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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  proves 
  that 
  the 
  former 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  site 
  had 
  contact, 
  direct 
  or 
  

   indirect, 
  with 
  Europeans. 
  That 
  few 
  objects 
  of 
  European 
  metal 
  

   were 
  found 
  and 
  no 
  glass 
  beads 
  save 
  a 
  fragment 
  of 
  one 
  indicates 
  that 
  

   the 
  people 
  acquired 
  them 
  from 
  a 
  single 
  trader 
  or 
  by 
  trade 
  from 
  other 
  

   Indians. 
  This 
  latter 
  conclusion 
  in 
  the 
  light 
  of 
  evidence 
  seems 
  the 
  

   more 
  probable. 
  If 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  site 
  had 
  contact, 
  direct 
  or 
  

   indirect, 
  with 
  the 
  whites, 
  then 
  we 
  may 
  look 
  for 
  historical 
  records 
  

   by 
  which 
  we 
  may 
  identify 
  them. 
  In 
  the 
  Jesuit 
  Relations 
  are 
  found 
  

   many 
  references 
  to 
  a 
  people 
  who 
  inhabited 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  which 
  

   the 
  Ripley 
  site 
  forms 
  a 
  part. 
  These 
  people 
  are 
  variously 
  called 
  

   Eries, 
  Eriegoneckkak, 
  Eriehronnons, 
  Eriee, 
  Riquehronnons, 
  Rhiier, 
  

   Nation 
  des 
  Chat, 
  Cat 
  Nation, 
  Rhiierrhonnons, 
  etc. 
  etc. 
  Besides 
  the 
  

   accounts 
  by 
  the 
  Jesuits 
  there 
  are 
  several 
  maps 
  which 
  place 
  the 
  Erie 
  

   Indians 
  in 
  this 
  territory, 
  notably 
  the 
  maps 
  of 
  Sanson 
  of 
  1656 
  [see 
  

  

  NOUVELLX 
  BeeTaONE 
  

  

  Fig. 
  19 
  A 
  portion 
  of 
  Sanson's 
  map 
  of 
  1656 
  showing 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  territory 
  held 
  by 
  

   the 
  Eries 
  up 
  to 
  1654. 
  The 
  Ripley 
  site 
  lies 
  in 
  this 
  territory. 
  Eriechronons 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   names 
  for 
  the 
  Eries 
  frequently 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  early 
  French 
  explorers 
  and 
  missionaries. 
  

  

  fig- 
  19] 
  1 
  of 
  Creuxius 
  of 
  1660, 
  of 
  LaHontan 
  of 
  1690, 
  and 
  of 
  Hen- 
  

   nepin 
  of 
  1698. 
  From 
  these 
  records 
  and 
  maps 
  we 
  may 
  define 
  the 
  

   territory 
  of 
  the 
  Eries 
  as 
  the 
  region 
  bordering 
  the 
  southern 
  shore 
  of 
  

  

  