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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Relation 
  of 
  1658 
  it 
  is 
  noted 
  that 
  the 
  Indians 
  not 
  only 
  wear 
  

   bracelets 
  on 
  the 
  wrist, 
  but 
  above 
  the 
  elbow 
  and 
  ankle, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   leg. 
  These 
  uses 
  partially 
  appear 
  in 
  the 
  account 
  of 
  Capt. 
  David's- 
  

   dress, 
  elsewhere 
  given. 
  In 
  Romney's 
  picture 
  of 
  Brant 
  the 
  broad 
  

   and 
  simple 
  silver 
  band 
  above 
  the 
  elbow 
  is 
  conspicuous 
  and 
  tasteful. 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  copper 
  bracelets 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  are 
  much 
  like 
  early 
  forms, 
  

   but 
  they 
  also 
  suggest 
  nose 
  rings. 
  Others 
  are 
  made 
  of 
  copper 
  wire,, 
  

   neatly 
  bent 
  into 
  the 
  desired 
  form. 
  Last 
  come 
  the 
  flat 
  silver 
  brace- 
  

   lets, 
  with 
  holes 
  for 
  attachment 
  at 
  the 
  ends. 
  Many 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  

   made 
  by 
  Indian 
  silversmiths, 
  but 
  the 
  writer 
  has 
  seen 
  one 
  more 
  

   elaborate 
  pair 
  with 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  an 
  Albany 
  silversmith, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  Wisconsin 
  mound 
  bracelets 
  had 
  on 
  it 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Montreal,, 
  

   and 
  another 
  the 
  letters 
  A. 
  B. 
  The 
  silver 
  bracelets 
  sold 
  at 
  an 
  early 
  

   day 
  by 
  the 
  French 
  and 
  English 
  at 
  Niagara 
  and 
  Oswego, 
  are 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  elsewhere. 
  The 
  Seminoles 
  of 
  Florida 
  still 
  wear 
  silver 
  wrist- 
  

   lets 
  and 
  headbands, 
  and 
  make 
  ornaments 
  from 
  coins. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  site 
  of 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  fort 
  of 
  1696, 
  Mr 
  Clark 
  reported 
  

   " 
  bracelets 
  for 
  the 
  wrists 
  3 
  inches 
  broad, 
  of 
  brass 
  highly 
  wrought."' 
  

   Clark, 
  2:281. 
  Silver 
  was 
  little 
  in 
  use 
  then, 
  but 
  the 
  writer 
  has 
  seen 
  

   no 
  brass 
  bracelets 
  anywhere 
  which 
  would 
  agree 
  with 
  this 
  descrip- 
  

   tion. 
  They 
  are 
  either 
  quite 
  narrow 
  or 
  else 
  made 
  of 
  copper 
  wire,, 
  

   bent 
  back 
  and 
  forth 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  broad 
  surface. 
  Even 
  then 
  they 
  

   have 
  no 
  great 
  width. 
  He 
  may 
  possibly 
  have 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  long 
  

   diameter, 
  as 
  it 
  encircled 
  the 
  wrist. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  305 
  is 
  a 
  copper 
  wire 
  bracelet 
  from 
  Fleming, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  

   example 
  of 
  this 
  broad 
  form. 
  From 
  its 
  size, 
  it 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  worn 
  

   by 
  a 
  young 
  person 
  or 
  woman. 
  Fig. 
  309 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  character 
  

   and 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  place. 
  This 
  includes 
  a 
  sectional 
  view. 
  Fig. 
  307 
  

   is 
  a 
  narrower 
  one 
  from 
  Indian 
  hill, 
  Pompey, 
  which 
  is 
  formed 
  like 
  

   the 
  preceding. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  308 
  may 
  be 
  either 
  bracelet 
  or 
  nose 
  ring, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  hardly 
  likely 
  

   the 
  Indians 
  would 
  have 
  used 
  copper 
  for 
  the 
  latter. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  single 
  

   length 
  of 
  heavy 
  wire, 
  neatly 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  ends, 
  and 
  came 
  from 
  

   the 
  last 
  named 
  site. 
  Fig. 
  382 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  character 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  

   same 
  place. 
  Fig. 
  310 
  is 
  much 
  like 
  this, 
  but 
  the 
  ends 
  expand. 
  This 
  

   is 
  from 
  an 
  Oneida 
  site 
  at 
  Munnsville. 
  Fig. 
  306 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  example. 
  

  

  