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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  daga 
  a 
  chief, 
  and 
  have 
  decorated 
  him 
  with 
  the 
  King's 
  medal, 
  in 
  con- 
  

   sideration 
  of 
  the 
  proofs 
  he 
  has 
  afforded 
  me 
  of 
  his 
  fidelity," 
  the 
  Onon- 
  

   dagas 
  being 
  then 
  almost 
  equally 
  divided. 
  In 
  December 
  of 
  that 
  dis- 
  

   couraging 
  year 
  to 
  the 
  English, 
  an 
  Oneida 
  chief 
  gave 
  up 
  two 
  English 
  

   medals 
  to 
  the 
  French, 
  saying: 
  

  

  Father. 
  We 
  can 
  not 
  retain 
  two 
  medals 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  formerly 
  

   had 
  the 
  folly 
  to 
  accept 
  from 
  our 
  brethren, 
  the 
  English, 
  as 
  a 
  mark 
  of 
  

   distinction. 
  We 
  acknowledge 
  that 
  these 
  medals 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  true 
  

   cause 
  of 
  our 
  errors, 
  and 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  plunged 
  us 
  into 
  bad 
  busi- 
  

   ness. 
  We 
  strip 
  ourselves 
  of 
  them; 
  we 
  cast 
  them 
  from 
  us, 
  in, 
  order 
  

   not 
  to 
  think 
  any 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  English. 
  O'Callaghan, 
  Col. 
  Hist. 
  

   10:513 
  

  

  The 
  gorgets 
  are 
  not 
  usually 
  described, 
  but 
  many 
  were 
  given 
  to 
  the 
  

   Five 
  Nations 
  and 
  Delawares. 
  The 
  following 
  description, 
  given 
  to 
  

   the 
  French 
  in 
  1758, 
  seems 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  well 
  known 
  medal: 
  

  

  The 
  Governor 
  of 
  Philadelphia 
  has 
  held 
  a 
  great 
  council 
  with 
  them, 
  

   at 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  distributed 
  a 
  great 
  quantity 
  of 
  belts, 
  calumets 
  of 
  

   peace, 
  and 
  more 
  than 
  40 
  silver 
  gorgets. 
  A 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  Five 
  Nations 
  

   has 
  carried 
  to 
  the 
  Commandant 
  of 
  Niagara 
  one 
  of 
  those 
  gorgets 
  on 
  

   which 
  was 
  engraved 
  a 
  Sun, 
  with 
  an 
  Indian 
  and 
  a 
  Squaw 
  feeding 
  a 
  

   fire, 
  and 
  an 
  Indian 
  smoking 
  a 
  great 
  calumet 
  with 
  an 
  Englishman 
  

   under 
  the 
  shade 
  of 
  the 
  tree 
  of 
  peace. 
  O'Callaghan. 
  Col. 
  Hist. 
  10:839 
  

  

  An 
  affecting 
  incident 
  took 
  place 
  soon 
  after 
  Sir 
  William 
  Johnson's 
  

   death. 
  Some 
  Onondagas 
  were 
  at 
  Johnson 
  Hall, 
  Sep. 
  12, 
  1774, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Bunt's 
  eldest 
  son 
  produced 
  the 
  various 
  marks 
  of 
  the 
  baronet'^ 
  

   regard. 
  

  

  Then 
  (according 
  to 
  the 
  old 
  custom 
  after 
  such 
  an 
  event) 
  he 
  laid 
  

   them 
  down 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  silver 
  hilted 
  sword, 
  laced 
  hat, 
  medals, 
  

   flags, 
  &c. 
  before 
  Col. 
  Johnson, 
  observing 
  that 
  his 
  dear 
  friend, 
  being 
  

   now 
  no 
  more, 
  these 
  things 
  must 
  be 
  restored 
  to 
  Col. 
  Johnson 
  for 
  his 
  

   disposal. 
  Then 
  a 
  noted 
  Chief 
  and 
  particular 
  friend 
  of 
  Sir 
  Wm 
  

   Johnson's 
  arose, 
  took 
  off 
  his 
  medal 
  &c. 
  and 
  did 
  in 
  like 
  manner 
  as 
  

   the 
  former, 
  as 
  did 
  some 
  others. 
  . 
  . 
  Then 
  Col. 
  Johnson 
  put 
  

   the 
  medals 
  &c. 
  about 
  their 
  necks 
  and 
  returned 
  the 
  several 
  articles 
  

   they 
  had 
  surrendered. 
  O'Callaghan. 
  Col. 
  Hist. 
  8:498 
  

  

  A 
  similar 
  thing 
  occurred 
  at 
  the 
  Canandaigua 
  conference, 
  held 
  by 
  

   Col. 
  Pickering 
  in 
  1794. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  condolence 
  at 
  the 
  opening. 
  

   Red 
  Jacket 
  said 
  they 
  returned 
  gifts 
  to 
  the 
  donors 
  when 
  any 
  one 
  died, 
  

  

  