ixDf.ws or M.\.\/f.\rr.\\ isi^axd :,: 



and tlic l)()iu's iiiiiiijurtMl, all |)i()l)a.l)ilit \' of t he aiiiinals lia\iii^ hccii cat en 

 is (lisj)()S(Ml of." 'riu's(> huiials aic coinmoii in lliis xiciiiity; Mr. ("aJNcr 

 thinks they wvvv for sonic r('li«ii()us |)uij)os{', and su«2;^('sls a iclalion lo the 

 "W'hitc^ Do«>; lu^ast '' of \\\v Onondaga of (his slate' IIowcvci-, it is 

 known that \\]v carcass of tlic sacrificed d()<i- was hunit hy tiic Iicxpiois 

 and ! he (>\|)lanat ion iiivcn on i)a.ii(' Ki is ))rol)ahly coiicct . 



INDIAN BURIAL, MANHATTAN 



Indian Burials. Notwithstanding all the efforts of various col- 

 lectors, the first Indian burials to be discovered on the Island were due to 

 the activities of Messrs. Bolton and Calver in 1904. The improvement 

 of Seaman Avenue, Inwood, at that time, uncovered many relics of the 

 long extinct Indian inhabitants, among which Mr. Bolton saw unmis- 

 takable signs of Indian graves. To quote from this gentleman: '^It 

 thus became evident that there were human interments in the vicinity, 

 and in August, 1907, the first burial was discovered under a shell pit in 

 Corbett's garden. The grading process had been extended only about 

 eighteen inches below the sod, but had sufficed to destroy the jaw^ of the 



iNew York Herald, May 26, 1895. 



