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In tlu- next table case the section 9A is devoted to the life history of some 

 o!' the Iroquois tribes other than the Five Nations of western New York, 

 and the following section (9B) shows, as well as possible, the culture of the 

 Iroquois Indians of central New York and objects used by the Indians of 

 New York State in general manufacture or obtained from the Europeans 

 upon the advent of the settlers. In the upright case 1 10A) there is presented 

 an exhibition of pottery vessels, all but one of which were found within the 

 limits of Greater New York, and some implements from the Iroquois of the 

 Mohawk Valley, besides material illustrating the societies of the Iroquois. 

 On the other side, (10B), the entire case is filled with specimens from the 

 Bolton and Calver collection from Manhattan Island, which will be more 

 fully described below. 



The Types of Indian Relics found in and about New York City. 



Having now taken a general view of the exhibit, the visitor may be inter- 

 ested in a study of the several kinds of relics found in this locality. As these 

 types are somewhat different from those found in near-by regions, we con- 

 clude that the Indians formerly living here had habits and customs different 

 from those of their neighbors. For want of a better name, these long-extinct 

 tribes have been called the New York Coastal Algonkin. The term Algon- 

 kin designates the language they spoke, while the adjective defines their 

 habitat. 



In the term New York Coastal Algonkin, the writer includes the tribes 

 along the coast from Tottenville, Staten Island, the extreme southern point 

 of the state, to the Connecticut boundary on Long Island Sound, including 

 to a certain extent the shores of New Jersey immediately adjacent to Staten 

 and Manhattan Islands, the east bank of the Hudson River as far north as 

 Yonkers, and exclusive of Long Island except the western end. From the 

 examination of the remains of the New York Coastal Algonkin area preserved 

 in many collections, both public and private, it becomes obvious that the 

 objects found may be roughly divided into three groups: articles of stone, 

 articles of bone and antler, and articles of clay, shell and metal. The first 

 group is, from the imperishable nature of its representatives, naturally the 

 largest and comprises a number of subgroups to be briefly described and 

 commented upon in this paper. Examples of this type will be found in 

 the table cases previously mentioned. For the following descriptions and 

 historical notes the author has largely drawn on Mr. James K. Finch's and 

 his own contributions to Volume HI of the "Anthropological Papers of the 

 American Museum of Natural History" (New York, 1909). 



