22 The Saginaw Valley Collection 



Superior, was hammered into the form of beads which are alto- 

 gether different from those made of the thin rolled copper fur- 

 nished the Indians by the white people during more recent times. 

 These beads had evidently been at this place for a long time, a 

 circumstance indicated by the corroded condition of the copper. 

 The copper salts due to corrosion are of a preservative nature 

 and have kept from total destruction portions of the cord on 



W. Orchard, Photo. 

 FRAGMENTS OF POTTERY FROM FRAZIER VILLAGE SITE. 



Nearly Natural Size. 



which the beads had been strung. Had these beads been of 

 shell or stone, or of any other material that did not produce 

 such a salt, the cord would not have been preserved, and we 

 should not have known that it was of vegetable fibre, but might 

 quite properly have supposed that the beads had been strung 

 upon a thong of buckskin. 



Frazier Village Site. — This was a very large village site and 

 was located on the south side of the Tittabawassee river near 

 Paine's Station, about five miles above Saginaw. It is mentioned 

 in the Ojibwa traditions as being the place where a large village 

 was captured by the invading force. At this spot some fragments 

 of pottery were secured which have decorations made with cords 



