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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  historic. 
  These 
  may 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  Cartier 
  in 
  1535, 
  to 
  whose 
  

   liberal 
  distribution 
  of 
  combs 
  the 
  Indians 
  may 
  have 
  owed 
  their 
  first 
  

   ideas 
  of 
  these. 
  

  

  In 
  Onondaga 
  county, 
  many 
  fine 
  early 
  articles 
  have 
  recently 
  been 
  

   obtained, 
  and 
  some 
  interesting 
  and 
  unpublished 
  bone 
  relics 
  are 
  from 
  

   sites 
  over 
  300 
  years 
  old. 
  A 
  few 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  absolutely 
  unique, 
  and 
  

   suggest 
  new 
  uses. 
  The 
  long 
  awls 
  were 
  employed 
  in 
  weaving 
  and 
  

   basket 
  making. 
  In 
  that 
  county, 
  too, 
  a 
  massive 
  grooved 
  stone 
  ax 
  

   has 
  been 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  high 
  ridge 
  between 
  Skaneateles 
  and 
  Otisco 
  

   lakes, 
  and 
  also 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  stone 
  gouge, 
  11 
  J4> 
  inches 
  long, 
  with 
  

   other 
  more 
  common 
  implements. 
  Rare, 
  as 
  these 
  articles 
  are 
  in 
  that 
  

   region, 
  their 
  occurrence 
  where 
  found 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  surprise. 
  

  

  The 
  writer 
  has 
  not 
  yet 
  examined 
  a 
  massive 
  silver 
  medal 
  offered 
  

   for 
  his 
  inspection, 
  and 
  which 
  seems 
  of 
  great 
  interest. 
  It 
  was 
  taken 
  

   from 
  an 
  Oneida 
  grave 
  by 
  some 
  boys 
  more 
  than 
  60 
  years 
  ago. 
  It 
  is 
  

   of 
  elliptic 
  form, 
  plain 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  and 
  with 
  heraldic 
  devices 
  on 
  the 
  

   other. 
  An 
  electrotype 
  of 
  another 
  Iroquois 
  Montreal 
  medal 
  has 
  been 
  

   procured, 
  which 
  he 
  is 
  again 
  compelled 
  to 
  attribute 
  to 
  the 
  Revolu- 
  

   tion 
  rather 
  than 
  the 
  old 
  French 
  war, 
  as 
  some 
  maintain. 
  The 
  ob- 
  

   verse 
  is 
  as 
  usual, 
  a 
  city 
  with 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Montreal 
  above. 
  The 
  

   reverse 
  is 
  Sarahowane 
  Ni. 
  Canaioharees. 
  The 
  latter 
  is 
  the 
  tribal 
  

   name 
  of 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  called 
  Canajoharies, 
  to 
  whom 
  Joseph 
  Brant 
  

   belonged. 
  Ni 
  seems 
  intended 
  for 
  Nickus, 
  a 
  favorite 
  name. 
  The 
  

   personal 
  name 
  is 
  usually 
  written 
  Sharenhowane, 
  he 
  zvas 
  a 
  tree 
  with 
  

   large 
  branches. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  principal 
  chief's 
  title 
  in 
  the 
  Wolf 
  clan, 
  

   properly 
  borne 
  by 
  but 
  one 
  person 
  at 
  a 
  time. 
  Peter 
  Saghsanowane 
  

   was 
  a 
  prominent 
  member 
  of 
  that 
  clan 
  in 
  1754, 
  and 
  the 
  Indian 
  name 
  

   may 
  be 
  the 
  same. 
  At 
  that 
  time 
  no 
  Nickus 
  was 
  reported 
  in 
  the 
  clan 
  

   of 
  the 
  Wolf. 
  According 
  to 
  family 
  traditions 
  this 
  medal 
  was 
  ob- 
  

   tained 
  from 
  the 
  Indians 
  toward 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  Revolutionary 
  War. 
  

   Judged 
  by 
  the 
  names 
  on 
  them, 
  these 
  medals 
  certainly 
  indicate 
  that 
  

   period. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Elmira 
  more 
  Iroquois 
  traces 
  have 
  appeared 
  on 
  

   sites 
  where 
  triangular 
  arrows 
  are 
  exclusively 
  associated 
  with 
  earth- 
  

   enware. 
  Steatite 
  does 
  not 
  occur 
  on 
  these 
  though 
  frequent 
  on 
  

   others. 
  Mr 
  L. 
  D. 
  Shoemaker 
  has 
  a 
  well 
  wrought 
  human 
  face 
  in 
  

   stone 
  from 
  a 
  village 
  site 
  near 
  Elmira. 
  In 
  three 
  years 
  he 
  had 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  " 
  800 
  arrow 
  and 
  spear 
  heads, 
  much 
  pottery, 
  pestles, 
  celts, 
  

   etc." 
  

  

  