ABORIGINAL CHIPPED STONE IMPLEMENTS OF NEW YORK 9 



scriptive notes of the Iroquois portion of the state, much of it from 

 personal field work. This has since been enriched, and now contains 

 all the reported indian sites of New York, large and small. It is 

 very suggestive in many ways. The Bureau of ethnology has done 

 much here, although its larger fields in the west compel it to leave 

 many things to local efforts. / 



Philology has had its students. The issuing of Father Bruyas' 

 valuable Mohawk lexicon marked an era in this respect, and Mr J. G. 

 Shea has made valuable contributions from early French publications 

 since that time. Messrs L. H. Morgan and O. II. Marshall did 

 excellent work on the indian names in the western and some other 

 parts of the state. Mr W. W. Tooker in the eastern, and the Rev. 

 Dr Beauchamp in the central part of New York have done much in 

 the same line. Prof. Horsford published Zeisberger's Onondaga 

 and Delaware dictionary in 1887, but his journal of his residence at 

 Onondaga still sleeps in the old manuscript at Bethlehem. The late 

 Horatio Hale's Iroquois book of rites is an invaluable contribution 

 to our knowledge of Iroquois songs and ceremonies. Prof. Lyman, 

 of Syracuse, has recently taken down a large collection of indian 

 songs, with the accompanying music, and the Bureau of ethnology 

 is steadily at work on the Iroquois dialects. Others might be 

 mentioned. 



Colden preserved much in his history of the Five Nations, and 

 the quaint and marvelous history written by David Cusick, the Tus- 

 carora, has passed through many editions. It has recently been 

 republished, with ample notes. Morgan's League of the Iroquois is 

 a standard work, but has little to do with prehistoric, or even early 

 historic times. 



ABORIGINAL OCCUPATION 



The aboriginal occupation of New York was of a varied character 

 and for a long time after it was first visited by man, almost its whole 

 extent was but a temporary resort for hunters and fishermen. Rivers 

 were the first places to attract men, and rifts on these were the 

 favorite spots for camps. Good fishing and fording were important 

 considerations and determined the routes of travelers and the location 

 of many hamlets. The mere abundance of fish and game drew roving 



