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  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
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  joining 
  another. 
  Over 
  the 
  sleeves 
  of 
  her 
  new 
  ruffled 
  shirt 
  were 
  

   broad 
  silver 
  arm 
  spangles," 
  etc. 
  A 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  wampum 
  and 
  

   many 
  silver 
  ornaments 
  were 
  placed 
  elsewhere. 
  A 
  note 
  says 
  of 
  the 
  

   brooches, 
  " 
  a 
  kind 
  of 
  round 
  buckle 
  with 
  a 
  tongue, 
  which 
  the 
  Indians 
  

   fasten 
  to 
  their 
  shirts. 
  The 
  traders 
  call 
  them 
  brooches. 
  They 
  are 
  

   placed 
  in 
  rows 
  at 
  the 
  distance 
  of 
  about 
  the 
  breadth 
  of 
  a 
  ringer 
  one 
  

   from 
  the 
  other." 
  Heckewelder, 
  p. 
  270 
  

  

  In 
  Col. 
  Proctor's 
  journal 
  of 
  May 
  3, 
  1791, 
  he 
  relates 
  his 
  visit 
  to 
  the 
  

   Onondaga 
  village 
  3 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Buffalo. 
  They 
  had 
  28 
  cabins, 
  

   and 
  were 
  ' 
  well 
  clothed, 
  particularly 
  the 
  women, 
  some 
  of 
  whom 
  

   were 
  dressed 
  so 
  richly, 
  with 
  silken 
  stroud, 
  etc., 
  and 
  ornamented 
  with 
  

   so 
  many 
  silver 
  trappings, 
  that 
  one 
  suit 
  must 
  be 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  at 
  

   least 
  thirty 
  pounds." 
  Penn. 
  Archives, 
  4:591 
  

  

  Miss 
  Powell 
  was 
  at 
  Buffalo 
  in 
  1785, 
  and 
  gave 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  Capt. 
  

   David, 
  a 
  clean, 
  handsome 
  and 
  graceful 
  Indian: 
  

  

  His 
  hair 
  was 
  shaved 
  off, 
  except 
  a 
  little 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  his 
  head, 
  to 
  

   which 
  his 
  ornaments 
  were 
  fastened; 
  and 
  his 
  head 
  and 
  ears 
  were 
  

   painted 
  a 
  glowing 
  red. 
  Round 
  his 
  head 
  was 
  fastened 
  a 
  fillet 
  of 
  

   highly 
  polished 
  silver. 
  From 
  the 
  left 
  temple 
  hung 
  two 
  straps 
  of 
  

   black 
  velvet, 
  covered 
  with 
  silver 
  beads 
  and 
  brooches. 
  On 
  the 
  top 
  

   of 
  his 
  head 
  was 
  placed 
  a 
  foxtail 
  feather, 
  which 
  bowed 
  to 
  the 
  wind, 
  

   as 
  did 
  two 
  black 
  ones, 
  one 
  in 
  each 
  ear. 
  A 
  pair 
  of 
  immense 
  ear- 
  

   rings, 
  which 
  hung 
  below 
  his 
  shoulders, 
  completed 
  his 
  headdress, 
  

   which 
  I 
  assure 
  was 
  not 
  unbecoming 
  - 
  , 
  though 
  I 
  must 
  confess, 
  some- 
  

   what 
  fantastical. 
  His 
  dress 
  was 
  a 
  shirt 
  of 
  colored 
  calico, 
  — 
  the 
  neck 
  

   and 
  shoulders 
  covered 
  so 
  thick 
  with 
  silver 
  brooches 
  as 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  

   appearance 
  of 
  a 
  net 
  : 
  and 
  his 
  sleeves 
  were 
  much 
  like 
  those 
  the 
  ladies 
  

   wore 
  when 
  I 
  left 
  England, 
  fastened 
  about 
  the 
  arm 
  with 
  a 
  broad 
  

   bracelet 
  of 
  highly 
  polished 
  silver, 
  engraved 
  with 
  the 
  arms 
  of 
  Eng- 
  

   land; 
  four 
  smaller 
  bracelets 
  round 
  the 
  wrist, 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  material; 
  

   and 
  around 
  his 
  waist 
  a 
  large 
  scarf 
  of 
  very 
  dark 
  colored 
  stuff, 
  lined 
  

   with 
  scarlet, 
  which 
  hung 
  to 
  his 
  feet; 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  scarf 
  he 
  generally 
  

   drew 
  over 
  his 
  left 
  arm, 
  which 
  had 
  a 
  very 
  graceful 
  effect 
  when 
  he 
  

   moved. 
  And 
  his 
  legs 
  were 
  covered 
  with 
  blue 
  cloth, 
  made 
  to 
  fit 
  

   neatly 
  with 
  an 
  ornamental 
  garter 
  bound 
  below 
  the 
  knee. 
  Ketchum, 
  

   2:96 
  

  

  These 
  accounts 
  fully 
  show 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  silver 
  ornaments 
  in 
  

   that 
  century. 
  Elkanah 
  Watson 
  noticed 
  the 
  same 
  thing 
  at 
  the 
  treaty 
  

   of 
  Fort 
  Stanwix 
  in 
  1788. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  women 
  were 
  dressed 
  

  

  