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  ^'EW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  STONE 
  PIPES 
  

  

  Both 
  clay 
  and 
  stone 
  pipes 
  are 
  rare 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  and 
  these 
  are 
  

   inferior 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  where 
  so 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  ex- 
  

   amples 
  of 
  both 
  are 
  found. 
  Equally 
  fine 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  Canada, 
  where 
  

   they 
  are 
  common. 
  At 
  first 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  made 
  clay 
  pipes 
  only, 
  

   but 
  afterwards 
  used 
  European 
  tools 
  on 
  those 
  of 
  stone. 
  The 
  early 
  

   and 
  recent 
  pipes 
  are 
  easily 
  distinguished 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  but 
  space 
  will 
  

   not 
  allow 
  a 
  discussion 
  of 
  this, 
  although 
  a 
  few 
  early 
  notes 
  may 
  be 
  

   given. 
  

  

  In 
  describing 
  the 
  Indians 
  of 
  New 
  England 
  in 
  1643, 
  Roger 
  Wil- 
  

   liams 
  said, 
  * 
  Sometimes 
  they 
  make 
  such 
  great 
  pipes^ 
  both 
  of 
  wood 
  

   and 
  stone, 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  too 
  foot 
  long, 
  with 
  men 
  and 
  beasts 
  carved, 
  

   so 
  big 
  or 
  massie, 
  that 
  a 
  man 
  may 
  be 
  hurt 
  mortally 
  by 
  one 
  of 
  them, 
  

   but 
  these 
  commonly 
  come 
  from 
  the 
  Mauguawogs, 
  or 
  the 
  men 
  eaters, 
  

   three 
  or 
  four 
  hundred 
  miles 
  from 
  us. 
  They 
  have 
  an 
  excellent 
  art 
  

   to 
  cast 
  their 
  pewter 
  and 
  brasse 
  into 
  very 
  neat 
  and 
  artificial 
  pipes 
  '. 
  

   These 
  pewter, 
  brass 
  and 
  iron 
  pipes 
  are 
  still 
  sometimes 
  found, 
  but 
  

   the 
  Mohawks 
  made 
  pipes 
  of 
  clay 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  to 
  which 
  he 
  refers. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Jesuit 
  Relation 
  of 
  1653, 
  is 
  the 
  account 
  of 
  a 
  conference 
  

   between 
  a 
  New 
  England 
  nation 
  and 
  the 
  French. 
  The 
  ambassador 
  

   ' 
  seats 
  himself 
  in 
  the 
  midst 
  of 
  the 
  place 
  ; 
  he 
  takes 
  two 
  great 
  petunoirs, 
  

   made 
  of 
  a 
  green 
  stone, 
  beautiful 
  and 
  highly 
  polished, 
  a 
  cubit 
  long. 
  

   This 
  was 
  the 
  fifth 
  present. 
  He 
  fills 
  one 
  of 
  them 
  with 
  tobacco, 
  

   puts 
  fire 
  to 
  it, 
  and 
  sucks 
  or 
  draws 
  the 
  smoke 
  out 
  of 
  it 
  very 
  gravely. 
  

   All 
  the 
  assembly 
  watched 
  him, 
  not 
  knowing 
  what 
  he 
  meant. 
  After 
  

   having 
  well 
  smoked 
  at 
  his 
  ease; 
  '' 
  My 
  brother," 
  said 
  he 
  " 
  these 
  two 
  

   pipes, 
  or 
  these 
  two 
  petunoirs, 
  are 
  yours; 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  henceforth 
  

   that 
  we 
  have 
  but 
  one 
  breath 
  and 
  one 
  respiration, 
  since 
  we 
  now 
  have 
  

   but 
  one 
  soul".' 
  These 
  petunoirs 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  stone 
  tubes^ 
  pipes 
  

   sometimes 
  taking 
  this 
  form, 
  as 
  they 
  did 
  in 
  California, 
  nor 
  are 
  straight 
  

   pipes 
  unknown 
  here. 
  

  

  In 
  his 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  southern 
  Indians, 
  Adair 
  said, 
  ' 
  They 
  make 
  

   beautiful 
  stone 
  pipes; 
  and 
  the 
  Cheerake 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  In- 
  

   dians, 
  for 
  their 
  mountainous 
  country 
  contains 
  many 
  different 
  sorts 
  

   and 
  colors 
  of 
  soils 
  proper 
  for 
  such 
  uses. 
  They 
  easily 
  form 
  them 
  

   with 
  their 
  knives 
  ; 
  the 
  pipes 
  being 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  soft 
  quality 
  till 
  they 
  are 
  

  

  