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  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
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  latter 
  has 
  scalloped 
  edges, 
  and 
  below 
  the 
  base 
  are 
  three 
  small 
  

   pendants. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  wear 
  a 
  plain 
  globular 
  eardrop 
  

   attached 
  to 
  a 
  ring. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Annals 
  of 
  Binghamton 
  occurs 
  the 
  following 
  passage 
  regard- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  triangular 
  pendants, 
  and 
  what 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  shield 
  part 
  of 
  

   earrings, 
  though 
  the 
  description 
  is 
  not 
  clear. 
  It 
  concerned 
  the 
  

   recent 
  Indian 
  occupation 
  of 
  Windsor 
  N. 
  Y. 
  : 
  

  

  Deacon 
  Stow, 
  who 
  grew 
  up 
  on 
  these 
  plains, 
  mentioned 
  two 
  kinds 
  

   of 
  trinkets 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  often 
  found, 
  himself. 
  One 
  of 
  a 
  triangular 
  

   form, 
  about 
  an 
  inch 
  from 
  angle 
  to 
  angle, 
  made 
  of 
  silver, 
  and 
  flat, 
  

   of 
  the 
  thickness 
  of 
  a 
  10 
  cent 
  piece, 
  with 
  a 
  hole 
  near 
  one 
  angle; 
  sup- 
  

   posed 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  worn 
  for 
  a 
  pendant 
  at 
  the 
  nose. 
  Another, 
  of 
  

   silver 
  also, 
  made 
  of 
  a 
  gridiron 
  form, 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  circumference 
  

   of 
  a 
  half 
  dollar. 
  Supposed 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  worn 
  at 
  the 
  nose. 
  Wilkin- 
  

   son, 
  p. 
  143 
  

  

  Finger 
  rings 
  

  

  Father 
  Bruvas 
  was 
  accustomed 
  to 
  give 
  his 
  Onejda 
  pupils 
  in 
  1670, 
  

   if 
  they 
  could 
  repeat 
  on 
  Sunday 
  what 
  he 
  had 
  taught 
  during 
  the 
  week, 
  

   " 
  pour 
  recompense 
  une 
  corde 
  de 
  rassade, 
  ou 
  deux 
  petits 
  tuyaux 
  de 
  

   verre 
  ou 
  deux 
  bagues 
  de 
  leton." 
  These 
  common 
  beads, 
  long 
  bugle 
  

   beads, 
  and 
  brass 
  rings 
  thus 
  became 
  very 
  common, 
  and 
  upward 
  of 
  

   30 
  rings 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  grave. 
  The 
  glass 
  pipes 
  or 
  

   bugle 
  beads 
  are 
  still 
  found 
  full 
  4 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  though 
  usually 
  

   shorter. 
  The 
  rings 
  in 
  a 
  grave 
  may 
  thus 
  testify 
  to 
  faithful 
  students. 
  

   On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  the 
  missionary 
  kept 
  partially 
  in 
  view 
  religious 
  

   instruction. 
  Beads 
  might 
  gratify 
  taste, 
  but 
  might 
  serve 
  a 
  more 
  use- 
  

   ful 
  purpose 
  if 
  made 
  into 
  a 
  rosary, 
  with 
  a 
  cross 
  or 
  appropriate 
  medal 
  

   at 
  the 
  end. 
  The 
  rings 
  almost 
  invariably 
  bore 
  sacred 
  symbols, 
  and 
  

   may 
  have 
  found 
  place 
  elsewhere 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  fingers. 
  No 
  Indian 
  

   need 
  buy 
  them 
  if 
  he 
  would 
  be 
  studious 
  for 
  a 
  week. 
  

  

  These 
  early 
  rings 
  are 
  mostly 
  of 
  a 
  rude 
  and 
  cheap 
  character, 
  but 
  

   many 
  are 
  of 
  good 
  design 
  and 
  finish. 
  Quite 
  rarely 
  one 
  occurs 
  of 
  

   gold 
  or 
  silver, 
  or 
  even 
  with 
  a 
  setting 
  of 
  small 
  stones. 
  At 
  a 
  later 
  

   day 
  they 
  were 
  almost 
  entirely 
  of 
  silver, 
  and 
  often 
  of 
  a 
  massive 
  form. 
  

   Some 
  of 
  these 
  seem, 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  native 
  silversmiths. 
  

   They 
  were 
  found 
  on 
  all 
  reservations, 
  and 
  the 
  art 
  furnished 
  an 
  Indian 
  

   surname 
  which 
  still 
  survives. 
  

  

  