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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  this 
  abruptly. 
  At 
  the 
  intersection 
  are 
  four 
  ornamental 
  quadrants, 
  

   forming 
  a 
  quatrefoil 
  with 
  the 
  surface 
  ornamentation. 
  The 
  base 
  

   bears 
  longitudinally 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  owner, 
  Pandikaikawa, 
  

   an 
  Ottawa 
  chief. 
  Two 
  other 
  fine 
  crosses 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  collection, 
  

   but 
  they 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  different 
  character. 
  An 
  account 
  of 
  these 
  was 
  given 
  

   in 
  the 
  Chicago 
  Evening 
  Post, 
  Oct. 
  8, 
  1898. 
  

  

  Two 
  much 
  like 
  this, 
  but 
  without 
  the 
  central 
  quadrants, 
  were 
  

   figured 
  and 
  described 
  by 
  Mr 
  Charles 
  C. 
  Jones 
  in 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  

   Report 
  for 
  1881, 
  p. 
  619. 
  The 
  drawings 
  are 
  half 
  size, 
  and 
  show 
  both 
  

   faces 
  of 
  each 
  cross. 
  In 
  these 
  the 
  rings 
  for 
  suspension 
  remain. 
  One 
  

   cross 
  is 
  8f 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  y\ 
  wide; 
  the 
  other 
  is 
  8 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  *j\ 
  

   broad. 
  They 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  grave-mould 
  at 
  Coosawattee 
  Old 
  

   Town, 
  Murray 
  co. 
  Ga., 
  in 
  1832, 
  and 
  are 
  fine 
  examples. 
  Mr 
  Jones 
  

   said 
  : 
  " 
  Indian 
  relics 
  were 
  found 
  associated 
  with 
  them. 
  We 
  incline 
  

   to 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  properly 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  expedition 
  

   of 
  Hernando 
  de 
  Soto." 
  As 
  will 
  be 
  seen, 
  their 
  true 
  date 
  is 
  the 
  latter 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  18th 
  century, 
  or 
  possibly 
  later. 
  In 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  

   Canada 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  use 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  ago. 
  To 
  show 
  how 
  little 
  

   these 
  were 
  thought 
  of 
  as 
  symbols, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  on 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   Georgia 
  crosses 
  the 
  owner 
  had 
  engraved 
  an 
  owl 
  and 
  a 
  horse's 
  head. 
  

   Morgan 
  said 
  that 
  birds 
  and 
  beasts 
  were 
  sometimes 
  engraved 
  on 
  

   them, 
  and 
  two 
  had 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Montreal 
  stamped 
  in 
  the 
  center. 
  

   The 
  writer 
  obtained 
  all 
  his 
  double 
  crosses 
  from 
  one 
  pagan 
  family. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  198 
  is 
  from 
  Morgan's 
  report 
  in 
  1852, 
  and 
  is 
  a 
  reduced 
  figure 
  

   of 
  a 
  cross 
  10 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  6 
  wide. 
  This 
  he 
  had 
  from 
  a 
  Cayuga 
  

   at 
  Grand 
  River 
  reservation 
  in 
  Canada. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  form. 
  

   Fig. 
  209 
  is 
  a 
  smaller 
  one 
  from 
  the 
  League 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois, 
  the 
  size 
  

   of 
  which 
  is 
  conjectural, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  apparently 
  about 
  5 
  inches 
  long. 
  In 
  

   the 
  center 
  it 
  approaches 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  Mr 
  Wyman's 
  fine 
  Ottawa 
  

   cross. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  205 
  is 
  a 
  reduced 
  drawing 
  of 
  a 
  fine 
  silver 
  cross 
  in 
  the 
  Rich- 
  

   mond 
  collection, 
  which 
  is 
  9§ 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  j\ 
  wide. 
  The 
  ring 
  

   for 
  suspension 
  remains. 
  Each 
  limb 
  is 
  foliated, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   Montreal 
  is 
  stamped 
  in 
  the 
  center. 
  The 
  writer 
  did 
  not 
  learn 
  its 
  

   history, 
  but 
  many 
  seem 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  at 
  Montreal 
  for 
  general 
  

   trade 
  purposes, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  usually 
  without 
  any 
  religious 
  symbols 
  

  

  