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Besides the numerous vessels that were found in good condition 

 there were many that had been crushed by roots or the weight of 

 the impending earth. Moreover great quantities of potsherds were 

 collected from the various pits and a few picked up on the surface 

 of the fort and on the flood plain site. 



Four varieties of pottery (terra cotta) pipes were obtained here. 

 The commonest, found only in the graves, are so nearly alike it 

 would be nearly impossible to tell one from the other. They are 



Fig. 36 Typical ring bowled pipe of terra cotta from 

 colonial period, Xeiitral, Seneca and Onondaga sites 



composed of a rounded bowl, decorated with parallel and horizontal 

 stripes, from which arises a much narrower stem, which, rounding 

 a gentle curve tapers slightly and ends within a few inches (see 

 figure 36). A variant of this type had the decoration in the form 

 of short oblique stripes instead of horizontal ones encircling the 

 bowl. Two other pipes of somewhat different form were found — 

 one in an ash pit, one in the general digging. A pipe of mucl: 

 interest was found in pit 24, before described, having the form of 

 a coiled serpent, the head of which was raised above the rim of the 

 bowl (compare figure 37). A still more complicated ef¥igy pipe, by 

 far the best of the terra cotta ones found, was unearthed from pit 

 98, associated with an iron knife and one or two very badly decayed 

 bits of human bone. I'he whole decorat'on of the pipe represents r. 

 seated human figttre facing the smoker, with hands at the mouth, a 

 large head topped witli a ])eculiar headdress or possibly a knot of 

 hair, and showing e\es, nose and mouth. The knees were raised 



