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on the flood plain but only occasional in the fort — a fact easily 

 accounted for by the closer proximity of the former to the fishing- 

 grounds along Cattaraugus creek. There were also several worn 

 and polished " slick stones," possibly potter's tools, and a few other 

 implements of a rude and undeterminate nature. 



The highest example of stone art secured was the realistically 

 carved owl pipe near the back of the head of a folded skeleton in 

 pit 29. In the grave were also a broken pottery vessel, some wam- 

 pum, a piece of flint, some greenish clayey stone, possibly paint, 

 and an iron trade knife, the sheath of which had evidently been 

 decorated with wampum, for part of a curved design composed of 

 three shell beads could be made out when the iron was raised. The 

 pipe itself had been very carefully carved from limestone and is in 

 every way a splendid example of Indian art. It was evidently 

 intended for use with a wooden stem, which had entered just above 

 the tail of the owl, thus causing it to face away from the smoker. 

 The feet are extended forward to give a good finger hold and the 

 head raised above the rim of the bowl. 



A number of red catlinite or slate beads, also excellent pieces of 

 workmanship, were found in different graves. They were an inch 

 or more in length, slender, and more or less cylindrical, although 

 sometimes having a squarish section. This latter type was decorated 

 with notches along their full length. The source of the catlinite 

 once in common use among Iroquoian peoples is a question I have 

 not been able to work out but it must have been brought in from 

 western tribes by trade or conquest. 



The only representative of the gorget class of ornaments was a 

 small flat oval stone amulet scalloped along its edge, drilled near 

 one end and bearing on each side a 

 rude incised human figure. Later 

 a perforated pendant effigy was 

 found by Mr Kennedy (see figure 

 32). 



Paint was represented by red 

 pigment found in a number of ^'S- 32 Effigy found with 



• 111 tortoise rattle 

 graves, sometnries m considerable 



quantity, and by a few pieces of purplish and greenish soft stone. 

 Articles made of bone and antler were not very numerous nor 

 were they in great variety. Awls of bone were occasionally met 

 with, some merely sharpened splinters, others more elaborately fin- 

 ished, one being even decorated at the blunt end with a design 

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