Exploration of a Munsee Cemetery Near Montague, New Jersey (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: George G. Heye
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ISBN: 9781332126149
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 162

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Excerpt from Exploration of a Munsee Cemetery Near Montague, New Jersey On the banks of the Delaware river between Port Jervis, New York, and the Delaware Water Gap, there are many village sites and a few burial places. For years it has been known that this section offered a rich field for archeological study, but prior to the explorations herein described it remained practically neglected. The shores of the river, both in New Jersey and in Pennsylvania, afford broad reaches of arable land, and along this stretch of the stream are several flat islands. The New Jersey side especially furnished suitable level places for camps and for farming, and on these numerous evidences of aboriginal habitation are found. Dr Edward S. Dalrymple, of Branchville, New Jersey, had done some work on this site twelve or fifteen years before, and after his death a collection made by him had come into the possession of the Museum of the American Indian. In 1913 the writers made a reconnoissance of the Delaware valley between Dingman's Ferry and Port Jervis. The most promising site for archeological excavation was found on the farm of Burson W. Bell, Esq., near the town of Montague, in Sandyston township, Sussex county, New Jersey. The results of the exploration of this burial place form the report herein presented. The work of the Museum of the American Indian was commenced at the close of April, 1914, and was continued until early in July, when, during the writer's absence, the arrest of his men, on the charge of violating a statute prohibiting the disturbance of human burials, was caused by a local politician who believed that by keeping strangers out of his district he would gain the favor of his constituents. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.