﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  53 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  same 
  subject 
  Governor 
  Beauharnois 
  wrote 
  again, 
  Oct. 
  15, 
  

   1732, 
  to 
  the 
  Count 
  de 
  Maurepas: 
  

  

  I 
  thank 
  you, 
  My 
  Lord, 
  for 
  the 
  twelve 
  medals 
  you 
  had 
  the 
  good- 
  

   ness 
  to 
  send 
  me 
  for 
  the 
  Indians. 
  His 
  Majesty 
  may 
  be 
  assured 
  that 
  

   I 
  will 
  make 
  the 
  most 
  of 
  them, 
  and 
  that 
  I 
  shall 
  not 
  distribute 
  them 
  

   except 
  to 
  Chiefs, 
  whose 
  services 
  and 
  attachment 
  to 
  the 
  French 
  will 
  

   be 
  known 
  to 
  me. 
  As 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  such 
  to 
  whom 
  I 
  have 
  promised 
  

   such 
  a 
  token 
  of 
  honor, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  adventure 
  of 
  our 
  Iroquois 
  and 
  

   Hurons 
  against 
  the 
  Foxes 
  places 
  me 
  under 
  the 
  obligation 
  of 
  giving 
  

   a 
  few 
  to 
  the 
  principal 
  Chiefs 
  of 
  the 
  expedition, 
  I 
  beg 
  you, 
  My 
  Lord, 
  

   to 
  order 
  that 
  some 
  be 
  sent 
  me 
  next 
  year, 
  so 
  that 
  I 
  may 
  be 
  enabled 
  to 
  

   invest 
  them 
  with 
  this 
  mark 
  of 
  honor, 
  which 
  also 
  renders 
  them 
  more 
  

   respectable 
  among 
  their 
  people. 
  O'Callaghan. 
  Col. 
  Hist. 
  9:1036 
  

  

  Sir 
  William 
  Johnson 
  gave 
  " 
  three 
  silver 
  gorgets 
  to 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  

   principal 
  warriors 
  '' 
  of 
  the 
  Ganuskago 
  Indians, 
  at 
  Fort 
  Johnson, 
  

   Feb; 
  26, 
  1756. 
  At 
  the 
  same 
  place, 
  July 
  12, 
  he 
  "put 
  medals 
  round 
  

   the 
  necks 
  of 
  the 
  Shawanese 
  and 
  Delaware 
  chiefs, 
  and 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  

   chief 
  Sachem 
  of 
  the 
  River 
  Indians, 
  accompanied 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  ex- 
  

   hortation, 
  also 
  gave 
  silver 
  Gorgets 
  to 
  some 
  of 
  their 
  head 
  Warriors." 
  

   O'Callaghan. 
  Col. 
  Hist. 
  7:160 
  

  

  1 
  le 
  held 
  a 
  council 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  lake 
  that 
  year. 
  When 
  the 
  Onon- 
  

   daga 
  speaker 
  had 
  concluded 
  his 
  address, 
  July 
  2, 
  " 
  Sir 
  William 
  then 
  

   rose 
  and 
  put 
  a 
  medal 
  about 
  the 
  Speaker's 
  neck 
  and 
  declared 
  him 
  a 
  

   Sachem 
  of 
  that 
  Council, 
  charging 
  him 
  to 
  be 
  steady 
  to 
  his 
  Majesty's 
  

   interest." 
  O'Callaghan. 
  Col. 
  Hist. 
  7:149 
  

  

  To 
  take 
  off 
  the 
  medal 
  was 
  to 
  renounce 
  friendship 
  or 
  allegiance, 
  

   and 
  this 
  the 
  French 
  encouraged 
  when 
  English 
  medals 
  were 
  worn. 
  

   A 
  Seneca 
  chief, 
  who 
  wore 
  an 
  English 
  medal 
  in 
  1775, 
  said 
  to 
  

   Governor 
  Vaudreuil 
  : 
  " 
  I 
  tear 
  off 
  the 
  medal 
  of 
  the 
  King 
  of 
  England, 
  

   which 
  hangs 
  from 
  my 
  neck 
  and 
  trample 
  it 
  under 
  foot." 
  O'Callaghan. 
  

   Col. 
  Hist. 
  10:378 
  

  

  The 
  year 
  before, 
  the 
  La 
  Presentation 
  Indians 
  had 
  sent 
  to 
  M. 
  

   Duquesne 
  " 
  the 
  medals 
  the 
  English 
  had 
  presented 
  to 
  some 
  of 
  that 
  

   village 
  who 
  had 
  furtively 
  assisted 
  at 
  the 
  Council 
  at 
  Orange." 
  O'Cal- 
  

   laghan. 
  Col. 
  Hist. 
  10:263 
  

  

  Two 
  Iroquois 
  chiefs 
  gave 
  up 
  their 
  English 
  medals 
  to 
  Vaudreuil 
  

   in 
  Aug. 
  1756. 
  Of 
  another 
  he 
  said: 
  " 
  I 
  have 
  appointed 
  this 
  Onon- 
  

  

  