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them are mentioned in the raids in the Mohawk valley. The medals 

 can hardly be referred to Burgoyne's luckless campaign, for each 

 was engraved for a particular person, nor were the Onondagas yet 

 in the field. None known bear the Oneida name, a significant fact, 

 for they were on the American side. Nor were they among Butler's 

 presents in the winter of 1777-78, who gave " in particular 300 of 

 Burgoyne's silver medals to their young warriors." Halsey, p. 204. 

 They are not all of silver. 



In a description of American medals of the Revolution by J. T. 

 Fisher of Philadelphia, Collections of the Massachusetts Historical 

 Society, vol. 6 of 3d series, is one of these medals, but without place 

 or name of Indian, and with another misspelling : " Medal prob- 

 ably for distribution among the Indians. Obverse, A view of Mont- 

 real, and above it the name MONTREAL. Reverse, The name 



MOHIGHANS." 



In Le Medaillier du Canada is a figure of the French Oswego 

 medal of 1758. A better one is given by Mr Betts. As medals 

 were very freely distributed about that time, some of these may 

 have been placed in Indian hands, though of this there is no proof. 

 It is nearly i| inches wide. All the letters are capitals. "Avers: 

 Bust to the right. LUDOVICUS XV. ORBIS IMPBRATOR. 

 1758. Rev.: Four towers. Wesel, Oswego, Port Mahon, Expug, Sti 

 Davidis arce et solo aequata." Leroux, p. 177 



Leroux assigns a number to Indian use, but some are later than 

 the colonial period. One has George 3 and Queen Charlotte face 

 to face. Another may be like the fine one recently obtained from 

 the Ottawas by Walter C. Wyman. This has a bust of George 3 

 to the right, and the arms of Great Britain on the reverse. There 

 are several of this character to be mentioned later. 



Mr McLachlan discredits Stone's statement that the medals of 

 1761, "by order of Amherst, were stamped upon one side with the 

 baronet's coat of arms," nor does there seem any direct proof of 

 this. He adds: 



I have in my collection 10 or 12 medals relating to the Indians. 

 One of these represents a lion watching a wolf, with a church and 

 schoolhouse surrounded by trees in the background. This, to my 



