was constituted their individual
paraphernalia. They lived com-
monly in huts of a sufficient
size to accommodate comfortably
a half-dozen or more; and, though
clannish to a certain extent, were
possessed of considerable know-
ledge and acquaintance of the
neighboring tribes. They were
great hunters and traders, and
the peltrie secured by all the
tribes in the vicinity, beyond
what was needed for their own
uses, ultimately found its way
into the store-houses of the Man-
hattan Indians, as soon after as
the first Dutch traders made the |B
demand therefore.

The standard of value by which
such transactions were bargained