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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  While 
  usually 
  scattered 
  over 
  the 
  fields 
  the 
  writer 
  has 
  found 
  them 
  

   arranged 
  on 
  brass 
  wire, 
  still 
  well 
  preserved 
  after 
  being 
  in 
  the 
  earth 
  

   for 
  250 
  years. 
  On 
  wire 
  they 
  were 
  sometimes 
  arranged 
  in 
  patterns. 
  

  

  Another 
  very 
  distinct 
  class 
  has 
  been 
  misunderstood 
  by 
  those 
  who 
  

   have 
  not 
  seen 
  them. 
  In 
  1654 
  Father 
  Le 
  Moyne 
  presented 
  the 
  

   Onondagas 
  with 
  " 
  cent 
  petits 
  tuyaux 
  ou 
  canons 
  de 
  verre 
  rouge 
  qui 
  

   sont 
  les 
  diamans 
  du 
  pais," 
  and 
  in 
  1669 
  Father 
  Bruyas, 
  at 
  Oneida, 
  

   rewarded 
  his 
  good 
  scholars 
  with 
  "une"corde 
  de 
  rassade, 
  ou 
  deux 
  

   petits 
  tuyaux 
  de 
  verre 
  ou 
  deux 
  bagues 
  de 
  leton." 
  These 
  " 
  tuyaux 
  

   ou 
  canons 
  " 
  were 
  slender 
  and 
  cylindric 
  glass 
  tubes, 
  of 
  various 
  colors 
  

   and 
  often 
  longitudinally 
  striped. 
  So 
  slender 
  and 
  delicate 
  are 
  they 
  

   that 
  it 
  is 
  surprising 
  they 
  have 
  escaped 
  destruction. 
  While 
  some 
  are 
  

   quite 
  small, 
  others 
  are 
  several 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  many 
  have 
  a 
  spiral 
  

   twist. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  are 
  Indian 
  red 
  in 
  color. 
  Two 
  of 
  these 
  

   glass 
  cylinders, 
  or 
  two 
  brass 
  rings, 
  Bruyas 
  seems 
  to 
  have 
  thought 
  

   equal 
  in 
  value 
  to 
  a 
  string 
  of 
  ordinary 
  beads. 
  

  

  Many 
  carvings 
  on 
  bone, 
  representing 
  the 
  human 
  face, 
  have 
  been 
  

   figured 
  since 
  the 
  issue 
  of 
  the 
  bulletin 
  on 
  that 
  material, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  

   the 
  scrapers 
  made 
  of 
  long 
  bones 
  so 
  abundantly 
  found 
  in 
  Ohio. 
  

   From 
  the 
  Chaumont 
  ossuary 
  came 
  the 
  finest 
  horn 
  spearhead 
  or 
  

   knife 
  as 
  yet 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  It 
  is 
  14 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  is 
  orna- 
  

   mented 
  with 
  an 
  elaborate 
  pattern 
  of 
  straight 
  lines 
  on 
  one 
  surface. 
  

  

  Worthy 
  of 
  notice 
  also 
  are 
  three 
  shell 
  gorgets. 
  One 
  from 
  Ni- 
  

   agara 
  county 
  is 
  neatly 
  worked 
  from 
  the 
  outer 
  whorl 
  of 
  Busycon 
  

   perversum, 
  and 
  is 
  6 
  r 
  /% 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  4^ 
  wide. 
  Two 
  perforations 
  

   have 
  been 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  concave 
  side, 
  that 
  being 
  the 
  side 
  exposed 
  

   to 
  view. 
  Another 
  fine 
  shell 
  gorget 
  from 
  Wayne 
  county 
  is 
  elliptic 
  

   and 
  perforated. 
  This 
  lay 
  in 
  the 
  soft 
  muddy 
  bottom 
  of 
  Seneca 
  

   river, 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  fine 
  preservation. 
  Another 
  is 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  

   county, 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  an 
  obtuse 
  oval 
  outline, 
  being 
  3 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  2^4 
  

   wide. 
  From 
  a 
  circle 
  around 
  the 
  central 
  perforation 
  radiates 
  a 
  four 
  

   pointed 
  star, 
  reaching 
  halfway 
  to 
  the 
  edge. 
  Between 
  these, 
  arrow 
  

   form 
  ornaments 
  reach 
  the 
  edge, 
  four 
  in 
  number.- 
  This 
  also 
  is 
  in 
  

   good 
  preservation. 
  

  

  Some 
  interesting 
  circular 
  stone 
  ornaments 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  near 
  

   Corning, 
  perforated 
  and 
  engraved 
  with 
  radiating 
  lines 
  and 
  marginal 
  

   notches. 
  They 
  are 
  pebbles 
  about 
  an 
  inch 
  across. 
  

  

  A 
  host 
  of 
  such 
  things 
  might 
  be 
  mentioned, 
  but 
  this 
  brief 
  summary 
  

  

  