Tlu- Saginaw Valley Collection 7 



bated on the preceding page, and may be seen in the case. This 



outcrops in a nearly circular line cut by the head waters of the 



s, Shiawassee and Tittabawassee and intersecting Saginaw 



Bay near Point Lookout and Bay l'ort. 



When white men first visited this region, it was inhabited by 



the Ojibwa Indians. The name of this tribe is variously spelled, 

 lippewa, Otchipwe, etc. Their descendants preserve tra- 

 ditions that the Sauk or Sac Indians formerly occupied the valley 

 and were driven out by the Ojibwa and their allies, while the Sac 

 and Fox Indians of Iowa, for their part, have traditions to the 

 same effect. A collection from these Ojibwa Indians is shown 



W. < >rch ml, PhoCO. 

 SLATE TABLETS POSSIBLY ORNAMENTS. 

 About % Natural Size. 



in another part of the Museum (Hall No. 106, on the ground 

 floor). They were found subsisting on a variety of natural 

 products, chief among which were wild rice, maple sugar, squash, 

 corn, wild fruits and game. 



The prehistoric villages were located along the streams, be- 

 cause of the importance of water, wild rice, fish and the land 

 animals which frequented the river banks for food or visited 

 them for water. Furthermore, the canoe was an easier means 

 of transportation than the trail, and even trails were more easily 

 formed along the ridges parallel to the rivers or along the banks 

 than elsewhere. The outcrops of chert and pipestone also are 



