58 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Iii a letter to the writer Mr McLachlan says : 



Another medal for the Indians is referred to in an article in the 

 Historical Magazine for September 1865, page 285, which states that 

 " Sir Danvers Osborne, after he had been appointed Governor of 

 New York in 1753, brought out, among other presents for the Six 

 Nation Indians, 30 silver medals, his majesty's picture on one side, 

 and the royal arms on the other. . . These medals seem to have 

 disappeared, possibly a stray one may be found in some collection." 



Sir Danvers Osborne died two days after his installation in office, 

 and there is no reference to these medals in the succeeding Indian 

 councils. The Baldwinsville medal is one of those described. A 

 remarkably fine bronze medal found in the Onondaga valley in 1893, 

 between the old Indian fort and the present reservation, has no 

 reference to the Indians and yet may have belonged to one of them. 

 It is finely executed, and was found by Mr George Slocum, in whose 

 hands it still remains. Fig. 311 shows the obverse and fig. 312 the 

 reverse. 



On the obverse is a fine bust of the duke of Cumberland, with the 

 legend in capitals around the edge, WILL: DUKE: CUMB: 

 BRITISH: HERO. The other inscriptions are in capitals. Under 

 the bust and following the rim is a scroll inclosing the words 

 " BORN 15 APR. 1721." Next the rim, on the reverse, are the 

 words, "REBELION JUSTLY REWARDED;" and under a 

 group, in two straight lines, is the continuation " | AT CARLILE | 

 ANNO 1745. | " A bareheaded officer leads forth two prisoners on 

 the left; one of them a Scotchman with a rope around his neck; the 

 mounted duke points with his sword to the right, as though order- 

 ing them to execution. This is not mentioned among the war 

 medals of the British Museum. 



A very interesting series of medals was designed expressly for 

 Indian use, but the exact date is in question. An unused example 

 is figured in the MedaUlier du Canada, or Canadian Coin Cabinet, 

 published at Montreal in 1888 by Joseph Leroux M. D. The brief 

 description follows: " 837. Obv.: View of the City of Montreal. 

 MONTREAL. D. C. F. Rev. : Plain, in order to write the name of the 

 Indian chief to whom the medal was awarded. Size 32, rarity 8." 



