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ments, however, were found in ash and refuse pits. The clay pipes 

 are all Iroquoian in form and decoration and are similar to central 

 New York Iroquois pipes of the early part of the seventeenth 

 century. All the pipes are gracefully made and reveal an artistic 

 hand. 



Figure I in plate 95 shows the pipe found in grave 14. The bold 

 incised lines that form the decoration are of exceptional interest 

 and are a departure from other forms. The nipplelike stem seems 

 to have been designed as a support over which a wooden stem was 

 fitted, rather than as a mouthpiece. The pipe contained charred 

 tobacco which has been carefully preserved intact in the bowl. 

 The writer has never seen a pipe of this kind in any col- 

 lection nor illustrated in any work on archeology, and the specimen 

 is probably a rare one if not entirely unique. 



The long square-topped pipe shown in figure 2 of plate 95 is the 

 so-called " Huronian " form. It is made of the ordinary clay from 

 the vicinity but has become stained a dark brown. In texture this 

 pipe is perhaps the best example of pottery found in the site. It 

 is very hard and fine grained. 



Two views of the two-faced pipe found in grave 20, pit 44, are 

 shown in plate 95, figures 3 and 4. The front view was taken just 

 after the pipe was removed from the grave and was yet covered 

 with particles of sand, as the picture shows. The side view gives 

 a much better idea of the object and shows the two faces, both of 

 which are remarkably alike, the face away from the smoker, how- 

 ever, being more perfect in workmanship. As is the case with all 

 the earthen pipes shown in the plate, this pipe contained charred 

 tobacco. 



The trumpet-shaped pipe shown in plate 95, figure 5, came from 

 grave 86 and was found with pot F446 (plate 93, figure 6), and 

 two celts. In comparison with the other stemmed pipes the stem is 

 shorter but does not seem to have ever been broken. 



The wide flaring platform-topped pipe shown in plate 95, figure 

 6, is a modification of the trumpet form. The top or platform is 

 flat and quite perfectly circular. This type is common almost every- 

 where in the Iroquoian region but particularly so in the Erie region. 

 Many of this type are found in prehistoric Onondaga sites in 

 Jefferson county. 



Two interesting pipe bowls in the form of animal heads were 

 found in refuse pits. One is plainly a bear's head and is of polished 

 black clay. The other is of ordinary red clay. It is not easy to 



