﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  2J 
  

  

  the 
  same 
  material, 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  place, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  2 
  \ 
  inches 
  in 
  

   length. 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  fine 
  human 
  figure 
  of 
  iron 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  1 
  p'lace. 
  

   There 
  is 
  an 
  expanded 
  base 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  limbs, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  nude 
  

   except 
  for 
  either 
  a 
  serpent 
  or 
  a 
  scarf 
  passing 
  over 
  one 
  shoulder 
  and 
  

   under 
  the 
  other. 
  It 
  is 
  but 
  little 
  corroded, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  a 
  later 
  date 
  

   than 
  the 
  site. 
  A 
  rude 
  but 
  spirited 
  figure 
  of 
  an 
  ape 
  shows 
  greater 
  

   marks 
  of 
  age. 
  This 
  is 
  also 
  of 
  iron, 
  and 
  both 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  chil- 
  

   dren's 
  toys. 
  The 
  last 
  four 
  are 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  state 
  collection. 
  

  

  Lead 
  medals 
  or 
  ornaments 
  

  

  Of 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  age 
  as 
  these 
  animal 
  forms 
  is 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  lead 
  

   ornaments 
  suggestive 
  of 
  medals. 
  In 
  a 
  sense 
  they 
  are 
  rude, 
  but 
  

   some 
  have 
  well 
  formed 
  letters 
  or 
  numerals 
  stamped 
  or 
  engraved 
  on 
  

   them. 
  Fig. 
  230 
  is 
  an 
  elliptic 
  medal, 
  the 
  loop 
  of 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  

   broken 
  off. 
  On 
  the 
  side 
  represented 
  is 
  a 
  human 
  figure, 
  holding 
  by 
  

   the 
  hands 
  to 
  a 
  crossbar. 
  On 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  figure 
  is 
  a 
  serpent 
  

   with 
  open 
  mouth. 
  Unfortunately 
  the 
  writer 
  did 
  not 
  draw 
  or 
  take 
  

   notes 
  of 
  the 
  reverse. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  Darwin 
  McClure's 
  farm, 
  

   Hopewell. 
  Mr 
  J. 
  V. 
  H. 
  Clark 
  described 
  one 
  like 
  this, 
  from 
  the 
  

   Onondaga 
  fort 
  of 
  1696, 
  as 
  " 
  a 
  medal 
  of 
  lead, 
  oval-shaped, 
  an 
  inch 
  

   and 
  a 
  half 
  long, 
  with 
  the 
  figure 
  of 
  a 
  man 
  suspended 
  by 
  his 
  out- 
  

   stretched 
  hands, 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  representation 
  of 
  our 
  Saviour 
  on 
  

   "the 
  cross, 
  and 
  a 
  figure 
  of 
  a 
  serpent. 
  On 
  the 
  opposite 
  side 
  is 
  a 
  figure 
  

   of 
  a 
  man 
  in 
  a 
  sitting" 
  posture, 
  resembling 
  the 
  characteristic 
  position 
  

   of 
  the 
  native 
  prophets; 
  or, 
  as 
  some 
  interpret 
  it, 
  the 
  devil/' 
  Clark, 
  

   2 
  1280 
  

  

  Fig. 
  228 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  lead 
  medal 
  belonging 
  to 
  C. 
  F. 
  Moseley, 
  and 
  

   found 
  by 
  him 
  at 
  Honeoye 
  Falls. 
  On 
  the 
  side 
  represented 
  were 
  

   well 
  formed 
  letters 
  in 
  a 
  circle. 
  Within 
  and 
  without 
  these 
  are 
  sev- 
  

   eral 
  circles, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  are 
  indistinct 
  forms. 
  Mr 
  Moseley 
  

   thought 
  these 
  parts 
  of 
  a 
  building, 
  perhaps 
  a 
  church. 
  The 
  writer 
  

   could 
  trace 
  certainly 
  only 
  what 
  seemed 
  indistinct 
  crosses. 
  Of 
  the 
  

   letters, 
  BEN 
  appeared 
  very 
  plainly. 
  This 
  may 
  be 
  part 
  or 
  an 
  abbre- 
  

   viation 
  of 
  Benedictus. 
  Like 
  most 
  of 
  these 
  medals, 
  this 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  

  

  