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  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
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  the 
  British 
  government, 
  had 
  villages 
  in 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  territory, 
  and 
  

   virtually 
  belonged 
  to 
  that 
  people. 
  In 
  the 
  Revolution 
  60 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  

   said 
  to 
  have 
  fought 
  on 
  the 
  English 
  side. 
  It 
  is 
  improbable 
  that 
  John- 
  

   son 
  had 
  23 
  medals 
  with 
  names 
  and 
  nations 
  inscribed, 
  for 
  distribution 
  

   at 
  Oswego. 
  They 
  would 
  have 
  had 
  a 
  general 
  character, 
  whereas 
  

   these 
  were 
  filled 
  out 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  for 
  personal 
  services. 
  Some, 
  

   held 
  in 
  reserve, 
  were 
  never 
  engraved. 
  Lastly, 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  names 
  

   correspond 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  chiefs 
  attached 
  to 
  early 
  land 
  treaties 
  with 
  

   the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  In 
  1761 
  Johnson 
  also 
  had 
  similar 
  medals 
  for 
  the 
  Oneidas, 
  but 
  none 
  

   of 
  these 
  have 
  been 
  found. 
  He 
  was 
  at 
  Oneida 
  Old 
  Castle, 
  July 
  16, 
  

   and 
  said: 
  

  

  I 
  then 
  acquainted 
  them 
  that 
  General 
  Amherst 
  had 
  sent 
  me, 
  some 
  

   time 
  ago, 
  medals 
  for 
  such 
  persons 
  as 
  went 
  to 
  Canada 
  with 
  the 
  army 
  

   last 
  year, 
  which 
  I 
  was 
  now 
  ready 
  to 
  deliver, 
  were 
  the 
  persons 
  here 
  

   to 
  whom 
  they 
  belonged. 
  As 
  they 
  were 
  not, 
  must 
  keep 
  them 
  till 
  I 
  

   had 
  an 
  opportunity 
  of 
  delivering 
  them 
  myself, 
  that 
  no 
  mistake 
  might 
  

   be 
  committed. 
  Stone. 
  Johnson, 
  2 
  1432 
  

  

  Mr 
  J. 
  V. 
  H. 
  Clark 
  described 
  one 
  several 
  times 
  examined 
  by 
  the 
  

   writer: 
  

  

  A 
  silver 
  medal 
  was 
  found 
  near 
  Eagle 
  village, 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  

   dollar, 
  but 
  a 
  little 
  thinner, 
  with 
  a 
  ring 
  or 
  loop 
  at 
  one 
  edge, 
  to 
  admit 
  

   a 
  cord 
  by 
  which 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  suspended. 
  On 
  one 
  side 
  appears 
  in 
  

   relief, 
  a 
  somewhat 
  rude 
  representation 
  of 
  a 
  fortified 
  town, 
  with 
  

   several 
  tall 
  steeples 
  rising 
  above 
  its 
  buildings, 
  and 
  a 
  citadel 
  from 
  

   which 
  the 
  British 
  flag 
  is 
  flying; 
  a 
  river 
  broken 
  by 
  an 
  island 
  or 
  two, 
  

   occupies 
  the 
  foreground, 
  and 
  above, 
  along 
  the 
  upper 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  

   medal, 
  is 
  the 
  name 
  Montreal. 
  The 
  initials, 
  d. 
  c. 
  f., 
  probably 
  of 
  the 
  

   manufacturer, 
  are 
  stamped 
  below. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  side, 
  which 
  was 
  

   originally 
  made 
  blank, 
  are 
  engraved 
  the 
  words 
  canecya, 
  Onon- 
  

   dagoes. 
  . 
  . 
  There 
  is 
  no 
  date 
  on 
  this 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  of 
  the 
  medals. 
  

   But 
  this 
  must 
  be 
  at 
  least 
  older 
  than 
  the 
  Revolution. 
  Clark, 
  2:274 
  

  

  This 
  should 
  be 
  Caneiya 
  in 
  script 
  and 
  Onondagos 
  in 
  capitals. 
  Fig. 
  

   281 
  shows 
  this 
  medal 
  as 
  drawn 
  by 
  the 
  writer 
  at 
  Mr 
  L. 
  W. 
  Ledyard's, 
  

   Cazenovia 
  N. 
  Y. 
  in 
  1882. 
  It 
  was 
  in 
  his 
  possession 
  for 
  many 
  years. 
  

   If 
  of 
  revolutionary 
  date, 
  as 
  the 
  writer 
  thinks 
  probable, 
  the 
  Caneiya 
  

   of 
  the 
  medal 
  might 
  correspond 
  with 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  chief 
  Kaneyaagh 
  y 
  

   of 
  the 
  treaty 
  of 
  1788. 
  

  

  