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  YORK 
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  at 
  Onondaga 
  Lake, 
  and 
  others 
  are 
  from 
  the 
  extreme 
  end 
  of 
  Long 
  

   Island. 
  

  

  It 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  that 
  those 
  of 
  stone 
  did 
  not 
  essentially 
  differ 
  from 
  

   the 
  shell 
  gorgets, 
  worn 
  by 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  in 
  colonial 
  days, 
  which 
  usu- 
  

   ally 
  have 
  ornamental 
  designs 
  and 
  two 
  perforations 
  for 
  suspension. 
  

   The 
  well 
  known 
  buckle 
  of 
  the 
  silver 
  brooch, 
  still 
  in 
  use, 
  shows 
  that 
  

   the 
  Indian 
  had 
  a 
  good 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  advantage 
  of 
  two 
  points 
  of 
  con- 
  

   tact. 
  With 
  good 
  tools 
  the 
  flat 
  ornaments 
  of 
  shell 
  and 
  stone 
  usu- 
  

   ally 
  had 
  two 
  longitudinal 
  perforations, 
  insuring 
  the 
  best 
  modes 
  of 
  

   attachment 
  or 
  suspension. 
  There 
  seems 
  abundant 
  testimony, 
  his- 
  

   torical 
  and 
  otherwise, 
  that 
  the 
  American 
  stone 
  gorget 
  was 
  an 
  orna- 
  

   ment, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  necessary 
  to 
  produce 
  all 
  this 
  here. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  206 
  has 
  two 
  long 
  parallel 
  sides, 
  and 
  is 
  made 
  from 
  a 
  banded 
  

   yellowish 
  olive 
  quartzite, 
  which 
  is 
  almost 
  a 
  sandstone. 
  It 
  has 
  three 
  

   holes, 
  and 
  another 
  has 
  been 
  commenced 
  on 
  one 
  side. 
  One 
  end 
  is 
  

   gouge-like, 
  and 
  the 
  dimensions 
  are 
  four 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  

   one 
  half 
  inches. 
  It 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River. 
  Fig. 
  207, 
  from 
  Mon- 
  

   ' 
  roe 
  County 
  is 
  very 
  different. 
  The 
  base 
  line 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  quar- 
  

   ters 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  from 
  this 
  the 
  sides 
  rise 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  

   inches 
  with 
  a 
  concave 
  sweep. 
  The 
  width 
  is 
  then 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  

   eighths 
  inches, 
  and 
  above 
  this 
  the 
  top 
  lines 
  converge 
  to 
  a 
  point, 
  

   making 
  the 
  extreme 
  length 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  

   brown 
  striped 
  slate, 
  and 
  has 
  but 
  one 
  hole. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  208 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  green 
  ribbon 
  stone, 
  or 
  striped 
  slate, 
  much 
  like 
  

   the 
  last 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  tip 
  broken. 
  It 
  has 
  but 
  one 
  hole, 
  and 
  the 
  extreme 
  

   length 
  now 
  is 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches. 
  This 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  Oswego 
  

   River. 
  Fig. 
  209 
  is 
  a 
  beautiful 
  gorget 
  of 
  green 
  striped 
  slate 
  from 
  

   'Oneida 
  Lake. 
  It 
  has 
  two 
  holes, 
  tapering 
  sides, 
  and 
  expanded 
  and 
  

   somewhat 
  rounded 
  ends 
  projecting 
  beyond 
  these, 
  rather 
  abruptly 
  

   leaving 
  the 
  sides. 
  The 
  length 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  and 
  the 
  

   breadth 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  211 
  is 
  a 
  remarkable 
  gorget 
  of 
  dark 
  olive 
  slate, 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  

   small 
  mound 
  in 
  Jefferson 
  County, 
  and 
  which 
  could 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  

   only 
  as 
  a 
  breastplate. 
  It 
  has 
  two 
  small 
  holes, 
  and 
  the 
  sides 
  are 
  

   generally 
  parallel. 
  Two 
  of 
  them, 
  however, 
  expand 
  near 
  the 
  base, 
  

   which 
  becomes 
  nearly 
  six 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  wide. 
  The 
  general 
  

  

  