﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  45 
  

  

  Though 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  design, 
  they 
  have 
  not 
  the 
  same 
  

   number 
  of 
  crenulations. 
  Another 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  Portsmouth 
  O., 
  but 
  

   they 
  are 
  everywhere 
  rare. 
  

  

  Crosses 
  and 
  crucifixes 
  of 
  other 
  materials 
  

  

  Silver 
  articles, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  were 
  in 
  little 
  use 
  by 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  In- 
  

   dians 
  in 
  the 
  17th 
  century, 
  but 
  other 
  materials 
  naturally 
  overlapped 
  

   the 
  introduction 
  of 
  these. 
  Copper, 
  brass 
  and 
  bronze 
  were 
  at 
  first 
  

   the 
  favorites 
  for 
  ornament, 
  but 
  pewter 
  or 
  lead 
  was 
  used, 
  and 
  even* 
  

   iron 
  had 
  a 
  place. 
  Fig. 
  196 
  is 
  a 
  cross 
  of 
  lead 
  from 
  the 
  (McClure 
  

   site 
  in 
  Hopewell, 
  commonly 
  known 
  as 
  Onaghee. 
  Circular 
  projec- 
  

   tions 
  tip 
  the 
  three 
  lower 
  limbs, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  a 
  similar 
  one 
  

   has 
  been 
  lost 
  from 
  the 
  top, 
  where 
  the 
  customary 
  perforation 
  would 
  

   have 
  weakened 
  it. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  battered, 
  but 
  there 
  seems 
  to 
  

   have 
  been 
  a 
  human 
  figure 
  on 
  its 
  face. 
  

  

  Crucifixes 
  have 
  often 
  been 
  found 
  on 
  nearly 
  all 
  Iroquois 
  sites 
  of 
  the 
  

   last 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  17th 
  century. 
  The 
  coming 
  of 
  the 
  Jesuit 
  missionaries 
  

   in 
  1654 
  marked 
  a 
  new 
  era 
  of 
  this 
  kind, 
  though 
  French 
  and 
  Huron 
  

   captives 
  may 
  have 
  brought 
  some 
  earlier, 
  or 
  they 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  

   among 
  the 
  spoils 
  of 
  war. 
  Previous 
  to 
  that 
  time 
  most 
  European 
  

   articles 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  Dutch. 
  Mr 
  Clark 
  noticed 
  the 
  finding 
  of 
  " 
  a 
  

   curious 
  brass 
  image 
  " 
  in 
  Pompey, 
  just 
  before 
  his 
  history 
  was 
  pub- 
  

   lished. 
  He 
  also 
  said: 
  

  

  A 
  valuable 
  cross 
  of 
  gold 
  was 
  several 
  years 
  ago 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  west 
  

   part 
  of 
  Pompey, 
  and 
  was 
  sold 
  for 
  $30. 
  The 
  significant 
  1. 
  h. 
  s. 
  was 
  

   upon 
  it. 
  Numbers 
  of 
  crucifixes 
  arid 
  crosses 
  have 
  been 
  1 
  found. 
  Brass 
  

   crosses 
  are 
  frequently 
  found, 
  with 
  those 
  letters, 
  and 
  the 
  initials 
  of 
  

   the 
  Latin 
  title 
  put 
  upon 
  the 
  cross 
  at 
  the 
  crucifixion, 
  1. 
  n. 
  r. 
  i., 
  and 
  so 
  

   are 
  medals 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  metal. 
  Clark, 
  2:273 
  

  

  After 
  mentioning 
  a 
  brass 
  dial 
  plate 
  and 
  a 
  paint 
  box 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   metal, 
  Mr 
  Clark 
  speaks 
  of 
  " 
  another 
  more 
  perfect 
  one 
  beautifully 
  

   wrought," 
  as 
  though 
  meaning 
  another 
  box. 
  His 
  figure, 
  however, 
  

   is 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  sides 
  of 
  a 
  crucifix, 
  with 
  a 
  loop 
  at 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  a 
  fluted 
  

   base. 
  The 
  obverse 
  has 
  Christ 
  with 
  extended 
  arms, 
  and 
  a 
  halo 
  and 
  

   I. 
  N. 
  r. 
  i. 
  above 
  the 
  head. 
  Under 
  the 
  feet 
  are 
  the 
  crossbones 
  and 
  

   skull. 
  This 
  side 
  has 
  a 
  beaded 
  border. 
  On 
  the 
  reverse 
  angels 
  crown 
  

  

  