﻿COUNCILS 
  AND 
  CEREMONIES 
  OF 
  ADOPTION 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  44I 
  

  

  Some 
  notice 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  of 
  a 
  quantity 
  of 
  articles 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  

   large 
  ossuary 
  in 
  Niagara 
  county. 
  The 
  writer 
  has 
  since 
  seen 
  the 
  

   entire 
  collection 
  securing 
  figures 
  of 
  these 
  and 
  other 
  valuable 
  articles 
  

   found 
  in 
  that 
  region. 
  Among 
  the 
  latter 
  are 
  fine 
  bird 
  amulets. 
  

   Many 
  fine 
  articles 
  along 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  have 
  had 
  brief 
  notices, 
  

   but 
  the 
  figures 
  and 
  descriptions 
  are 
  as 
  yet 
  unpublished. 
  This 
  is 
  

   also 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  many 
  unique 
  fragments 
  of 
  Indian 
  pottery. 
  The 
  

   evolution 
  of 
  the 
  human 
  face 
  and 
  form 
  on 
  earthenware 
  can 
  now 
  be 
  

   fully 
  illustrated, 
  and 
  many 
  handles 
  of 
  vessels 
  have 
  been 
  found. 
  

   The 
  rare 
  pottery 
  with 
  circular 
  bosses 
  on 
  the 
  outside 
  has 
  several 
  

   times 
  been 
  secured, 
  and 
  better 
  figures 
  of 
  perfect 
  vessels 
  can 
  now 
  

   be 
  had. 
  Perhaps 
  in 
  no 
  one 
  department 
  has 
  there 
  been 
  a 
  more 
  dis- 
  

   tinct 
  advance 
  in 
  our 
  knowledge 
  than 
  in 
  that 
  of 
  earthenware 
  of 
  all 
  

   kinds, 
  since 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  bulletin 
  on 
  this 
  subject. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  treatment 
  of 
  metallic 
  implements 
  and 
  ornaments 
  many 
  

   interesting 
  examples 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  light, 
  one 
  fine 
  specimen 
  being 
  

   from 
  a 
  burial 
  mound. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  photographs 
  of 
  wampum 
  belts, 
  

   whose 
  history 
  is 
  of 
  some 
  interest, 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  secured. 
  As 
  was 
  

   anticipated, 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  this 
  series 
  of 
  bulletins 
  has 
  called 
  out 
  

   information 
  on 
  almost 
  every 
  subject, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  abundant 
  ma- 
  

   terial 
  now 
  in 
  hand 
  to 
  round 
  out 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  aborigines 
  

   of 
  New 
  York 
  to 
  a 
  great 
  extent. 
  

  

  One 
  interesting 
  class 
  of 
  relics 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  mentioned, 
  bsbg" 
  

   European 
  in 
  character, 
  though 
  Indian 
  in 
  use. 
  Nothing 
  pleased 
  the 
  

   aborigines 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  early 
  glass 
  beads. 
  They 
  were 
  used 
  in 
  vast 
  

   quantities 
  and 
  were 
  often 
  of 
  fine 
  designs. 
  Of 
  course 
  they 
  are 
  rarer 
  

   now 
  on 
  Indian 
  sites 
  than 
  they 
  once 
  were, 
  but 
  the 
  writer 
  has 
  handled 
  

   many 
  thousands, 
  and 
  figured 
  hundreds, 
  plain 
  or 
  in 
  colors. 
  The 
  

   reader 
  need 
  expect 
  none 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  a 
  hen's 
  egg, 
  as 
  sometimes 
  

   reported, 
  but 
  some 
  are 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  the 
  egg 
  of 
  the 
  crow. 
  These 
  

   massive 
  ones 
  are 
  angular, 
  with 
  concentric 
  starry 
  patterns 
  of 
  many 
  

   colors 
  appearing 
  at 
  the 
  ends. 
  From 
  this 
  they 
  range 
  down 
  to 
  those 
  

   of 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  size. 
  Those 
  of 
  the 
  size 
  and 
  form 
  of 
  a 
  pea 
  are 
  either 
  

   a 
  rich 
  blue 
  or 
  Indian 
  red 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  but 
  other 
  colors 
  appear. 
  Some- 
  

   what 
  larger 
  globular 
  beads 
  are 
  striped 
  or 
  have 
  the 
  internal 
  star 
  

   pattern, 
  and 
  similar 
  forms 
  are 
  used 
  in 
  our 
  kindergartens 
  now. 
  On 
  

   Iroquois 
  sites 
  later 
  than 
  1620 
  they 
  abound, 
  and 
  occasionally 
  appear 
  

   on 
  camps. 
  

  

  