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a great age has been claimed for some of these, when found distinct 

 from European articles. As those of the same character occur in 

 recent graves it seems most probable that all are of about the same 

 age, though not proved to be so. The writer detects nothing in the 

 features of the one article which does not apply to the other, but 

 leaves the question of age open for the present. W. W. Adams, 

 now of Union Springs^ has long been an indefatigable worker in 

 this field, and to him the writer is indebted for many favors and 

 much aid. 



Fig. 135 is a fine and well worked columella bead, found ij miles 

 north of Union Springs. It is of Busycon perversum, 

 and there can be no doubt of its modern character. Fig. 262 found 

 on the recent site at Scipioville, seems to be formed from the 

 columella of Sycotypus canaliculatus. Fig. 121 is one 

 of the finest of these beads on record, being 6.8 inches in length. 

 It is from Cayuga county and is made from a large Busycon 

 perversum. Fig. 133 and 134 are of large and polished beads 

 from the St Joseph's mission site near Union Springs. Long beads 

 of Busycon have been found at the same place. Fig. 120 is 

 one of an interesting series from the same place, and is 6.15 

 inches long. 10 of these Busycon beads were found together 

 in 1887, four of them aggregating 2.2 inches in length, and the 

 remaining six the same. Many interesting examples might be 

 :given from those obtained by Mr Adams, now scattered in various 

 collections. Through his kindness most of the important Cayuga 

 relics have been drawn and described by the writer. 



Fig. 119 is a Busycon columella of great interest, because, 

 while ready for use as a bead in other ways, it is unperforated. It 

 is in the Dann collection and is 4.5 inches long. This makes it 

 probable that the later Iroquois derived their large beads, either 

 'by war or purchase, directly from the southern Indians, and not 

 irom white traders. The latter would hardly have brought un- 

 ifinished articles to sell tO' the Senecas; and this may be part of 

 the spoils of a war waged for a century. Beads of this kind were less 

 tised by the Mohawks and Oneidas than by the western Iroquois. 



Fig. 116 and 117 represent two out of four polished cylindric 



