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have fringed the dress or anklets, as the hoofs of deer and sheep 

 afterward did. 



Fig. 102 is a small, cylindric bone whistle, belonging to Dr A. L„ 

 Benedict of Buffalo. The lateral orifice is toward one end, and is 

 quadrilateral. Fig. 107 is a short, cylindric bone whistle, in the 

 Bigelow collection. This is from the Christopher site, and the lat- 

 eral central aperture is circular. Fig. 126 is from the same place,, 

 and was found by Dr Hinsdale. It is an angular, tapering bone 

 whistle, with an angular orifice near the small end, and is not a 

 common form. 



Fig. 135 is from Rice's woods, near Stone Arabia, and has much 

 the outline of the last, but is not angular. The lateral orifice is. 

 oblique and elliptic, and the w T hole surface is well worked. Fig. 208 

 is a hollow and polished bone, neatly cut at each end and tri- 

 angular in section. It is of a deep brown color, like many articles 

 from the Christopher site, and is in the Bigelow collection. 



Fig. 326 is in the same cabinet, and is a very long bone whistle,, 

 hollow throughout. Grooves for a perforation have been cut nearly 

 through on the opposite side, and the unfinished base has been partly 

 cut off. The large aperture near one end is rectangular. The nat- 

 ural grooves appear on this and the next. Both are reduced on the 

 plate, and each is 7f inches long. These were found at Jack Reef,, 

 Seneca river, with other bone implements. Fig. 327 differs little 

 from the last, but the aperture is narrower and there are no cuts on 

 the opposite side. Another was found with these. 



Fig. 328 is a little larger cylindric bone tube, ornamented with 

 parallel and cross grooves. It was found on Dry hill, near Water- 

 town, where the barbed fishhook was exhumed. It is nearly 8 inches 

 long, and one end is charred. Mr Twining furnished the figure,, 

 and thought the tube was made from a bone of the human arm. 



Bone counters for games 



Lacrosse and other ball games were purely those of strength and 

 skill, but every article of value was often staked upon their results. 

 Nation played against nation, and village against village, and the 

 excitement was often intense. The passion for betting and gambling 

 is very strong in the Indian character. So there was found among 

 them the game of straws, analogous to our game of cards, but never 



