i.\ni.\\s or Tin-: ii oo/>/..i.\/;n 



At the end of the corridor is {\w j)()\V('r room where iiki>' he seen 

 demonstrated th(^ transformation of the |)otential energy 



Power Room 



of coal into heat. hii;ht and motion 



WEST CORRIDOR 



To the riiiht or west of tlie Jesuj) statue are three halls de\-oted to 

 Indian colhu-tions. To reach these the visitor ))asses throujih tlie 

 West (\)rn'(l<>r which is (Unvoted to the tem])orary (lis])lay of recent 

 acquisitions or small collections of particular interest. 



On the landing;, at the h(>ad of the stairway is the William Denmth 

 colloctionof ]^i]i(»s and fire-makin2;ap])liances from many ]iarts of the world. 



Indians of the 

 Woodlands 



Carved birch bark kettle of the 

 Penobscot Indians. 



SOUTHWEST WING 

 Indians of the Woodlands 



The halls to the west contain collections from the North American 



Indians and together with 



the hall in the south central 



wing present the ten great 

 culture areas of North America. (See 

 maps on the south wall.) The hall you 

 now enter represents chiefly the Indians 

 in the Southeastern and Eastern W^ood- 

 land areas, or all those formerly living 

 east of the Mississippi River. They are, 

 therefore, intimately connected with the 

 early history of the colonies. In the east- 

 ern section of this hall, are the New 

 York State Indians of whom the Iroquois are the most important 

 because of their superiority in organization and power. 



The League of the Iroquois, or the Five Nations, comprised the Mo- 

 ^ J . hawk, Seneca, Oneida, Onondaga and Cayuga, later the 



Tuscarora, .when it was styled the Six Nations. This 

 league was formed probably as early as 1539 and with the purpose, 

 as its founders boasted, of bringing peace and breaking up the spirit of 

 perpetual warfare. The Oneida Indians were the only members of this 

 league who, as a tribe, adhered to the colonists in the war of the Revolution. 

 In the wall case on the right are shown the dress, occupations and 

 dwellings of the Iroquois. A life-size model of an Iroquois representing a 

 messenger is holding out a belt of wampum. This wampum, made 



chiefly of the shells of the "quahog" or common hard clam 



of our markets, was utihzed in various ways : It was great- 

 ly prized as an ornament and as trimming on garments; was an important 



\ Wampum 



