Note 7 — AN OTOE AND AN OMAHA TALE.

The old Indian comb; it was made of wild oats, long grasses like thistles, sharp and black at the end. The Indians work these sharp ends through wool or cotton and cut off the sharp points, leaving the grass about two inches long, like bristles; then they take a piece of animal bladder, because it is soft, and tie the bundle of cloth together for a handle. This old mode of making a comb has gone; with the Indian’s present opportunity of buying combs, such as we use, it is an impossibility, almost, to procure a specimen of these old combs.