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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  proves 
  that 
  the 
  maker 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  Canadian. 
  Hence 
  the 
  medal 
  could 
  

   not 
  have 
  been 
  revolutionary. 
  As 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  in 
  history, 
  the 
  

   bulk 
  of 
  the 
  Indians 
  that 
  came 
  to 
  Montreal 
  were 
  from 
  Michigan 
  and 
  

   other 
  western 
  districts, 
  while 
  those 
  who 
  were 
  at 
  the 
  capitulation 
  of 
  

   Montreal 
  were 
  Mohicans 
  and 
  Iroquois. 
  We 
  find 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  

   Montreal 
  medals 
  among 
  the 
  tribes 
  that 
  were 
  under 
  the 
  French 
  influ- 
  

   ence 
  previous 
  to 
  the 
  conquest. 
  All 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  or 
  heard 
  about 
  bear 
  

   the 
  tribal 
  names, 
  Mohicans, 
  Mohawks 
  and 
  Onondagas. 
  This 
  to 
  me 
  

   is 
  a 
  most 
  convincing 
  argument. 
  These 
  three 
  tribes 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  

   been 
  singled 
  out 
  to 
  the 
  exclusion 
  of 
  the 
  great' 
  numbers 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  

   tribes. 
  Another 
  strong 
  proof 
  is 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  no 
  other 
  medal 
  that 
  

   could 
  have 
  been 
  distributed 
  in 
  1761 
  by 
  Sir 
  William 
  Johnson, 
  as 
  

   described 
  in 
  the 
  entry 
  in 
  his 
  diary. 
  Then 
  the 
  inscription 
  scratched 
  

   on 
  my 
  medal 
  must 
  be 
  counted 
  of 
  some 
  value 
  as 
  evidence. 
  

  

  All 
  of 
  Mr 
  McLachlan's 
  arguments 
  have 
  been 
  stated, 
  and 
  due 
  

   weight 
  should 
  be 
  given 
  to 
  them 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  rank 
  of 
  their 
  author, 
  from 
  

   whom 
  the 
  writer 
  is 
  compelled 
  to 
  differ, 
  though 
  with 
  some 
  hesitation. 
  

   I 
  do 
  not 
  find 
  it 
  proved 
  that 
  these 
  medals 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  

   and 
  not 
  in 
  Montreal. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  silversmiths 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  

   latter 
  place 
  at 
  both 
  dates 
  mentioned. 
  If 
  they 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  New 
  

   York, 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  remembered 
  that 
  that 
  city 
  was 
  in 
  British 
  hands 
  

   through 
  nearly 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  revolutionary 
  war, 
  and 
  was 
  in 
  con- 
  

   stant 
  communication 
  with 
  Quebec 
  and 
  Montreal: 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  

   medals 
  directly 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  conquest 
  of 
  Canada 
  and 
  the 
  taking 
  

   of 
  Montreal, 
  which 
  Johnson 
  might 
  have 
  used. 
  The 
  inscription 
  

   scratched 
  on 
  Mr 
  McLachlan's 
  medal 
  is 
  clearly 
  erroneous 
  in 
  date, 
  as 
  

   will 
  appear 
  later. 
  The 
  omission 
  of 
  western 
  tribes 
  on 
  the 
  medals 
  

   found 
  is 
  no 
  more 
  singular 
  than 
  the 
  omission 
  of 
  four 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  

   Nations. 
  It 
  is 
  negative 
  evidence 
  at 
  best. 
  Thus, 
  while 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  

   unwise 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  true 
  date 
  is 
  not 
  that 
  of 
  1761, 
  there 
  is 
  but 
  a 
  

   presumption 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  that 
  date. 
  

  

  Some 
  reasons 
  against 
  it 
  will 
  appear 
  in 
  the 
  descriptions 
  of 
  these 
  

   and 
  other 
  medals, 
  but 
  others 
  may 
  be 
  briefly 
  stated 
  here. 
  

  

  Conventional 
  views 
  of 
  cities 
  were 
  then 
  customary, 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  

   on 
  old 
  powderhorns 
  and 
  seals; 
  Montreal 
  was 
  the 
  seat 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  

   agency 
  during 
  the 
  Revolution 
  and 
  the 
  headquarters 
  of 
  warlike 
  opera- 
  

   tions; 
  the 
  spelling 
  of 
  Onondagos 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  Col. 
  Claus. 
  the 
  agent, 
  and 
  

   not 
  that 
  of 
  Johnson: 
  the 
  River 
  Indians 
  were 
  constantly 
  employed 
  by 
  

  

  