The basket with a tall handle was made in 1817, fourteen years after the Louisiana Purchase. _The basket with a shorter handle is a contemporary specimen._ The 1817 specimen is of considerable historical significance since it was brought to Oklahoma sometime between 1838 and 1842, at the time the Federal Government removed the Choctaw tribe from Mississippi to Indian Territory (Oklahoma). (See Plate 5b) WATER BOTTLE _Chiricahua_ and _Havasupai_—New Mexico and Arizona Above door of entrance to Basket Gallery: These woven specimens are covered with gum from the Pinon Pine and subsequently baked over an open fire until they become as hard as shellac. This coating makes the bottles watertight. Several Arizona tribes prefer this type of water bottle to any they can procure from the Anglo; they are, therefore, still used extensively in this area. (See Plates 2a & 2b) CARRYING (or Burden) Cases No. 1, 7, 8, 11 and Overhead—_Various Tribes_. This type of basket was used by the _Paiutes_ of Nevada and the _Gabrielenos_ and _Maidus_ of California for carrying acorns; by the _Quileutes_ of Washington for carrying salmon; by the _Hopis_ of Arizona for carrying peaches and corn, and by the _Zunis_ of New Mexico for carrying peaches. (See Plates 14c & 14d) Case No. 1. Examples of burden baskets used by the _Cherokees_ of the Smokey Mountains of North Carolina. Case No. 7 and 8: Examples of baskets used by the _Karocs_ of California, showing the “Tump-line” basket with head band attached. (See Plate 13c) Case No. 11: Shows a harvest basket of the _Cahuilla_ of California, used in carrying grains. (See Plate 9a) CARRYING _Cahuilla_ or _Mission_—California Case No. 13: This basket was used to carry grasshoppers to the brush and grass _Wickiup_ where they were roasted on a long stick over a flame in preparation for eating. There is nothing too unusual about mankind eating insects: The _Holy Bible_ tells of the children of Israel—forty years in the wilderness—in the land of Canaan, eating locusts, as did John The Baptist while preaching in the wilderness. Today specialty stores retail grasshoppers, fried worms, bees and ants—many of which are chocolate coated! (See Plate 14a) GRASSHOPPER STEWING _Paiute_—Nevada Case No. 13: