18 INDIANS OF THE WOODLANDS 
and fishing. Beyond the Ojibway are the Cree, who live still farther north. 
Here is to be seen the rabbit skin clothing of our childhood rhymes. 
Opposite the Ojibway are the great Central Algonkian tribes, the Me- 
nomini and Sauk and Fox, who lived south and west of the Great Lakes. 
They gathered wild rice and hunted and fished, practicing also some ag- 
riculture. In one of the Menomini cases are some skin bags beautifully 
worked in porcupine quills. These bags were used in the Midewin, the 
secret society of the shamans. 
The dwellings are of several forms, among which may be mentioned 
A DANCER OF THE DOG SOCIETY 
Arapaho Indian 
the long rectangular houses of 
the Iroquois covered with oak- 
bark; the dome-shaped huts 
of Long Island and vicinity 
which were covered with mats 
ard bundles of grass; and the 
familiar conical wigwam of 
the Ojibway covered with 
birchbark. The utensils are 
of pottery, wood or birchbark. 
Pottery was not made by all 
the Eastern tribes and seems to 
be associated with the practice 
of agriculture. The designs are 
incised, never painted. Bowls, 
trays, and spoons are made of 
wood and often decorated with 
animal carvings. The use of 
birchbark in the construction 
of light, portable, household 
vessels is a particular trait of 
our Eastern Indians. 
In the southeastern portion 
of the United States agricul- 
ture was highly developed. 
These tribes are represented 
by the Cherokee and Yuchi 
who made pottery, and by the 
Choctaw and Chitimacha who 
have interesting baskets made 
of cane. The Seminoles of 
Florida have maintained an 
independent existence in the 
dverglades for nearly a century. Their picturesque costumes are shown. 
