﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  49 
  

  

  Mr 
  Stanford, 
  of 
  Munnsville, 
  has 
  a 
  cross 
  of 
  some 
  size, 
  with 
  expand- 
  

   ing 
  arms, 
  suggesting 
  the 
  Maltese 
  cross, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  proportions 
  of 
  

   the 
  Roman. 
  Crosses 
  and 
  crucifixes 
  seem 
  rarer 
  on 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  and 
  

   Oneida 
  sites 
  than 
  farther 
  west. 
  Those 
  of 
  Onondaga 
  have 
  been 
  

   most 
  prolific, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  now 
  everywhere 
  rare 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  

   those 
  found 
  by 
  early 
  settlers, 
  and 
  are 
  valued 
  accordingly. 
  

  

  Coins 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  common 
  coins 
  found 
  on 
  Iroquois 
  sites 
  and 
  used 
  for 
  

   ornaments 
  are 
  the 
  liards 
  of 
  the 
  17th 
  century. 
  The 
  value 
  is 
  about 
  

   half 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  English 
  farthing. 
  They 
  were 
  at 
  first 
  a 
  silver 
  coin, 
  

   but 
  in 
  the 
  reign 
  of 
  Louis 
  14 
  became 
  restricted 
  to 
  copper. 
  On 
  the 
  

   coin 
  the 
  date 
  follows 
  the 
  inscription, 
  and 
  shows 
  several 
  issues. 
  In 
  

   numismatic 
  records 
  they 
  are 
  described 
  as 
  dated 
  in 
  1656 
  and 
  subse- 
  

   quently. 
  On 
  Indian 
  sites 
  they 
  are 
  perforated 
  for 
  attachment 
  or 
  sus- 
  

   pension, 
  and 
  are 
  often 
  too 
  much 
  worn 
  to 
  make 
  sure 
  of 
  the 
  date; 
  but 
  

   in 
  New 
  York 
  this 
  seems 
  always 
  during 
  Louis 
  14's 
  reign. 
  Those 
  

   reported 
  as 
  having 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  1650 
  may 
  be 
  safely 
  referred 
  to 
  1656, 
  a 
  

   slight 
  erosion 
  affecting 
  the 
  date. 
  In 
  Cayuga 
  county 
  44 
  were 
  found 
  

   in 
  a 
  pewter 
  mug, 
  which 
  had 
  suffered 
  only 
  by 
  early 
  use. 
  All 
  were 
  of 
  

   the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  17th 
  century. 
  

  

  The 
  obverse 
  has 
  a 
  crowned 
  bust, 
  with 
  the 
  inscription 
  in 
  capitals: 
  

   " 
  L. 
  XIIII, 
  Roy. 
  de. 
  Fr. 
  et. 
  de. 
  Na.;" 
  reverse, 
  " 
  Liard 
  de 
  France," 
  

   ■across 
  the 
  surface. 
  On 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  are 
  three 
  fleurs-de-lis, 
  and 
  

   above 
  these 
  a 
  letter, 
  showing 
  at 
  what 
  place 
  they 
  were 
  made, 
  for 
  

   there 
  were 
  several. 
  A 
  stood 
  for 
  Paris, 
  B 
  for 
  Rouen, 
  and 
  examples 
  

   of 
  both 
  these 
  are 
  found 
  at 
  Indian 
  hill, 
  Pompey. 
  

  

  In 
  Onondaga 
  county 
  they 
  seem 
  restricted 
  to 
  the 
  place 
  first 
  visited 
  

   oy 
  the 
  French 
  in 
  1654, 
  and 
  where 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  remained 
  till 
  1682. 
  

   There 
  they 
  often 
  occur. 
  Fig. 
  303 
  shows 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  one 
  found 
  at 
  

   that 
  place, 
  which 
  has 
  two 
  perforations. 
  Fig. 
  304 
  is 
  another 
  with 
  but 
  

   one 
  hole. 
  Fig. 
  297 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  site, 
  and 
  has 
  R 
  instead 
  of 
  Roy. 
  

   This 
  has 
  two 
  perforations. 
  

  

  The 
  writer 
  has 
  since 
  had 
  in 
  his 
  hands 
  liards 
  from 
  Pompey 
  of 
  the 
  

   D 
  and 
  E 
  issue, 
  the 
  former 
  being 
  from 
  the 
  Lyons 
  mint. 
  

  

  