﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  1 
  5. 
  

  

  Mr 
  S. 
  L. 
  Frey 
  gave 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  some 
  he 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  grave 
  near 
  

   Palatine 
  Bridge 
  in 
  1879. 
  ^ 
  n 
  this 
  grave 
  were 
  stone 
  tubes. 
  He 
  said: 
  

  

  Near 
  the 
  tubes, 
  and 
  also 
  embedded 
  in 
  the 
  hematite, 
  I 
  found 
  what 
  

   had 
  apparently 
  been 
  a 
  necklace 
  or 
  headdress, 
  composed 
  of 
  copper 
  

   and 
  shell 
  beads; 
  the 
  former 
  were 
  badly 
  oxidized, 
  and 
  had 
  been 
  made 
  

   of 
  thin 
  sheets 
  of 
  copper 
  rolled 
  into 
  tubes. 
  That 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  

   worn 
  around 
  the 
  head 
  or 
  neck 
  was 
  evident, 
  for 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  skull 
  

   and 
  the 
  lower 
  jaw 
  were 
  stained 
  a 
  dark 
  copper 
  color. 
  . 
  . 
  On 
  

   the 
  same 
  level 
  as 
  the 
  last 
  grave 
  and 
  about 
  6 
  feet 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  it, 
  

   I 
  came 
  to 
  another, 
  similar 
  in 
  all 
  respects, 
  lined 
  with 
  flat 
  stones 
  

   . 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  relics 
  found 
  were 
  the 
  remains 
  of 
  a 
  necklace 
  of 
  shell 
  

   beads, 
  little 
  copper 
  tubes 
  and 
  small 
  seashells. 
  Frey, 
  p. 
  642-43 
  

  

  Mr 
  Frey 
  kindly 
  furnished 
  fig. 
  369, 
  showing 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  beads, 
  

   adding 
  this 
  note: 
  

  

  The 
  copper 
  beads 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  tube 
  graves 
  are 
  very 
  small, 
  made 
  

   of 
  rolled 
  metal, 
  and 
  so 
  much 
  oxidized 
  as 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  difficult 
  to 
  

   determine 
  their 
  original 
  size. 
  I, 
  however, 
  send 
  the 
  best 
  sketch 
  I 
  

   can. 
  They 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  from 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  to 
  ij 
  

   inches 
  long, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  -J- 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter. 
  

  

  The 
  question 
  of 
  comparative 
  antiquity 
  is 
  suggested 
  by 
  the 
  vary- 
  

   ing 
  character 
  of 
  these 
  graves, 
  but 
  that 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  of 
  quite 
  

   an 
  early 
  age, 
  no 
  one 
  will 
  doubt. 
  In 
  form 
  the 
  beads 
  are 
  precisely 
  

   like 
  those 
  of 
  historic 
  times 
  and 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  way. 
  Researches 
  

   in 
  Ohio 
  have 
  demonstrated 
  the 
  early 
  use 
  of 
  native 
  copper 
  beaten 
  

   into 
  thin 
  sheets, 
  preparatory 
  to 
  use 
  in 
  other 
  forms, 
  so 
  that 
  this 
  

   presents 
  no 
  difficulty. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  239 
  is 
  a 
  similar 
  bead 
  found 
  by 
  the 
  writer 
  by 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  

   in 
  1878, 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  field 
  where 
  a 
  fine 
  native 
  copper 
  spear 
  was 
  ob- 
  

   tained. 
  In 
  section 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  nearly 
  square 
  than 
  circular, 
  and 
  is 
  

   much 
  corroded. 
  Small 
  ornaments 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  would 
  rarely 
  be 
  

   long 
  preserved 
  except 
  under 
  favoring 
  circumstances, 
  and 
  are 
  thus 
  

   naturally 
  rare. 
  In 
  graves 
  or 
  on 
  village 
  sites 
  only 
  would 
  they 
  last 
  

   long. 
  This 
  will 
  account 
  for 
  the 
  brief 
  treatment 
  native 
  copper 
  here 
  

   receives. 
  

  

  There 
  was 
  a 
  later 
  use 
  farther 
  west. 
  Alexander 
  Henry 
  saw 
  native 
  

   copper 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Ontonagon 
  river 
  in 
  1765, 
  and 
  said 
  that 
  

   the 
  Indians 
  " 
  were 
  used 
  to 
  manufacture 
  this 
  metal 
  into 
  spoons 
  and 
  

  

  