INDIANS OF THE WOODLANDS 



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the Wood 

 lands 



SOUTHWEST WING 



Indians of the Woodlands 



The first hall to the west contains the collections pertaining to the 

 Indians of the Woodlands. 

 Indians of T , u>sl> ImH . ins ilu .] U( i ( , al] tri , )es 



east of the Mississippi and are 

 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 



superiority in organization and power. 

 The League of the Iroquois, or the Five 

 Nations, comprised the Mo- 

 hawk, Seneca, Oneida, Onon- 



Carved birch bark kettle of the 

 Penobscot Indians. 



Iroquois 



daga and Cayuga, later the Tuscarora when it was styled the Six Nations 



Cherokee mask. Indians of the Woodlands. North Carolina. Such masks were 

 worn b.\ members of "False Face" .Societies supposed to be able to counteract the 

 work of evil spirits and to heal sickness 



