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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  sites 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  little 
  reason 
  to 
  think 
  them 
  made 
  by 
  

   the 
  red 
  man. 
  Such 
  pipes 
  Williams 
  probably 
  saw 
  among 
  the 
  Rhode 
  

   Island 
  Indians. 
  They 
  could 
  cast 
  pewter 
  and 
  lead, 
  and 
  he 
  too 
  

   quickly 
  determined 
  that 
  all 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  them. 
  The 
  copper 
  used 
  

   along 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  at 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  colonization 
  is 
  now 
  

   generally 
  conceded 
  to 
  be 
  European, 
  with 
  some 
  rude 
  articles 
  of 
  native 
  

   metal 
  here 
  and 
  there. 
  The 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  was 
  so 
  long 
  

   haunted 
  by 
  European 
  fishermen 
  that 
  many 
  things 
  may 
  have 
  found 
  

   their 
  way 
  southward 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  through 
  aboriginal 
  trade, 
  but 
  

   it 
  is 
  equally 
  probable 
  that 
  some 
  adventurer 
  pushed 
  his 
  vessel 
  along 
  

   the 
  shore, 
  without 
  recording 
  his 
  trip. 
  

  

  The 
  writer's 
  general 
  conclusion 
  is 
  that 
  native 
  copper 
  articles 
  were 
  

   not 
  in 
  use 
  in 
  Xew 
  York 
  as 
  late 
  as 
  the 
  year 
  1600, 
  but 
  that 
  European 
  

   articles 
  of 
  brass 
  or 
  copper 
  were 
  used 
  along 
  the 
  seashore, 
  and 
  had 
  

   even 
  reached 
  the 
  interior 
  by 
  that 
  time. 
  

  

  One 
  article 
  from 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  valley, 
  not 
  represented 
  here, 
  is 
  a 
  

   stone 
  mold 
  for 
  casting 
  lead 
  or 
  pewter 
  ornaments. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  flat 
  piece 
  

   of 
  stone 
  in 
  which 
  three 
  circles 
  have 
  been 
  neatly 
  cut, 
  each 
  with 
  

   several 
  deeper 
  depressions, 
  to 
  form 
  bosses 
  on 
  the 
  rings. 
  The 
  

   diameter 
  is 
  about 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  common 
  cent, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  sloping 
  

   grooves 
  to 
  carry 
  oft 
  the 
  superfluous 
  metal, 
  or 
  to 
  run 
  the 
  metal 
  into 
  

   the 
  mold, 
  that 
  being 
  covered. 
  

  

  Native 
  copper 
  ornaments 
  

  

  While 
  implements 
  of 
  native 
  copper 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  Xew 
  York, 
  

   ornaments 
  are 
  very 
  rare 
  and 
  mostly 
  confined 
  to 
  beads. 
  A 
  very 
  

   few 
  are 
  undetermined, 
  but 
  several 
  forms 
  found 
  elsewhere 
  are 
  unre- 
  

   ported 
  here. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  no 
  state 
  has 
  yielded 
  more 
  recent 
  

   metallic 
  ornaments, 
  and 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  some 
  peculiar 
  forms 
  yet 
  con- 
  

   tinues. 
  There 
  is 
  little 
  that 
  is 
  certain 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  these 
  earlier 
  

   articles, 
  but 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  may 
  be 
  allowed 
  quite 
  a 
  respectable 
  

   antiquity. 
  The 
  recent 
  ones 
  can 
  often 
  be 
  dated 
  within 
  a 
  score 
  of 
  

   years, 
  being 
  found 
  on 
  sites 
  whose 
  age 
  and 
  time 
  of 
  duration 
  are 
  

   known. 
  

  

  The 
  native 
  copper 
  beads 
  of 
  Xew 
  York 
  are 
  either 
  small 
  spheres 
  

   •or 
  hollow 
  cylinders, 
  and 
  of 
  these 
  the 
  first 
  seem 
  most 
  numerous. 
  

  

  