﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  41 
  

  

  given 
  to 
  Albert 
  Cusick's 
  mother 
  by 
  her 
  second 
  husband 
  Sah-go- 
  

   hone-date-hah, 
  " 
  The 
  one 
  that 
  spares 
  another," 
  a 
  Tuscarora 
  chief. 
  

   When 
  seen 
  by 
  the 
  writer 
  it 
  had 
  a 
  string 
  of 
  96 
  beads 
  of 
  mourning 
  

   wampum 
  attached 
  to 
  it. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  Ka-nc-ka-ah, 
  " 
  Round 
  thing," 
  may 
  mean 
  

   a 
  simple 
  ring. 
  En-ncah-hah'-scn 
  represents 
  one 
  for 
  the 
  finger. 
  The 
  

   former 
  word 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  a 
  hoop, 
  but 
  not 
  for 
  a 
  wheel. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  383 
  is 
  in 
  Theodore 
  Stanford's 
  collection 
  in 
  Munnsville. 
  It 
  

   has 
  an 
  octagonal 
  seal, 
  containing 
  a 
  flaming 
  heart 
  beneath 
  what 
  may 
  

   be 
  an 
  elongated 
  star 
  or 
  a 
  radiant 
  cross. 
  The 
  ordinary 
  rings 
  are 
  

   found 
  on 
  the 
  Oneida 
  sites 
  about 
  Munnsville, 
  but 
  most 
  of 
  those 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  have 
  already 
  disappeared. 
  

  

  The 
  five 
  following 
  rings 
  are 
  from 
  Pompey, 
  dating 
  between 
  1655 
  

   and 
  1680. 
  Fig. 
  389 
  has 
  no 
  emblems, 
  but 
  is 
  of 
  bronze. 
  It 
  had 
  a 
  

   setting 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  lost. 
  Fig. 
  390 
  shows 
  a 
  person 
  supporting 
  

   the 
  dead 
  Christ. 
  Fig. 
  391 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  intended 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  

   letter 
  L, 
  but, 
  while 
  the 
  work 
  is 
  sharp, 
  the 
  design 
  is 
  doubtful. 
  Fig. 
  

   392 
  has 
  stars, 
  crossed 
  arrows, 
  etc. 
  Fig. 
  393 
  has 
  a 
  circle, 
  lines 
  and 
  

   dots. 
  Fig. 
  394 
  is 
  in 
  Mr 
  Frey's 
  collection. 
  There 
  are 
  human 
  figures 
  

   on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  crucified 
  Christ. 
  

  

  A 
  plain 
  pewter 
  ring 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  Hoffman's 
  Ferry, 
  which 
  was 
  a 
  

   camping 
  place. 
  As 
  these 
  were 
  common 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  century, 
  

   the 
  age 
  and 
  use 
  are 
  both 
  uncertain, 
  but, 
  from 
  the 
  location, 
  it 
  seems 
  

   to 
  have 
  had 
  an 
  Indian 
  owner. 
  Surface 
  finds 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  are 
  subject 
  

   to 
  doubt. 
  

  

  Silver 
  crosses 
  

  

  The 
  finest 
  foliated 
  silver 
  cross, 
  used 
  by 
  Indians, 
  which 
  the 
  writer 
  

   has 
  seen, 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Maumee 
  river, 
  Ohio, 
  and 
  

   was 
  exhibited 
  at 
  the 
  Pan-American 
  Exposition 
  in 
  1901. 
  This 
  is 
  

   13^ 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  8^ 
  inches 
  wide. 
  It 
  weighs 
  8 
  ounces, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  

   Roman 
  cross, 
  each 
  limb 
  having 
  foliated 
  ends. 
  One 
  nearly 
  as 
  large, 
  

   and 
  perhaps 
  as 
  heavy, 
  belongs 
  to 
  Mr 
  Walter 
  C. 
  Wyman 
  of 
  Chicago. 
  

   It. 
  is 
  12 
  \ 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  8| 
  inches 
  wide, 
  and 
  is 
  more 
  highly 
  orna- 
  

   mented 
  than 
  any 
  of 
  these 
  large 
  crosses 
  which 
  the 
  writer 
  has 
  seen. 
  

   Three 
  limbs 
  have 
  the 
  usual 
  foliation, 
  but 
  the 
  upper 
  one 
  terminates 
  

  

  