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  99 
  is 
  a 
  short 
  platform 
  pipe, 
  the 
  bowl 
  being 
  much 
  narrower 
  the 
  

   Other 
  way. 
  Many 
  of 
  these 
  platform 
  pipes 
  are 
  of 
  recent 
  date, 
  the 
  ear- 
  

   lier 
  ones 
  often 
  having 
  a 
  curving 
  base. 
  This 
  is 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  

   Lake, 
  and 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  

   fourth 
  deep. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  100 
  is 
  a 
  black 
  marble 
  pipe 
  from 
  Jamesville, 
  near 
  the 
  site 
  

   where 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  fort 
  was 
  burned 
  in 
  1696. 
  The 
  situation, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  does 
  not 
  necessarily 
  indicate 
  its 
  age, 
  nor 
  have 
  we 
  any 
  certain 
  

   guide 
  to 
  this. 
  All 
  examples 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  have 
  the 
  figure 
  or 
  face, 
  

   where 
  there 
  is 
  either, 
  toward 
  the 
  smoker, 
  which 
  was 
  an 
  early 
  fash- 
  

   ion; 
  otherwise 
  the 
  pipe 
  would 
  seem 
  recent. 
  This 
  has 
  a 
  full 
  length 
  

   of 
  a 
  man, 
  rudely 
  carved, 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  bowl, 
  and 
  the 
  zigzag 
  

   ornament 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  has 
  a 
  modern 
  look. 
  The 
  lines 
  enclosing 
  the 
  

   figure, 
  and 
  the 
  raised 
  rim 
  above 
  it, 
  appear 
  in 
  clay 
  pipes 
  made 
  three 
  

   centuries 
  ago, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  probably 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  earliest 
  pipes 
  made 
  for 
  

   or 
  by 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  with 
  metalHc 
  tools. 
  The 
  extreme 
  length 
  is 
  four 
  

   and 
  three 
  fourths 
  inches, 
  about 
  the 
  average 
  size 
  of 
  this 
  form^ 
  which 
  

   frequently 
  occurs. 
  There 
  is, 
  hoAvever, 
  an 
  Indian 
  pipe, 
  resembling 
  

   this 
  form 
  but 
  without 
  the 
  elevated 
  projection 
  and 
  figure, 
  which 
  

   belonged 
  to 
  Tim 
  Murphy, 
  the 
  noted 
  rifleman 
  and 
  ranger 
  of 
  the 
  

   Revolution, 
  and 
  which 
  has 
  his 
  initials 
  upon 
  it. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  

   angular, 
  and 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  

   fourth 
  high. 
  This 
  is 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  dimensions 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  these. 
  

   These 
  things 
  suggest 
  a 
  modern 
  date, 
  strengthened 
  by 
  the 
  localities 
  

   where 
  most 
  of 
  such 
  pipes 
  have 
  been 
  found. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  these 
  of 
  a 
  burnt 
  sienna 
  color, 
  with 
  a 
  face 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  and 
  

   a 
  moulding 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  has 
  the 
  same 
  general 
  character. 
  It 
  is 
  from 
  

   Baldwinsville, 
  and 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  inches 
  long. 
  One 
  of 
  

   soapstone, 
  four 
  inches 
  long, 
  has 
  an 
  elevation 
  like 
  the 
  Jamesville 
  

   pipe, 
  and 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  Oneida 
  River. 
  Another 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  character, 
  

   from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  is 
  of 
  white 
  marble, 
  and 
  the 
  extreme 
  length 
  is 
  

   three 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  inches. 
  Another 
  with 
  a 
  human 
  figure 
  on 
  

   the 
  back 
  is 
  from 
  Schodack. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  yellow 
  soapstone, 
  and 
  is 
  larger 
  

   than 
  most 
  of 
  this 
  kind. 
  A 
  white 
  one 
  from 
  Root, 
  Montgomery 
  

   County, 
  has 
  a 
  human 
  figure, 
  and 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  inches 
  

   long. 
  Two, 
  with 
  human 
  faces 
  and 
  figures, 
  come 
  from 
  Jefferson 
  

  

  