tow, days and they have q sufficient guam
other towns Ivhoro they visit hotels. They and
their euriosttios attract the city people, and they
reap their well. earned harvest II times aro good.
baskots made with a quantity of sweet grass
are more expensive because that variety of
grass has to be brought from Maine, where they
buy II from a firm which makes a business OF so.
curing and preparing 1t properly. Besides this
cost, the weaving OF small stems is tedious
york, and the value of time adds TO the cost.
One or two, baskets woven completely of grass
Is a good DAYS task, To get It, even and not
most cXpcrt ATTEMPT to do this.
Specimens of the best handiwork of tho
MncnaEis are to be seen upon their family
tinue to love strongly their departed ones. and
year after year finds their mark Of attention in
VIZ lolih vi now ARTICLES nH handsomely UlhUe
as they can produce them. These consist of
baskct-coyercd pots for flowers and ornamental
aosiEns OF no special use. None Of the graves
visitors there at dawn. The graves are flat on
top rather than rounded and peculiarly square
at the corners. moss and stiCkwork lining tho
edges about tho entire grave.
In the ranks of Falling Stars family at Lu-
zcrne is n parsonage who does not appear to be
of Indian descent. Her name is Lucy. She is
one of them. but not of them. She does not
talk much and charges well when she docs open
hnr for Ia ha1 t1n IN ttna ~ n
m~ystifor and tc Is fortunes. AS q money maker
she is moro ambitious than the rest. They say
piece of ground at Lulcrne on which he raises
cattle, lost u cow by theft. He was decidedly
could tell him where tho COW could DO found.
Accordingly he bargaincd with her that IL the
cow were secured through her instrumontality
information. She told him hc would find his
cow; that he would hear her before seeing the
COW and that he would have to cross four fences
before finding her. With this advice he started
out and before sunset heard his COW believing
IN captivity: He went to the place whence
issued the sound and discovered the animal.
Lucy tells fortunes in three ways-by the hand,
by cards and by tea. grounds.
graces of the Abenaki indians at Lake Luzerne
have the privilege of going within their houses.
ored shayinRs strung from wires to dry after
tation to, take hold Of them to attempt trying
them into baskets. Falling Stars parlor is not
large. 1t has carpet upon the floor and pic.
lures of relatives hang upon the walls. Dried
flowers are conspicuous on the mantel. Adioin.
ing this room Is the b~cdChamber of Newell Paul.
her father, aud he. like all the members of the
family, is sad in character. He adored his wife
and he Is particular to show strangers the bed
in which she died. Nothing in this room has
been changed since her death. On the wall
hangs a daily Scripture roll and all the mem:
bers are devout, attending the little Episcopal
Church. st. Mays, of which the Rev. Clement
j. Whipple is the rector.
Falling Stars uncle is Mitchell. Sebastis.. a
well-known Indian guide at Long Lake, and his
pane may be found in the New York State
Forestry COMMISSIONS report and list of reputa-
bic and trusty guides of the mountain ranges of
northern New York.
Whenever a fresh supply of baskets has been
made and the Wayside Hotel at Lake Luzerno
Is filled with guests, the youngest membcrs of
the family are intrusted to sell them. This is a
summer resort and no doubt many New York
people and those from other States will recollect
having seen Failing Star offering modestly her
wares to them. Her modest ways. her
smile when shown a favor and her unobtrusive
manner have done much for her. At present
her ability to pose so successfully has given to
her great opportunities, but it has not, appar-
emily, made her conceited.