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within an ellipse below. Another from the same site has the letters 

 E. B., and this kind is somewhat frequent on Mohawk sites, but 

 those with these initials vary much in form. Mr S. L. Frey found 

 similar pipes with the letters R. T., on such sites, and others were 

 found in an Indian grave in Pennsylvania. Prof. E. A. Barber 

 thought these ' were probably made by Richard Tyler, a celebrated 

 pipe maker in the vicinity of Bath, during the early or middle part 

 of the 17th century.' The Dutch, however, were jealous of their 

 monopoly of tobacco pipes, and there is no likelihood that English 

 pipes found their way to New York Indians till toward the close 

 of that century, after the colony changed owners. 



Fig. 139 is another white clay pipe from the Onondaga village of 

 1677, having the heel and cartouche inclosing a monogram formed 

 by an I above an M. It is singular in having a ribbed elevation 

 about an inch from the bowl and around the stem. To these pipes 

 may be added another found on Mohawk sites, and also on Man- 

 hattan island and in the Acadian cellars of Nova Scotia. This 

 lacks the earlier heel, and has the name R. Tippet in raised letters 

 and within a raised circle, on the side of the bowl. The maker is 

 unknown, but the pipes probably belong to the early part of the i8th 

 century, judging from their general character. Mr Richmond has 

 a fine and perfect one from an Indian grave at Canajoharie. 



Fig. 140 is a very fine and perfect pipe from a grave in Scipio, 

 Cayuga county. It seems a gull's head, with the beak upturned, 

 the bowl being at the base of this towards the mouth of the smoker. 

 There are grooves and dots on the back of the bowl. It is 6^ inches 

 long, and probably of the early part of the 17th century. All the 

 pipes on this plate are two thirds of the actual length and breadth. 



Fig. 141 is a plain pipe, but slightly curved, and much like those 

 of Cayuga. It was found near Rome, and is 3 inches long. There 

 are many of these plain pipes, having the bowl and stem at various 

 angles. 



Fig. 142 has a cylindric bowl and no stem. The greatest diameter 

 is at the stem-hole. This form is unusual in clay, though better 

 specimens have been found at Fort Hill, Auburn. This is the only 

 pipe which has been found at Rice's woods, north of Palatine 

 Bridge. It is somewhat rude, and is i^ inches broad. 



