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Title: A tour of four great rivers: the Hudson, Mohawk, Susquehanna and Delaware in l769; being the journal of Richard Smith of Burlington, New Jersey;
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Smith, Richard, 1735-1803 Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919
Subjects: Pioneers -- Middle Atlantic States Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.) Mohawk River Susquehanna River Delaware River (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) Middle Atlantic States -- Description and travel
Publisher: Port Washington, N.Y. I.J. Friedman
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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mal School buildings at Oneontawere burned. Mr. Yager began the present collection in 1903, his purposebeing to illustrate Indian life on the headwaters of the Susquehanna fromOtsego Lake to Great Bend, and including the adjacent hillsides to the dividebetween the Susquehanna and the Delaware on the east and the Chenangoon the west. This territory, which was occupied in the historic period bythe Iroquois, in earlier times jwas the home of other Indians of the samefamily who are classed as Conestogas or Susquehannas. Mr. Yagers collection now numbers about 2,500 objects, selected fromfour or five times that number as brought to light and preserved by variouspersons during the last thirty or forty years. Care has been taken by himto identify and fix the history of each specimen. Nearly every kind of In-dian artefact known to students is well represented. The collection is par-ticularly rich in specimens of flint and pottery and is housed in a buildingespecially built for the purpose. 86
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- = - / - : = ~ z < •= I\ z z - .- ■... ■- : ^ ._ INDIAN MANNERS AND CUSTOMS At Ahquhaga & other Towns seen by me, theyhave Horses, Cows, Hogs, and Poultry, make Butterand Maple Sugar, bake their Bread in the Ashes with-out yeast and have the Discretion to keep Rum bythem in their Houses and take it in moderation.They are faithful in what they undertake, have sharpEyesight, susprising Knowledge of the Woods, areexpert in hunting, fishing, managing Canoes, and inwhatever else they have been conversant. They know Nothing yet of Hours or Miles butpoint to the Sun as to say they will perform such aJourney by that Time the Sun is in such a Positioncounting their Fingers for Days and using notchedsticks for Almanacs, and cannot therefore expresswith any Accuracy the Distance of Time or Place. Of their Origin I never could learn any satisfac-tory Account. Some Authors and Wm Penn amongthe rest, misled by theological Prejudices, have sup-posed them to be descended from the Ten ca

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