﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  57 
  

  

  series 
  of 
  newspaper 
  articles 
  by 
  him, 
  from 
  which 
  this 
  is 
  quoted, 
  he 
  

   recorded 
  many 
  things 
  worthy 
  of 
  preservation. 
  A 
  careful 
  and 
  judici- 
  

   ous 
  writer, 
  he 
  did 
  much 
  excellent 
  local 
  work. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  these 
  figures 
  of 
  medals 
  appears 
  in 
  Miner's 
  History 
  of 
  

   Wyoming 
  from 
  an 
  example 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  in 
  1814, 
  and 
  

   now 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  a 
  collection 
  at 
  Carbondale 
  Pa. 
  Fig. 
  289 
  is 
  from 
  

   his 
  picture 
  of 
  this, 
  but, 
  though 
  he 
  said 
  it 
  bore 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  17 
  14, 
  this 
  

   does 
  not 
  appear. 
  In 
  that 
  year 
  George 
  1 
  began 
  to 
  reign. 
  Mr 
  

   McLachlan 
  writes: 
  

  

  J 
  11 
  J 
  859 
  two 
  medals 
  were 
  turned 
  up 
  among 
  other 
  Indian 
  remains, 
  

   on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Ohio 
  river. 
  The 
  older 
  of 
  these 
  has 
  on 
  the 
  

   obverse 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  George 
  1, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  George 
  2. 
  

   The 
  reverses 
  of 
  both 
  have 
  a 
  representation 
  of 
  an 
  Indian 
  aiming 
  at 
  

   a 
  deer. 
  

  

  More 
  of 
  this 
  class 
  of 
  medals 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  Pennsylvania 
  and 
  

   Virginia 
  than 
  elsewhere, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  divided 
  into 
  these 
  two 
  reigns. 
  

   As 
  all 
  may 
  occur 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  a 
  brief 
  description 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  

   is 
  given. 
  They 
  are 
  of 
  brass. 
  

  

  One 
  like 
  the 
  medal 
  described 
  by 
  Miner, 
  but 
  smaller 
  and 
  found 
  in 
  

   Virginia, 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  Wilkesbarre. 
  Another, 
  found 
  at 
  Tunkhannock 
  

   Pa., 
  has 
  a 
  large 
  Indian 
  throwing 
  a 
  spear 
  at 
  a 
  small 
  deer 
  on 
  the 
  left. 
  

   This 
  is 
  quite 
  thick. 
  Another 
  Virginia 
  example 
  has 
  on 
  the 
  obverse 
  

   a 
  laureated 
  head 
  of 
  George 
  1 
  facing 
  the 
  left. 
  The 
  inscription 
  is 
  

   Georgius 
  — 
  Mag. 
  Bri: 
  Fra. 
  et. 
  Hib. 
  Rex. 
  in 
  capitals. 
  Reverse: 
  

   Indian 
  at 
  right, 
  nearly 
  erect, 
  bending 
  forward 
  under 
  a 
  tree 
  which 
  

   follows 
  the 
  curve 
  of 
  the 
  rim, 
  holding 
  a 
  bow, 
  etc. 
  A 
  running 
  deer 
  

   under 
  a 
  tree 
  at 
  the 
  left. 
  Betts, 
  p. 
  83 
  

  

  Another 
  Pennsylvania 
  specimen 
  has 
  the 
  king's 
  laureated 
  bust 
  to 
  

   the 
  left, 
  in 
  armor. 
  The 
  inscription 
  is 
  Georgius 
  II. 
  D. 
  G: 
  Mag. 
  Br. 
  

   Fr. 
  et. 
  Hib. 
  Rex. 
  in 
  capitals. 
  Reverse 
  : 
  Indian 
  at 
  right 
  under 
  a 
  tree, 
  

   shooting 
  at 
  a 
  deer 
  running 
  away 
  under 
  a 
  tree 
  at 
  the 
  right. 
  Betts, 
  

   p. 
  84 
  

  

  This 
  should 
  probably 
  be 
  the 
  left, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  cases, 
  for 
  the 
  

   reported 
  arrangement 
  would 
  not 
  suit 
  the 
  requirements. 
  In 
  another 
  

   medal 
  it 
  is 
  possible 
  the 
  spear 
  described 
  may 
  have 
  come 
  from 
  a 
  wear- 
  

   ing 
  away 
  of 
  the 
  bow, 
  changing 
  the 
  appearance. 
  As 
  no 
  figures 
  have 
  

   been 
  given, 
  the 
  descriptions 
  are 
  followed. 
  

  

  