A home geography of New York city . differ-ent names, and sometimes they tooktheir names from the places where theylived. Some writers say that the Indianname for Hell Gate meant the whirl-pool, and for Manhattan island, placeof the whirlpool. The tribe that livedon the island was called the ]\Ianhat-tans, or the people of the place of the whirlpool. Other writerssay Manhattan means island and that Manhattansmeans people living on an island. There were alsoManhattan Indians in The Bronx and on Staten each of the five boroughs, and all along theshores of the Hudson river, there were a
A home geography of New York city . differ-ent names, and sometimes they tooktheir names from the places where theylived. Some writers say that the Indianname for Hell Gate meant the whirl-pool, and for Manhattan island, placeof the whirlpool. The tribe that livedon the island was called the ]\Ianhat-tans, or the people of the place of the whirlpool. Other writerssay Manhattan means island and that Manhattansmeans people living on an island. There were alsoManhattan Indians in The Bronx and on Staten each of the five boroughs, and all along theshores of the Hudson river, there were a great manyIndian villages. The head man of each village wascalled a sachem or sagamore. Both words are Indianfor the English word chief. The chief hunted for hisliving just as the other men of his tribe or band Indian soldier was called a brave. When abrave killed his first enemy and brought home thescalp, be was permitted the honor of wearing the feather of thewar eagle. The feather of the war eagle was the highest Indian. Stonk Knife NEW YORK CITY AS THE HOME OF THE INDIAN 113 T decoration. As the braves, or warriors, were sohighly honored among their people, every boy longedfor the time when he could bring home his enemysscalp and be decorated with the eagle women built the houses, tilled the land,and made the clothes worn by thefamily. The men did nothingexcept hunting, fishing, and goingto war against their most important weaponof the Indian warrior was the bowand arrow. The arrowhead was asharpened stone or piece of Indian also carried a toma-hawk, a war club, and a knife,the blade of which was made ofWhen Indians were going on thewarpath they painted their faces and bodies andiiad a war dance. The different Indian tribes wereconstantly at war. The Indians wererevengeful and very cruel. They tor-tured their prisoners to death and disfigured the deadThey killed women and children as well as men, althoughthey loved their own children
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