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  CEREMONIES 
  OF 
  ADOPTION 
  OF 
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  INDIANS 
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  of 
  the 
  most 
  notable 
  articles 
  must 
  at 
  present 
  suffice. 
  Something 
  

   might 
  have 
  been 
  said 
  here 
  of 
  locally 
  new 
  features 
  in 
  stone 
  tubes 
  

   and 
  banner 
  stones, 
  of 
  amulets 
  and 
  curious 
  slate 
  knives, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   other 
  things, 
  for 
  in 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  case, 
  the 
  field 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  per- 
  

   petual 
  discovery. 
  The 
  wooden 
  masks 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  form 
  

   an 
  attractive 
  branch 
  of 
  study, 
  but 
  the 
  student 
  must 
  not 
  let 
  im- 
  

   agination 
  outrun 
  facts. 
  In 
  the 
  wampum 
  department, 
  while 
  many 
  

   photographs 
  and 
  other 
  pictures 
  of 
  belts 
  have 
  been 
  obtained, 
  the 
  

   essential 
  facts 
  remain 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  In 
  concluding 
  this 
  series 
  of 
  bulletins, 
  extending 
  far 
  beyond 
  what 
  

   was 
  at 
  first 
  planned, 
  the 
  writer 
  is 
  thankful 
  for 
  the 
  opportunity 
  he 
  

   has 
  had 
  of 
  giving 
  some 
  information 
  on 
  an 
  interesting 
  subject; 
  per- 
  

   haps 
  of 
  aiding 
  others 
  in 
  their 
  work. 
  In 
  every 
  way 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  more 
  

   a 
  pleasure 
  than 
  a 
  task, 
  so 
  cordial 
  have 
  been 
  his 
  relations 
  with 
  all 
  

   concerned. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  work 
  in 
  which 
  many 
  are 
  sharing 
  and 
  one 
  which 
  

   will 
  go 
  on, 
  though 
  one 
  laborer 
  after 
  another 
  finishes 
  his 
  part. 
  It 
  

   is 
  a 
  beautiful 
  thought 
  that 
  death 
  does 
  not 
  end 
  all 
  our 
  power 
  to 
  help 
  

   others. 
  Our 
  works 
  follow 
  us, 
  though 
  we 
  rest 
  from 
  our 
  labors. 
  

  

  