NO.    4      INDIAN    SITES    ON    THE    RAPPAHANNOCK — BUSHNELL  33 
Similar  beads:  Tennessee,  Sullivan  County,  U.S.N.M.  no.  136812; 
Alabama,  Madison  County,  Hobbs  Island  in  Tennessee  River ; 
Louisiana,  Avoyelles  Parish,  U.S.N.M.  no.  369258. 
Ninth  roza. — Cane  or  tubular  beads,  opaque  light  blue  glass.  No 
other  examples  traced. 
Tenth  row. — Wire-wound  beads."  opalescent  white  glass. 
Similar  beads:  Tennessee,  Sullivan  County,  average  smaller, 
U.S.N.M.  no.  136812;  Georgia,  Bibb  County,  Macon,  1935,  from 
surface  of  Mound  D ;  Georgia,  Whitfield  County,  U.S.N.M.  no 
15539;  Alabama,  Talladega  County,  U.S.N.M.  no.  364574;  Missis- 
sippi, Lee  County,  more  globular,  U.S.N.M.  no.  209619 ;  Louisiana, 
Avoyelles  Parish,  average  smaller,  U.S.N.M.  no.  331724. 
Tzvo  bottom  rozvs. — Cut  rock  crystal,  with  eight  facets  on  perimeter. 
Similar  beads:  Florida,  Pinellas  County,  Maximo  Point,  facing 
Tampa  Bay,  U.S.N.M.  no.  35775  ;  Florida,  Hillsborough  County, 
14  beads  from  burials  near  Tampa  Bay,  U.S.N.M.  nos.  35334-35344; 
Florida,  Orange  County,  U.S.N.M.  no.  1 50100. 
The  references  in  the  preceding  lists  often  apply  to  a  single  bead, 
seldom  to  more  than  two  or  three,  which  had  been  found  with  many 
others  of  different  types.  Some  had  been  discovered  in  burials,  others 
had  been  recovered  from  the  surface  of  village  or  camp  sites.  In  two 
instances  no  examples  of  similar  beads  have  been  traced  in  the  collec- 
tions of  the  United  States  National  Museum,  althovigh  it  is  to  be 
expected  that  some  are  preserved  in  other  collections,  both  public 
and  private.  The  relatively  few  specimens  recorded  may  indicate  the 
range  of  the  several  forms,  rather  than  the  frequency  with  which 
they  have  occurred. 
The  history  of  the  remarkable  cache  is  not  known,  nor  has  it  been 
determined  from  what  country  or  countries  the  material  may  have 
come.  It  is  doubtful  if  any  of  the  beads  were  made  at  Jamestown  ; 
consequently  very  little  can  now  be  added  to  the  brief  descriptions 
already  given.  Two  of  the  types  (fifth  row  and  two  bottom  rows) 
present  problems  which  may  be  difficult  to  solve,  but  the  solution  of 
which  would  undoubtedly  aid  in  determining  the  place  of  origin  of 
other  beads  encountered  with  them  in  the  cache. 
"  Beck,  op  cit.,  p.  60,  referred  to  beads  of  this  type : 
"  Wire-zvoimd  beads.  A  thin  stick  of  glass  heated  until  it  had  much  the  con- 
sistency of  toffee  was  wound  round  a  wire.  During  the  process  the  glass  was 
pulled  out  into  a  thread,  and  there  is  frequently  a  projection  on  the  bead  show- 
ing where  this  thread  was  broken  off.  When,  however,  as  often  happens,  the 
bead  has  been  reheated  for  subsequent  decoration,  this  projection  generally  dis- 
appears.  Beads  made  in  this  manner  are  called  Wirc-zvound." 
