
INDIANS OF THE WOODLANDS 21 
The collections of the remaining tribes of the Woodland Indians are in 
process of installation and will be treated in the following order: On the 
right or northern side of the hall, the Cherokee, Seminole, Menomini, Sauk 
and Fox, and Winnebago tribes; on the left or southern side of the hall, 
the Delaware, Ojibwa and Cree tribes. The Seminoles have never been 
ese entirely conquered. They moved into Florida and have 
taken up their abode in the Everglades, hostile to the white 
man whom they will not allow to enter their domain. This exhibit is one 
of the three existing collections from Seminole Indians. 
Among the Menomini specimens there is an excellent collection of 
medicine bags, porcupine quillwork and a buffalo skin head- 
dress worn by a noted chief Oshkosh. The Menomini have 
always been friendly to the Americans. 
The Winnebago in Wisconsin claim to have built the mounds represent- 
ing animals in the neighborhood. The Winnebago and the 
Delawares are linguistically related. 
Examples of clothing are shown in the collections of the eastern Cree 
who live in Labrador. Among these examples is a twisted 
rabbit skin, the Baby Bunting skin of fable. The garments 
of the eastern Cree are painted rather than worked with beads. 
The Ojibwa made maple sugar. Examples of their picture writing on 
strips of birch bark, descriptions of ceremonies and songs, are_ 
on exhibition; also a number of birch bark baskets. Hia- 
watha was a member of this tribe. 
Among the Delaware collections is a doll that was worshipped by this 
tribe as the guardian of health. Indians of the vicinity of 
New York City resemble this tribe more nearly than any 
other. The Indians of Manhattan and vicinity are described in Guide 
Leaflet No. 29. 
Menomini 
Winnebago 
Cree 
Ojibwa 
Delaware 
SOUTHWEST PAVILION 
INDIANS OF THE PLAINS 
The collections of the Indians of the Plains will be found in the hall 
adjoining. These Indians comprised the tribes living west of the Mis- 
sissippi and east of the Rocky Mountains as far south as the Valley 
of the Rio Grande and as far north as Saskatchewan. They include 
the Plains Cree, Dakota, Crow and Blackfoot shown on the 
left of the hall, and the Mandan, Pawnee, Kiowa and Chey- 
enne on the right. All these tribes were dependent on the 
buffalo, so much so that they have sometimes been called the “ Buffalo 
Indians of 
the Plains 
