﻿FIFTH 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
  I908 
  223 
  

  

  jars, 
  is 
  often 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  generic 
  term 
  for 
  any 
  sort 
  of 
  pottery. 
  Soup, 
  

   cooked 
  hominy 
  and 
  other 
  foods 
  are 
  kept 
  in 
  such 
  vessels. 
  With 
  

   the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  flat 
  bottom 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  comparatively 
  

   recent 
  adaptation 
  to 
  facilitate 
  standing 
  on 
  shelves 
  and 
  tables, 
  this 
  

   form 
  may 
  well 
  be 
  of 
  aboriginal 
  origin, 
  but 
  bears 
  a 
  greater 
  resem- 
  

   blance 
  to 
  what 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  archeologist 
  would 
  call 
  the 
  Algon- 
  

   quin 
  rather 
  than 
  the 
  Iroquoian 
  type. 
  

  

  A 
  distinct 
  resemblance 
  to 
  li-oquois 
  pottery 
  may 
  be 
  observed 
  in 
  

   the 
  pots, 
  Avhich 
  often 
  show, 
  to 
  a 
  greater 
  or 
  less 
  extent, 
  a 
  rounded 
  

   bottom, 
  spheroidal 
  body 
  and 
  constricted 
  neck 
  sometimes 
  sur- 
  

   mounted 
  by 
  a 
  projecting 
  rim 
  or 
  collar, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  features 
  are 
  

   characteristic 
  of 
  Iroquois 
  ware. 
  The 
  rim 
  is 
  sometimes 
  even 
  deco- 
  

   rated 
  with 
  notches, 
  dots 
  and 
  simple 
  incised 
  lines, 
  which 
  add 
  to 
  the 
  

   Iroquois 
  effect 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  jars 
  the 
  body 
  is 
  frequently 
  covered 
  with 
  

   stamped 
  paddle 
  patterns. 
  Such 
  pots 
  were 
  formerly 
  employed 
  for 
  

   general 
  cooking 
  purposes 
  but 
  have 
  been 
  recently 
  used 
  more 
  for 
  

   stewing 
  fruit 
  than 
  anything 
  else. 
  The 
  bight 
  of 
  the 
  modern 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  is 
  generally 
  under 
  8 
  inches, 
  but 
  in 
  former 
  times 
  larger 
  ones 
  

   were 
  made. 
  One 
  small 
  vessel 
  of 
  this 
  type 
  was 
  provided 
  with 
  

   handles 
  of 
  modern 
  design. 
  

  

  Bowls 
  are 
  variable 
  as 
  to 
  size 
  and 
  various 
  as 
  to 
  use; 
  some 
  are 
  

   round 
  bottomed, 
  some 
  flat, 
  some 
  stamped, 
  some 
  plain 
  ; 
  but 
  the 
  rims 
  

   of 
  all 
  the 
  bowls 
  collected 
  were 
  invariably 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  flaring, 
  

   not 
  bent 
  sharply 
  inward 
  as 
  in 
  many 
  Muskhogean 
  and 
  some 
  modern 
  

   Catawba 
  specimens. 
  Similar 
  flaring 
  bowls 
  are 
  occasionally 
  found 
  

   on 
  northern 
  Iroquois 
  sites. 
  The 
  only 
  saucerlike 
  form 
  seen 
  was 
  

   made, 
  the 
  Indians 
  told 
  me, 
  in 
  imitation 
  of 
  white 
  man's 
  ware. 
  

   When 
  baking 
  a 
  batch 
  of 
  pottery 
  the 
  old 
  Cherokees 
  were 
  accustomed 
  

   to 
  put 
  in 
  a 
  lot 
  of 
  little 
  toy 
  vessels, 
  dolls 
  and 
  animals 
  modeled 
  in 
  

   clay, 
  which 
  were 
  greatly 
  appreciated 
  by 
  the 
  children. 
  Crude 
  clay 
  

   pipes 
  were 
  also 
  made, 
  and 
  these 
  too 
  were 
  reproduced 
  in 
  miniature 
  

   as 
  toys. 
  Such 
  toy 
  vessels, 
  figurines 
  and 
  pipes 
  are 
  not 
  infrequently 
  

   unearthed 
  from 
  ancient 
  Iroquois 
  sites 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  Mr 
  Mooney 
  had 
  given 
  me 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  one 
  potter, 
  Iwi 
  Katalsta, 
  

   and 
  I 
  lost 
  no 
  time 
  in 
  making 
  her 
  acquaintance. 
  Inquiry 
  resulted 
  

   in 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  but 
  one 
  more, 
  an 
  aged 
  woman 
  known 
  as 
  

   Jennie 
  Arch, 
  whose 
  feeble 
  hands 
  had 
  all 
  but 
  lost 
  their 
  skill. 
  For 
  

   this 
  reason 
  I 
  confined 
  myself 
  almost 
  entirely 
  to 
  Iwi's 
  methods 
  of 
  

   pottery 
  making. 
  Fully 
  half 
  the 
  pottery 
  I 
  secured 
  from 
  the 
  Eastern 
  

   Cherokees 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  her 
  hand. 
  

  

  Her 
  tools 
  were 
  few, 
  and 
  with 
  one 
  exception 
  simple, 
  consisting 
  

   of 
  a 
  hammerstone 
  for 
  pounding 
  the 
  clay, 
  a 
  sharpened 
  bit 
  of 
  stick 
  

  

  