INDIANS OF THE WOODLANDS 19 
SOUTHWEST WING 
INDIANS OF THE WOODLANDS 
The first hall to the west contains the collections pertaining to the 
Indians of the Woodlands. 
Indians of = These Indians include all tribes 
the Wood- 
east of the Mississippi and are 
lands 
therefore those connected with 
the very early history of the country. In 
the eastern section of this hall are the New 
York State Indians of whom the Iroquois 

are the most important because of their WYi7/© \\?' 
superiority in organization and power. Nil oan, ACY, Ss aps ——— 
The League of the Iroquois, or the Five 
wnat : Carved birch bark kettle of the 
Nations, comprised the Mo- _ penobscot Indians. 
hawk, Seneca, Oneida, Onon- 
daga and Cayuga, later the Tuscarora, when it was styled the Six Nations. 
Iroquois 

Cherokee mask, Indians of the Woodlands, North Carolina. Such masks were 
worn by members of ‘‘False Face’’ Societies supposed to be able to counteract the 
work of evil spirits and to heal sickness 
