﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  59 
  

  

  This 
  retains 
  the 
  ring 
  in 
  the 
  loop 
  above, 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  commonly 
  

   lacking-. 
  On 
  the 
  obverse 
  the 
  city 
  is 
  represented 
  with 
  houses, 
  

   church 
  spires 
  and 
  the 
  British 
  flag, 
  and 
  has 
  lines 
  of 
  defense 
  between 
  

   it 
  and 
  the 
  water. 
  A 
  small 
  cartouche 
  below 
  incloses 
  the 
  letters 
  

   D. 
  C. 
  F. 
  The 
  reverse 
  is 
  perfectly 
  smooth 
  in 
  this 
  case. 
  In 
  others 
  

   the 
  Indian's 
  name 
  is 
  in 
  script 
  above, 
  following 
  the 
  rim. 
  The 
  name 
  

   of 
  the 
  nation 
  is 
  in 
  capitals, 
  in 
  a 
  straight 
  line 
  across 
  the 
  center. 
  

  

  As 
  Mr 
  McLachlan 
  has 
  given 
  special 
  attention 
  to 
  these 
  medals, 
  

   M'liie 
  quotations 
  are 
  here 
  made 
  from 
  his 
  letters 
  to 
  the 
  writer 
  in 
  1891. 
  

   He 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  latter 
  regarding 
  the 
  date, 
  connecting 
  them 
  with 
  

   Sir 
  William 
  Johnson's 
  western 
  trip 
  in 
  1761. 
  He 
  says: 
  

  

  He 
  is 
  at 
  Oswego, 
  ready 
  to 
  sail 
  on 
  July 
  21, 
  1761 
  : 
  " 
  Got 
  everything 
  

   on 
  board 
  the 
  vessel, 
  then 
  met 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  chiefs. 
  When 
  assem- 
  

   bled, 
  I 
  bid 
  them 
  welcome. 
  . 
  . 
  Then 
  delivered 
  the 
  medals 
  sent 
  

   me 
  by 
  the 
  General 
  for 
  those 
  who 
  went 
  with 
  us 
  to 
  Canada 
  last 
  year, 
  

   being 
  twenty-three 
  in 
  number." 
  The 
  taking 
  of 
  Montreal 
  was 
  

   almost 
  the 
  only 
  engagement 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  Algonquin 
  

   tribes 
  acted 
  with 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  Montreal 
  was 
  invested, 
  at 
  the 
  con- 
  

   quest, 
  by 
  an 
  army 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  Indians 
  under 
  Sir 
  William 
  Johnson 
  

   took 
  a 
  prominent 
  part, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  reason 
  why 
  the 
  view 
  of 
  

   Montreal 
  should 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  for 
  any 
  other 
  occasion 
  than 
  the 
  

   conquest. 
  

  

  In 
  regard 
  to 
  other 
  points, 
  he 
  adds 
  that 
  in 
  his 
  opinion 
  an 
  actual 
  

   instead 
  of 
  conventional 
  view 
  of 
  Montreal 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  given 
  

   when 
  better 
  known: 
  

  

  The 
  D. 
  C. 
  F. 
  is 
  a 
  stamp 
  such 
  as 
  jewelers 
  use 
  to 
  stamp 
  their 
  plate. 
  

   It 
  has 
  been 
  stamped 
  on 
  after 
  the 
  medal 
  was 
  cast. 
  That 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  

   the 
  tribe 
  should 
  be 
  spelled 
  differently 
  from 
  Sir 
  William 
  Johnson 
  

   does 
  not 
  matter, 
  for 
  the 
  item 
  states 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  ordered 
  by 
  the 
  

   General, 
  probably 
  Amherst. 
  He 
  therefore 
  would 
  adopt 
  his 
  own 
  

   spelling. 
  Medals 
  given 
  after 
  the 
  Revolution 
  bear 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  George 
  

   3 
  and 
  the 
  royal 
  arms. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  letter 
  of 
  June 
  4, 
  1902, 
  Mr 
  McLachlan 
  maintains 
  his 
  position 
  

   and 
  adds: 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  claimed 
  that 
  the 
  medal 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  This 
  is 
  

   borne 
  out 
  by 
  the 
  medal 
  described 
  by 
  Betts, 
  page 
  227, 
  which 
  bears 
  

   the 
  same 
  maker's 
  mark. 
  The 
  medal 
  is 
  too 
  crude 
  in 
  workmanship 
  

   to 
  be 
  of 
  English 
  manufacture. 
  The 
  New 
  York 
  Indian 
  medal 
  clearly 
  

  

  