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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...the departed spirits would have the same wants and occupations in the land of souls. But this custom is almost entirely abolished in the country of the Delawares and Iroquois." Of particular value to the study of the archeology of the Delaware valley will be the report on the skeletal remains now in preparation by Dr Ales' Hrdlickaof the United States National Museum, to which institution the human bones were presented by the Museum of the American Indian. In his study of the crania from the Minisink cemetery Dr Hrdlicka has noted an unexpected form, resembling the Shawnee crania far more closely than those of other Algonquian tribes, including even the Delawares. These inter 1 History of the Mission of the United Brethren, p. 120, London, 1794. FROM THE MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN HEYE FOUNDATION CONTENTS OF VOLUME I 1. Lucayan Artifacts from the Bahamas. Theodoor De Booy. 2. Precolumbian Decoration of the Teeth in Ecuador, with some Ac count of the Occurrence of the Custom in Other Parts of North and South America. Marshall H. Saville. 3. Certain Kitchen-middens in Jamaica. Theodoor De Booy. 4. Porto Rican Elbow-Stones in the Heye Museum, with Discussion of Similar Objects Elsewhere. J. Walter Fewkes. 5. Note on the A rcheology of Chiriqui. George Grant Maccurdy. 6. Petroglyphs of Saint Vincent, British West Indies. Thomas Huckerby. 7. Prehistoric Objects from a Shell-heap at Erin Bay, Trinidad. J. Walter Fewkes. 8. Relations of Aboriginal Culture and Environment in the Lesser Antilles. J. Walter Fewkes. 9. Pottery from Certain Caves in Eastern Santo Domingo, Wesl Indies. Theodoor De Booy. THE NANTICOKE COMMUNITY OF DELAWARE BY FRA,NK G. SPECK 'Contents Page Introduction I History 6 Physical Character of the Region 9 Agriculture and Food 10 Fishing...