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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  painted 
  these, 
  drawing 
  lines 
  from 
  the 
  top 
  about 
  two 
  inches 
  apart- 
  

   They 
  thought 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  skin 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  black 
  animal, 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  

   a 
  rabbit 
  and 
  with 
  soft 
  fur. 
  About 
  60 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  required 
  for 
  a 
  

   square 
  robe. 
  The 
  tails 
  hung 
  down, 
  making 
  fringes, 
  and 
  the 
  heads 
  

   formed 
  borders 
  above. 
  Relation, 
  1634 
  

  

  The 
  ordinary 
  shirt 
  or 
  tunic 
  was 
  made 
  of 
  two 
  dressed 
  deerskins,, 
  

   quite 
  thin, 
  fastened 
  on 
  the 
  shoulders 
  and 
  reaching 
  midway 
  on 
  the 
  

   leg. 
  Fringes 
  were 
  cut 
  in 
  this 
  at 
  the 
  armholes 
  and 
  around 
  the 
  

   bottom. 
  Coverings 
  for 
  the 
  arms 
  were 
  sometimes 
  added, 
  secured 
  

   about 
  by 
  cords 
  before 
  and 
  behind. 
  Claws, 
  hoofs 
  and 
  teeth 
  were 
  

   occasional 
  ornaments, 
  but 
  metallic 
  ornaments 
  soon 
  replaced 
  these. 
  

   Dyed 
  hair 
  was 
  freely 
  used, 
  and 
  feathers 
  and 
  porcupine 
  quills 
  were- 
  

   often 
  in 
  request. 
  In 
  early 
  warfare 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  some 
  animal 
  was 
  

   often 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  warrior's 
  shoulder 
  or 
  head. 
  Painting 
  was 
  

   customary 
  both 
  in 
  peace 
  and 
  war, 
  and 
  tattooing 
  was 
  frequent. 
  The 
  

   former 
  still 
  continues 
  among 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Iroquois. 
  

  

  As 
  this 
  paper 
  deals 
  mainly 
  with 
  the 
  metallic 
  ornaments 
  used 
  by 
  

   the 
  Indians 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  which 
  are 
  but 
  rarely 
  prehistoric, 
  the 
  

   foregoing 
  will 
  suffice 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  general 
  attire 
  of 
  these 
  nations 
  

   at 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  advent 
  of 
  the 
  white 
  man. 
  After 
  that 
  time 
  changes 
  

   came 
  rapidly. 
  Those 
  who 
  would 
  follow 
  up 
  the 
  subject 
  in 
  a 
  broader 
  

   way 
  can 
  not 
  do 
  better 
  than 
  to 
  consult 
  the 
  Dress 
  and 
  Ornaments 
  of 
  

   Certain 
  American 
  Indians 
  by 
  Lucien 
  Carr. 
  This 
  treats 
  of 
  the 
  attire 
  

   of 
  the 
  Indians 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi, 
  as 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  by 
  early 
  chroniclers. 
  Of 
  the 
  changes 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  

   centuries 
  little 
  is 
  said, 
  nor 
  of 
  some 
  which 
  came 
  50 
  years 
  earlier. 
  

   His 
  admirable 
  summary, 
  with 
  its 
  accurate 
  notes, 
  is 
  valuable 
  and 
  

   convenient 
  for 
  this 
  early 
  view, 
  but 
  hardly 
  touches 
  the 
  subject 
  now 
  

   to 
  be 
  considered. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  previous 
  paper, 
  some 
  references 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  

   reports 
  of 
  copper 
  articles 
  seen 
  by 
  early 
  navigators. 
  Verazzano 
  saw 
  

   Indians 
  wearing 
  plates 
  of 
  wrought 
  copper 
  as 
  he 
  sailed 
  along 
  the 
  

   Atlantic 
  coast. 
  These 
  they 
  valued 
  highly. 
  Farther 
  northeast, 
  the 
  

   savages 
  had 
  copper 
  ornaments 
  in 
  their 
  ears. 
  De 
  Soto 
  saw 
  small 
  

   copper 
  hatchets 
  in 
  Georgia, 
  and 
  heard 
  of 
  a 
  supply 
  of 
  this 
  metal 
  

   farther 
  north. 
  The 
  Montreal 
  Indians 
  told 
  Cartier 
  of 
  copper 
  in 
  1535. 
  

  

  