﻿AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  461' 
  

  

  needs 
  of 
  the 
  cabinet, 
  he 
  secured 
  a 
  magnificent 
  collection 
  and 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  it 
  at 
  length 
  in 
  the 
  fifth 
  cabinet 
  report, 
  published 
  in 
  1852. 
  

   Although 
  Morgan 
  was 
  the 
  one 
  most 
  actively 
  interested 
  in 
  building 
  

   up 
  the 
  museum 
  Indian 
  collection, 
  others 
  also 
  made 
  valuable 
  con- 
  

   tributions 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  records 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  relics. 
  Notable 
  among 
  

   these 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  E. 
  G. 
  Squier 
  whose 
  " 
  Ground 
  Plans 
  and 
  

   Dimensions 
  of 
  Several 
  Trench 
  Enclosures 
  in 
  Western 
  New 
  York," 
  

   published 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  State 
  Cabinet 
  report 
  [1849], 
  nas 
  preserved 
  

   for 
  posterity 
  a 
  record 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  Indian 
  earthworks 
  now 
  

   obliterated; 
  Franklin 
  B. 
  Hough, 
  who 
  contributed 
  a 
  paper 
  to 
  the 
  

   third 
  State 
  Cabinet 
  report 
  [1850] 
  with 
  the 
  title, 
  " 
  Notice 
  of 
  Several 
  

   Ancient 
  Remains 
  of 
  Art 
  in 
  Jefferson 
  and 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  Counties 
  " 
  ; 
  

   T. 
  Apoleon 
  Cheney, 
  who 
  contributed 
  a 
  report 
  on 
  "Ancient 
  Monu- 
  

   ments 
  in 
  Western 
  New 
  York," 
  13th 
  museum 
  report 
  [i860] 
  ; 
  Rev. 
  

   Jacques 
  Bruyas 
  who 
  contributed 
  " 
  Radical 
  Words 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  

   Language," 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  16th 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  museum 
  [1863]. 
  

   " 
  The 
  Stone 
  and 
  Bone 
  Implements 
  of 
  the 
  Arickarees," 
  by 
  Lewis 
  H. 
  

   Morgan, 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  21st 
  museum 
  report 
  [1871] 
  should 
  also 
  be 
  

   mentioned 
  here. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  foregoing 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  began 
  

   to 
  form 
  its 
  Indian 
  collections 
  when 
  ethnology 
  as 
  a 
  science 
  was 
  new. 
  

   The 
  same 
  is 
  true 
  to 
  a 
  degree 
  in 
  archeology. 
  In 
  the 
  early 
  history 
  of 
  

   the 
  museum, 
  however, 
  the 
  artifacts 
  of 
  the 
  prehistoric 
  aborigines 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  were 
  seldom 
  or 
  never 
  mentioned 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  

   term 
  archeology, 
  but 
  included 
  under 
  the 
  general 
  name 
  of 
  " 
  antiqui- 
  

   ties." 
  Although 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Indian 
  museum 
  began 
  before 
  or 
  at 
  

   the 
  same 
  time 
  when 
  other 
  museums 
  were 
  organized, 
  the 
  active 
  

   interest 
  in 
  a 
  measure 
  ceased, 
  largely 
  perhaps 
  because 
  no 
  one 
  seemed 
  

   available 
  to 
  continue 
  field 
  work 
  in 
  ethnology 
  or 
  begin 
  field 
  work 
  in 
  

   archeology. 
  True, 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time, 
  articles 
  picked 
  up 
  here 
  and 
  

   there 
  or 
  perhaps 
  an 
  entire 
  collection 
  were 
  acquired, 
  but 
  only 
  in 
  few 
  

   cases 
  were 
  accurate 
  data 
  given. 
  While 
  other 
  archeological 
  museums 
  

   were 
  pushing 
  to 
  the 
  front 
  making 
  great 
  advances, 
  the 
  archeological 
  

   section 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Museum 
  fell 
  behind 
  and 
  the 
  collection 
  became 
  

   what 
  Morgan 
  first 
  thought 
  it 
  would, 
  merely 
  " 
  a 
  memento 
  to 
  the 
  red 
  

   race 
  which 
  preceded 
  us 
  and 
  but 
  slightly 
  enlarged 
  the 
  bounds 
  of 
  

   human 
  knowledge." 
  

  

  PRESENT 
  FIELD 
  OF 
  ETHNOLOGY 
  IN 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  Long 
  before 
  the 
  creation 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Museum, 
  the 
  Algonkin 
  

   tribes 
  which 
  once 
  held 
  the 
  southeastern 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  had 
  

  

  