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  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  DIRECTOR 
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  doors, 
  the 
  fire 
  being- 
  built 
  on 
  a 
  rude 
  hearth 
  of 
  flat 
  stones 
  sunk 
  

   level 
  with 
  the 
  ground. 
  

  

  It 
  seems 
  probable 
  from 
  the 
  evidence 
  at 
  my 
  disposal^ 
  that 
  similar 
  

   methods 
  were 
  once 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Iroquois 
  in 
  making 
  

   potter}-. 
  .As 
  before 
  mentioned 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  many 
  Cherokee 
  ves- 
  

   sels 
  is 
  quite 
  like 
  the 
  style 
  we 
  know 
  as 
  Iroquois. 
  Similar 
  rims 
  are 
  

   found 
  in 
  western 
  and 
  northern 
  Xew 
  York, 
  as 
  are 
  potsherds 
  show- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  overlapped 
  method 
  of 
  coiling, 
  while 
  from 
  the 
  ash 
  pits 
  on 
  

   the 
  early 
  Alohawk 
  site 
  known 
  as 
  " 
  Garoga 
  " 
  in 
  Fulton 
  county, 
  New 
  

   York 
  I 
  have 
  unearthed 
  with 
  my 
  own 
  hands 
  pottery 
  bearing 
  the 
  

   impress 
  of 
  the 
  checkerwork 
  paddle. 
  

  

  But 
  the 
  ancient 
  pottery 
  of 
  the 
  Cherokee 
  embraced 
  forms 
  still 
  

   more 
  like 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  styles 
  than 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  modern 
  make, 
  if 
  

   we 
  can 
  judge 
  by 
  the 
  specimens 
  found 
  near 
  the 
  "' 
  Town 
  House 
  

   Mound 
  " 
  at 
  Yellow 
  Hill 
  on 
  the 
  Eastern 
  Cherokee 
  Reservation 
  — 
  

   a 
  mound 
  which 
  the 
  Cherokee 
  claim 
  was 
  made 
  by 
  their 
  ancestors. 
  

   The 
  pieces 
  of 
  rim 
  and 
  the 
  single 
  perfect 
  vessel 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  intrusive 
  or 
  imported 
  if 
  found 
  on 
  an 
  ancient 
  Onondaga 
  

   site 
  in 
  Jeiferson 
  county, 
  Xew 
  York. 
  They 
  show 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  

   spheroidal 
  body, 
  constricted 
  mouth 
  and 
  projecting 
  rim 
  or 
  collar, 
  

   but 
  also 
  exhibit 
  a 
  well 
  developed 
  neck 
  of 
  true 
  Iroquois 
  style 
  w^hich 
  

   is 
  net 
  clearly 
  marked 
  in 
  the 
  recent 
  ware 
  of 
  the 
  Cherokee. 
  

  

  The 
  carved 
  paddle 
  for 
  decorating 
  pottery 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  become 
  

   obsolete 
  am.ong 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  at 
  an 
  early 
  date, 
  for 
  potsherds 
  show^- 
  

   ing 
  its 
  use 
  are 
  rarely 
  if 
  ever 
  found 
  on 
  their 
  later 
  sites 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  

   my 
  knowledge 
  goes. 
  But 
  such 
  potsherds 
  are 
  not 
  seen 
  os 
  a 
  rule 
  

   on 
  X'ew 
  York 
  sites 
  once 
  occupied 
  by 
  Algonquin 
  tribes, 
  so 
  it 
  is 
  

   probable 
  that 
  here 
  w^e 
  have 
  another 
  link 
  connecting 
  the 
  northern 
  

   Iroquois 
  with 
  the 
  Cherokee. 
  The 
  blowgun, 
  the 
  nearly 
  universal 
  

   possession 
  of 
  the 
  southeastern 
  tribes, 
  seems 
  also 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   peculiar 
  to 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  in 
  the 
  north. 
  Possibly 
  such 
  apparent 
  trifles 
  

   may 
  help 
  us 
  to 
  trace 
  the 
  migrations 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  before 
  they 
  

   reached 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  and 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  perhaps 
  fortunate 
  that 
  I 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  North 
  Caro- 
  

   lina 
  when 
  I 
  did, 
  for 
  Iwa 
  Katalsta 
  is 
  old, 
  and 
  her 
  health 
  is 
  failing, 
  

   while 
  Jennie 
  Arch 
  can 
  no 
  longer 
  make 
  pottery 
  worthy 
  of 
  the 
  name. 
  

   The 
  younger 
  generation 
  does 
  not 
  care, 
  apparently, 
  for 
  ix)ttery 
  mak- 
  

   ing, 
  and 
  the 
  western 
  Cherokees, 
  from 
  all 
  I 
  can 
  learn, 
  have 
  aban- 
  

   doned 
  the 
  art. 
  Hence 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  a 
  few 
  more 
  years 
  will 
  

   see 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquoian 
  potters. 
  

  

  * 
  Iroquois 
  Industries. 
  

  

  