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In the bulletin on earthenware fig. 124 is of a vessel having a 

 point in the center of the base. Thus it was figured and expressly 

 -described in a New York paper. W. L. Calver doubted the cor- 

 rectness of the statement, but could not at the moment obtain full 

 access to the vessels. He has now changed his opinion. In a letter 

 to me, dated Ap. 26, 1901, he says that a friend, in digging at Port 

 Washington, " got a whole pot which had a pointed base." This 

 form will therefore now hold the place claimed for it. I may add 

 that the pointed base of a broken vessel has also b£en found in 

 Jefferson county. 



In treating of wampum, I regret not mentioning Horatio Hale's 

 Four Huron wampum records, published with notes by Prof. E. B. 

 Tylor of Oxford Eng. in 1897. I have not seen it ; but one belt, 

 in his opinion, showed an alliance between four nations, represented 

 by squares. An older broken belt had a central diamond, so fre- 

 quently used. This is " between a bird and a quadruped and three 

 crosses with a circle (diamond) uniting their branches." These are 

 all recent symbols. I merely call attention to these belts now, as 

 doubtful opinions have been founded on them. Some fine ceremo- 

 nial wampum has recently come into my hands, one call for a relig- 

 ious council still having the tally-stick attached. Mr Wyman also 

 obtained some fine Ottawa belts in the spring of 1901, and the fol- 

 lowing summer Mrs Converse secured a large Canadian belt for one 

 of her friends. I secured descriptions of all. 



Mention may also be made of two fine belts belonging to the 

 Douw family of Poughkeepsie N". Y. One is 2 feet long, 3 inches 

 wide and has nine rows of white beads, crossed by four double 

 diagonal lines of dark beads. This was a condolence belt, given by 

 the Indians to Yolckert Pieter Douw, on the death of his daughter 

 in 1775. That year Mr Douw was a commissioner to treat with 

 the Six Nations, and they returned one belt which he presented. I 

 think this the second belt. It is on twine, has 10 rows, is 2 feet 

 long and 3f inches wide, and has three central designs in dark 

 wampum. I made a satisfactory reading of both, but this is 

 -conjectural. 



"W". M. Beauchamf 



