﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  JJ 
  

  

  those 
  which 
  are 
  6 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  and 
  worth 
  as 
  many 
  dollars, 
  

   down 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  smallest 
  size, 
  valued 
  at 
  a 
  sixpence. 
  Silver 
  ear- 
  

   rings 
  and 
  finger 
  rings 
  of 
  various 
  designs, 
  silver 
  bracelets, 
  hatbands 
  

   and 
  crosses, 
  are 
  also 
  found 
  in 
  their 
  paraphernalia. 
  These 
  crosses^ 
  

   relics 
  of 
  Jesuit 
  influence, 
  are 
  frequently 
  8 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  of 
  solid 
  

   silver, 
  and 
  very 
  valuable, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  looked 
  upon 
  by 
  them 
  simply 
  

   in 
  the 
  light 
  of 
  ornament. 
  Morgan, 
  p. 
  386 
  

  

  The 
  last 
  remark 
  should 
  be 
  always 
  borne 
  in 
  mind. 
  The 
  writer 
  has 
  

   bought 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  ornaments 
  of 
  many 
  Indians, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  

   without 
  significance 
  to 
  them. 
  If 
  a 
  meaning 
  is 
  suggested, 
  they 
  will 
  

   good-naturedly 
  assent 
  to 
  anything; 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  of 
  one 
  them- 
  

   selves, 
  as 
  Mr 
  Morgan 
  found. 
  

  

  Apparently 
  the 
  brooch 
  was 
  an 
  evolution 
  from 
  the 
  gorget, 
  for 
  some 
  

   metallic 
  ornaments 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  were 
  tied 
  on, 
  not 
  buckled. 
  Such 
  

   ornaments 
  are 
  rare, 
  and 
  may 
  never 
  have 
  been 
  common. 
  As 
  far 
  as 
  

   known, 
  they 
  are 
  circular, 
  and 
  like 
  the 
  brooch 
  of 
  that 
  form 
  except 
  in 
  

   the 
  center. 
  Fig. 
  17 
  is 
  a 
  silver 
  one 
  of 
  this 
  kind, 
  having 
  four 
  inter- 
  

   lacing 
  rings 
  inside 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  circle. 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  place 
  for 
  or 
  sign 
  

   of 
  a 
  buckle, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  probably 
  tied 
  or 
  sewed 
  to 
  the 
  garment, 
  for 
  

   there 
  is 
  no 
  reason 
  to 
  think 
  it 
  was 
  suspended. 
  This 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  

   the 
  town 
  of 
  DeWitt 
  N. 
  Y. 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  Richmond 
  collection. 
  Fig. 
  

   21 
  is 
  a 
  smaller 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  design 
  from 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  valley,, 
  

   which 
  belongs 
  to 
  Mr 
  Frey. 
  A 
  large 
  and 
  handsome 
  one 
  from 
  Ohio 
  

   was 
  shown 
  at 
  the 
  Pan-American 
  Exposition. 
  In 
  this 
  a 
  slender 
  outer 
  

   ring 
  inclosed 
  an 
  open 
  six 
  pointed 
  star, 
  bisected 
  by 
  an 
  inner 
  circle. 
  

   Fig. 
  160 
  is 
  of 
  copper 
  and 
  has 
  no 
  central 
  opening. 
  It 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  

   site 
  of 
  1677 
  in 
  Pompey, 
  and 
  is 
  unfortunately 
  broken. 
  

  

  Like 
  wampum, 
  the 
  silver 
  brooches 
  partially 
  answered 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   of 
  money. 
  The 
  Onondagas 
  often 
  placed 
  them 
  in 
  pawn, 
  but 
  some- 
  

   times 
  parted 
  with 
  them 
  at 
  a 
  fixed 
  value. 
  Some 
  visitors 
  at 
  Oquaga, 
  

   in 
  1769, 
  observed 
  this 
  there. 
  " 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  women 
  wear 
  silver 
  

   brooches, 
  each 
  of 
  which 
  passes 
  for 
  a 
  shilling, 
  and 
  are 
  as 
  current 
  

   among 
  the 
  Indians 
  as 
  money. 
  Brant's 
  wife 
  had 
  several 
  tier 
  of 
  them 
  

   in 
  her 
  dress, 
  to 
  the 
  amount 
  perhaps 
  of 
  10 
  or 
  15 
  pounds.'' 
  Halsey, 
  

   p. 
  143. 
  That 
  is, 
  she 
  wore 
  from 
  200 
  to 
  300 
  of 
  these; 
  and 
  this 
  seems 
  

   no 
  rare 
  example. 
  

  

  