﻿AN 
  ERIE 
  INDIAN 
  VILLAGE 
  AND 
  BURIAL 
  SITE 
  463 
  

  

  and 
  implements 
  of 
  war 
  and 
  the 
  chase. 
  Her 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  was 
  

   at 
  once 
  apparent 
  as 
  her 
  influence 
  and 
  long 
  acquaintance 
  with 
  the 
  

   New 
  York 
  Indians 
  placed 
  her 
  in 
  a 
  position 
  to 
  obtain 
  from 
  them 
  

   many 
  more 
  objects 
  of 
  historic 
  and 
  ethnic 
  interest. 
  The 
  articles 
  

   which 
  she 
  donated 
  and 
  those 
  which 
  she 
  purchased 
  now 
  form 
  a 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  of 
  confederated 
  Iroquois 
  ethnological 
  material 
  which 
  stands 
  

   without 
  rival 
  in 
  any 
  museum, 
  save 
  by 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Morgan 
  collection 
  

   within 
  our 
  own 
  walls. 
  It 
  was 
  largely 
  through 
  her 
  influence 
  with 
  

   the 
  New 
  York 
  Indians 
  that, 
  at 
  the 
  initiative 
  of 
  Secretary 
  Dewey 
  

   and 
  A. 
  G. 
  Richmond, 
  the 
  historic 
  wampum 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  were 
  

   passed 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  keeping 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  This 
  proposition 
  was 
  

   placed 
  before 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  nation 
  which 
  after 
  due 
  deliberation 
  

   passed 
  the 
  following 
  resolutions 
  : 
  

  

  Resolved, 
  That 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  be 
  and 
  

   it 
  hereby 
  is 
  elected 
  wampum 
  keeper 
  of 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  nation, 
  with 
  

   full 
  power 
  and 
  it 
  shall 
  be 
  its 
  duty 
  to 
  get 
  possession 
  of 
  and 
  safely 
  

   keep 
  forever 
  all 
  wampums 
  of 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  nation 
  and 
  the 
  Five 
  

   Nations 
  and 
  Six 
  Nations 
  and 
  each 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  Thus 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  was 
  unanimously 
  

   elected 
  to 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  wampum 
  keeper. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  resolution 
  was 
  also 
  unanimously 
  adopted: 
  

   Resolved, 
  That 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  nation 
  does 
  hereby 
  sell 
  to 
  the 
  Uni- 
  

   versity 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  all 
  wampums 
  for 
  $500, 
  and 
  that 
  

   the 
  sachems 
  and 
  chiefs 
  present 
  all 
  execute 
  a 
  bill 
  of 
  sale 
  for 
  the 
  

   nation. 
  

  

  his 
  

   [Signed] 
  Say-ha-que 
  Baptist 
  (X) 
  Thomas 
  

  

  mark 
  

   and 
  11 
  others. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  passing 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations' 
  archives 
  into 
  the 
  keeping 
  of 
  

   the 
  State 
  came 
  their 
  formal 
  presentation 
  and 
  acceptance 
  at 
  Albany 
  

   June 
  29, 
  1898. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  invitation 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  carefully 
  selected 
  chiefs, 
  

   sachems 
  and 
  head 
  women 
  of 
  various 
  tribes. 
  

  

  The 
  University 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  invites. 
  . 
  . 
  as 
  a 
  

   representative 
  of 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations 
  to 
  attend 
  the 
  exercises 
  of 
  Indian 
  

   day, 
  June 
  29, 
  at 
  the 
  annual 
  University 
  Convocation 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  

   New 
  York 
  in 
  commemoration 
  and 
  ratification 
  of 
  the 
  appointment 
  

   of 
  the 
  University 
  as 
  wampum 
  keeper 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  deposit 
  of 
  the 
  

   wampums 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  Capitol 
  as 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  museum 
  re- 
  

   cently 
  established 
  by 
  the 
  Legislature. 
  

  

  [Signed] 
  Melvil 
  Dewey, 
  Secretary 
  

  

  Albany, 
  10 
  June, 
  il 
  

  

  