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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  belt. 
  The 
  broad 
  line 
  of 
  leather 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  side 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  

   the 
  margin, 
  and 
  the 
  narrow 
  fragmentary 
  strip 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  edge 
  

   seems 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  tube 
  arrangement 
  at 
  first, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  

   now. 
  This 
  was 
  found 
  by 
  Mr 
  C. 
  F. 
  Moseley, 
  at 
  Honeoye 
  Falls, 
  and 
  

   thus 
  was 
  used 
  toward 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  17th 
  century. 
  That 
  century, 
  

   among 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  might 
  well 
  be 
  termed 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  bronze. 
  

  

  Small 
  images 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  red 
  pipestone 
  reached 
  Xew 
  York, 
  about 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   17th 
  century, 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  available 
  for 
  ornaments 
  of 
  all 
  kinds. 
  

   Shells 
  also 
  were 
  more 
  freely 
  used, 
  and 
  both 
  aided 
  in 
  displacing 
  some 
  

   metallic 
  animal 
  figures 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  made 
  and 
  used 
  to 
  a 
  moder- 
  

   ate 
  extent. 
  Fig. 
  269 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  oldest 
  of 
  these, 
  and 
  came 
  from 
  

   Indian 
  hill, 
  Pompey. 
  It 
  represents 
  a 
  flying 
  squirrel, 
  and 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  

   pewter 
  or 
  lead. 
  These 
  figures 
  have 
  no 
  provision 
  for 
  suspension, 
  

   and 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  either 
  for 
  a 
  toy 
  or 
  charm. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  268 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  pewter 
  human 
  figure 
  which 
  lacks 
  the 
  arms. 
  

   It 
  is 
  from 
  Indian 
  castle, 
  Pompey, 
  and 
  of 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  date 
  as 
  

   the 
  last. 
  It 
  is 
  probable 
  such 
  figures 
  were 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  abundant, 
  

   but, 
  when 
  finer 
  ornaments 
  appeared, 
  these 
  were 
  melted 
  for 
  bullets. 
  

   These 
  rude 
  forms 
  were 
  easily 
  designed 
  and 
  cast, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  purely 
  Indian 
  work, 
  possibly 
  even 
  that 
  of 
  children. 
  

  

  This 
  can 
  hardly 
  be 
  said 
  of 
  fig. 
  272, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  rude 
  turtle 
  made 
  

   of 
  iron 
  and 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  site 
  as 
  the 
  last. 
  The 
  casting 
  of 
  iron 
  

   was 
  beyond 
  the 
  Indian 
  skill, 
  but 
  why 
  a 
  white 
  man 
  should 
  have 
  made 
  

   so 
  rude 
  a 
  figure, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  easy 
  to 
  say. 
  Fig. 
  273 
  closely 
  resembles 
  

   this 
  in 
  character, 
  but 
  the 
  material 
  is 
  lead. 
  It 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  

   site. 
  Fig. 
  274 
  is 
  from 
  a 
  site 
  in 
  Pompey 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  two, 
  and 
  

   perhaps 
  a 
  little 
  later 
  in 
  date. 
  It 
  is 
  rude 
  and 
  broken, 
  and 
  seems 
  

   made 
  of 
  copper, 
  but 
  this 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  determined. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  270 
  is 
  a 
  rude 
  bird, 
  made 
  of 
  lead 
  or 
  pewter. 
  This 
  came 
  from 
  

   the 
  McClure 
  farm 
  in 
  Hopewell. 
  Fig. 
  271 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  animal 
  form 
  

   of 
  the 
  same 
  material, 
  found 
  by 
  C. 
  F. 
  Moseley 
  at 
  Honeoye 
  Falls. 
  

  

  A 
  rude 
  and 
  slender 
  quadruped 
  of 
  lead 
  or 
  pewter 
  came 
  from 
  

   Pompey, 
  and 
  was 
  evidently 
  cut 
  into 
  shape. 
  The 
  head 
  is 
  broken, 
  

   but 
  the 
  figure 
  is 
  yet 
  2} 
  inches 
  long. 
  A 
  well 
  wrought 
  horse's 
  leg, 
  of 
  

  

  