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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  " 
  in 
  the 
  richest 
  silks, 
  fine 
  scarlet 
  clothes, 
  bordered 
  with 
  gold 
  fringe,. 
  

   a 
  profusion 
  of 
  brooches, 
  rings 
  in 
  their 
  noses, 
  their 
  ears 
  slit, 
  and 
  their 
  

   heads 
  decorated 
  with 
  feathers." 
  These 
  things 
  bear 
  out 
  the 
  state- 
  

   ment 
  made 
  by 
  an 
  Onondaga 
  to 
  the 
  writer, 
  that 
  50 
  years 
  ago 
  some 
  

   families 
  had 
  each 
  a 
  bushel 
  of 
  such 
  ornaments. 
  

  

  In 
  speaking 
  of 
  personal 
  adornment, 
  Loskiel 
  said 
  that 
  Indian 
  

   women 
  were 
  well 
  dressed: 
  

  

  The 
  Delaware 
  men 
  pay 
  particular 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  dress 
  of 
  their 
  

   women, 
  and 
  on 
  that 
  account 
  clothe 
  themselves 
  rather 
  meanly. 
  

   There 
  are 
  many 
  who 
  would 
  think 
  it 
  scandalous 
  to 
  appear 
  better 
  

   clothed 
  than 
  their 
  wives. 
  Loskiel, 
  1:51 
  

  

  The 
  women 
  wore 
  petticoats, 
  reaching 
  a 
  little 
  below 
  the 
  knee^ 
  

   Some 
  wore 
  garments 
  " 
  of 
  printed 
  linen 
  or 
  cotton 
  of 
  various 
  colors^ 
  

   decorated 
  at 
  the 
  breast 
  with 
  a 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  silver 
  buckles, 
  which 
  

   are 
  also 
  worn 
  by 
  some 
  as 
  ornaments 
  upon 
  their 
  petticoats. 
  . 
  . 
  

   They 
  adorn 
  their 
  ears, 
  necks 
  and 
  breasts 
  with 
  corals, 
  small 
  crosses, 
  

   little 
  round 
  escutcheons, 
  and 
  crescents, 
  made 
  either 
  of 
  silver 
  or 
  

   wampom." 
  Loskiel, 
  1 
  152 
  

  

  Heckewelder 
  speaks 
  much 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  purpose 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  wealthy 
  adorn 
  themselves 
  besides 
  with 
  ribands 
  and 
  gartering 
  

   of 
  various 
  colors, 
  beads 
  and 
  silver 
  brooches. 
  These 
  ornaments 
  are 
  

   arranged 
  by 
  the 
  women, 
  who, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  men, 
  know 
  how 
  to 
  set 
  

   themselves 
  off 
  in 
  style. 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  women, 
  at 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  their 
  

   husbands 
  or 
  lovers, 
  line 
  their 
  petticoat 
  and 
  blue 
  or 
  scarlet 
  cloth 
  

   blanket 
  or 
  covering 
  with 
  choice 
  ribands 
  of 
  various 
  colors, 
  on 
  which 
  

   they 
  fix 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  silver 
  brooches, 
  or 
  small 
  round 
  buckles. 
  

   Heckewelder, 
  p. 
  203 
  

  

  Quotations 
  regarding 
  the 
  lavish 
  use 
  of 
  silver 
  ornaments, 
  specially 
  

   in 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  18th 
  century, 
  might 
  be 
  multiplied. 
  It 
  may 
  

   be 
  well 
  to 
  add 
  what 
  Mr 
  Morgan 
  has 
  said 
  of 
  this 
  feature 
  of 
  Seneca 
  

   dress. 
  The 
  short 
  overskirt 
  of 
  calico, 
  called 
  by 
  them 
  Ah-de-d-da- 
  

   wc-sa, 
  and 
  reaching 
  above 
  the 
  knee, 
  usually 
  had 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  rows 
  

   of 
  brooches 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  as 
  the 
  writer 
  often 
  has 
  seen 
  them. 
  Morgan 
  

   adds: 
  

  

  The 
  Indian 
  female 
  delights 
  in 
  a 
  profusion 
  of 
  silver 
  ornaments, 
  

   consisting 
  of 
  silver 
  brooches 
  of 
  various 
  patterns 
  and 
  sizes, 
  from 
  

  

  