﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  23 
  

  

  somewhat 
  flattened 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  and 
  pointed 
  at 
  the 
  ends, 
  looked 
  

   .at 
  horizontally, 
  but 
  with 
  uniform 
  breadth 
  and 
  rounded 
  points 
  when 
  

   viewed 
  the 
  other 
  way. 
  It 
  is 
  grooved 
  within 
  and 
  without, 
  describes 
  

   a 
  true 
  circle, 
  and 
  came 
  from 
  Cattaraugus. 
  

  

  Two 
  narrow 
  brass 
  bracelets 
  have 
  one 
  edge 
  serrated 
  wholly 
  or 
  par- 
  

   tially. 
  Fig. 
  370 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  from 
  Fort 
  Bull, 
  near 
  Rome 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   The 
  ends 
  are 
  shown 
  within 
  the 
  figure. 
  The 
  serration 
  is 
  complete 
  

   In 
  this. 
  The 
  other 
  is 
  from 
  Geneva 
  N. 
  Y., 
  where 
  Mr 
  George 
  S. 
  

   Conover 
  had 
  several 
  of 
  this 
  kind. 
  Fig. 
  371 
  shows 
  this. 
  The 
  local- 
  

   ities 
  place 
  them 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  18th 
  century. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  372 
  is 
  a 
  small, 
  narrow 
  bracelet 
  of 
  fluted 
  silver. 
  Fig. 
  373 
  is 
  

   of 
  the 
  same 
  material, 
  but 
  is 
  larger 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  circular 
  fig- 
  

   ures 
  stamped 
  on 
  it. 
  Both 
  are 
  from 
  Geneseo 
  and 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  Buffalo 
  

   collection. 
  They 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  latter 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  18th 
  century. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  365 
  is 
  a 
  thin 
  and 
  broad 
  bracelet 
  of 
  corrugated 
  silver, 
  obtained 
  

   by 
  the 
  writer 
  on 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  reservation. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  elastic, 
  and 
  

   there 
  are 
  two 
  holes 
  at 
  each 
  end 
  for 
  the 
  insertion 
  of 
  strings 
  for 
  tying 
  

   it. 
  There 
  are 
  several 
  narrower 
  examples 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  

   Museum, 
  which 
  do 
  not 
  differ 
  materially 
  from 
  this. 
  

  

  Loskiel 
  observed 
  that 
  " 
  both 
  men 
  and 
  women 
  are 
  fond 
  of 
  silver 
  

   bracelets." 
  

  

  The 
  armlet 
  was 
  of 
  a 
  similar 
  character, 
  and 
  therefore 
  requires 
  no 
  

   illustration 
  here. 
  It 
  was 
  broader, 
  and 
  worn 
  just 
  above 
  the 
  elbow. 
  

   In 
  Romney's 
  picture 
  of 
  Brant 
  this 
  is 
  conspicuous 
  and 
  very 
  wide. 
  

   They 
  are 
  not 
  in 
  use 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  now, 
  but 
  were 
  often 
  mentioned 
  

   by 
  early 
  writers. 
  One 
  white 
  man 
  who 
  was 
  taken 
  prisoner 
  and 
  

   adopted 
  in 
  1763, 
  was 
  arrayed 
  in 
  Indian 
  costume, 
  and 
  had 
  both 
  his 
  

   arms 
  " 
  decorated 
  with 
  large 
  bands 
  of 
  silver 
  above 
  the 
  elbow, 
  besides 
  

   several 
  smaller 
  ones 
  on 
  the 
  wrists." 
  Henry, 
  p. 
  no 
  

  

  These 
  armlets 
  were 
  still 
  in 
  use 
  less 
  than 
  50 
  years 
  ago, 
  but 
  not 
  

   commonly, 
  and 
  they 
  have 
  long 
  since 
  disappeared. 
  The 
  writer 
  has 
  

   seen 
  thicker 
  bracelets 
  of 
  silver, 
  made 
  by 
  an 
  Albany 
  silversmith, 
  but 
  

   regrets 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  neither 
  example 
  nor 
  drawing 
  of 
  these. 
  Except 
  

   in 
  material 
  they 
  were 
  much 
  like 
  those 
  used 
  by 
  our 
  own 
  people. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  405 
  to 
  410 
  are 
  of 
  silver 
  bracelets 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  Museum, 
  all 
  

   of 
  which 
  were 
  collected 
  by 
  Mrs 
  Converse. 
  All 
  are 
  fluted, 
  and 
  fig. 
  

  

  