. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . It has a long, conic body, slightlj constricted neck, and simpleexpanding rim. The entire surface is decorated with roulette mark-ings. A minutely notched wheel was used on the neck, and apparentlya distinct and more coarsely notched wheel or tool was used on thebodv. This vessel is decidediv an exotic in the Fig. 63—Fragments of decorated vase-rims from the Mohawk valley. Two fragments of the very neat and quite tvpical ware of theMohawk district are represented in figure 63. They be
. Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . It has a long, conic body, slightlj constricted neck, and simpleexpanding rim. The entire surface is decorated with roulette mark-ings. A minutely notched wheel was used on the neck, and apparentlya distinct and more coarsely notched wheel or tool was used on thebodv. This vessel is decidediv an exotic in the Fig. 63—Fragments of decorated vase-rims from the Mohawk valley. Two fragments of the very neat and quite tvpical ware of theMohawk district are represented in figure 63. They belong to a smallseries of like sherds presented to the National Museum by Mr S. Reverend William M. Boauchamp, of Baldwinsville, New York,has made careful examinations of the earthenware of the state and hasacquired an extensive series of drawings, some of which have beenplaced at my disposal. It is expected that Mr. Beauchamp will in thenear future pubhsh detailed studies on this and other branches of Iro-quoian art. EXAMPLES FROM NEW ENGLAND Historically and traditionally we learn that the Iroquoian tribesoccupied or overran the greater part of the New England are known to have visited the Atlantic coast at many pointsbetween New Jersey and Maine, and, according to Leclercq, the Gas-peian Indians of St I-awrence gulf were three times defeated or destroyed by this bold and enterprising
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