﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  II 
  

  

  In 
  Wood's 
  New 
  England 
  Prospect 
  we 
  are 
  told 
  that 
  " 
  a 
  Sagamore 
  

   with 
  a 
  Humberd 
  in 
  his 
  eare 
  for 
  a 
  pendant, 
  a 
  black 
  hawk 
  on 
  his 
  

   occiput 
  for 
  his 
  plume, 
  Mowhackees 
  for 
  his 
  gold 
  chaine, 
  a 
  good 
  store 
  

   of 
  Wampompeage 
  begirting 
  his 
  loynes, 
  his 
  bow 
  in 
  his 
  hand, 
  his 
  

   quiver 
  at 
  his 
  back, 
  with 
  six 
  naked 
  Indian 
  spatterlashes 
  at 
  his 
  heels 
  

   for 
  his 
  guard, 
  thinkes 
  himselfe 
  little 
  inferior 
  to 
  the 
  great 
  Cham; 
  he 
  

   will 
  not 
  stick 
  to 
  say 
  he 
  is 
  all 
  one 
  with 
  King 
  Charles." 
  Wood, 
  p. 
  74. 
  

   Of 
  the 
  Indians 
  in 
  general, 
  in 
  1634, 
  he 
  adds 
  to 
  this 
  account 
  that 
  

   " 
  although 
  they 
  be 
  thus 
  poore, 
  yet 
  is 
  there 
  in 
  them 
  the 
  sparkes 
  of 
  

   naturall 
  pride, 
  which 
  appeares 
  in 
  their 
  longing 
  desire 
  after 
  many 
  

   kinds 
  of 
  ornaments, 
  wearing 
  pendants 
  in 
  their 
  eares, 
  as 
  formes 
  of 
  

   birds, 
  beasts 
  and 
  fishes 
  carved 
  out 
  of 
  bone, 
  shels 
  and 
  stone, 
  with 
  

   long 
  bracelets 
  of 
  their 
  curious 
  wampompeag 
  and 
  mowhackees, 
  

   which 
  they 
  put 
  about 
  their 
  necks 
  and 
  loynes." 
  At 
  that 
  time 
  the 
  

   women 
  wore 
  coats 
  of 
  turkey 
  feathers. 
  He 
  said 
  also: 
  "In 
  the 
  

   winter 
  time 
  the 
  more 
  aged 
  of 
  them 
  weare 
  leather 
  drawers, 
  in 
  forme 
  

   like 
  Irish 
  trouses, 
  fastened 
  under 
  their 
  girdle 
  with 
  buttons." 
  For 
  

   more 
  comfort, 
  " 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  weare 
  skinnes 
  about 
  them, 
  in 
  forme 
  

   of 
  an 
  Irish 
  mantle, 
  and 
  of 
  these 
  some 
  be 
  B 
  eares 
  skinnes, 
  Mooses 
  

   skinnes, 
  and 
  Beaver 
  skinnes 
  sewed 
  together, 
  other 
  skinnes, 
  and 
  

   Rackoone 
  skinnes; 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  in 
  winter 
  having 
  his 
  deepe 
  furr'd 
  

   Cat 
  skinne, 
  like 
  a 
  long 
  large 
  muffe, 
  which 
  he 
  shifts 
  to 
  that 
  arme 
  

   which 
  lieth 
  most 
  exposed 
  to 
  the 
  winde." 
  Wood, 
  p. 
  73 
  

  

  This 
  will 
  suffice 
  for 
  the 
  clothing 
  and 
  general 
  ornaments 
  of 
  the 
  

   New 
  York 
  Indians 
  toward 
  the 
  ocean, 
  who 
  were 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  family 
  

   as 
  those 
  of 
  New 
  England, 
  and 
  whose 
  apparel 
  would 
  be 
  much 
  the 
  

   same. 
  A 
  few 
  words 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  in 
  the 
  interior, 
  

   whose 
  early 
  opportunities 
  of 
  obtaining 
  shell 
  and 
  metallic 
  ornaments 
  

   were 
  few 
  indeed. 
  

  

  While 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  Huron-Iroquois 
  went 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  nearly 
  

   naked, 
  they 
  did 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  least 
  object 
  to 
  fine 
  robes 
  and 
  ornaments 
  

   for 
  festive 
  occasions. 
  Champlain 
  described 
  the 
  Huron 
  women 
  as 
  

   wearing 
  a 
  petticoat, 
  and 
  often 
  heavy 
  strings 
  of 
  beads. 
  Beaver 
  robes 
  

   were 
  common. 
  The 
  Jesuits 
  said 
  that 
  men 
  and 
  women 
  went 
  bare- 
  

   Iieaded, 
  and 
  a 
  headdress 
  was 
  used 
  only 
  as 
  an 
  ornament. 
  Their 
  

   robes 
  were 
  the 
  hides 
  of 
  elk, 
  bear 
  and 
  other 
  animals, 
  and 
  the 
  women 
  

  

  