﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  87 
  

  

  •crown 
  are 
  much 
  conventionalized, 
  and 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  the 
  former! 
  is 
  

   turned 
  to 
  one 
  side 
  and 
  projects 
  beyond 
  the 
  center. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  136 
  is 
  cordate, 
  with 
  the 
  base 
  curving 
  to 
  one 
  side. 
  The 
  

   crown 
  above 
  is 
  hardly 
  recognizable 
  as 
  such 
  at 
  first, 
  and 
  is 
  much 
  

   ornamented. 
  Mrs 
  Converse 
  described 
  this 
  as 
  " 
  a 
  single 
  heart, 
  sur- 
  

   mounted 
  by 
  the 
  horns 
  of 
  a 
  chief, 
  typical 
  of 
  the 
  faithful 
  love 
  of 
  who- 
  

   ever 
  presented 
  it 
  to 
  the 
  chief 
  or 
  sachem." 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  rather 
  frequent 
  

   form. 
  Fig. 
  146 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  simple 
  heart 
  with 
  an 
  elegant 
  

   form 
  of 
  the 
  crown. 
  Mrs 
  Converse's 
  interpretation 
  is 
  ingenious: 
  

   "Horned 
  or 
  chief's 
  brooch; 
  the 
  three 
  branches 
  denote 
  three 
  chiefs 
  

   in 
  family 
  succession." 
  The 
  triple 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  crown 
  appears 
  

   in 
  nearly 
  all, 
  there 
  being 
  a 
  small 
  central 
  projection 
  with 
  a 
  broader 
  

   •one 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  In 
  rare 
  instances 
  there 
  are 
  more. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  148 
  has 
  the 
  heart 
  and 
  crown, 
  the 
  former 
  turning 
  aside 
  and 
  

   ending 
  in 
  an 
  eagle's 
  head. 
  The 
  definition 
  of 
  the 
  owner 
  is 
  pretty: 
  

   " 
  The 
  eagle 
  defending 
  the 
  life 
  or 
  heart 
  of 
  its 
  owner." 
  A 
  great 
  

   many 
  of 
  the 
  single 
  or 
  double 
  heart 
  brooches 
  end 
  with 
  eagles' 
  heads, 
  

   and 
  come 
  within 
  the 
  era 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  republic. 
  It 
  would 
  be 
  

   easy 
  to 
  interpret 
  them 
  as 
  meaning 
  that 
  the 
  crown 
  or 
  royal 
  rule, 
  

   through 
  the 
  heart's 
  blood 
  of 
  the 
  colonists 
  freely 
  shed, 
  terminated 
  

   in 
  the 
  republic 
  whose 
  symbol 
  is 
  the 
  eagle. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  writer's 
  Onondaga 
  brooches 
  will 
  follow. 
  Fig. 
  94 
  is 
  

   Tine 
  and 
  perhaps 
  unique. 
  It 
  has 
  the 
  crown 
  and 
  heart 
  form, 
  with 
  

   the 
  point 
  turned 
  to 
  one 
  side. 
  The 
  crown 
  has 
  no 
  points, 
  and 
  

   includes 
  a 
  cordate 
  perforation 
  in 
  its 
  center, 
  surrounded 
  by 
  other 
  

   -forms. 
  Its 
  large 
  size 
  allowed 
  more 
  surface 
  decoration 
  than 
  is 
  usual 
  

   in 
  these. 
  Fig. 
  96 
  may 
  be 
  called 
  a 
  double 
  heart, 
  surmounted 
  by 
  a 
  

   •crown 
  in 
  which 
  are 
  several 
  cordate 
  apertures. 
  The 
  basal 
  termina- 
  

   tions 
  are 
  two 
  eagles' 
  heads. 
  A 
  friend 
  had 
  one 
  from 
  the 
  Oneida 
  

   Indians 
  precisely 
  like 
  this, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  a 
  rare 
  form. 
  Sev- 
  

   eral 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  class 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  writer's 
  collection. 
  Fig. 
  101 
  is 
  a 
  

   little 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  last, 
  and 
  the 
  apertures 
  in 
  the 
  crown 
  are 
  cres- 
  

   -cents 
  and 
  quadrants. 
  It 
  is 
  like 
  one 
  owned 
  by 
  Mrs 
  Converse, 
  of 
  

   which 
  she 
  wrote: 
  " 
  Rare. 
  A 
  crown 
  terminating 
  with 
  double 
  eagle- 
  

   lieaded 
  snake. 
  This 
  serpent 
  has 
  a 
  power 
  over 
  the 
  land 
  and 
  sea. 
  

   The 
  wavy 
  lines 
  signifying 
  water, 
  the 
  long 
  or 
  land 
  line, 
  and 
  two 
  

  

  