﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  37 
  

  

  The 
  Jesuit 
  rings 
  are 
  usually 
  of 
  brass 
  or 
  bronze, 
  with 
  an 
  elliptic 
  

   •disk 
  or 
  seal, 
  on 
  which 
  are 
  many 
  devices, 
  sometimes 
  almost 
  effaced 
  

   by 
  use. 
  I. 
  H. 
  S. 
  with 
  a 
  cross 
  above 
  was 
  a 
  favorite; 
  the 
  heart, 
  the 
  

   letter 
  L, 
  the 
  crucifixion, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  a 
  bust, 
  appear 
  on 
  others. 
  

   A 
  moderate 
  number 
  will 
  be 
  illustrated. 
  They 
  are 
  not 
  often 
  of 
  large 
  

   size, 
  being 
  given 
  to 
  young 
  women 
  and 
  children 
  as 
  a 
  rule. 
  In 
  New 
  

   York 
  none 
  are 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  17th 
  century, 
  and 
  few 
  

   are 
  as 
  recent 
  as 
  its 
  close. 
  They 
  came 
  and 
  went 
  with 
  the 
  missions. 
  

  

  Cayuga 
  county 
  has 
  been 
  quite 
  rich 
  in 
  these 
  rings, 
  and 
  a 
  moderate 
  

   number 
  have 
  been 
  figured 
  and 
  placed 
  on 
  record. 
  Fig. 
  153 
  is 
  one 
  

   from 
  a 
  site 
  near 
  Fleming, 
  where 
  many 
  have 
  been 
  found. 
  There 
  is 
  

   a 
  monogram 
  in 
  which 
  M 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  conspicuous 
  feature. 
  A 
  may 
  

   be 
  another 
  part, 
  or 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  an 
  inverted 
  V. 
  As 
  the 
  heart 
  above 
  

   this 
  is 
  inverted, 
  this 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  intention. 
  There 
  would 
  thus 
  be 
  

   V. 
  M., 
  for 
  Virgin 
  Mary. 
  Beneath 
  the 
  monogram 
  is 
  a 
  flagon 
  or 
  

   pitcher. 
  Fig. 
  343 
  is 
  much 
  like 
  this, 
  having 
  the 
  same 
  monogram, 
  

   but 
  the 
  fleur-de-lis 
  takes 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  figures, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  

   an 
  ornamented 
  border. 
  It 
  is 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  last 
  and 
  came 
  from 
  

   the 
  same 
  place. 
  There 
  were 
  five 
  of 
  these 
  in 
  one 
  collection. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  314 
  has 
  a 
  fine 
  full 
  face 
  and 
  an 
  illegible 
  inscription. 
  It 
  came 
  

   irom 
  the 
  same 
  place, 
  with 
  two 
  others. 
  Fig. 
  316 
  is 
  also 
  from 
  Flem- 
  

   ing, 
  and 
  shows 
  a 
  full 
  face, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  cross 
  in 
  the 
  drapery 
  on 
  one 
  

   side. 
  Fig. 
  317 
  was 
  found 
  with 
  the 
  last, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  bust 
  with 
  mitered 
  

   head. 
  A 
  small 
  cross 
  appears. 
  Fig. 
  324 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  place, 
  

   and 
  somewhat 
  corroded. 
  Though 
  there 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  large 
  cross 
  

   and 
  three 
  small 
  ones, 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  correct 
  rendering 
  would 
  

   t>e 
  one 
  large 
  cross 
  above 
  I. 
  H. 
  S., 
  as 
  in 
  other 
  cases. 
  The 
  same 
  may 
  

   "be 
  said 
  of 
  fig. 
  329, 
  which 
  was 
  found 
  with 
  the 
  last, 
  but 
  is 
  much 
  

   •smaller. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  325 
  is 
  another 
  of 
  these 
  Fleming 
  rings, 
  having 
  I. 
  H. 
  S. 
  in 
  

   plain 
  roman 
  letters, 
  surmounted 
  by 
  a 
  cross 
  with 
  expanding 
  limbs. 
  

   There 
  are 
  three 
  small 
  crosses 
  below, 
  and 
  an 
  ornamental 
  border. 
  

   Fig. 
  330 
  shows 
  another 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  place, 
  the 
  design 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  

   a 
  large 
  L, 
  including 
  a 
  small 
  heart 
  and 
  surmounted 
  by 
  a 
  crown. 
  This 
  

   fine 
  ring 
  has 
  an 
  ornamental 
  border. 
  Fig. 
  334 
  is 
  smaller, 
  and 
  has 
  

   the 
  L 
  but 
  not 
  the 
  other 
  emblems. 
  This 
  is 
  from 
  Fleming, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

  

  