﻿50 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  A 
  smaller 
  coin 
  has 
  a 
  head 
  on 
  the 
  obverse, 
  face 
  to 
  the 
  left, 
  with 
  

   OVR. 
  D. 
  C. 
  D., 
  with 
  the 
  rest 
  indistinct. 
  Fig. 
  396 
  is 
  of 
  this. 
  On 
  

   the 
  reverse 
  are 
  four 
  fleurs-de-lis, 
  the 
  upper 
  one 
  above 
  a 
  castle 
  tower- 
  

   Part 
  of 
  the 
  inscription 
  is 
  AX. 
  1639. 
  DOVR. 
  One 
  better 
  preserved, 
  

   is 
  in 
  Theodore 
  Stanford's 
  collection, 
  appearing 
  in 
  fig. 
  397. 
  On 
  the 
  

   obverse 
  is 
  the 
  King's 
  head. 
  LOVS 
  remains 
  on 
  one 
  side, 
  and 
  FR- 
  

   ET. 
  XA. 
  on 
  the 
  other. 
  The 
  reverse 
  now 
  barely 
  suggests 
  the 
  lilies. 
  

   The 
  date 
  is 
  1640; 
  then 
  comes 
  a 
  cross, 
  and 
  then 
  the 
  letters 
  DOVR. 
  

   DE. 
  TOV. 
  Both 
  these 
  are 
  of 
  copper, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  slightly 
  wider 
  

   than 
  our 
  present 
  cent. 
  X 
  T 
  o 
  coins 
  of 
  older 
  date 
  have 
  been 
  reported 
  

   from 
  New 
  York 
  Indian 
  sites. 
  

  

  Honorary 
  medals 
  and 
  gorgets 
  

  

  Though 
  the 
  Indians 
  preferred 
  substantial 
  presents, 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  

   insensible 
  to 
  honorable 
  distinctions. 
  They 
  thought 
  powder 
  and 
  

   ball 
  a 
  better 
  means 
  of 
  defense 
  than 
  the 
  king's 
  arms, 
  but 
  tokens 
  of 
  

   personal 
  rank 
  they 
  valued. 
  So 
  that 
  Robert 
  Livingston 
  made 
  a 
  

   shrewd 
  suggestion 
  on 
  returning 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  in 
  1700, 
  when 
  he 
  

   recommended 
  to 
  Governor 
  Bellomont 
  : 
  

  

  That 
  his 
  Ma 
  tys 
  armes 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  all 
  the 
  5 
  X^ations 
  and 
  put 
  up 
  on 
  

   each 
  Castle, 
  and 
  if 
  your 
  Lord 
  p 
  thought 
  fit, 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  their 
  Chief 
  

   Sachems 
  had 
  a 
  badge 
  or 
  the 
  King's 
  armes 
  cut 
  in 
  silver 
  to 
  hang 
  about 
  

   their 
  necks 
  upon 
  solemn 
  days, 
  I 
  presume 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  acceptable. 
  

   O'Callaghan, 
  4:651 
  

  

  Whether 
  this 
  was 
  at 
  once 
  done 
  does 
  not 
  appear, 
  but 
  Queen 
  Anne 
  

   did 
  not 
  forget 
  the 
  wise 
  suggestion. 
  At 
  his 
  first 
  conference 
  with 
  the 
  

   Five 
  Xations, 
  in 
  August 
  1710, 
  Governor 
  Hunter 
  introduced 
  a 
  new 
  

   feature. 
  The 
  queen 
  had 
  been 
  greatly 
  impressed 
  by 
  the 
  visit 
  of 
  the 
  

   New 
  York 
  Indians 
  to 
  London, 
  and 
  took 
  a 
  warm 
  interest 
  in 
  her 
  forest 
  

   allies, 
  regarded 
  by 
  her 
  as 
  subjects. 
  On 
  this 
  occasion 
  Governor 
  Hun- 
  

   ter 
  said 
  : 
  

  

  Her 
  Maj 
  ty 
  has 
  sent 
  them 
  as 
  a 
  pledge 
  of 
  her 
  protection, 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  

   memoriall 
  to 
  them 
  of 
  their 
  fidelity, 
  a 
  medall 
  for 
  each 
  Nation 
  with 
  

   her 
  Royall 
  efifigie 
  on 
  one 
  side, 
  & 
  the 
  last 
  gain'd 
  battle 
  on 
  ye 
  other, 
  

   which 
  as 
  such 
  she 
  desires 
  may 
  be 
  kept 
  in 
  your 
  respective 
  Castles 
  

   for 
  ever, 
  she 
  has 
  also 
  sent 
  her 
  Picture 
  on 
  silver 
  twenty 
  to 
  each 
  nation 
  

  

  