﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  20, 
  

  

  the 
  crown 
  has 
  been 
  obliterated. 
  Possibly 
  the 
  lettering 
  of 
  Mr 
  Mose- 
  

   ley's 
  medal 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  same. 
  

  

  Another 
  of 
  these 
  Onondaga 
  medals 
  is 
  rude, 
  but 
  is 
  perforated 
  for 
  

   suspension. 
  The 
  figures 
  44 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  center, 
  with 
  £ 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  

   of 
  these. 
  Below 
  is 
  the 
  figure 
  4 
  with 
  some 
  cross 
  lines. 
  This 
  medal 
  

   is 
  not 
  large. 
  All 
  these 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  articles 
  thrown 
  away 
  by 
  the 
  

   whites 
  after 
  using, 
  but 
  picked 
  up 
  and 
  treasured 
  by 
  the 
  Indians. 
  

  

  Mr 
  Frey 
  has 
  a 
  curious 
  and 
  early 
  ornament 
  of 
  this 
  form 
  and 
  

   material, 
  shown 
  in 
  fig. 
  387. 
  It 
  is 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  last 
  two, 
  being 
  

   2.\ 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  but 
  has 
  some 
  features 
  in 
  common. 
  In 
  the 
  

   center 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  shield 
  inclosing 
  a 
  large 
  fortified 
  building, 
  

   flanked 
  by 
  two 
  separate 
  towers. 
  There 
  is 
  an 
  ornamented 
  half 
  circle 
  

   below 
  these, 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  crown 
  above. 
  The 
  date 
  of 
  1630 
  is 
  quite 
  

   plain. 
  The 
  supporters 
  are 
  rampant 
  animals, 
  perhaps 
  lions, 
  but 
  the 
  

   heads 
  are 
  much 
  worn. 
  The 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  right 
  shows 
  the 
  lion's 
  mane.. 
  

   In 
  the 
  British 
  arms 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  place 
  for 
  the 
  unicorn. 
  There 
  is 
  no- 
  

   lettering. 
  Like 
  some 
  others, 
  it 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  two 
  plates, 
  one 
  inserted 
  

   in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  other, 
  and 
  flattened 
  to 
  correspond 
  with 
  its 
  outer 
  

   surface, 
  leaving 
  a 
  projection 
  behind 
  by 
  which 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  attached 
  

   to 
  a 
  belt 
  or 
  dress. 
  It 
  is 
  much 
  defaced, 
  but 
  the 
  above 
  features 
  are 
  

  

  easily 
  seen. 
  

  

  Gorgets 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  the 
  earliest 
  metallic 
  ornaments 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  obtained 
  was 
  

   a 
  small 
  and 
  perforated 
  disk 
  of 
  brass, 
  thin 
  and 
  saucer-shaped. 
  It 
  

   may 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  in 
  several 
  ways, 
  but 
  was 
  probably 
  attached 
  

   to 
  the 
  clothing. 
  The 
  writer 
  has 
  found 
  or 
  seen 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  these. 
  

   Mr 
  Schoolcraft 
  gave 
  a 
  figure 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  with 
  a 
  characteristic 
  

   description: 
  "This 
  article 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  metal, 
  which 
  is 
  apparently 
  

   an 
  alloy. 
  It 
  is 
  slightly 
  ovate, 
  and 
  is 
  perforated 
  in 
  the 
  rim, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  hung 
  transversely. 
  Its 
  greatest 
  diameter 
  is 
  2-nj 
  inches. 
  

   There 
  are 
  no 
  traces 
  of 
  European 
  art 
  about 
  it, 
  unless 
  the 
  apparent 
  

   alloy 
  be 
  such. 
  Locality, 
  valley 
  of 
  Genesee 
  river." 
  Schoolcraft, 
  

   p. 
  135. 
  Fig. 
  227 
  is 
  from 
  his, 
  which 
  is 
  represented 
  as 
  being 
  flat, 
  but 
  

   was 
  probably 
  slightly 
  convex. 
  

  

  The 
  finest 
  silver 
  gorget 
  that 
  has 
  come 
  to 
  the 
  writer's 
  notice 
  

   belongs 
  to 
  Mr 
  Wyman, 
  and 
  came 
  from 
  an 
  Indian 
  grave 
  in 
  Mich- 
  

  

  