﻿FOURTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I907 
  87 
  

  

  and 
  Symbolism 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Indians, 
  it 
  is 
  hoped, 
  will 
  fill 
  a 
  

   want 
  felt 
  by 
  artists, 
  designers 
  and 
  craftsmen 
  in 
  general. 
  It 
  will 
  

   set 
  forth 
  the 
  forms 
  of 
  artistic 
  creations, 
  decorations 
  by 
  incision, 
  

   quill 
  embroidery, 
  bead 
  work, 
  carving, 
  stamping, 
  painting 
  and 
  metal 
  

   work 
  devised 
  by 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Indians. 
  

  

  Public 
  interest. 
  That 
  public 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  archeology 
  of 
  this 
  

   State 
  is 
  steadily 
  increasing 
  is 
  attested 
  by 
  the 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  

   inquiries 
  received 
  by 
  mail 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  visitors 
  who 
  person- 
  

   ally 
  state 
  the 
  inquiries. 
  Full 
  replies 
  in 
  all 
  cases 
  have 
  been 
  given. 
  

  

  Collections 
  acquired. 
  Several 
  valuable 
  collections 
  of 
  arche- 
  

   ologic 
  and 
  ethnologic 
  material 
  have 
  been 
  acquired 
  for 
  the 
  museum 
  

   during 
  the 
  past 
  year. 
  

  

  Among 
  these 
  are 
  collections 
  from 
  W. 
  H. 
  Hill 
  and 
  M. 
  R. 
  Harring- 
  

   ton, 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  city; 
  and 
  L. 
  I. 
  Fitch 
  of 
  Manlius, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  The 
  Hill 
  collection 
  embraces 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  valuable 
  pieces 
  of 
  

   silver 
  work 
  such 
  as 
  disks 
  and 
  crowns, 
  bead 
  work 
  and 
  two. 
  pieces 
  of 
  

   wampum, 
  one 
  a 
  belt 
  and 
  one 
  a 
  wristlet. 
  

  

  The 
  Harrington 
  collection 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  valuable 
  acquired 
  

   for 
  many 
  years 
  and 
  consists 
  of 
  ethnologic 
  material 
  purchased 
  from 
  

   the 
  Iroquois 
  on 
  the 
  Grand 
  River 
  reservation 
  in 
  Canada. 
  Many 
  of 
  

   the 
  specimens 
  were 
  lacking 
  in 
  our 
  collections 
  and 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  

   obtained 
  among 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Iroquois. 
  

  

  The 
  Fitch 
  collection 
  consists 
  of 
  Onondaga 
  archeologic 
  material 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  Pompey 
  Hill, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  and 
  includes 
  specimens 
  that 
  

   range 
  from 
  the 
  prehistoric 
  forms 
  down 
  to 
  articles 
  of 
  modern 
  time. 
  

  

  The 
  Archeologist 
  visited 
  the 
  Indian 
  reservations 
  during 
  the 
  

   summer 
  and 
  acquired 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  valuable 
  objects 
  which 
  up 
  to 
  

   this 
  time 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  represented 
  among 
  the 
  ethnologic 
  series. 
  

   Among 
  these 
  objects 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  prayer 
  rattles, 
  ceremonial 
  

   headdresses, 
  an 
  Indian 
  silversmith's 
  outfit 
  of 
  tools, 
  blow 
  guns, 
  cere- 
  

   monial 
  robes 
  and 
  mats. 
  

  

  FIELD 
  WORK 
  IN 
  ARCHEOLOGY, 
  1907 
  

  

  Following 
  out 
  the 
  plan 
  to 
  thoroughly 
  examine 
  each 
  culture 
  dis- 
  

   trict 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State, 
  the 
  field 
  researches 
  in 
  archeology 
  during 
  

   the 
  season 
  of 
  1907 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  territory 
  reputed 
  to 
  be 
  that 
  

   of 
  the 
  Eries. 
  The 
  coast 
  or 
  lake 
  shore 
  culture 
  having 
  been 
  examined 
  

   last 
  year 
  with 
  splendid 
  result, 
  it 
  seemed 
  advisable 
  to 
  examine 
  the 
  

   region 
  upon 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  Chautauqua 
  hills. 
  Numbers 
  of 
  sites 
  

   had 
  been 
  noted 
  here 
  and 
  for 
  at 
  least 
  60 
  years 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  a 
  territory 
  

   interesting 
  to 
  archeologists, 
  although 
  no 
  excavation 
  had 
  ever 
  been 
  

  

  