22 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



In the Relation of 1658 it is noted that the Indians not only wear 

 bracelets on the wrist, but above the elbow and ankle, and on the- 

 leg. These uses partially appear in the account of Capt. David's 

 dress, elsewhere given. In Romney's picture of Brant the broad 

 and simple silver band above the elbow is conspicuous and tasteful. 



A few copper bracelets in New York are much like early forms,. 

 but they also suggest nose rings. Others are made of copper wire,, 

 neatly bent into the desired form. Last come the flat silver brace- 

 lets, with holes for attachment at the ends. Many of these were 

 made by Indian silversmiths, but the writer has seen one more 

 elaborate pair with the name of an Albany silversmith, and one of 

 the Wisconsin mound bracelets had on it the name of Montreal,: 

 and another the letters A. B. The silver bracelets sold at an early 

 day by the French and English at Niagara and Oswego, are men- 

 tioned elsewhere. The Seminoles of Florida still wear silver wrist- 

 lets and headbands, and make ornaments from coins. 



From the site of the Onondaga fort of 1696, Mr Clark reported 

 " bracelets for the wrists 3 inches broad, of brass highly wrought." 

 Clark, 2:281. Silver was little in use then, but the writer has seen 

 no brass bracelets anywhere which would agree with this descrip- 

 tion. They are either quite narrow or else made of copper wire,, 

 bent back and forth so as to form a broad surface. Even then they 

 have no great width. He may possibly have referred to the long 

 diameter, as it encircled the wrist. 



Fig". 305 is a copper wire bracelet from Fleming, which is a good 

 example of this broad form. From its size, it must have been worn. 

 by a young person or woman. Fig. 309 is of the same character 

 and from the same place. This includes a sectional view. Fig. 307 

 is a narrower one from Indian hill, Pompey, which is formed like 

 the preceding. 



Fig. 308 may be either bracelet or nose ring, but it is hardly likely 

 the Indians would have used copper for the latter. It is a single 

 length of heavy wire, neatly rounded at the ends, and came from 

 the last named site. Fig. 382 is of the same character and from the 

 same place. Fig. 310 is much like this, but the ends expand. This- 

 is from an Oneida site at Munnsville. Fig. 306 is a fine example,. 



