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  igan. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  circular 
  disk, 
  6\ 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  

   tracery 
  on 
  the 
  surface. 
  Two 
  large 
  studs 
  attached 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  garment. 
  

   Nothing 
  of 
  the 
  kind 
  has 
  been 
  reported 
  in 
  Xew 
  York, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  likely 
  

   that 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  ornaments 
  for 
  the 
  breast 
  had 
  this 
  mode 
  of 
  

   attachment. 
  Silver 
  gorgets 
  were 
  often 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  18th 
  cen- 
  

   tury, 
  but 
  many 
  forms 
  once 
  in 
  use 
  are 
  now 
  entirely 
  forgotten. 
  

   Loskiel 
  seems 
  to 
  refer 
  to 
  something 
  like 
  gorgets, 
  where 
  he 
  says 
  that 
  

   the 
  ornaments 
  " 
  of 
  the 
  men 
  principally 
  consist 
  in 
  the 
  painting 
  of 
  

   themselves, 
  their 
  head 
  and 
  face 
  principally, 
  shaving 
  and 
  good 
  clean 
  

   garments, 
  silver 
  arm 
  spangles 
  and 
  breastplates, 
  and 
  a 
  belt 
  or 
  two 
  

   of 
  wampum 
  hanging 
  to 
  their 
  necks. 
  " 
  Loskiel, 
  1 
  1203 
  

  

  Fig. 
  221 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  brass 
  ornament 
  of 
  this 
  kind, 
  like 
  a 
  shallow 
  

   saucer, 
  and 
  with 
  two 
  opposite 
  perforations 
  near 
  the 
  edge 
  for 
  attach- 
  

   ment. 
  This 
  was 
  found 
  by 
  the 
  writer 
  on 
  a 
  fort 
  site 
  partly 
  in 
  Wal- 
  

   lace's 
  woods, 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  line 
  of 
  Fabius. 
  This 
  was 
  occupied 
  early 
  

   in 
  the 
  17th 
  century. 
  Fig. 
  222 
  is 
  a 
  similar 
  and 
  larger 
  one 
  from 
  

   another 
  fort 
  not 
  far 
  away. 
  Both 
  are 
  in 
  good 
  condition. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  220 
  is 
  a 
  half 
  circular 
  piece 
  of 
  flat 
  and 
  thin 
  brass, 
  having 
  a 
  

   perforation 
  near 
  one 
  point. 
  Though 
  its 
  present 
  form 
  is 
  perfect, 
  it 
  

   was 
  probably 
  circular 
  at 
  first. 
  This 
  came 
  from 
  Pompey 
  Center. 
  A 
  

   longer 
  one, 
  with 
  two 
  perforations, 
  came 
  from 
  another 
  site 
  in 
  the 
  

   same 
  town. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  226 
  shows 
  a 
  small 
  and 
  thin 
  brass 
  crescent 
  with 
  a 
  central 
  

   perforation. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  Indian 
  castle, 
  Pompey, 
  and 
  suggests 
  

   an 
  ornament 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Clark 
  from 
  an 
  adjoining 
  site. 
  He 
  said: 
  

   " 
  Several 
  brass 
  crescents 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  bearing 
  the 
  inscription, 
  

   ' 
  Roi 
  dc 
  France 
  et 
  Dieu.' 
  These 
  were 
  probably 
  used 
  for 
  nose 
  and 
  

   ear 
  jewels." 
  Clark, 
  2:262. 
  This 
  has 
  no 
  inscription, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  

   smaller 
  than 
  those 
  mentioned. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  275 
  is 
  a 
  rectangular 
  brass 
  plate 
  from 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  fort 
  of 
  

   1696. 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  perforations 
  near 
  the 
  upper 
  corners, 
  and 
  the 
  

   lower 
  corners 
  are 
  rounded. 
  Fig. 
  288 
  is 
  a 
  rude 
  ornament 
  of 
  flat 
  

   brass, 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  early 
  day 
  when 
  every 
  fragment 
  of 
  this 
  metal 
  was 
  

   utilized. 
  It 
  is 
  angular 
  and 
  oblong. 
  One 
  small 
  hole 
  has 
  been 
  com- 
  

   pleted 
  and 
  a 
  larger 
  one 
  begun. 
  The 
  writer 
  found 
  this 
  with 
  fig. 
  

   221. 
  Fig. 
  290 
  will 
  illustrate 
  how 
  such 
  fragments 
  were 
  used. 
  It 
  is 
  

  

  