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 

 „ . . 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 

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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. 



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 



the Plains ^ e ^ °^ ^' ie na ^' an< ^ * ne 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 



