THE PENOBSCOT INDIAN CAMP.—To those familiar with the history of the Indians who lived near the Atlantic coast and so came into early contact with the whites, the Penobscot Indian Camp, or Village, was an object of interested study. There were four families of Penobscots, or, as they were once called, “Panawanskeks,” and there was also a lodge of Iroquois, peopled by a few of the living representatives of that famous tribe, and forming a part of the New York State exhibit. The Iroquois’ but is that seen on the left in the illustration,differing materially in construction from the conical abodes of the Penobscots. Both the Penobscots and Iroquois had canoes which they paddled about in the waterways of the Exposition and all assisted in the aboriginal representations which were occasionally presented on the floats at night, proving themselves on all occasions appreciative of the objects of the Exposition and ready to aid in promoting them as far as possible. Very different were those Indians from the red men of the plains who appeared elsewhere, and very different they must have been even before contact with white men began to have any influence upon their character. They reminded one, in many respects, of the type of Indian occasionally appearing in Cooper’s novels.  The Indian never forgot himself, never crowded ruthlessly anywhere to get a better view of something, and was never noisy or ill-bred.

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