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  ORNAMENTS 
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  from 
  the 
  early 
  Cayadutta 
  fort, 
  south 
  of 
  Johnstown. 
  This 
  is 
  nearly 
  

   7 
  inches 
  long, 
  straight 
  and 
  cylindric, 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  European 
  

   -article 
  yet 
  reported 
  from 
  that 
  site. 
  Had 
  these 
  forts 
  been 
  near 
  the 
  

   Mohawk 
  river, 
  there 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  possibility 
  that 
  these 
  beads 
  

   were 
  lost 
  by 
  wayfarers. 
  Their 
  positions 
  are 
  too 
  remote 
  and 
  difficult 
  

   for 
  this; 
  and, 
  as 
  their 
  date 
  is 
  just 
  before 
  the 
  great 
  influx 
  of 
  European 
  

   articles, 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  connected 
  with 
  Carder's 
  visit 
  to 
  Montreal, 
  or 
  

   with 
  traders 
  who 
  soon 
  followed. 
  [After 
  the 
  above 
  was 
  in 
  print 
  the 
  

   writer 
  examined 
  a 
  tubular 
  bead 
  of 
  European 
  copper, 
  found 
  on 
  an 
  

   early 
  village 
  site 
  in 
  Jefferson 
  county 
  in 
  1903. 
  This 
  and 
  a 
  fragment 
  

   of 
  pottery 
  definitely 
  placed 
  this 
  village 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  16th 
  

   century. 
  The 
  bead 
  retains 
  its 
  smooth 
  surface 
  and 
  is 
  i-J 
  inches 
  long.] 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  later 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  class 
  of 
  ornaments 
  may 
  be 
  

   given. 
  Fig. 
  243 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  cylindric 
  brass 
  bead, 
  found 
  by 
  Mr 
  Frey 
  

   •on 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  Mohawk 
  town 
  of 
  Tionontogncn. 
  This 
  is 
  3^ 
  

   inches 
  long. 
  From 
  another 
  site 
  he 
  has 
  a 
  similar 
  larger 
  one, 
  11J 
  

   inches 
  long 
  and 
  nearly 
  half 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter. 
  Fig. 
  244 
  is 
  longer 
  

   than 
  the 
  last 
  figured, 
  and 
  slightly 
  tapering, 
  as 
  though 
  it 
  might 
  once 
  

   have 
  been 
  the 
  stem 
  of 
  a 
  brass 
  pipe. 
  It 
  is 
  3 
  J 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  was 
  

   found 
  within 
  the 
  stockade 
  in 
  Chase's 
  woods, 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  line 
  of 
  

   Pompey. 
  Fig. 
  254 
  is 
  an 
  unusually 
  slender 
  brass 
  bead, 
  found 
  at 
  

   Indian 
  hill 
  in 
  Pompey. 
  This 
  gives 
  it 
  an 
  age 
  of 
  nearly 
  250 
  years. 
  

   It 
  is 
  about 
  2 
  J 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  is 
  well 
  made. 
  Fig. 
  255 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  

   fort 
  near 
  Pompey 
  Center, 
  a 
  little 
  earlier 
  than 
  the 
  last 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  

   miles 
  farther 
  south. 
  It 
  is 
  ruder 
  than 
  most 
  others. 
  Fig. 
  257 
  is 
  from 
  

   the 
  same 
  fort, 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  neatly 
  finished 
  and 
  in 
  fine 
  preservation. 
  

   It 
  is 
  less 
  than 
  an 
  inch 
  long. 
  Fig. 
  249 
  shows 
  four 
  small 
  beads 
  of 
  

   polished 
  brass, 
  also 
  from 
  this 
  site 
  and 
  of 
  fine 
  workmanship. 
  The 
  

   brass 
  is 
  neatly 
  cut 
  at 
  the 
  edges 
  and 
  symmetrically 
  rolled. 
  Three 
  

   of 
  them 
  are 
  much 
  smaller 
  at 
  the 
  ends 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  center, 
  differing 
  

   from 
  most 
  that 
  the 
  writer 
  has 
  seen. 
  

  

  While 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  beads 
  retain 
  their 
  first 
  use, 
  no 
  small 
  portion 
  

   were 
  worked 
  up 
  from 
  broken 
  kettles, 
  as 
  other 
  ornaments 
  were. 
  Fig. 
  

   248 
  is 
  probably 
  not 
  of 
  this 
  character. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  neat 
  and 
  cylindric 
  coil 
  

   of 
  narrow 
  brass 
  or 
  copper, 
  forming 
  a 
  close 
  but 
  elastic 
  tube, 
  3J 
  

   -inches 
  long 
  and 
  over 
  f 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter. 
  It 
  was 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  grave 
  

  

  