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  them 
  are 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  raids 
  in 
  the 
  Mohawk 
  valley. 
  The 
  medals 
  

   can 
  hardly 
  be 
  referred 
  to 
  Burgoyne's 
  luckless 
  campaign, 
  for 
  each 
  

   was 
  engraved 
  for 
  a 
  particular 
  person, 
  nor 
  were 
  the 
  Onondagas 
  yet 
  

   in 
  the 
  field. 
  None 
  known 
  bear 
  the 
  Oneida 
  name, 
  a 
  significant 
  fact, 
  

   for 
  they 
  were 
  on 
  the 
  American 
  side. 
  Nor 
  were 
  they 
  among 
  Butler's 
  

   presents 
  in 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1777-78, 
  who 
  gave 
  " 
  in 
  particular 
  300 
  of 
  

   Burgoyne's 
  silver 
  medals 
  to 
  their 
  young 
  warriors." 
  Halsey, 
  p. 
  204. 
  

   They 
  are 
  not 
  all 
  of 
  silver. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  American 
  medals 
  of 
  the 
  Revolution 
  by 
  J. 
  T. 
  

   Fisher 
  of 
  Philadelphia, 
  Collections 
  of 
  the 
  Massachusetts 
  Historical 
  

   Society, 
  vol. 
  6 
  of 
  3d 
  series, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  medals, 
  but 
  without 
  place 
  

   or 
  name 
  of 
  Indian, 
  and 
  with 
  another 
  misspelling 
  : 
  " 
  Medal 
  — 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  for 
  distribution 
  among 
  the 
  Indians. 
  Obverse, 
  A 
  view 
  of 
  Mont- 
  

   real, 
  and 
  above 
  it 
  the 
  name 
  Montreal. 
  Reverse, 
  The 
  name 
  

  

  MOHIGHANS." 
  

  

  In 
  he 
  Medaillier 
  du 
  Canada 
  is 
  a 
  figure 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  Oswego 
  

   medal 
  of 
  1758. 
  A 
  better 
  one 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  Mr 
  Betts. 
  As 
  medals 
  

   were 
  very 
  freely 
  distributed 
  about 
  that 
  time, 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  may 
  

   have 
  been 
  placed 
  in 
  Indian 
  hands, 
  though 
  of 
  this 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  proof. 
  

   It 
  is 
  nearly 
  i\ 
  inches 
  wide. 
  All 
  the 
  letters 
  are 
  capitals. 
  "Avers: 
  

   Bust 
  to 
  the 
  right. 
  LUDOVICUS 
  XV. 
  ORBIS 
  IMPERATOR. 
  

   1758. 
  Rev.: 
  Four 
  towers. 
  Wesel, 
  Oswego, 
  Port 
  Mahon, 
  Expug, 
  Sti 
  

   Davidis 
  arce 
  et 
  solo 
  aequata." 
  Leroux, 
  p. 
  177 
  

  

  Leroux 
  assigns 
  a 
  number 
  to 
  Indian 
  use, 
  but 
  some 
  are 
  later 
  than 
  

   the 
  colonial 
  period. 
  One 
  has 
  George 
  3 
  and 
  Queen 
  Charlotte 
  face 
  

   to 
  face. 
  Another 
  may 
  be 
  like 
  the 
  fine 
  one 
  recently 
  obtained 
  from 
  

   the 
  Ottawas 
  by 
  Walter 
  C. 
  Wyman. 
  This 
  has 
  a 
  bust 
  of 
  George 
  3 
  

   to 
  the 
  right, 
  and 
  the 
  arms 
  of 
  Great 
  Britain 
  on 
  the 
  reverse. 
  There 
  

   are 
  several 
  of 
  this 
  character 
  to 
  be 
  mentioned 
  later. 
  

  

  Mr 
  McLachlan 
  discredits 
  Stone's 
  statement 
  that 
  the 
  medals 
  of 
  

   1 
  76 
  1, 
  "by 
  order 
  of 
  Amherst, 
  were 
  stamped 
  upon 
  one 
  side 
  with 
  the 
  

   baronet's 
  coat 
  of 
  arms," 
  nor 
  does 
  there 
  seem 
  any 
  direct 
  proof 
  of 
  

   this. 
  He 
  adds: 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  in 
  my 
  collection 
  10 
  or 
  12 
  medals 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  Indians. 
  

   One 
  of 
  these 
  represents 
  a 
  lion 
  watching 
  a 
  wolf, 
  with 
  a 
  church 
  and 
  

   schoolhouse 
  surrounded 
  by 
  trees 
  in 
  the 
  background. 
  This, 
  to 
  my 
  

  

  