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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  before, 
  then 
  aided 
  the 
  pioneers 
  in 
  subduing 
  the 
  wilderness, 
  wel- 
  

   coming 
  them 
  with 
  open 
  hands. 
  But 
  to 
  understand 
  the 
  change 
  

   more 
  fully, 
  one 
  should 
  go 
  into 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  better 
  Iroquois 
  homes 
  

   of 
  today, 
  and 
  contrast 
  them 
  with 
  anything 
  — 
  the 
  very 
  best 
  — 
  

   found 
  on 
  an 
  Indian 
  reservation 
  60 
  years 
  ago. 
  Much 
  is 
  yet 
  desir- 
  

   able; 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  constant 
  progress. 
  Some 
  object 
  to 
  the 
  change 
  

   who 
  have 
  a 
  taste 
  for 
  the 
  novel 
  and 
  picturesque 
  ; 
  some 
  because 
  

   the 
  change 
  is 
  less 
  rapid 
  than 
  they 
  wish. 
  Let 
  both 
  rest 
  assured 
  

   that 
  the 
  progress 
  is 
  natural 
  and 
  healthy, 
  and 
  is 
  resulting 
  in 
  good. 
  

   With 
  more 
  time 
  and 
  better 
  influences 
  a 
  higher 
  good 
  will 
  come. 
  

   One 
  pleasant 
  feature 
  is 
  the 
  revival 
  of 
  interest 
  in 
  all 
  pertaining 
  

   to 
  the 
  Indian 
  race, 
  practical 
  or 
  curious. 
  That 
  we 
  should 
  wish 
  

   to 
  know 
  the 
  meanings 
  or 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  local 
  names 
  we 
  use 
  seems 
  

   a 
  matter 
  of 
  course, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  constant 
  call 
  for 
  Indian 
  names 
  

   for 
  places, 
  houses, 
  boats 
  and 
  clubs, 
  because 
  of 
  their 
  beauty 
  and 
  

   sonorous 
  sound. 
  The 
  desire 
  to 
  know 
  more 
  of 
  aboriginal 
  life 
  

   daily 
  increases, 
  and 
  new 
  works 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  or 
  reprints 
  of 
  old 
  

   ones 
  constantly 
  appear. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  old 
  customs 
  and 
  articles 
  

   are 
  vanishing 
  has 
  led 
  to 
  personal 
  study 
  of 
  those 
  which 
  remain, 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  preservation 
  of 
  much 
  which 
  is 
  curious 
  or 
  valuable. 
  

   It 
  would 
  be 
  well 
  were 
  there 
  more 
  visible 
  memorials 
  of 
  historic 
  

   Indian 
  sites, 
  but 
  monuments 
  are 
  not 
  forgotten. 
  Jogues 
  and 
  the 
  

   Mission 
  of 
  the 
  Martyrs 
  are 
  recalled 
  by 
  the 
  shrine 
  at 
  Auriesville. 
  

   The 
  Brant 
  monument 
  at 
  Brantford 
  in 
  Canada, 
  tells 
  of 
  a 
  notable 
  

   man 
  and 
  a 
  powerful 
  confederacy; 
  the 
  Red 
  Jacket 
  memorial 
  at 
  

   Canoga 
  marks 
  the 
  birthplace 
  of 
  a 
  great 
  orator, 
  and 
  his 
  monu- 
  

   ment 
  at 
  Buffalo 
  points 
  out 
  his 
  tomb 
  ; 
  the 
  Kirkpatrick 
  memorials 
  

   at 
  Syracuse 
  recall 
  the 
  friends 
  and 
  guides 
  of 
  Le 
  Moyne; 
  and 
  the 
  

   Logan 
  monument, 
  within 
  the 
  earthwork 
  at 
  Auburn, 
  bears 
  that 
  

   chief's 
  pathetic 
  words: 
  "Who 
  is 
  there 
  to 
  mourn 
  for 
  Logan?" 
  

   Other 
  memorials 
  there 
  will 
  be, 
  but 
  the 
  historic, 
  legendary 
  or 
  

   descriptive 
  names 
  he 
  has 
  left 
  to 
  meadow, 
  river, 
  lake 
  and 
  moun- 
  

   tain, 
  will 
  still 
  be 
  the 
  red 
  man's 
  greatest 
  and 
  most 
  enduring 
  monu- 
  

   ment, 
  heard 
  from 
  infant 
  lips 
  and 
  cherished 
  in 
  old 
  age. 
  As 
  Schiller 
  

   wrote 
  : 
  " 
  O'er 
  dust 
  triumphant 
  lives 
  the 
  Name." 
  Nations 
  die, 
  but 
  

   that 
  endures. 
  

  

  