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in the Neuter Cemetery, Grand Island. One was found at Fort 

 Krie beach by W. L,. Bryant and is now in his possession. One 

 found on the beach at Fort Brie by Dr. H, U. Williams is in the 

 Museum of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 



All the vessels with one exception that have been found are 

 of the same shape, but they vary in size and in the character of 

 decoration. With two exceptions all are round with round 

 bottoms. One exception came from the St. David's site and is 

 elliptical in outline with handles. The one found by Mr. Bryant 

 is pointed at the bottom. But one had handles, though a frag- 

 ment found in a refuse heap on Site No. 7, Buffalo, had one 

 attached to it similar to a pitcher handle. In one type found at 

 Ripley the rim was extended at one point to form almost a pitcher 

 spout. In some the rim is extended upward into points. This 

 type occurs amongst those found at Ripley and in the villages of 

 the Buffalo Creek group. Nearly every vessel has been decorated 

 by some design impressed or incised. 



In size the vessels vary greatly. The smallest, of which 

 only one-half was found, came from a refuse heap on Site No. 7, 

 Buffalo. It is of the size of a small tea-cup. A small vessel 

 which holds about a pint came from Site No. 22, East Hamburg. 

 The largest, which is represented by fragments of the rim only, 

 came from a refuse heap on Site No. 35, West Seneca. This 

 would be when entire about 18 inches in diameter and might hold 

 perhaps, three pecks. 



Pipes made of clay are rather abundant on the village sites 

 though they have never been reported as found on camp sites. A 

 few are rough, ill-worked and clumsy; most, however, are well- 

 made of fine material and some combine fine workmanship with. 

 artistic taste. The material seems to be the local clays which 

 were usually very finely triturated and mixed with finely pulver- 

 ized chert. 



Though there is an almost inexhaustible variety in the shape 

 and size of these clay pipes there are two types which occur so 

 frequently that they may be said to be characteristic. These are 

 found so constantly amongst all the people of Iroquoian stock 

 that they may be called Iroquoian types. These two types are 

 shown in Figures 123 and 124, Plate III. Other forms of clay 

 pipes are shown in Figures 118, 133, 134 and 136, Plate III. 

 Pipes made to represent animal forms are sometimes found. Fig- 



