﻿FOURTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I907 
  85 
  

  

  communicate 
  for 
  printing. 
  The 
  scope 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  is 
  such 
  as 
  to 
  

   make 
  it 
  necessary 
  to 
  devote 
  two 
  volumes 
  to 
  the 
  memoir. 
  The 
  

   preparation 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  volume 
  is 
  well 
  forwarded 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  ex- 
  

   pected 
  that 
  the 
  entire 
  work 
  will 
  be 
  in 
  press 
  during 
  the 
  coming 
  year. 
  

  

  VI 
  

  

  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  ARCHEOLOGY 
  SECTION 
  

  

  The 
  wampums 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  Confederacy. 
  By 
  virtue 
  of 
  

   the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  Nation 
  in 
  .1898 
  in 
  electing 
  the 
  Uni- 
  

   versity 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  the 
  wampum 
  keeper 
  of 
  the 
  

   " 
  Five 
  Nations 
  and 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  and 
  each 
  of 
  them 
  " 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  

   purchase 
  of 
  these 
  wampums 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  through 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  

   Nation 
  as 
  keeper 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  wampums 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  Confederacy 
  

   from 
  the 
  funds 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Museum, 
  these 
  invaluable 
  archives 
  

   of 
  the 
  Confederacy 
  have 
  come 
  into 
  the 
  custodianship 
  of 
  the 
  

   Director 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Museum, 
  to 
  whom, 
  by 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  

   President 
  of 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  Nation, 
  has 
  been 
  transmitted 
  the 
  historic 
  

   title 
  Ho-san-na-ga-da 
  — 
  Keeper 
  of 
  the 
  Name. 
  Although 
  complete 
  

   records 
  of 
  these 
  wampums 
  have 
  been 
  kept 
  in 
  the 
  manuscript 
  files 
  of 
  

   the 
  museum 
  it 
  seems 
  well 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  record 
  more 
  permanent 
  and 
  

   decisive 
  by 
  introducing 
  in 
  this 
  place 
  photographic 
  copies 
  of 
  each 
  

   piece 
  of 
  wampum 
  received 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  from 
  the 
  chiefs 
  of 
  the 
  

   Onondaga 
  Nation. 
  These 
  illustrations 
  are 
  herewith 
  given. 
  

  

  Work 
  of 
  the 
  section. 
  As 
  an 
  organized 
  department 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  

   Museum, 
  the 
  Archeological 
  section 
  began 
  on 
  October 
  19, 
  1906. 
  The 
  

   work 
  which 
  devolves 
  upon 
  this 
  section 
  has 
  necessitated 
  its 
  sub- 
  

   division 
  into 
  several 
  subsections 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  archeology, 
  ethnology, 
  

   anthropometry 
  and 
  osteology, 
  and 
  philology 
  and 
  folklore. 
  

  

  Each 
  of 
  these 
  branches 
  is 
  necessary 
  for 
  the 
  preservation 
  and 
  

   study 
  of 
  the 
  prehistoric 
  and 
  recent 
  relics 
  and 
  remains 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  

   York 
  aborigines. 
  The 
  work 
  necessary 
  to 
  carry 
  on 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  

   branches 
  is 
  nothing 
  less 
  than 
  enormous 
  as 
  will 
  be 
  realized 
  when 
  

   it 
  is 
  stated 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  required 
  that 
  one 
  person, 
  the 
  Archeologist, 
  

   carry 
  on 
  field 
  work 
  in 
  archeology 
  for 
  at 
  least 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  months 
  

   of 
  the 
  year, 
  collect 
  ethnologic 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  Indians, 
  study, 
  

   classify 
  and 
  catalogue 
  all 
  the 
  archeo 
  logic 
  and 
  ethnologic 
  material 
  

   acquired, 
  study, 
  measure, 
  record 
  and 
  catalogue 
  all 
  the 
  features 
  of 
  

   the 
  human 
  remains 
  exhumed 
  from 
  the 
  ancient 
  graves 
  and 
  ossuaries, 
  

   to 
  collect 
  and 
  record 
  legends 
  and 
  ceremonial 
  rituals 
  and 
  songs 
  from 
  

   the 
  Indians, 
  and 
  to 
  transmit 
  proper 
  reports 
  covering 
  these 
  activities. 
  

  

  