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given to Albert Cusick's mother by her second husband Sah-go- 

 hone-date-hah, " The one that spares another," a Tuscarora chief. 

 When seen by the writer it had a string of 96 beads of mourning 

 wampum attached to it. 



Among the Onondagas Ka-ne-ka-ah, " Round thing," may mean 

 a simple ring. En-neah-hdti -sen represents one for the finger. The 

 former word is used for a hoop, but not for a wheel. 



Fig. 383 is in Theodore Stanford's collection in Munnsville. It 

 has an octagonal seal, containing a flaming heart beneath what may 

 be an elongated star or a radiant cross. The ordinary rings are 

 found on the Oneida sites about Munnsville, but most of those col- 

 lected have already disappeared. 



The five following rings are from Pompey, dating between 1655 

 and 1680. Fig. 389 has no emblems, but is of bronze. It had a 

 setting which has been lost. Fig. 390 shows a person supporting 

 the dead Christ. Fig. 391 may have been intended to show the 

 letter L, but, while the work is sharp, the design is doubtful. Fig. 

 392 has stars, crossed arrows, etc. Fig. 393 has a circle, lines and 

 dots. Fig. 394 is in Mr Frey's collection. There are human figures 

 on each side of the crucified Christ. 



A plain pewter ring was found at Hoffman's Ferry, which was a 

 camping place. As these were common during the past century, 

 the age and use are both uncertain, but, from the location, it seems 

 to have had an Indian owner. Surface finds of this kind are subject 

 to doubt. 



Silver crosses 



The finest foliated silver cross, used by Indians, which the writer 

 has seen, was found on the banks of the Maumee river, Ohio, and 

 was exhibited at the Pan-American Exposition in 1901. This is 

 13^ inches long and 8^ inches wide. It weighs 8 ounces, and is a 

 Roman cross, each limb having foliated ends. One nearly as large, 

 and perhaps as heavy, belongs to Mr Walter C. Wyman of Chicago. 

 It is 12^ inches long, and 8| inches wide, and is more highly orna- 

 mented than any of these large crosses which the writer has seen. 

 Three limbs have the usual foliation, but the upper one terminates 



