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35 plain rings buckled on a piece of cloth, which he had from the 

 neighboring Cattaraugus (Seneca) Indians. The writer has many 

 of various styles of finish, and might easily have had more. In the 

 1 8th century they were cheap as compared with others, and were 

 lavishly employed. A few are shown. 



Fig. 35 is one out of a number the writer obtained at Onondaga. 

 Fig. 38 is out of another lot he had from the same place. These are 

 rounded on the face and flat on the back. It is quite a common 

 size. Fig. 23 is a larger size from the same place, and made in the 

 same way. Fig. 25 differs from these in being broader and flat* 

 The writer had this also from Onondaga, but it is not so common 

 as the last. Many of these simple forms have some surface orna- 

 mentation. Fig. 19 was found in the Mohawk valley, and is small,, 

 elliptic, and has many transverse grooves. Fig. 24 has the same 

 style of ornament, but is larger and circular. It is also a Mohawk 

 example. 



Fig. 85 preserves the circular form, but has broad undulations on 

 the surface. This and the next three the writer had from Onon- 

 daga. Fig. 88 differs from the last in having the indentations only 

 on the outer edge of the surface, and in their being separate instead 

 of continuous. Fig. 90 is a flat ring, with distinct indentations on 

 each edge of the surface. It is a fine and rather rare form. Fig. 

 91 is worked so as to show a continuous series of semicircles all 

 around the center of the surface. This is not a frequent style now. 

 Fig. 74 has nine bosses on the surface, with intervening cross lines, 

 The writer got this at Onondaga, and has seen none like it. 



Fig. 46 was given to the Buffalo Historical Society by Mrs Van 

 Rensselaer, with other fine brooches. It has the ring form, but of 

 an angular style. At each angle is a boss, the intervening space 

 being narrower and with three cross grooves. Fig. 73 has a similar 

 character, but the curved spaces between the bosses have no grooves. 

 This came from the Tuscarora reservation. 



Fig. 20 is the smallest of the circular brooches, which the writer 

 has seen, that can not be classed with the ring brooches or round 

 buckles. Small as it is, eight small circles adorn the surface. It 

 is almost flat, and came from a grave in Cayuga county. 



