EARTHENWARE OF THE NEW YORK ABORIGINES lOI 



to describe. It is unique. Fig. yj shows part of a large fragment 

 from a fort on the north side of the Seneca river. The rim has 

 long and sloping grooves^ with horizontal lines below. One of the 

 bars between these lower grooves has deep and regular indentations 

 on the lower side, a very unusual feature. 



Fig. 78 shows part of a very fine rim from the Garoga creek fort 

 in Fulton county. It is notched and ornamented within. The 

 indentations on the outside^ just below the top, are both ellipses 

 and diamonds. Six horizontal grooves are beneath these, and still 

 lower are diagonal grooves extending into the deep notches which 

 mark the edge of the bold projection. The curve is so slight that 

 the vessel must have been large. A large and fine fragment from 

 the same place shows the impression of the detached human body, 

 and one of the very long arms remains. This site may not date far 

 from 1600, as a tubular brass bead was found there, and it is one of 

 the three oldest known Mohawk forts. Fig. 79 is part of a rim 

 from another of this early trio, the fort near Fort Plain. A small 

 part of this is given to show the vertical double curves which make 

 the upper part of the pattern, and which are sharply indented. 

 Below are diagonal grooves. 



Fig. 80 is from a drawing furnished by Mr R. A. Grider, of Cana- 

 joharie. It represents a vessel from West Bloomfield, Ontario 

 county, now in the state museum. This, of course, is of Seneca 

 make, and the fact that there are faces at the angles, gives it unusual 

 interest, partly because such vessels are usually fragmentary, and 

 partly as showing that the Senecas also made these peculiar Iro- 

 quois vessels. It might be dated between 1600 and 1630. The rim 

 has raised angles, and it is described as half size. Another, from 

 the same district, has a human figure in full relief. 



Fig. 81 is a fragment from a stockade on the north side of Seneca 

 river. The pattern is simply of circular indentations, closely ar- 

 ranged in lines which are mostly diagonal. Fig. 82 is a small 

 fragment from Pierrepont manor, Jefiferson county. There is a, flat 

 projection from the surface above and below. On the upper part 

 of this, and below it, are lines of elliptic indentations. Part of the 

 projecting surface has narrow horizontal grooves finely divided. 



