Shawl
a garment of high antiquity.
Even the elaborately wrought and beautiful shawls of India and Persia have been continuously made from an early time. Kashmere shawls are made of a very fine material called pashm or pashmina, consisting of the inner or underwool of the shawl goat of Tibet. At Paisley in Scotland, for many years previous to 1860 the manufacture of At Paisley in Scotland, for many years shawls was of great importance. They were made of silk, wool, or cotton, either best-known class of Paisley shawls was manufactured of fine wool and with patterns in the style of those woven in terns in the style of those woven in century, however, the manufacture began to decline. Tartan shawls are still made at several places in Scotland.
Shawls are now manufactured in most European countries, in the United States and the East.
European countries, in the United States and the East. Pottawatomie co.
It is on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fé, the Chicago, Rock
Island, and Pacific, and the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas railroads. It has rail-
Island, and Pacific, and the Missouri, is the seat of the Baptist University and the Catholic University. Pop. (1910) American Indians of the Algonquin family, formerly settled mainly in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, but driven W. by the Iroquois. They helped the French against the English, gave trouble to the newly-founded United States, and in 1812 some bands joined the English. They afterward removed to Missouri, Kansas, and Indian Territory. surgent; born in Hopkinton, Mass., in He 1747; served as ensign at the battle of Bunker Hill, and attained the rank of captain in the Continental army. He 1747; served as ensign at the battle of redress of alleged grievances, appearing captain in the Continental army. ment in western Massachusetts for the took a leading part in the popular moveredress of alleged grievances, appearing before Springfield, Mass., at the head of 1,000 men to prevent the session of the Supreme Court at that place, and com- Petersham. After the rebellion was put down, however, he was pardoned by the Petersham. After the rebellion was put at the engagement with the militia at down, however, he was pardoned by the government and later, in his old age, was allowed a pension for his services during the Revolutionary War. He died in Sparta, N. Y., Sept. 29, 1825. ists, is a native of tropical Asia and Africa. The trunk of this tree, when pierced, yields a copious milky juice, and shea or vegetable butter is found in the nuts when crushed. of humming birds, of which the slender tail (T. enicura) and Cora's shearof humming birds, of which the slender These birds occur, the former in Central America generally; the latter in Peru sheartail These birds occur, the former in Central America generally; the latter in Peru and in the Andes valleys. They derive two central tail feathers of the males.