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  bracelets 
  for 
  themselves. 
  In 
  the 
  perfect 
  state 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  found 
  

   it, 
  it 
  required 
  nothing 
  but 
  to 
  beat 
  it 
  into 
  shape." 
  Henry, 
  p. 
  187 
  

  

  Mr 
  P. 
  M. 
  Van 
  Epps 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  American 
  Antiquarian 
  for 
  

   1894 
  a 
  cemetery 
  north 
  of 
  Schenectady, 
  in 
  which 
  a 
  copper 
  ax 
  was 
  

   found. 
  In 
  another 
  grave 
  afterward, 
  135 
  copper 
  beads 
  were 
  obtained. 
  

   In 
  a 
  letter 
  to 
  the 
  writer 
  describing 
  these, 
  he 
  said: 
  

  

  The 
  copper 
  beads 
  were 
  quite 
  peculiar, 
  being 
  quite 
  unlike 
  the 
  

   common 
  tubular 
  beads 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  states. 
  These 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  

   rolling 
  together 
  quite 
  thick 
  chunks 
  or 
  welts 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  copper, 
  

   till 
  the 
  finished 
  bead 
  was, 
  in 
  some 
  cases, 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  a 
  small 
  hickory 
  

   nut. 
  The 
  bar 
  or 
  strip 
  of 
  copper 
  used 
  was, 
  for 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  beads, 
  

   so 
  thick 
  that 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  turns 
  made 
  a 
  large 
  bead. 
  Mr 
  Clute, 
  the 
  

   finder 
  of 
  the 
  beads, 
  told 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  gave 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  ones 
  to 
  

   friends, 
  mechanics 
  in 
  the 
  Schenectady 
  Locomotive 
  Works, 
  who 
  

   desired 
  to 
  pound 
  them 
  into 
  finger 
  rings, 
  but 
  found, 
  to 
  their 
  surprise, 
  

   that 
  not 
  a 
  file 
  in 
  the 
  works 
  would 
  cut 
  them, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  to 
  

   "be 
  annealed 
  before 
  they 
  could 
  be 
  worked 
  out 
  as 
  they 
  wished. 
  In 
  

   short, 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  tempered 
  or 
  hardened. 
  I 
  can 
  not 
  vouch 
  for 
  

   this. 
  At 
  any 
  rate, 
  the 
  beads 
  are 
  a 
  unique 
  lot, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  unfortu- 
  

   nate 
  that 
  the 
  finder 
  allowed 
  them 
  to 
  be 
  separated. 
  

  

  These 
  were 
  found 
  about 
  1890. 
  The 
  writer, 
  himself, 
  has 
  seen 
  a 
  

  

  bit 
  of 
  native 
  copper 
  from 
  Brewerton 
  which 
  rang 
  like 
  steel. 
  Fig. 
  

  

  236 
  and 
  237 
  represent 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  beads 
  still 
  belonging 
  to 
  Mr 
  

  

  Clute. 
  Fig. 
  238 
  is 
  a 
  smaller 
  one 
  now 
  owned 
  by 
  Mr 
  Van 
  Epps. 
  

  

  They 
  are 
  very 
  well 
  worked, 
  and 
  the 
  junction 
  outside 
  is 
  not 
  at 
  first 
  

  

  apparent. 
  The 
  surface 
  is 
  neatly 
  rounded, 
  and 
  the 
  ends 
  flattened. 
  

  

  These 
  are 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  beads. 
  The 
  larger 
  ones 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  

  

  obtained. 
  

  

  Recent 
  beads 
  

  

  The 
  earlier 
  brass 
  beads 
  show 
  European 
  contact 
  preceding 
  coloni- 
  

   zation. 
  Fig. 
  245 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  cylindric 
  bead 
  of 
  this 
  material, 
  well 
  made 
  

   and 
  over 
  3 
  inches 
  long. 
  This 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  early 
  fort 
  on 
  Garoga 
  

   creek 
  in 
  Ephratah, 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  by 
  Mr 
  S. 
  L. 
  Frey. 
  Fig. 
  256 
  is 
  

   another 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  fort, 
  which 
  is 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  as 
  long. 
  Out 
  of 
  

   hundreds 
  of 
  relics 
  found 
  there 
  these 
  are 
  all 
  that 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  white 
  

   man's 
  hands. 
  It 
  is 
  reasonable 
  to 
  suppose 
  that 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  who 
  

   used 
  these, 
  had 
  them 
  before 
  they 
  left 
  Canada. 
  This 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  Rich- 
  

   mond 
  collection. 
  Fig. 
  234 
  shows 
  another 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  collection 
  

  

  