Fig. 24.
Ochalisa Oda-a* (Fig. 24).—The material is a
part of some massy species; of sea shell. The-
outer coating is partially Recomposed, exhibiting
ah opaque, Mmy appearancev’ Length, eight-
tenths of ah inch—rounded, heart-shaped. Onondaga
{J. V.H. Cfarke).
GLASS X. r. J£|A.t
The number and variety of Sea, and sometimes
fresh water shells, worn by the ancient aborigines,
has not been ascertained-,' but is large.
They are uniformly found to be univalves.
Fig; 25.
Msa Marginella (1%, 25).—This sjjecies was
first detected in the Grave-creek mound. It is
a marginella. The figure, is, incidentally, inexact.
Onondaga
* Heart■<sljai)ed, pr like.
t -52sa, h geaerrc nanae: for a shell— Algonquin.
CHAPT ER IX.
ORAL TRADITIONS OF THE IROQUOIS, HISTORICAL
AND IMAGINATIVE,
AnCJENT./^IPWRECK "OF A YESSEL ON THE N. A. C0AST7-J
F orays ‘into' the of 'The OhRroicees and Ca-
^ABAS'A.^^L^fT‘-@F‘HlADE©NI— SeNEGAVE 5TEASSY OF PEACE
~ jf0 'T H E G ^ rsok^ , 'Ate-Hee4ic E xploit of Awn.— Gr-ave
y^RD S erpent,1 and C orn- Giant - ^ T radition of the Siege
OF' F n -R V N W T V ^ S T rAOITIQNI'OF TBJE%DEF.EAT OF THE
TIah-kwahsY7Epqcih o‘Sj.the C onfeper^ ^ —S ome P as-
"Y^ages 0® tAeir W ar,s with Monsters” and jGcants -f-f
T he Ir~o^ f «js' Qhe
This department of the inquiry constitutes one
of deep and varied interest. If is found, however,
that no little time is required to study, copipare
and arrange such parts of the matter as, have
Claims to be considered historical, whilst those
which are symbolical or fictitious, take so wide
a range as hardly td justify,.in this essay, the
space which they would occupy. Specimens
drawn from both cl asses of matter are introduced
in the following papers, which, together with
those inserted under the first head of Inquiries,
wifHserve to convey a proper idea of this species
of lore.