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  NEW 
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  of 
  stone 
  and 
  clay, 
  and 
  soon 
  took 
  their 
  place. 
  European 
  beads 
  came 
  

   into 
  request, 
  particularly 
  the 
  large 
  and 
  artistic 
  ones 
  of 
  Venice, 
  glob- 
  

   ular 
  or 
  elliptic. 
  Very 
  long 
  glass 
  bugle 
  beads 
  were 
  also 
  much 
  used, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Jesuits 
  brought 
  rings 
  and 
  medals 
  in 
  abundance. 
  Metallic 
  

   bangles 
  long 
  disputed 
  the 
  field 
  with 
  the 
  teeth 
  of 
  the 
  bear 
  and 
  the 
  

   elk, 
  winning 
  the 
  day 
  fully 
  only 
  when 
  these 
  animals 
  vanished 
  from 
  

   the 
  land. 
  With 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  wampum 
  trade 
  by 
  the 
  

   Dutch, 
  in 
  exchange 
  for 
  the 
  prized 
  beaver 
  furs, 
  shell 
  beads 
  and 
  

   larger 
  ornaments 
  abounded 
  in 
  every 
  Iroquois 
  village. 
  When 
  the 
  

   red 
  pipestone 
  came, 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  two 
  centuries 
  ago, 
  the 
  sphere 
  of 
  

   native 
  ornament 
  became 
  greatly 
  enlarged. 
  Till 
  near 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  

   the 
  17th 
  century 
  brass 
  and 
  copper 
  delighted 
  the 
  Indian's 
  soul. 
  

   Then 
  came 
  silver 
  ornaments, 
  holding 
  sway 
  for 
  nearly 
  two 
  centuries 
  

   more. 
  In 
  the 
  last 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  19th 
  century 
  these 
  gradually 
  gave 
  

   place 
  to 
  the 
  cheap 
  jewelry 
  of 
  the 
  day, 
  and 
  New 
  York 
  Indian 
  orna- 
  

   ments, 
  as 
  such, 
  almost 
  ceased 
  to 
  exist. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  things, 
  we 
  have 
  but 
  a 
  confused 
  idea 
  of 
  how 
  an 
  

   early 
  Indian 
  appeared 
  when 
  arrayed 
  in 
  all 
  his 
  bravery. 
  The 
  pic- 
  

   tures 
  which 
  illustrate 
  the 
  first 
  histories 
  and 
  descriptions 
  were 
  made 
  

   in 
  Europe, 
  and 
  are 
  the 
  artist's 
  conceptions 
  of 
  things 
  he 
  never 
  saw. 
  

   A 
  few 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  under 
  the 
  supervision 
  of 
  the 
  respec- 
  

   tive 
  writers, 
  but 
  even 
  these 
  are 
  far 
  from 
  accurate. 
  Champlams 
  pic- 
  

   ture 
  of 
  the 
  siege 
  of 
  the 
  Oneida 
  fort 
  is 
  a 
  familiar 
  instance. 
  The 
  

   illustrations 
  of 
  Capt. 
  John 
  Smith's 
  various 
  accounts 
  have 
  the 
  same 
  

   character. 
  In 
  all 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  groundwork 
  of 
  truth, 
  but 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  

   details 
  are 
  affected 
  by 
  distance 
  and 
  the 
  defects 
  of 
  memory, 
  and 
  still 
  

   more 
  by 
  the 
  taste 
  or 
  imagination 
  of 
  the 
  artist. 
  

  

  This 
  may 
  possibly 
  be 
  otherwise 
  where 
  verbal 
  descriptions 
  are 
  

   given, 
  but 
  allowances 
  must 
  be 
  made 
  even 
  then. 
  Usually 
  men 
  

   described 
  what 
  they 
  saw 
  in 
  a 
  general 
  way, 
  but 
  we 
  must 
  remember 
  

   that 
  many 
  described 
  what 
  they 
  had 
  not 
  seen, 
  using 
  the 
  accounts 
  of 
  

   others. 
  There 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  question 
  that 
  this 
  was 
  often 
  done 
  without 
  

   the 
  slightest 
  intimation 
  that 
  the 
  matter 
  was 
  not 
  original. 
  Bearing 
  

   this 
  in 
  mind, 
  a 
  few 
  word 
  pictures 
  of 
  personal 
  appearance 
  may 
  be 
  

   given, 
  some 
  of 
  them 
  outside 
  this 
  State. 
  

  

  