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Mr Schoolcraft gave this shell ornament the fanciful name of 

 nabikodguna antique. In continuation of the account quoted he 

 adds some notes of value. " This article was first detected many 

 years ago, in a medal, one and a half inches in diameter, found in 

 an ancient grave on the Scioto in Ohio. . . Its occurence the 

 present year in the ancient fort grounds and cemeteries of Onon- 

 daga, identifies the epochs of the ancient Indian settlements of Ohio 

 and western New York, and furnishes a hint of the value of these 

 investigations. A medium specimen was examined in the posses- 

 sion of I. Keeler, jr, Jamesville; another of the minimum size, at 

 James Gould's, Lafayette. The largest specimen seen is one sent 

 t>y J- V. H. Clark, from Pompey and Manlius." He adds that 

 this ornament must be referred to the era preceding the discovery. 

 Elsewhere he gives a figure of one from Sandusky^ Ohio. The 

 places to which he alluded above in Onondaga, under several 

 names, were occupied in 1654 and 1696. In the next century many 

 of the Iroquois went to Ohio to live, settling at Sandusky and near 

 the Ohio river, where they carried their valued ornaments. Out 

 of a large number of New York specimens a few examples are 

 given. 



Eight runtees from Pompey, which are in the Bigelow collection, 

 are represented by reduced figures on one plate. Fig. 199 has but 

 a trace remaining of the design. It shows plainly the brown mat- 

 ter adhering to the surface, and the frequent protuberance between 

 the two holes. Fig. 1990 shows circles and dots, and fig. iggb had 

 the cross and dots. Fig. 201 is broken through one of the perfora- 

 tions, and has the frequent six-pointed star. This has also cross 

 bars on the rays of the star, but they all slope, instead of being 

 parallel with the outer circle, as is usual. Fig. 202 has also dots 

 and circles, but is broken. Fig. 203 shows hardly a trace of the 

 design. Fig. 205 has the star or flower divided in the usual way. 

 Fig. 211 is also one of the larger ones showing rings and a star. 



Fig. 147 is a small and plain one from Munnsville, which is less 

 circular than most, though but few are exact in this way. One 

 broad indentation on either side of the border shows where the 

 holes are. Fig. 146 is a pretty example from, Cayuga county, with 



