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a great age has been claimed for some of these, when found distinct 
from European articles. As those of the same character occur in 
recent graves it seems most probable that all are of about the same 
age, though not proved to be so. The writer detects nothing in the 
features of the one article which does not apply to the other, but 
leaves the question of age open for the present. W. W. Adams, 
now of Union Springs, has long been an indefatigable worker in 
this field, and to him the writer is indebted for many favors and 
much aid. 
Fig. 135 is a fine and well worked columella bead, found 14 miles 
nore: Wnion Springs. lt is of Busycon ‘perverstm, 
and there can be no doubt of its modern character. Fig. 262 found 
on: the recent site at Scipioville, seems to be formed from the 
Colca oy coty pus canalreulatus.. Fig: 121 is one 
of the finest of these beads on record, being 6.8 inches in length. 
It is from Cayuga county and is made from a large Busycon 
perversum. Fig. 133 and 134 are of large and polished beads 
from the St Joseph’s mission site near Union Springs. Long beads 
of Busycon have been found at the same place. Fig. 120 is 
one of an interesting series from the same place, and is 6.15 
‘inches long. Io of these Busycon beads were found together 
in 1887, four of them aggregating 22 inches in length, and the 
remaining six the same. Many interesting examples might be 
given from those obtained by Mr Adams, now scattered in various 
collections. Through his kindness most of the important Cayuga 
relics have been drawn and described by the writer. 
Fig. 119 is a Busycon columella of great interest, because, 
while ready for use as a bead in other ways, it is unperforated. It 
is in the Dann collection and is 4.5 inches long. This makes it 
probable that the later Iroquois derived their large beads, either 
by war or purchase, directly from the southern Indians, and not 
from white traders. The latter would hardly have brought un- 
finished articles to sell to the Senecas; and this may be part of 
the spoils of a war waged for a century. Beads of this kind were less 
used by the Mohawks and Oneidas than by the western Iroquois. 
Fig. 116 and 117 represent two out of four polished cylindric 
