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on the edge of Canajoharie village. With it were iron tools and an 

 R. Tippet pipe. 



Fig. 246 is in the Hildburgh collection and was obtained at a 

 recent Oneida site near the lake. It is a slender cylindric coil of 

 thin brass, 3 inches long, and retaining the cord on which it was 

 strung. Fig. 247 the writer picked up on a recent Cayuga site. It 

 is slightly curved, perhaps by use, and is smaller and ruder than 

 the last. Such forms have been abundant and were easily made. 



Fig. 261 has a slight resemblance to the last, but is unique, so 

 far as known. A slender wire was doubled and neatly twisted, mak- 

 ing a slender link about- 2 J inches long. Several of these united 

 in a chain made a graceful necklace. This came from the Smith 

 farm, west of Fort Plain. 



Fig. 250 to 253 are from a unique lot of slender silver beads, most 

 of which now belong to the writer. They vary somewhat in length 

 and thickness, some being no thicker than the common knitting 

 needle of old times. Fig. 253 is the longest and thickest of this lot, 

 being 2^ inches long. They are plain or slightly ornamented. 

 These came from the Onondaga reservation. Fig. 197 is taken 

 from Morgan's figure of shorter but similar beads. In the latter 

 figure the slender silver tubes were divided by globular glass beads, 

 but this practice did not prevail among the Onondagas. 



Three illustrations are given of small and spherical brass or copper 

 beads, all of which are recent. Fig. 240 shows those which are quite 

 small. These came from Boughton hill in Victor, and they are of 

 the I7th century. They are now in the Buffalo collection, and are 

 but little larger than a large pin's head. Fig. 241 shows five out 

 of' a lot of 10 beads in the Hildburgh collection. These are much 

 larger, and came from Ontario county. They may be given the 

 same date, as silver took the place of copper and brass about the 

 beginning of the 1 8th century. Among the poorer Indians they 

 may have continued longer. Fig. 242 shows some beads from the 

 Onaghee site, on the McClure farm in Hopewell. They are a little 

 smaller than the last but of the same character. These also are at 

 Buffalo. 



