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The pottery vessels of which so many fragments were found, had 

 apparently all been of typical Irocjuoian shape, possessing the globu- 

 lar body, constricted neck and rather broad projecting rim or cornice 

 to a marked degree, often with one or more high projecting points. 

 Sometimes a point was protracted into a long flat ear, sometimes it 

 projected in a form resembling the ram prow of a warship, a mild 

 type of which is shown in figure 2, plate 92. Sometimes there was 

 even a handle connecting the projecting point with the body of the 

 pot below — a local development. Decoration was well advanced 

 and the patterns frequently showed unusual taste and skill in design 

 and execution. They are composed of combinations of straight 

 incised lines, small circles, dots and notches usually in geometric 

 patterns, but occasionally representing the human face in conven- 

 tional form. A few specimens bearing raised decoration were 

 found in both places, and one vessel had been painted yellow. 

 The patterns were usually confined to the projecting cornice 

 but sometimes also formed a band encircling the pot where it 

 begins to expand, just below the neck, and sometimes covered the 

 neck as well. The vessels varied much in finish and degree of orna- 

 mentation, and in size from a perfect tiny pot, only about 1% inches 

 high, to fragments of vessels holding several gallons. 



Pipes w^ere generally of terra cotta, but one fragment of a stone 

 pipe was found. All the former w^ere of typically Iroquois patterns, 

 including the trumpet or morning glory shape, the still more common 

 type with straight sides and encircling rings, others decorated with 

 dots, and some with straight-line patterns copied from pottery 

 designs. Some were in eccentric shapes and others took the form 

 of, or bore representations of, life forms such as the human face. 

 While pipes of all kinds were found in considerable ciuantity, they 

 were usually broken. Sometimes they were beautifully made, and 

 in the case of the trumpet form, often highly polished. 



Beads of dififerent kinds were the most numerous class of orna- 

 ments found ; and among these, beads of bone predominated — - the 

 regular tubular form, more or less polished. Stone beads were 

 fairly numerous, some of serpentme being nicely made and polished, 

 while others of red slate were ruder. Several specimens were found 

 of terra-cotta beads made of broken pipe stems. Another form of 

 bead was a long cylindrical kind of considerable thickness made of 

 the columella of some large marine univalve evidently obtained by 

 trade or capture. Still another was the shell of a small fresh-water 

 sna^l, perforated for suspension. I saw several disklike beads of 



