ECONOMICS OF THE IROQUOIS A DISSERTATION PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF BRYN MAWR COLLEGE BY SARA HENRY STITES 1904 PRESS OF THE NEW ERA PRINTING COMPANY LANCASTER, PA. Originally presented as the author's thesis, Reprint of the 1905 ed. printed by Press of New Bibliography: p. 1. Iroquois Indians Economic conditions. 2. Indians of North America-Economic conditions. 76-43861 monographs: Monograph series; v. 1, no. 3. First AMS edition published in 1978. Reprinted from the edition of 1905, Lancaster, Pa. [Trim MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA grad repl CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. SKETCH OF THE ECONOMIC SYSTEMS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. The Arctic, the Barren, the Forest, the Plain, and the Desert-Oasis Environments;-the domestic economy characteristic of the Barren and Arctic Environments, the village economy charac- teristic of the Western Forest Environment, the republican clan economy characteristic of the Plain Environment, the Potential utilities:-Food products-animal and vegetable; Raw materials-animal, vegetable, and mineral..... The Hurons, a related tribe living in a similar environment. CHAPTER II.-THE PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES OF THE IROQUOIS. Manner of production:-root grubbing, and fruit and nut gathering; hunting and trapping; fishing; agriculturę... Relative importance of these different activities:-the growing ten- dency of the Iroquois to depend for subsistence upon agricul- |