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  [Assembly 
  

  

  ted 
  in 
  one 
  harmonious 
  and 
  connected 
  system, 
  sprang 
  from 
  a 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  mind 
  J 
  and 
  all 
  together 
  are 
  necessary 
  to 
  exhibit 
  the 
  artizan 
  

   capacity 
  and 
  social 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  from 
  the 
  era 
  of 
  abo- 
  

   riginal 
  occupation 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  period, 
  when 
  Indian 
  life, 
  

   in 
  some 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  republic, 
  is 
  merged 
  in 
  comparative 
  civiliza- 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  While 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  the 
  Regents, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  the 
  

   State, 
  is 
  very 
  naturally 
  directed, 
  in 
  the 
  first 
  instance, 
  to 
  the 
  

   fabrics 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  a 
  people 
  with 
  whom 
  we 
  stand 
  in 
  many 
  

   interesting 
  relations, 
  it 
  should 
  not, 
  and 
  cannot 
  properly 
  be 
  

   limited 
  to 
  them 
  alone. 
  A 
  collection, 
  worthy 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  must 
  

   necessarily 
  take 
  a 
  wider 
  range, 
  and 
  aim 
  at 
  a 
  general 
  and 
  univer- 
  

   sal 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  fabrics, 
  inventions, 
  implements 
  and 
  utensils 
  

   of 
  the 
  whole 
  Indian 
  family 
  : 
  from 
  the 
  stone 
  tomahawk 
  of 
  the 
  Pe- 
  

   quod, 
  and 
  the 
  rude 
  pottery 
  of 
  the 
  Mobilian 
  tribes, 
  to 
  the 
  beauti- 
  

   ful 
  bark 
  and 
  moose 
  hair 
  basket-work 
  of 
  the 
  Chippeway, 
  and 
  

   the 
  delicate, 
  bead-work 
  embroidery 
  of 
  the 
  modern 
  Iroquois. 
  

   A 
  few 
  years 
  of 
  well 
  directed 
  effort, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  expenditure 
  

   of 
  money, 
  would 
  secure 
  such 
  a 
  collection; 
  one 
  which 
  w^ould 
  

   not 
  only 
  become 
  as 
  widely 
  known 
  as 
  the 
  Indian 
  whose 
  social 
  his- 
  

   tory 
  it 
  proclaims, 
  but 
  would 
  form 
  an 
  enduring 
  monument 
  to 
  the 
  

   enlightened 
  munificence 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  By 
  a 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  schedule 
  which 
  accompanies 
  this 
  report, 
  

   it 
  will 
  be 
  perceived 
  that 
  the 
  additions 
  the 
  present 
  year 
  are, 
  at 
  

   least, 
  equal 
  in 
  variety 
  and 
  interest 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  preceding. 
  

   Some 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  name 
  and 
  general 
  character 
  ; 
  but 
  

   in 
  such 
  cases 
  the 
  article 
  itself 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  either 
  a 
  more 
  

   perfect 
  specimen, 
  dilferent 
  in 
  some 
  essential 
  particular, 
  or 
  from 
  

   some 
  other 
  locality. 
  A 
  minute 
  description 
  of 
  each 
  article 
  will 
  

   not 
  be 
  attempted. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  proper, 
  however, 
  to 
  introduce 
  the 
  

   most 
  prominent 
  among 
  them 
  with 
  a 
  brief 
  explanation 
  of 
  tlieir 
  ob- 
  

   jects 
  and 
  uses. 
  A 
  portion 
  of 
  these 
  articles 
  were 
  obtained 
  of 
  the 
  

   Mohawks, 
  Onondagas, 
  Cayugas, 
  Senecas 
  and 
  Tuscaroras, 
  who, 
  to 
  

   the 
  number 
  of 
  two 
  thousand 
  four 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty, 
  now 
  reside 
  

   upon 
  a 
  large 
  reserve 
  secured 
  to 
  them 
  by 
  the 
  British 
  government, 
  

   on 
  Grand 
  river, 
  in 
  the 
  Niagara 
  peninsula 
  in 
  Upper 
  Canada. 
  But 
  

   the 
  residue, 
  and 
  the 
  chief 
  portion, 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Sene- 
  

  

  