﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  21 
  

  

  He 
  elsewhere 
  refers 
  to 
  the 
  " 
  thimbles 
  and 
  little 
  brass 
  rattles 
  on 
  

   their 
  ankles.'' 
  In 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1901 
  the 
  writer 
  saw 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  

   thimbles 
  in 
  Fleming, 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  Cayuga 
  grave. 
  They 
  were 
  

   simply 
  perforated 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  for 
  suspension, 
  and 
  must 
  have 
  admir- 
  

   ably 
  answered 
  Indian 
  purposes. 
  

  

  Men 
  had 
  plainer 
  ornaments 
  for 
  a 
  similar 
  use, 
  but 
  the 
  bells 
  and 
  

   thimbles 
  were 
  for 
  the 
  women, 
  who 
  were 
  expected 
  to 
  be 
  better 
  

   dressed. 
  Sometimes 
  bits 
  of 
  brass 
  were 
  perforated 
  and 
  strung 
  on 
  

   the 
  moccasins 
  or 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  attire, 
  to 
  produce 
  a 
  tinkling 
  sound. 
  

   These 
  might 
  please 
  the 
  ear 
  in 
  the 
  dance, 
  but 
  it 
  hardly 
  seems 
  prob- 
  

   able 
  they 
  were 
  intended 
  to 
  draw 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  wearer 
  at 
  other 
  

   times. 
  Such 
  ornaments 
  were 
  not 
  peculiar 
  to 
  America. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  375 
  shows 
  one 
  of 
  two 
  pewter 
  hawk 
  bells 
  found 
  in 
  Pompey, 
  

  

  which 
  could 
  have 
  produced 
  but 
  a 
  dull 
  sound. 
  They 
  are 
  of 
  small 
  

  

  size 
  and 
  are 
  now 
  much 
  flattened. 
  The 
  writer 
  has 
  seen 
  no 
  other 
  

  

  bells 
  of 
  this 
  metal. 
  

  

  Bracelets 
  

  

  Bracelets 
  of 
  native 
  copper 
  occur 
  in 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  

   iDUt 
  there 
  are 
  none 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  writer 
  feels 
  certain 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  

   These 
  early 
  ornaments 
  were 
  simple 
  rings, 
  usually 
  thick, 
  and 
  some- 
  

   times 
  with 
  the 
  ends 
  so 
  firmly 
  in 
  contact 
  as 
  to 
  show 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  

   intended 
  to 
  be 
  removed. 
  Some 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  

   Smith 
  mound 
  in 
  Kanawha 
  county, 
  West 
  Virginia. 
  They 
  were 
  ellip- 
  

   tic 
  and 
  heavy, 
  the 
  ends 
  abutting, 
  and 
  measured 
  across 
  2} 
  by 
  2J 
  

   inches. 
  There 
  were 
  six 
  on 
  each 
  wrist 
  of 
  a 
  skeleton. 
  In 
  the 
  same 
  

   mound 
  was 
  a 
  copper 
  quadrangular 
  gorget 
  with 
  indented 
  sides 
  and 
  

   two 
  perforations. 
  The 
  length 
  was 
  3J 
  inches 
  by 
  3! 
  wide. 
  These 
  

   gorgets 
  also 
  do 
  not 
  occur 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  Some 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  

   in 
  Wisconsin. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  mound 
  in 
  Crawford 
  county, 
  Wis., 
  was 
  an 
  instance 
  of 
  intru- 
  

   sive 
  burial, 
  with 
  many 
  recent 
  relics. 
  Among 
  these 
  were 
  three 
  cop- 
  

   per 
  bracelets, 
  10 
  silver 
  ones 
  fluted, 
  like 
  those 
  in 
  use 
  here, 
  a 
  copper 
  

   kettle, 
  silver 
  locket, 
  silver 
  earrings, 
  six 
  circular 
  silver 
  brooches, 
  a 
  

   copper 
  finger 
  ring, 
  and 
  a 
  double 
  silver 
  cross, 
  5J 
  by 
  2§ 
  inches. 
  

   Thomas. 
  Explorations, 
  p. 
  51 
  

  

  