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  and 
  he 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  commissioners 
  a 
  silver 
  gorget 
  which 
  had 
  

   belonged 
  to 
  a 
  dead 
  chief, 
  and 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  given 
  him 
  by 
  the 
  

   United 
  States. 
  

  

  These 
  were 
  not 
  considered 
  equal 
  in 
  value 
  to 
  medals. 
  In 
  1741 
  the 
  

   Marquis 
  de 
  Beauharnois 
  invested 
  an 
  Iroquois 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  Sault 
  with 
  

   a 
  gorget, 
  till 
  he 
  could 
  give 
  him 
  a 
  medal 
  as 
  a 
  mark 
  of 
  rank, 
  but 
  all 
  

   medals 
  had 
  not 
  this 
  character. 
  

  

  The 
  finest 
  of 
  the 
  English 
  silver 
  medals 
  which 
  the 
  writer 
  has 
  seen 
  

   belonged 
  to 
  Mr 
  John 
  Jones, 
  of 
  Baldwinsville 
  N. 
  Y. 
  It 
  came 
  to 
  him 
  

   as 
  an 
  heirloom, 
  and 
  was 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  from 
  the 
  body 
  of 
  an 
  

   Indian 
  chief. 
  The 
  history 
  is 
  not 
  very 
  clear. 
  Though 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  

   roughly 
  handled 
  by 
  children, 
  it 
  is 
  in 
  good 
  preservation, 
  owing* 
  to 
  

   the 
  deep 
  border 
  and 
  high 
  relief. 
  On 
  one 
  side 
  is 
  the 
  British 
  coat 
  

   of 
  arms, 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  mottos. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  head 
  of 
  

   George 
  2, 
  facing 
  the 
  left. 
  The 
  inscription 
  around 
  the 
  border 
  is 
  

   GEORGIVS. 
  II. 
  D: 
  G: 
  MAG: 
  BRI: 
  FRA: 
  ET. 
  H: 
  REX. 
  F:D. 
  

   in 
  roman 
  capitals. 
  As 
  this 
  monarch 
  reigned 
  from 
  1727 
  to 
  1760, 
  the 
  

   medal 
  would 
  come 
  between 
  these 
  dates, 
  and 
  probably 
  during 
  the 
  old 
  

   French 
  war. 
  It 
  is 
  I 
  J 
  inches 
  across, 
  and 
  is 
  quite 
  heavy. 
  Fig. 
  280 
  

   shows 
  the 
  obverse 
  of 
  this. 
  

  

  In 
  American 
  Colonial 
  History 
  illustrated 
  by 
  Contemporaneous 
  

   Medals, 
  this 
  issue 
  is 
  described 
  : 
  

  

  Obverse: 
  georgivs 
  ii. 
  d. 
  g: 
  mag: 
  bri: 
  era: 
  et: 
  h: 
  rex: 
  f. 
  d. 
  

   Bust 
  of 
  the 
  King, 
  laureate, 
  facing 
  the 
  left, 
  without 
  drapery. 
  Reverse. 
  

   The 
  Royal 
  Arms 
  within 
  the 
  Garter 
  and 
  w 
  T 
  ith 
  supporters, 
  helmet, 
  

   crown 
  and 
  crest; 
  upon 
  the 
  Garter, 
  dieu. 
  et. 
  mon. 
  droit. 
  Silver, 
  

   cast 
  and 
  chased, 
  with 
  loop 
  and 
  ring. 
  Size 
  30. 
  Betts, 
  p. 
  177 
  

  

  The 
  medal 
  here 
  represented 
  accurately 
  corresponds 
  with 
  this 
  

   description, 
  and 
  must 
  be 
  considered 
  one 
  of 
  this 
  issue. 
  American 
  

   medalists 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  opinion 
  that 
  these 
  are 
  the 
  30 
  brought 
  to 
  New 
  

   York 
  by 
  Sir 
  Danvers 
  Osborne 
  in 
  1753, 
  for 
  distribution 
  to 
  the 
  

   Indians, 
  reference 
  to 
  which 
  is 
  made 
  in 
  a 
  following 
  paragraph. 
  

   Everything 
  agrees 
  with 
  the 
  family 
  tradition. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  another 
  familiar 
  Indian 
  medal 
  of 
  an 
  earlier 
  date, 
  and 
  

   about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  silver 
  dollar, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  

   It 
  will 
  be 
  observed 
  that 
  Indian 
  medals 
  not 
  found 
  here, 
  or 
  which 
  

  

  