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inches. It is unornamented^ and resembles some found on Huron 

 sites in Canada. The Mohawks made neater ornamented articles 

 of this kind, but they are everywhere rare. 



Fig. 47 brings us again to the early Onondagas, being from the 

 site of 1600, at the time when the Iroquois league was probably 

 formed, and while Hiawatha lived there. The rim rises to an angle 

 and near its edge are rows of elliptic indentations placed diagonally 

 above the nearly horizontal grooves which come just below. The 

 broad face is not as artistic as some, but is fairly good-natured, as 

 was proper in the days of Hiawatha the Peacemaker. Some of 

 these Onondaga faces are quite pleasant in expression. There are 

 diagonal grooves on each side of this massive countenance, and the 

 edge of the projection beneath has the notches which are so com- 

 mon a feature. Fig. 48 is another remarkable Mohawk rim from 

 the site east of Wagner's hollow^ where the potters were persons 

 of ideas and skill. It has no great beauty, but the notches at the 

 base of the projection are unusually large and deep. The horizon- 

 tal irregular grooves cross the broad points left, as well as the plain 

 surface above. Another rim much resembles this^ but is crossed 

 by diagonal lines on top. The side ornaments are horizontal and 

 sloping grooves with very deep and long notches. In this, how- 

 ever^ the projecting points have diagonal grooves, spreading a little 

 as they descend. The fragment suggests the same maker, but hardly 

 the same vessel. 



Fig. 49 is a simple but neat, curved and projecting rim from 

 the Onondaga site of 1600. These. early sites will be occasionally 

 referred to by their probable dates, the archeologic connection being 

 such as to render these almost a matter of certainty, -while the age 

 of any article may be of importance. This pretty rim has two 

 parallel lines on the top, and the edges are notched on both sides. 

 Below these it is perfectly plain. The top is thickened, but the sides 

 are thin and curving. Fig. 50 is a grotesque, good-natured face 

 adhering to a plain surface. It comes from the same site, and is 

 of the largest size, fairly representing one modern form of Onon- 

 daga comitenance. Fig. 51 is a rim of thin black pottery from an 

 Onondaga fort on the line of Fabius and Pompey, several miles 



