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Other had G. P. W., for George, Prince of Wales. A thnrd had 

 P F., for Prince Frederick. A more striking example is that of 

 the great belt given at Easton by the governor of Pennsylvania in 

 1757. Peace had been concluded with Teedyuscung and the Dela- 

 wares, and the Five Nations had approved of the terms, having 

 sovereign power over the Pennsylvania Indians. In confirmation 

 of the treaty Gov. Denny ''gave a very large belt with the figures of 

 three men in it, representing His Majesty King George taking 

 hold of the 5 Nations King with one hand, and Teedyuscung the 

 Delaware King with the other, and marked with the following let- 

 ters and figure: G. R. or King George 5 N five Nations and D. K. 

 Delaware King." A curious belt was shown by Teedyuscung a 

 little before this. It was ''a Short, broad Belt of White Wampum, 

 having in the Center two Hearts of a Reddish Colour^ and in 

 Figures, 1745. . . The Belt had a round Circle Pendant, rep- 

 resenting the Sun." — Penn. Minutes, 8:217. This ornament may 

 •have been a flat, metallic ring. The belt was given to the Wap- 

 pingers by the government of New York. Between the numerals 

 17 and 45 were two small ornaments. One other belt must have 

 been inspired for the occasion. Preparations for the siege of Fort 

 Niagara were in progress, and Johnson held a council. At this the 

 Six Nations presented him ''a Belt with the Figure of Niagara at 

 the end of it, & Sir William's name worked thereon." Of course 

 the baronet thanked them and expressed his satisfaction at their 

 readiness for the work. This was in 1759, and Fort Niagara soon 

 fell. Belts of this character were not common, the Indians prefer- 

 ring symbolic figures, such as they had known from early days. 

 Another of Johnson's lettered belts is elsewhere mentioned, and also 

 ■one probably presented by Gov. Simcoe, now in the national 

 museum. This appears in fig. 269. 



Emblematic. The earliest emblematic belt of which we have any 

 distinct account was presented at Quebec in 1653 by an Indian chief 

 from New England. He spread this out saying: 



"This is the road that it is necessary to keep in order to come to 

 visit your friends." The collar was composed of white and violet 

 porcelain, so that there were some figures which this good man ex- 



