Fig. 1. GREEK CROSS. 2. GREEK CROSS. 3. CROSS ON COPPER. 4. CROSS ON SHELL. 5. GREEK CROSS. 6. GREEK CROSS. 7. LATIN CROSS (Copper). 8. GREEK CROSS. 9. LATIN CROSS (Copper). 10. SWASTIKA ON SHELL. 11. SWASTIKA ON SHELL. 12. SWASTIKA ON POTTERY. 13. SWASTIKA ON POTTERY. [Illustration: Fig. 304. ENGRAVED SHELL DISK GORGET. Rude cross with many dots. Lick Creek, Tenn. Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, pl. 52, fig. 2.] [Illustration: Fig. 305. ENGRAVED SHELL WITH FIGURE OF GREEK CROSS. Caldwell County, N. C. Cat. No. 33169, U. S. N. M.] The U. S. National Museum possesses a small shell ornament (fig. 305) in the form of a cross, from Lenoir's burial place, Fort Defiance, Caldwell County, N. C., collected by Dr. Spainhour and Mr. Rogan, the latter being an employé of the Bureau of Ethnology. It is in the form of a Greek cross, the four arms crossing at right angles and being of equal length. The arms are of the plain shell, while they are brought to view by the field being cross-hatched. The specimen has, unfortunately, been broken, and being fragile has been secured in a bed of plaster. [Illustration: Fig. 306. ENGRAVED SHELL WITH THREE-ARMED CROSS (TRISKELION). Lick Creek, Tenn. Cat. No. 83170, U. S. N. M.] This and the foregoing specimens have been introduced into this paper that the facts of their existence may be presented for consideration, and to aid in the determination whether the cross had any peculiar or particular meaning. The questions involuntarily arise, Was it a symbol with a hidden meaning, religious or otherwise; was it the totem of a clan, the insignia of a ruler, the charm of a priesthood, or did it, with all the associated shell engravings, belong to the category of trinkets? Those questions may be partially answered in the section on the meanings given to the cross by the North American Indians (p. 933). [Illustration: Fig. 307. DRILLED AND ENGRAVED SHELL OR "RUNTEE." Dotted Greek cross and circle. Arizona.] [Illustration: Fig. 308. DRILLED AND ENGRAVED SHELL OR "RUNTEE." Dots and rings forming circle and Greek cross. Ohio.] There is also introduced, as bearing on the question, another shell ornament (fig. 306), the style, design, and workmanship of which has such resemblance to the foregoing that if they had not been (as they were) found together we would be compelled to admit their identity of origin, yet the latter specimen has but three arms instead of four. This might take it out of the category of crosses as a symbol of any religion of which we have knowledge. Many of the art objects in shell heretofore cited were more or less closely associated; they came from the same neighborhood and were the results of the same excavations, conducted by the same excavators. In determining the culture status of their makers, they must be taken together.