20 I\J)IA\S OF Till': WOODLANDS 



At tlic end of the corridor is i\\v. j)o\vor room where may be seen demon- 



^ ^ st rated tlie trtinslonnatioii of the potential ener^v of eoal 



Power Room ■ , ,. , , . 



into heat, li<ilit and motion. 



WEST CORRIDOR 



To the ri^dit or west of the Jesuj) statne arc^ three lialls devoted to Indian 

 collections. To reach these the visitor passes through the West Corridor 

 which is devoted to the temporary display of recent accpiisitions or small 

 collections of particular interest. Here hangs a series of j)aintings of Mount 

 Pelee, by the late Angelo Heilprin. 



On the landing, at the head of the stairway' is the William Demuth 

 collection of pipes and fire-making appliances froin many parts of the world. 



SOUTHWEST WING 

 IndiaxXs of the Woodlands 



The halls to the west contain collections from the North American 



Indians and together with 



Indians of the ^, , ,, . ,, ,, ^ , 



-,, ,, , the liall m the south central 



Woodlands 



wing present the nine 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 Woodland 

 areas, or all those formerly living east of the 

 Mississippi River and south of the Great 

 Lakes. They are, therefore, intimately 

 connected with the early history of the Carved birch bark ketiic of Uic 



•^ '' _ I'enobscot Indians 



colonies. In the eastern section of this hall, 



are the New York State Indians of whom the Iroquois are the most impor- 

 tant because of their superiority in organization and power. 



The League of the Iroquois, or the Five Nations, comprised the ]\Io- 

 hawk, Seneca, Oneida, Onondaga and Caj^uga, 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 lro(iuois. 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 connnon hard clam of our 



Wampum , .,.,.. , • , 



markets, was utihzed m xanoiis ways: it was greatly prized 



as an ornament and as triiniuiiig on garments; was an important feature 



