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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  men 
  to 
  some 
  places, 
  and 
  the 
  small 
  supply 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  was 
  a 
  suffi- 
  

   cient 
  reason 
  why 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  valley 
  was 
  so 
  little 
  visited 
  until 
  a 
  

   recent 
  day. 
  For 
  a 
  similar 
  reason 
  deep 
  lakes 
  were 
  little 
  frequented 
  

   here, 
  unless 
  at 
  the 
  shallow 
  waters 
  near 
  their 
  outlets. 
  The 
  aborigines 
  

   of 
  New 
  York 
  seldom 
  used 
  the 
  hook 
  and 
  line 
  until 
  after 
  European 
  

   contact, 
  and 
  the 
  harpoon, 
  arrow, 
  stone 
  fish 
  weir 
  and 
  net 
  were 
  useful 
  

   only 
  where 
  the 
  water 
  was 
  of 
  no 
  great 
  depth. 
  Large 
  lakes, 
  too, 
  were 
  

   often 
  perilous 
  places 
  for 
  canoes, 
  while 
  on 
  most 
  rivers 
  they 
  could 
  

   be 
  employed 
  at 
  any 
  time. 
  Accordingly 
  early 
  relics 
  and 
  camps 
  are 
  

   most 
  frequent 
  near 
  large 
  streams 
  and 
  small 
  lakes. 
  Where 
  a 
  river 
  

   was 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  the 
  Hudson 
  in 
  its 
  lower 
  course, 
  camps 
  would 
  be 
  

   expected 
  only 
  near 
  the 
  mouths 
  of 
  its 
  tributaries, 
  or 
  in 
  sheltered 
  spots; 
  

   near 
  the 
  sea 
  they 
  would 
  also 
  occur 
  on 
  shallow 
  bays. 
  In 
  the 
  one 
  case 
  

   the 
  burnt 
  earth 
  and 
  frequent 
  relics, 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  the 
  great 
  shell 
  heaps 
  

   attest 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  early 
  man. 
  

  

  Many 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  articles, 
  however, 
  have 
  been 
  discovered 
  near 
  

   the 
  old 
  trails, 
  or 
  in 
  low 
  grounds. 
  If 
  lost 
  on 
  a 
  village 
  site 
  in 
  peaceful 
  

   times, 
  they 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  sought 
  and 
  found 
  with 
  comparative 
  

   ease. 
  On 
  the 
  road, 
  time 
  could 
  not 
  always 
  be 
  allowed 
  for 
  this, 
  and 
  

   weeds, 
  brambles 
  and 
  mire 
  might 
  have 
  rendered 
  all 
  search 
  useless. 
  

  

  These 
  visitors 
  camie 
  from 
  many 
  directions, 
  and 
  with 
  differing 
  

   habits, 
  as 
  relics 
  plainly 
  show 
  ; 
  but 
  having 
  once 
  been 
  here, 
  there 
  were 
  

   soon 
  favorite 
  places 
  of 
  resort. 
  In 
  process 
  of 
  time 
  small 
  hamlets 
  were 
  

   formed, 
  often 
  but 
  the 
  renewal 
  of 
  fishing 
  camps 
  from 
  year 
  to 
  year. 
  

   The 
  old 
  lodges 
  would 
  be 
  repaired 
  or 
  rebuilt 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  spots, 
  used 
  

   in 
  the 
  summer 
  and 
  abandoned 
  in 
  the 
  winter. 
  This 
  was 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  

   practice 
  in 
  the 
  seventeenth 
  century, 
  and 
  in 
  Canada 
  the 
  wandering 
  

   tribes 
  had 
  a 
  succession 
  of 
  camping 
  places, 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  periodically 
  

   resorted. 
  Some 
  northern 
  tribes 
  were 
  thus 
  winter 
  visitors 
  in 
  New 
  

   York. 
  Nearer 
  the 
  sea, 
  many 
  indian 
  tribes 
  as 
  steadily 
  vibrated 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  the 
  shore 
  and 
  the 
  interior 
  as 
  some 
  of 
  our 
  people 
  do 
  now. 
  The 
  

   new 
  is 
  ever 
  the 
  old. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  came 
  into 
  New 
  York 
  they 
  brought 
  a 
  change. 
  

   They 
  hunted 
  and 
  fished, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  also 
  growers 
  of 
  corn, 
  pump- 
  

   kins 
  and 
  beans. 
  Although 
  they 
  camped 
  on 
  the 
  rivers, 
  their 
  towns 
  

   and 
  forts 
  were 
  almost 
  always 
  at 
  some 
  distance 
  from 
  them. 
  It 
  might 
  

  

  