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MEDALS 



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Reverse, Indian and white man seated, a council 

 fire between them; white man offers calumet and 

 Indian extends hand for it; above Indian a rayed 

 sun, back of white man a tree; legend, Letus Look 

 to the MostHigh who Blessedonr Fathersivith Peace; 

 in exergue, '1757. Silver; copper; pewter; size, 

 Ifin. 



INDIAN PEACE MEDAL OF 1757 



On the capture of Montreal by Sir Jef- 

 frey Amherst, Sept. 8, 1760, an interes-ting 

 series of medals, known as the conquest 

 medals, was issued. McLachlan says they 

 "were evidently made in America, and 

 presented to the Iroquois and Onondagas, 

 and other chiefs who assisted in the cam- 

 paign. ' ' To each of the 23 chiefs, though 

 they did but little fighting, was presented 

 a medal by Sir William Johnson, who, in 

 his diary, under date of July 21, 1761, 

 says: " 1 then delivered the medals sent 

 me by the General for those who went 

 with us to Canada last year, being twenty- 

 three in number." Beauchamp (p. 61) 

 says: "In 1761 Johnson had similar 

 medals for the Oneidas, but none of them 

 have been found." 



1760. Obverse, view of a town, with bastions, on 

 a river front, five church si)ircs, island in river; in 

 foreground, to left, a bastion with flag of St George; 

 in exergue, in an incused oval, D. C. F.; this side 

 is cast and chased. Reverse, in field engraved, 

 Montirnl, remainder plain for insertion of name 

 and tribe of the recipient. Silver; size, IJf in. 

 Pewter; size, l|in. , 



Beauchamp ( p. 66 ) says : ' ' Two medals, 

 relating to the capture of Montreal and 

 conquest of Canada, seem more likely to 

 have been given by Johnson to the In- 

 dians in 1761. As the two medals have 

 Indian symbols, and one Amherst's name, 

 and that of ^Montreal, they seem to suit 

 every way Johnson's lavish distribution 

 of medal's at Otsego, when sent by his 

 leader." 



1761. Obverse, a laureated nude figure, typify- 

 ing the St Lawrence, to right, reclining, right 

 arm resting on the prow of a galley, paddle in 

 left hand, a beaver climbing up his left leg; 

 in background a staiulard inscribed Amherst 

 within a wreath of laurel, surmounted by a lion. 

 In exergue, a shield with fleur-de-lis; above, a 

 tomahawk, bow, and quixcr; legend. Conquest of 

 Canada. Reverse, a female figure, to right, seated 

 beneath a pine tree; an eagle with extended 

 wings standing on a rock; before the female a 

 shield of France, with club and tomahawk; 

 legend, Montreal Taken, MDCCLX: in exergue, 

 Soc. Promoting Arts and Commerce. Silver; size, 

 li in. 



1761. Obverse, head of King George, to right, 

 nude, with flowing hair, laureated; legend, 

 George II. King. Reverse, female figure seated 

 beneath a pine tree, to left, weeping, typical of 



Canada; behind her a beaver climbing up a bank; 

 legend, Canada Subdued; in exergue, MDCCLX.; 

 below, S. P. A. C. Silver; bronze; size, IJ in. 



To commemorate the marriage of 

 George III and Queen Charlotte a small 

 special medal was struck, in 1761, for 

 general distribution to insure the alle- 

 giance of the savages in the newly ac- 

 quired province (McLachlan, p. 13). 



1761. Obverse, bust of king and queen facing 

 each other; above, a curtain with cords and tas- 

 sels falling midway between the heads. Reverse, 

 the royal arms, with ribbon of the Garter, and 

 motto on ribVjon below, Bieu et Mon Droit. Sil- 

 ver; size, li in., pierced for suspension. 



The following series of medals is sup- 

 posed to have been struck for presenta- 

 tion to Indian chiefs in Canada at the 

 close of the French and Indian wars. 

 There were five in the series, differing in 

 size and varying slightly in design; they 

 were formed of two shells joined together; 

 one of lead and others of pewter, with 

 tracings of gilding, have been found. 



1762. Obverse, youthful bust of king, to right, 

 in armor, wearing ribbon of the Garter, hair in 

 double curl over ear ; legend, Dei Gratia. Re- 

 verse, the royal arms encircled by the ribbon of 

 the Garter, surmounted by a crown, supported by 

 the lion and the unicorn ; legend, Honi Soil qui 

 Mai y Pcii.'tr; on a ribbon below the motto, Dieu 

 et Mon Droit. Silver; size, 1^ by 3^ in. 



In 1763 Pontiac rebelled against British 

 rule, and the Government entered into 

 treaty with the remaining friendly chiefs. 

 A council was held at Niagara in 1764, 

 at which time the series of three medals 

 known as the "Pontiac conspiracy 

 medals" was presented to the chiefs and 

 and principal warriors. 



1764. Obverse, bust of king, to left, in armor 

 and in very high relief, long hair tied with rib- 

 bon, laureated; legend, Gcorgius III. D.A.M. 

 BEL FRA. ET IIIB. REX. F. D. Reverse, an 

 officer and an Indian seated on a rustic bench in 

 foreground; on the banks of a river, to right, 

 three houses on a rocky point; at junction of 

 river with ocean, two ships under full sail. The 

 Indian holds in his left hand a calumet, with his 

 right grasps the hand of the officer; at left of 

 Indian, in the background, a tree, at right a 

 mountain range; legend, Happy While United; in 

 exergue, 1761,. In field, stamped in two small in- 

 cused circles, D. C. F. and N York. Silver; size, 

 Sj% by 3f in.; loop, a calumet and an eagle's 

 wing. 



In 1765 a treaty was made with the 

 British and Pontiac, and his chiefs were 

 presented by Sir William Johnson, at 

 Oswego, with the medals known as "the 

 lion and wolf medals." A large number 

 of these were distributed, and two reverse 

 dies have been found. The design repre- 

 sents the expulsion of France from Can- 

 ada (see Parkman, Pontiac Conspiracy, 

 chap, xxxi; Betts, p. 238; Leroux, p. 156; 

 McLachlan, p. 13). 



1765. Obverse, bust of king to right, in armor, 

 wearing the ribbon of the Garter; legend, Gcor- 

 gius III Dei Gratia. Reverse, to left, the British 

 "lion reposing under a tree; to right, a snarling 

 wolf; behind lion, a church and two houses; be- 

 hind wolf, trees and bushes. Silver; size, 2f in. 



