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companied by Arnout Vielle, an interpreter, and three Christians, to 
visit the country of the Shawanoes and consummate the transfer. 
Captain Arent Schuyler visited the Minnisinks in February, 
and there learned that the Shawanoes were expected early in the 
ensuing summer. This expectation was realized.” 
From this it appears that between 40 and 50 years before their 
removal from the Delaware, the Munsee were joined by some Shaw- 
nee, which fact may explain certain peculiar conditions shown by 
the skeletal remains that will be considered in the following pages. 
The mound or cemetery explored by the Museum of the American 
Indian was known for many years, and some human bones had been 
removed from it, especially by Doctor Dalrymple, who exhumed at 
least 15 skeletons, but unfortunately these have been lost to science. 
CONDITION OF THE COLLECTION 
GENERAL 
As already stated, the collection from the Museum of the American 
Indian consists of 57 Indian skeletons, which range from nearly com- 
plete to such as are represented by only afew bones. Notwithstand- 
ing the fact that the condition of the material leaves much to be 
desired, many of the bones are sufficiently well preserved to afford 
fairly good data for study. The bones show neither vestiges of green- 
ness nor traces of mineralization. There is no post-mortem deforma- 
tion, except in a few detached bones of the skulls of infants. The 
color of the bones is predominantly brownish yellow, shading in some 
specimens to light dirty yellowish and in others to a darker brownish 
hue. 
AGE AND SEX 
Of the 57 individuals, 34 were adults and 23 (40 per cent) were 
adolescents or children. Among the adults the estimated ages of the 
individuals range from 24 to 70 years, and nearly half were 50 years 
or more. Young infants (first year) and fetuses are absent, having 
either been buried separately, or, more likely, had turned to dust, 
while the older, more substantial bones resisted disintegration. The 
cemetery was obviously one that served during a limited period as 
the communal burial place of a sedentary group of moderate popula- 
tion. The determination of the sex was facilitated by the good 
development of the sexual characteristics in the skulls, and by the 
presence of the pelvic and other bones of the skeleton. The results 
who intended to settle with the Minnisinks, asking permission to that end. Council directed that tha 
Shawanoes must first make peace with the Five Nations.— Council Minutes, Sept. 14, 1692.” 
