 He seems to refer to ornamental forms when he speaks of a "yellow waire that they make with copper, made like a starr or a half-moon." — Radisson, p. 188, 212. This would bring the making of native copper ornaments far within the historic period, but...  Bulletin of the New York State Museum - Page 91902Full view - About this book
 | Minnesota - 1905 - 566 pages
...pierced in 5 places ; the holes are so bigg that your little finger might passe through. They have yallow waire that they make with copper, made like a starr or a half moone, & there hang it. Many have Turkeys [turquoises]. They are cloathed with Oriniack & stagg's... | |
 | Lucien Carr - Indians of North America - 1897 - 90 pages
...wintered on the shore of Lake Superior, and together with several notices of copper he makes mention of a " yellow waire that they make with copper, made like a starr or a half-moon." Soon after this, by 1671, the Jesuits had completed the circuit of Lake Superior, and it 1 Discovery... | |
 | American Antiquarian Society - Electronic journals - 1898 - 574 pages
...wintered on the shore of Lake Superior, and together with several notices of copper he makes mention of a " yellow waire that they make with copper, made like a starr or a half-moon." Soon after this, by 1671, the Jesuits had completed the circuit of Lake Superior, and it 1 Discovery... | |
 | Jacob Vradenberg Brower - Mississippi River - 1900 - 160 pages
...ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA. FIRST EDITION. THREE HUNDRED NUMBERED AUTOGRAPH COPIES. NUMBER "They have yallow waire that they make with copper, made like a starr or a liait inoone & there han?;' it." — Ритки EKPKIT RADISSON, NifiO. •'A little wild rice and... | |
 | William Martin Beauchamp - Indian metal-work - 1902 - 192 pages
...friendship with the Hurons to reach Lake Superior. A succeeding statement is more precise. Radisson wintered in 1658 on the shore of that great lake,...make with copper, made like a starr or a half-moon.'' — Kadisson, p. 188, 212. This would bring the making of native copper ornaments far within the historic... | |
 | Education - 1902 - 812 pages
...friendship with the Hurons to reach Lake Superior. A succeeding statement is more precise. Eadisson wintered in 1658 on the shore of that great lake,...that they make with copper, made like a starr or a half-moon."—Radisson, p. 188, 212. This would bring the making of native copper ornaments far within... | |
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