﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  19 
  

  

  Fig. 
  235 
  is 
  a 
  unique 
  article, 
  differing- 
  from 
  a 
  cylindric 
  bead 
  and 
  

  

  yet 
  suggestive 
  of 
  one. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  Indian 
  castle 
  in 
  Pompey, 
  a 
  

  

  site 
  occupied 
  in 
  1677 
  and 
  for 
  some 
  time 
  earlier. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  long 
  and 
  

  

  slender 
  silver 
  tube, 
  having 
  rows 
  of 
  small 
  perforations 
  at 
  one 
  end. 
  

  

  This 
  suggests 
  its 
  use 
  by 
  the 
  medicine 
  men 
  in 
  blowing 
  the 
  medicinal 
  

  

  water 
  on 
  the 
  patient. 
  It 
  is 
  moderately 
  curved 
  and 
  is 
  seven 
  inches 
  

  

  long, 
  but 
  is 
  quite 
  likely 
  not 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  mere 
  ornament. 
  If 
  it 
  

  

  had 
  that 
  character, 
  something 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  attached 
  by 
  using 
  

  

  the 
  holes. 
  One 
  small 
  elliptic 
  lead 
  bead 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  

  

  fort 
  of 
  1696. 
  

  

  Pendants 
  or 
  bangles 
  

  

  A 
  favorite 
  ornament 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  three 
  centuries 
  is 
  a 
  conical 
  roll 
  

   of 
  sheet 
  metal, 
  attached 
  to 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  dress. 
  Collectively 
  

   they 
  may 
  form 
  fringes, 
  and 
  their 
  tinkle 
  adds 
  to 
  the 
  music 
  of 
  the 
  

   dance. 
  They 
  often 
  have 
  colored 
  hair, 
  or 
  other 
  adornments, 
  drawn 
  

   in 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  form 
  tassels. 
  The 
  copper 
  has 
  often 
  preserved 
  these 
  frail 
  

   materials 
  for 
  over 
  two 
  centuries. 
  They 
  are 
  usually 
  of 
  moderate 
  size, 
  

   but 
  Mr 
  Hildburgh 
  has 
  one 
  from 
  Oneida 
  Valley 
  about 
  Si 
  inches 
  long. 
  

   Mr 
  Schoolcraft 
  figured 
  a 
  cluster 
  of 
  three 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  county, 
  

   presumably 
  from 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  1696. 
  He 
  said 
  they 
  were 
  " 
  three 
  fourths 
  

   of 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  length, 
  bell-shaped, 
  and 
  composed 
  of 
  native 
  copper, 
  

   beat 
  very 
  thin." 
  Schoolcraft, 
  p. 
  143. 
  At 
  a 
  later 
  day 
  his 
  judgment 
  

   would 
  have 
  been 
  different. 
  They 
  are 
  found 
  on 
  most 
  recent 
  Iroquois 
  

   sites, 
  but 
  the 
  later 
  Indians 
  have 
  used 
  other 
  metals. 
  The 
  writer 
  

   recalls 
  none 
  of 
  native 
  copper. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  262 
  is 
  of 
  brass 
  and 
  of 
  unusual 
  size. 
  The 
  writer 
  found 
  this 
  

   on 
  Indian 
  hill, 
  Pompey, 
  many 
  years 
  ago, 
  and 
  the 
  smaller 
  ones 
  were 
  

   then 
  frequent 
  there, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  shreds 
  of 
  sheet 
  brass 
  and 
  copper. 
  

   Fig. 
  263 
  is 
  a 
  characteristic 
  example 
  found 
  2 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Cana- 
  

   joharie. 
  Fig. 
  260 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  form 
  from 
  Indian 
  hill. 
  

   Fig. 
  259 
  is 
  one 
  from 
  Cayuga, 
  retaining 
  the 
  ornamental 
  hair 
  and 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  cord. 
  They 
  have 
  been 
  common 
  on 
  most 
  recent 
  Iroquois 
  

   sites, 
  and 
  are 
  frequent 
  in 
  collections. 
  Fig. 
  258 
  is 
  a 
  cluster 
  of 
  these 
  

   belonging 
  to 
  an 
  Onondaga 
  Indian, 
  but 
  these 
  are 
  now 
  made 
  of 
  iron. 
  

   Lead 
  or 
  zinc 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  instead. 
  One 
  early 
  form 
  of 
  bangles 
  was 
  

   of 
  deers 
  hoofs, 
  and 
  for 
  this 
  sheeps 
  hoofs 
  may 
  be 
  substituted. 
  

  

  