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Indians, the older not yet advanced to 

 the pottery-making stage. This con- 

 clusion, is, however, far from final, for 

 the whole arrangement may be due to 

 accident. 



In the table cases opposite those 

 devoted to the Algonkin some sections 

 are used to show the life history of the 

 Iroquois tribes of western New York, 

 and the following section shows, as 



well as possible, the culture of the 

 Five Nations and objects used by the 

 Indians of New York State obtained 

 from European traders after the advent 

 of the settlers. 



With the Iroquois exhibit is a special 

 exhibit showing typical wampum 

 beads, belts, and implements illustrat- 

 ing the prehistoric manufacture of 

 wampum on Long Island. 



VERTICAL SECTION OF REFUSE IN FINCH'S ROCK HOUSE, ABOUT MIDWAY OF THE CAVE 



TYPES OF INDIAN RELICS FOUND IN AND ABOUT NEW YORK CITY. 



HAVING now taken a general 

 view of the exhibit, the vis- 

 itor may be interested in 

 a study of the several kinds of 

 relics found in this locality. As these 

 types are somewhat unlike those 

 found in near-by regions, we conclude 

 that the Indians formerly living here 

 had habits and customs different from 

 those of their neighbors. For want of 

 a better name, these long-extinct 

 tribes have been called collectively 

 the New York Coastal Algonkin. The 

 term Algonkin designates the language 

 they spoke, while the adjectives define 

 their habitat. 



Under the designation New York 

 Coastal Algonkin, the writer includes 

 the tribes along the coast from Totten- 



ville, Staten Island, the extreme sou- 

 thern point of the state, to the Connec- 

 ticut boundary on Long Island Sound, 

 including to a certain extent the shores 

 of New Jersey immediately adjacent 

 to Staten and Manhattan Islands, the 

 east bank of the Hudson River as far 

 north as Yonkers, and exclusive of 

 Long Island except the western end. 

 From the examination of the remains 

 of the New York Coastal Algonkin area 

 preserved in many collections, both 

 public and private, it becomes obvious 

 that the objects found may be roughly 

 divided into three groups: articles of 

 stone, articles of bone and antler, and 

 articles of clay, shell, and metal. The 

 first group is, from the imperishable 

 nature of its representatives, naturally 



