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belt. The broad line of leather on the upper side may be considered 

 the margin, and the narrow fragmentary strip on the lower edge 

 seems to have been outside of the tube arrangement at first, as it is 

 now. This was found by Mr C. F. Moseley, at Honeoye Falls, and 

 thus was used toward the end of the I7th century. That century, 

 among the Iroquois, might well be termed the age of bronze. 



Small images 



When the red pipestone reached New York, about the end of the 

 1 7th century,' it was found available for ornaments of all kinds. 

 Shells also were more freely used, and both aided in displacing some 

 metallic animal figures which had been made and used to a moder- 

 ate extent. Fig. 269 is one of the oldest of these, and came from 

 Indian hill, Pompey. It represents a flying squirrel, and is made of 

 pewter or lead. These figures have no provision for suspension, 

 and may have been used either for a toy or charm. 



Fig. 268 is a small pewter human figure which lacks the arms. 

 It is from Indian castle, Pompey, and of about the same date as 

 the last. It is probable such figures were at one time abundant, 

 but, when finer ornaments appeared, these were melted for bullets. 

 These rude forms were easily designed and cast, and may be con- 

 sidered purely Indian work, possibly even that of children. 



This can hardly be said of fig. 272, which is a rude turtle made 

 of iron and found on the same site as the last. The casting of iron 

 was beyond the Indian skill, but why a white man should have made 

 so rude a figure, it is not easy to say. Fig. 273 closely resembles 

 this in character, but the material is lead. It came from the same 

 site. Fig. 274 is from a site in Pompey south of the last two, and 

 perhaps a little later in date. It is rude and broken, and seems 

 made of copper, but this has not been determined. 



Fig. 270 is a rude bird, made of lead or pewter. This came from 

 the McClure farm in Hopewell. Fig. 271 is a small animal form 

 of the same material, found by C. F. Moseley at Honeoye Falls. 



A rude and slender quadruped of lead or pewter came from 

 Pompey, and was evidently cut into shape. The head is broken, 

 but the figure is yet 2j inches long. A well wrought horse's leg, of 



