﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW. 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  97 
  

  

  Fig. 
  286 
  is 
  a 
  neat 
  little 
  article 
  of 
  brass, 
  found 
  a 
  mile 
  west 
  of 
  Cana- 
  

   joharie. 
  The 
  portion 
  ornamented 
  with 
  cross 
  lines 
  has 
  the 
  outline 
  

   of 
  a 
  broad 
  trowel, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  narrow 
  rectangular 
  base. 
  There 
  

   are 
  no 
  present 
  means 
  of 
  attachment, 
  and 
  it 
  may 
  once 
  have 
  been 
  

   longer, 
  though 
  showing 
  no 
  signs 
  of 
  breakage. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  287 
  is 
  a 
  slender 
  and 
  angular 
  piece 
  of 
  copper, 
  which 
  is 
  evi- 
  

   dently 
  a 
  fragment. 
  Its 
  general 
  form 
  suggests 
  that 
  it 
  may 
  have 
  

   been 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  tobacco 
  tongs, 
  often 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  Indians. 
  This 
  

   came 
  from 
  Indian 
  hill 
  in 
  Pompey. 
  A 
  heavier 
  one, 
  of 
  slightly 
  differ- 
  

   ent 
  form, 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  Stanford 
  collection. 
  

  

  One 
  odd 
  relic 
  from 
  a 
  recent 
  Cayuga 
  site 
  is 
  a 
  silver 
  watch 
  seal 
  of 
  

   considerable 
  size. 
  The 
  handle 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  dolphin, 
  and 
  the 
  

   seal 
  has 
  crossed 
  arrows 
  between 
  the 
  letters 
  K. 
  M. 
  This 
  might 
  

   Tiave 
  come 
  among 
  the 
  spoils 
  of 
  war, 
  by 
  gift 
  or 
  purchase. 
  With 
  its 
  

   Indian 
  owner 
  it 
  was 
  merely 
  a 
  pretty 
  ornament, 
  easily 
  suspended 
  

   and 
  worn. 
  Such 
  an 
  object 
  would 
  be 
  attractive 
  to 
  any 
  savage 
  mind 
  

   when 
  plunder 
  was 
  to 
  be 
  had. 
  But 
  nothing 
  that 
  an 
  Indian 
  might 
  

   carry 
  off 
  need 
  excite 
  surprise. 
  When 
  the 
  Huron 
  towns 
  were 
  

   destroyed 
  in 
  Canada 
  in 
  1649 
  an< 
  ^ 
  J 
  65o, 
  and 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  missionaries 
  

   were 
  killed, 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  carried 
  off 
  two 
  little 
  books 
  belonging 
  

   to 
  the 
  latter, 
  and 
  Father 
  Le 
  Moyne 
  recovered 
  them 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  

   in 
  1654. 
  

  

  Though 
  not 
  ornaments, 
  there 
  are 
  figured 
  here 
  several 
  unique 
  

   recent 
  copper 
  relics 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  lent 
  the 
  writer 
  at 
  the 
  last 
  

   .moment. 
  They 
  are 
  in 
  form 
  like 
  the 
  old 
  bone 
  needles, 
  flat 
  and 
  per- 
  

   forated, 
  and 
  of 
  interest 
  as 
  a 
  survival 
  of 
  an 
  early 
  form 
  in 
  a 
  later 
  

   material, 
  like 
  the 
  conical 
  and 
  triangular 
  arrowheads 
  of 
  copper. 
  As 
  

   nothing 
  of 
  the 
  kind 
  has 
  ever 
  been 
  described 
  before, 
  it 
  seemed 
  best 
  

   to 
  include 
  them 
  now. 
  These 
  are 
  from 
  Indian 
  hill 
  in 
  Pompey, 
  and 
  

   they 
  have 
  been 
  reported 
  from 
  no 
  other 
  place. 
  They 
  are 
  about 
  as 
  

   thick 
  as 
  needles 
  of 
  bone, 
  but 
  rather 
  wider 
  than 
  most 
  of 
  these. 
  Fig. 
  

   376 
  is 
  broad, 
  and 
  is 
  broken 
  at 
  the 
  perforation. 
  Fig. 
  377 
  is 
  nar- 
  

   rower 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  rounder 
  point. 
  It 
  had 
  two 
  perforations. 
  Fig. 
  378 
  

   is 
  longer, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  long 
  and 
  narrow 
  hole. 
  Fig. 
  379 
  is 
  unper- 
  

   forated, 
  and 
  is 
  pointed 
  at 
  both 
  ends. 
  Such 
  needles 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  

   in 
  netting 
  snowshoes. 
  These 
  have 
  since 
  been 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  

   Museum. 
  Their 
  age 
  is 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  250 
  years, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  all 
  that 
  

   the 
  writer 
  has 
  anvwhere 
  seen. 
  

  

  