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  tained 
  011 
  these 
  medals 
  with 
  well 
  known 
  persons 
  of 
  the 
  revolutionary 
  

   period. 
  

  

  Concerning 
  these 
  two 
  Mohawks, 
  Guy 
  Johnson 
  wrote 
  in 
  London, 
  

   Jan. 
  26, 
  1776: 
  'The 
  Indian 
  Chief 
  who 
  accompanied 
  me, 
  with 
  his 
  

   companion, 
  are 
  persons 
  of 
  character 
  and 
  influence 
  in 
  their 
  country 
  ; 
  

   they 
  can 
  more 
  at 
  large 
  speak 
  on 
  any 
  matters 
  that 
  may 
  be 
  required 
  

   of 
  them." 
  O'Callaghan. 
  Col. 
  Hist. 
  8:657 
  

  

  Fig. 
  284 
  is 
  another 
  medal 
  of 
  which 
  Mr 
  McLachlan 
  says: 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  government 
  collection 
  at 
  Ottawa, 
  and 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  

   collection 
  of 
  Mr 
  I. 
  F. 
  Wood 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  This 
  is 
  in 
  pewter, 
  and 
  

   has 
  Miohicrans 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  either 
  misspelled 
  in 
  the 
  copy 
  or 
  the 
  

   original. 
  Above 
  is 
  Tantalkel. 
  Judging 
  from 
  the 
  medal 
  given 
  to 
  

   Tantalkel 
  of 
  the 
  Mohicans, 
  we 
  infer 
  that 
  his 
  services 
  could 
  not 
  have 
  

   been 
  valued 
  so 
  highly 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  Onondaga 
  warrior, 
  for 
  his 
  

   reward 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  baser 
  metal. 
  How 
  one 
  of 
  that 
  tribe 
  came 
  to 
  receive 
  

   a 
  medal 
  is 
  explained 
  when 
  we 
  learn 
  that 
  70 
  River 
  Indians 
  accom- 
  

   panied 
  Johnson 
  to 
  Montreal. 
  

  

  Another 
  Mohican 
  fared 
  better. 
  The 
  Albany 
  Argus, 
  Sep. 
  27, 
  1875, 
  

   described 
  a 
  silver 
  medal 
  found 
  by 
  Mr 
  Kelly 
  of 
  Ballston 
  Spa 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   The 
  obverse 
  was 
  as 
  usual. 
  On 
  the 
  reverse, 
  as 
  reported, 
  was 
  Mohicans 
  

   in 
  capitals, 
  and 
  Son 
  Gose 
  in 
  script. 
  Mr 
  Joseph 
  E. 
  Wescot 
  pur- 
  

   chased 
  it 
  of 
  the 
  finder, 
  and 
  sold 
  it 
  in 
  1902 
  to 
  Mr 
  E. 
  Hallenbeck, 
  749 
  

   Liberty 
  St., 
  Schenectady. 
  Through 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  the 
  latter, 
  the 
  

   writer 
  is 
  not 
  only 
  able 
  to 
  give 
  an 
  accurate 
  figure, 
  but 
  to 
  settle 
  the 
  

   spelling 
  of 
  a 
  word 
  in 
  doubt. 
  It 
  is 
  Mohigrans, 
  the 
  engraver 
  having 
  

   mistaken 
  in 
  his 
  orders 
  G 
  for 
  C, 
  and 
  R 
  for 
  K. 
  It 
  was 
  easy 
  to 
  do 
  

   this. 
  The 
  Indian's 
  name 
  is 
  also 
  Songose. 
  This 
  medal 
  was 
  found 
  

   on 
  the 
  Kelly 
  place, 
  near 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  Mourning 
  kill 
  and 
  the 
  old 
  

   Canadian 
  trail. 
  It 
  is 
  somewhat 
  worn, 
  but 
  in 
  good 
  condition. 
  It 
  

   is 
  remarkable 
  that 
  so 
  many 
  have 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  this 
  nation. 
  Fig. 
  388. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  C. 
  Wyllys 
  Betts, 
  already 
  mentioned, 
  he 
  speaks 
  of 
  

   another 
  Mohican 
  silver 
  medal, 
  on 
  the 
  reverse 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  Madvghk, 
  

   with 
  the 
  nation's 
  name 
  engraved 
  in 
  the 
  usual 
  way. 
  He 
  also 
  takes 
  

   note 
  of 
  the 
  doubtful 
  spelling, 
  now 
  cleared 
  up 
  by 
  the 
  writer's 
  exam- 
  

   ination 
  of 
  the 
  Hallenbeck 
  medal. 
  The 
  error 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  all. 
  

  

  The 
  Mohicans 
  became 
  so 
  closely 
  linked 
  with 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  as 
  

   to 
  share 
  their 
  fortunes 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Johnson 
  family. 
  Some 
  of 
  

  

  