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On the left is a collection of ,ni-olcs(iuc masks. 'I'lioc wen- worn l)y 

 the Fals(' Face Societies. 'IMic Indians wci'c \<'iy supci'- 



_ "„ stitious and believed in the existence ol" demons or e\il 



Faces" 



spiiits who wei'c without bodies. Ie<;s oj- arms, and possess- 

 in*!; hideous laces only, were characterized as "false faces." There 

 eventually i»;re\v u]) a society callin<>; itself the ''P^also Face Hand" whose 

 members wei'e su|)p()se(l to have power to counteract the evil done by 

 tliese demons and to i)()ssess the cai)acity to lieal sickness. Pictures by 

 Dc Cost Smith illustrating!; this society are on exhibition in the cases. 

 The earliest Indians of the vicinity of New York City are represented 

 by the arclue{)lo<!;ical collections in the first alcove on the 



-- „ , left. Her(» will l)e seen remnants of their crude potterv, 



New York . . . . i . ' 



Indians wcuipons, cookinj!; utensils, and various implements made of 



stone, wood or bone, collected chiefly from burial sites on 

 Manhattan Island, Staten Island and Lon^' Island. In one of the cases 

 is a portion of an original dugout canoe which was excavated in Oliver 

 Street in 1906 when a telephone conduit was being laid. This canoe 

 and a large earthen pot are among the very few good specimens that 

 have ever been found representative of New York Cit}' Indians. 



Among the Delaware collections is a doll that w^as worshipped 



^ , bv this tribe as the guardian of health. Indians of the 



Delaware : . . ^ ^ . 



vicinity of New York City resemble this tribe more nearly 

 than any other. 



In other parts of the hall, in approximate geographical order will be 

 found typical exhibits from the Penobscot, Delaware, Ojibw^a, ]\Ienomini, 

 Saulteaux, Eastern Cree, Winnebago, and Sauk and Fox of the Eastern 

 Woodland Area, and the Seminole, Cherokee, and Uchee of the South- 

 eastern Area. In the south wall cases are small exhibits from the Mac- 

 kenzie and Plateau culture areas for which a special hall wdll be provided 

 in the future. The Seminole have never been entirely conquered. 

 They moved into Florida and have taken up their abode in the Ever- 

 glades, hostile to the wdiite men w^hom they wdll not allow to enter their 

 domain. This exhibit is one of the three existing collections from 

 the Seminole Indians. 



Among the Menomini specimens there is an excellent collection of 

 medicine bags, porcupine quill work and a buffalo skin headdress worn 

 by the noted chief Oshkosh. The INIenomini have ahvays been friendly 

 to the Americans. 



The Ojibway and Menomini are typical Woodland Indians. They 

 made maple sugar, gathered wild rice, w^orked in birchbark, and practiced 

 a rather complex religion. 



At the rear of the hall will l)e found collections from the Eastern Cree 

 of James Bay and vicinity. While these people live in the woodlands 



