Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Pre-Iroquoian Algonkian Indians of Central and Western New York Earthworks are known, and palisaded forts were stormed by the English and Dutch in Connecticut and on Long. Is land; but they are so rare that they may be considered as exceptional. 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.