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Mr Schoolcraft gave this shell ornament the fanciful name of 
nabikodguna antique. In continuation of the account quoted he 
adds some notes of value. “This article was first detected many 
years ago, in a medal, one and a half inches in diameter, found in 
an ancient erave on the Scioto in) Oley. .° Its occitrencettae 
present year in the ancient fort grounds and cemeteries of Onon- 
daga, identifies the epochs of the ancient Indian settlements of Ohio 
and western New York, and furnishes a hint of the value of these 
investigations. A medium specimen was examined in the posses- 
sion of I. Keeler, jr, Jamesville; another of the minimum size, at 
James Gould’s, Lafayette. The largest specimen seen is one sent 
by J. V. H. Clark, from Pompey and Manhus:”| He adds than 
this ornament must be referred to the era preceding the discovery. 
Elsewhere he gives a figure of one from Sandusky, Ohio. The 
places to which he alluded above in Onondaga, under several 
names, were occupied in 1654 and 1696. In the next,century many 
of the Iroquois went to Ohio to live, settling at Sandusky and near 
the Ohio river, where they carried their valued ornaments. Out 
of a large number of New York specimens a few examples are 
given. 
Eight runtees from Pompey, which are in the Bigelow collection, 
are represented by reduced figures on one plate. Fig. 199 has but 
a trace remaining of the design. It shows plainly the brown mat- 
ter adhering to the surface, and the frequent protuberance between 
the two holes. Fig. 199a shows circles and dots, and fig. 199b had 
the cross and dots. Fig. 201 is broken through one of the perfora- 
tions, and has the frequent six-pointed star. This has also cross 
bars on the rays of the star, but they all slope, instead of being 
parallel with the outer circle, as is usual. Fig. 202 has also dots 
and circles, but is broken. Fig. 203 shows hardly a trace of the 
design. Fig. 205 has the star or flower divided in the usual way. 
Fig. 211 is also one of the larger ones showing rings and a star. 
Fig. 147 is a small and plain one froin Munnsyille, which is less 
circular than most, though but few are exact in this way. One 
broad indentation on either side of the border shows where the 
holes are. Fig. 146 is a pretty example from Cayuga county, with 
