﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  91 
  

  

  ~brooches, 
  too 
  many 
  for 
  Indians 
  to 
  use 
  with 
  any 
  reference 
  to 
  their 
  

   meaning. 
  All 
  these 
  illustrations 
  had 
  been 
  prepared, 
  and 
  work 
  was 
  

   progressing 
  on 
  these 
  notes, 
  when 
  one 
  day 
  came 
  a 
  catalogue 
  of 
  curios 
  

   from 
  England, 
  The 
  Amateur 
  Trader 
  of 
  Miss 
  Clara 
  Millard, 
  Tedding- 
  

   ton, 
  Middlesex. 
  No. 
  4188 
  of 
  this 
  had 
  an 
  illustration 
  which 
  was 
  the 
  

   close 
  counterpart 
  of 
  fig. 
  no 
  in 
  size, 
  form 
  and 
  details. 
  The 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  is 
  " 
  XVII. 
  CENTURY 
  masonic 
  emblem, 
  in 
  jargoons. 
  and 
  paste. 
  

   Exact 
  size. 
  £2 
  12s 
  6d." 
  Was 
  the 
  Indian 
  silver 
  brooch 
  copied 
  from 
  

   this, 
  or 
  this 
  from 
  the 
  brooch? 
  The 
  same 
  question 
  might 
  be 
  asked 
  

   of 
  other 
  forms. 
  The 
  silver 
  brooch 
  of 
  the 
  Indians 
  did 
  not 
  exist 
  in 
  

   the 
  17th 
  century, 
  and 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  ornament 
  may 
  also 
  be 
  

   doubted. 
  

  

  After 
  this 
  was 
  in 
  print 
  a 
  learned 
  German 
  friend 
  pointed 
  out 
  to 
  

   the 
  writer 
  several 
  brooches 
  of 
  what 
  he 
  said 
  were 
  Scandinavian 
  and 
  

   other 
  types 
  in 
  his 
  collection, 
  but 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  no 
  time 
  to 
  study 
  the 
  

   subject, 
  and 
  illustrations 
  of 
  this 
  are 
  not 
  now 
  recalled. 
  

  

  Out 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  these 
  Masonic 
  brooches, 
  over 
  a 
  score 
  

   ."have 
  been 
  selected 
  for 
  illustration, 
  in 
  themselves 
  far 
  more 
  in 
  number 
  

   than 
  all 
  the 
  Indian 
  Free 
  Masons 
  known. 
  Joseph 
  Brant 
  was 
  a 
  well 
  

   known 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  fraternity, 
  and 
  Red 
  Jacket 
  has 
  been 
  claimed. 
  

   There 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  few 
  others, 
  but 
  these 
  were 
  common 
  orna- 
  

   ments. 
  The 
  writer 
  has 
  nine 
  still 
  in 
  his 
  collection, 
  after 
  parting 
  with 
  

   some 
  to 
  his 
  friends. 
  He 
  might 
  easily 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  have 
  trebled 
  the 
  

   number. 
  This 
  abundance 
  is 
  proof 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  no 
  significance 
  to 
  

   most 
  of 
  their 
  wearers. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  124 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  these 
  that 
  attracted 
  the 
  writer's 
  attention, 
  

   and 
  it 
  now 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  Masonic 
  Veterans 
  of 
  Central 
  New 
  York. 
  

   The 
  base 
  is 
  a 
  half 
  circle 
  with 
  ornaments, 
  and 
  above 
  this 
  the 
  square 
  

   and 
  compasses 
  are 
  plainly 
  seen. 
  This 
  was 
  long 
  worn 
  by 
  Aunt 
  

   Dinah, 
  a 
  very 
  old 
  Onondaga 
  woman. 
  Traditionally 
  it 
  first 
  came 
  

   from 
  Brant's 
  family 
  to 
  her, 
  and 
  was 
  naturally 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  jewel 
  

   worn 
  by 
  him. 
  Now 
  that 
  the 
  form 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  so 
  common, 
  this 
  

   may 
  be 
  doubted. 
  

  

  Several 
  examples 
  follow 
  from 
  Mrs 
  Converse's 
  fine 
  collection. 
  

   Fig. 
  108 
  adds 
  many 
  things 
  to 
  the 
  simpler 
  form, 
  which 
  is 
  easily 
  de- 
  

   tected 
  under 
  these 
  accumulated 
  ornaments. 
  Several 
  fine 
  bosses 
  add 
  

   to 
  its 
  effect. 
  The 
  forms 
  of 
  apertures 
  used 
  in 
  this 
  appear 
  in 
  several 
  

  

  