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  THE 
  STONE 
  AND 
  BONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  THE 
  

   ARICKAREES. 
  

  

  By 
  Hon* 
  L«tvis 
  H< 
  M&aQAif. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  Honorable 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  State 
  of 
  New 
  York: 
  

  

  Indian 
  arts 
  and 
  inventions 
  ar 
  e 
  the 
  &tme 
  over 
  all 
  the 
  North 
  Anier* 
  

   ican 
  continent, 
  with 
  a 
  higher 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  conceptions 
  

   in 
  particular 
  localities. 
  The 
  social 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  of 
  

   New 
  York 
  can 
  be 
  illustrated 
  with 
  nearly 
  as 
  much 
  certainty 
  , 
  by 
  

   the 
  implements 
  and 
  utensils 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  family 
  at 
  large, 
  as 
  by 
  

   those 
  of 
  their 
  own 
  construction. 
  Inasmuch 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  now 
  

   passed, 
  substantially, 
  out 
  of 
  their 
  aboriginal 
  condition, 
  we 
  are 
  

   compelled 
  to 
  look 
  beyond 
  our 
  State 
  limits 
  to 
  find 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  

   fabrics, 
  implements, 
  inventions 
  and 
  utensils 
  which 
  were 
  in 
  common 
  

   use 
  among 
  them 
  at 
  the 
  epoch 
  of 
  their 
  discovery. 
  Our 
  State 
  Col-* 
  

   lection, 
  therefore, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  illustrate 
  fully 
  the 
  aboriginal 
  period 
  

   of 
  our 
  history, 
  must 
  draw 
  from 
  the 
  Indian 
  family 
  at 
  large, 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  directly 
  from 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  themselves. 
  This 
  obvious 
  truth 
  

   should 
  be 
  held 
  constantly 
  in 
  view 
  in 
  the 
  efforts 
  made 
  for 
  its 
  

   enlargement. 
  

  

  This 
  Collection 
  now 
  contains 
  about 
  3,000 
  specimens 
  of 
  implements 
  

   of 
  stone, 
  illustrative 
  of 
  the 
  so-called 
  Stone 
  Age 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  

   Indians. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  well 
  to 
  state, 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  comparison, 
  that 
  the 
  

   Copenhagen 
  Museum 
  contains 
  9,000 
  specimens 
  of 
  stone 
  imple- 
  

   ments, 
  while 
  the 
  several 
  cabinets 
  in 
  Denmark, 
  are 
  estimated 
  to 
  

   contain, 
  in 
  the 
  aggregate, 
  30,000 
  ; 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  of 
  

   Stockholm 
  16,000. 
  These 
  memorials 
  of 
  the 
  Stone 
  Age 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  