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figure, and is about 6 inches in its greatest diameter. On each side 

 it is engraved with various devices. The medal is now worn by 

 Sose-hd-wa, (Johnson) a Seneca chief. Medals of seashell, inlaid 

 with silver, were also used. Morgan, p. 388 



At the reinterment of Red Jacket in 1884, Gen. Parker exhibited 

 this medal. " It is of silver, oval in shape, 7 inches long by 5 inches 

 broad. The general had dressed it in black and white wampum; 

 the black indicating mourning and the white peace and gladness/' 

 The above long diameter includes the loop. 



A copy of this medal is now in the National Museum, Washing- 

 ton, and data obtained thence made a difference in date and size: 



The original of Red Jacket's medal is engraved. It is oval, 5| 

 by 4 inches. It was presented by President George Washington, 

 in 1795, to the Indian Red Jacket, who, with a number of chiefs of 

 the Six Nations, visited Philadelphia, then the seat of government, 

 at the invitation of the first president. Obverse: figure of Red 

 Jacket presenting to General Washington the pipe of peace. In the 

 background a man plowing and a pioneer cabin; beneath, the in- 

 scription " George Washington, President, 1795." Left field, a pine 

 tree. Reverse: the American eagle, with clouds and rays above and 

 13 stars below; in beak a scroll, with " E Pluribus Unum." 



Mr J. V. H. Clark described a brass medal found near Indian hill, 

 Pompey, in 1821 : 



It was without date, on one side of it was a figure of Louis 14, 

 king of France and Navarre. On the reverse side was represented 

 a field, with three flow r ers-de-luce, supporting a royal crown, sur- 

 rounded by the name of Naif Lanfar & Co. It was about the size 

 of a Spanish pistareen, had been compressed between dies, characters 

 and letters distinct. Clark, 2:255 



On a neighboring site a brass medal was found, on which was a 

 horseman with drawn sword. On the other was " William, Prince 

 of Orange ", with a crest or coat of arms ; the date was obliterated. 

 William, Prince of Orange flourished in 1689, an< ^ was conspicuous 

 in the affairs of New York for several years previous. This medal 

 may have been a present by him to some distinguished chief. 

 Clark, 2:258 



That medals and coins should be sometimes found near the old 

 colonial forts is to be expected, but they have seldom been reported, 

 and have no necessary connection with Indian life. A fine gold 



