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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Mr 
  McLachlan 
  kindly 
  furnished 
  figures 
  of 
  some 
  medals. 
  Fig. 
  

   282 
  shows 
  one 
  of 
  these, 
  and 
  his 
  description 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Obverse, 
  Montreal; 
  in 
  the 
  exergue, 
  DCF 
  stamped 
  in 
  a 
  sunk 
  

   oval. 
  A 
  view 
  of 
  a 
  walled 
  town 
  with 
  a 
  body 
  of 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  fore- 
  

   ground, 
  into 
  which 
  a 
  small 
  stream 
  flows. 
  There 
  are 
  five 
  church 
  

   spires 
  ranged 
  along 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  town, 
  and 
  a 
  flag 
  displaying 
  

   St 
  George's 
  cross 
  to 
  the 
  right. 
  Reverse. 
  Plain; 
  Onondagos 
  is 
  en- 
  

   graved 
  in 
  capitals 
  across 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  Tekahonwaghse 
  in 
  

   script 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  Some 
  one 
  has, 
  at 
  a 
  later 
  time, 
  scratched 
  across 
  the 
  

   lower 
  part 
  with 
  a 
  sharp 
  pointed 
  instrument, 
  in 
  three 
  lines, 
  | 
  Taken 
  

   from 
  an 
  Indian 
  | 
  cheif 
  in 
  the 
  American 
  War, 
  I/6i.| 
  

  

  Mr 
  Betts 
  also 
  illustrated 
  and 
  described 
  this 
  medal. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  addition 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  evident 
  error 
  for 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  war 
  in 
  

   that 
  year, 
  but, 
  if 
  it 
  were 
  1781, 
  it 
  would 
  correspond 
  with 
  the 
  American 
  

   war, 
  as 
  the 
  English 
  termed 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Revolution. 
  Allowing 
  this 
  

   date, 
  Tekahonwaghse 
  might 
  be 
  Takanaghkzvaghsen, 
  an 
  Onondaga 
  

   chief 
  who 
  signed 
  the 
  treaty 
  of 
  1788, 
  or 
  Tagonaghquaghse, 
  appointed 
  

   chief 
  warrior 
  of* 
  that 
  nation 
  in 
  1770, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  the 
  chief 
  of 
  1788. 
  

   Mr 
  McLachlan 
  had 
  this 
  medal 
  from 
  the 
  Bushnell 
  collection. 
  He 
  

   added, 
  " 
  I 
  know 
  of 
  another 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  James 
  Oilier 
  of 
  New 
  

   York. 
  I 
  am 
  under 
  the 
  impression 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  also 
  in 
  silver, 
  and 
  that 
  it 
  

   bears 
  the 
  name 
  Onondagos." 
  No 
  account 
  could 
  be 
  obtained 
  of 
  this. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  283 
  is 
  a 
  similar 
  silver 
  medal, 
  bought 
  by 
  Mr 
  McLachlan 
  in 
  

   London. 
  On 
  the 
  reverse 
  this 
  has 
  Mohawks 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  Aruntes 
  

   above. 
  It 
  is 
  in 
  extra 
  fine 
  condition. 
  This 
  name 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  

   among 
  the 
  many 
  on 
  record 
  in 
  the 
  French 
  war, 
  nor 
  is 
  there 
  any 
  

   resembling 
  it, 
  but 
  " 
  The 
  Answer 
  of 
  Thayendanegea 
  a 
  Sachem, 
  and 
  

   of 
  Ohrante 
  a 
  warrior 
  of 
  the 
  Mohocks 
  to 
  the 
  Right 
  Hon 
  ble 
  Lord 
  

   George 
  Germaine", 
  London, 
  May 
  7, 
  1776, 
  is 
  preserved 
  in 
  full. 
  

   O'Callaghan. 
  Col. 
  Hist. 
  8:678 
  

  

  Those 
  familiar 
  with 
  the 
  great 
  variations 
  in 
  spelling 
  Indian 
  names, 
  

   and 
  the 
  rank 
  of 
  this 
  person, 
  will 
  have 
  little 
  doubt 
  that 
  Ohrante 
  and 
  

   Aruntes 
  are 
  the 
  same. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  curious 
  coincidence 
  that 
  this 
  well 
  pre- 
  

   served 
  medal 
  was 
  obtained 
  in 
  London, 
  where 
  Ohrante 
  spent 
  some 
  

   months. 
  In 
  another 
  place 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  warrior 
  is 
  called 
  Oterough- 
  

   yanento, 
  Indians 
  often 
  having 
  two 
  names. 
  In 
  the 
  writer's 
  exhaustive 
  

   list 
  of 
  Iroquois 
  personal 
  names 
  this 
  nowhere 
  else 
  appears, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  

   an 
  unexpected 
  gratification 
  to 
  link 
  the 
  three 
  Iroquois 
  names 
  ob- 
  

  

  