"'"•MEi^l roTTERY OF THE MUHAWK VALLEY 167 



"•ivat care with n pointed or notched tool. tii(> form of which can not 

 l)e determined. 



The state of New Yorii has furnished many examples of ware of the 

 general type illusti"ated above, but, as a rule, it is in a fragmentarj^ 

 state. It is hardly- necessary to present additional examples, save in 

 two cases. The remarkable vessel shown in plate cxlvii b was obtained 

 by Dr D. 8. Kellogg- in Plattsburg, New York. It is 11 inches in 

 height, and is apparentl}' very well made. The shape, which i.s espe- 

 cially notable, and the peculiar ornamentation take it out of the ordinary 

 Irofjuoian group and place it with the wares of the upper Mississippi 

 valley. It has a long, conic body, slightlj' constricted neck, and simple 

 expanding rim. The entire surface is decorated with roulette mark- 

 ings. A minutely notched wheel was used on the neck, and apparently 

 a distinct and more coarsely notched wheel or tool was used on the 

 })odv. This yessel is decidedly an exotic in the region. 



Fig. 63 — Fragments of decorated vase-rims from the Mohawli valley. 



Two fragments of the very neat and quite typical ware of the 

 Mohawk district are represented in figure 63. They belong to a small 

 series of like sherds presented to the National Museum by Mr S. L. 

 Frev. Reverend William i\I. Beauchamp. of Baldwinsville, New York, 

 has made careful examinations of the earthenware of the state and has 

 acquired an extensive series of drawings, some of which have been 

 placed at my disposal. It is expected that Mr. Beauchamp will in the 

 near future publish detailed studies on this and other branches of Iro- 

 quoian art. 



EXAMPLES FROM NEW ENGLAND 



Historically and traditionally we learn that the Iroquoian tribes 

 occupied oi- o^•erran the greater part of the New England province. 

 The\^ are known to have visited the Atlantic coast at many points 

 between New Jersey and Maine, and, according to Leclercq, the Gas- 

 peian Indians of St I-awrence gulf were three times defeated or 

 '"destroyed" b}' this bold and enterprising people. The Al)uakis of 



