NO.    4       INDIAN    SITES    ON    THE    RAPPAHANNOCK BUSHNELL  3I 
they  were  placed  as  found.  All  may  have  been  contained  in  a  wooden 
keg  or  box  which  decayed  and  disappeared,  thus  allowing  the  beads 
to  remain  closely  embedded  in  the  surrounding  earth. 
The  beads  will  be  described  and  references  made  to  identical  or 
similar  specimens  from  other  localities  that  are  now  preserved  in  the 
collections  of  the  United  States  National  Museum,  and  to  some  that 
have  been  received  at  the  Museum  during  the  past  2  years  for  study 
or  identification,  but  which  have  not  remained  in  the  collections. 
Many  other  kinds  of  beads  occur  on  the  sites,  but  only  those  resem- 
bling the  specimens  from  Leedstown  will  now  be  considered. 
Two  of  the  13  varieties  found  in  the  cache  prove  to  be  of  the 
greatest  interest  and  later  will  be  described  in  detail.  The  first  three, 
top  row  of  the  plate,  are  types  that  were  widely  distributed  by  the 
traders ;  they  have  been  made  for  centuries  and  may  still  be  obtained. 
As  they  are  so  numerous  and  so  scattered,  no  specific  references  will 
be  made  to  sites  where  they  have  been  discovered. 
Top  rozu. — Left,  transparent  or  translucent  glass,  light  green ; 
middle,  opaque  glass,  black ;  right,  transparent  or  translucent  glass, 
medium  shade  of  blue. 
Second  row. — Core  transparent  or  translucent  green  glass,  with 
thin  glaze  ^'  of  red  glass  covering  entire  surface.  Over  the  surface  of 
the  red  glaze  are  three  groups  of  parallel  lines,  each  group  consisting 
of  three  lines,  alternating  white,  blue,  white. 
Similar  beads:  Tennessee,  Sullivan  County,  U.S.N.M.  no.  136810; 
Alabama,  Madison  County,  Hobbs  Island  in  Tennessee  River ; 
Georgia,  Bibb  County,  Macon ;  Pennsylvania,  Bainbridge  County, 
burial,  U.S.N.M.  no.  35773. 
Third  row. — Core  transparent  or  translucent  green  glass,  with 
thin  glaze  of  red  glass  covering  entire  surface.  Over  the  surface  of 
the  red  glaze  are  four  groups  of  parallel  lines,  each  group  consisting 
of  three  lines,  alternating  white,  black,  white.  No  other  examples 
traced. 
Fourth  roiv. — Core  translucent  or  transparent  green  glass,  with 
thin  glaze  of  red  glass  covering  entire  surface. 
^  Beck,  Horace  C,  Classification  and  nomenclature  of  beads  and  pendants. 
In  Archaeologia  .  .  .  Published  by  the  Society  of  Antiquaries  of  London.  2d 
ser.,  vol.  27,  Oxford,  1928. 
P'  55  •  "  Glaze  is  a  form  of  glass.  It  can  vary  very  much  in  its  composition, 
but  it  always  contains  silica  and  an  alkali." 
P.  56:  "When  a  bead  has  been  covered  with  a  thin  layer  of  vitreous  enamel 
or  glaze,  it  is  called  a  Glazed  bead." 
