JMHA.Ws or MAM/ATTAX ISLAM) 



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Ui>si(l(>s the slu'll-lu';i|)s. the Miiciciil ccinctciics of llic Iiidiaiis li(»l<l 

 imu'li ol iiUoicst to {\\v arcliacolo^ist . 



AltliouL!;h most ot" \\\v natives in tlic vicinity of (Iicatcr New York 

 (lid not i)la(H' ol)j(M'ts in tlic ^I'avi^s witli tlu'ir dv.nl, sonic <>;ia\'('s at Hui'ial 

 Hi(l«»;(\ Tottcnxillc. Stalcn Island, when oihmkmI for the Museum in 

 ISO"), \V(M(^ found to contain a «>;rcat many intcicstinji; and xaluahlc re- 

 mains. W'itli the skc^U^ton of a cliild \\wiv was a ^\V'a\ dc^posit of utensils, 

 l)otli tini<h(Ml and unfinisluHl ornaments, such as heads, pendants, and 



INDIAN SKELETONS PIERCED BY ARROW POINTS, TOTTENVILLE, STATEN ISLAND 



the like, a stone pipe, and a number of other objects, while not far away 

 the skeletons of three Indian warriors were exhumed, in and among 

 whose bones there were found, as shown in the cases devoted to the 

 archaeology of Staten Island, twenty-three arrow points of stone, antler, 

 and bone. 



