﻿METALLIC 
  ORNAMENTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  INDIANS 
  65 
  

  

  mind, 
  relates 
  to 
  the 
  conspiracy 
  of 
  Pontiac. 
  French 
  medals 
  are 
  now 
  

   very 
  rare; 
  only 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  are 
  known. 
  After 
  the 
  conquest 
  the 
  

   Indians 
  had 
  to 
  give 
  them 
  up, 
  or 
  exchange 
  them 
  for 
  medals 
  bearing 
  

   the 
  bust 
  of 
  George 
  3. 
  I 
  think 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  customary 
  to 
  strike 
  medals 
  

   specially 
  for 
  the 
  occasion, 
  but 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  Indians 
  copies 
  of 
  some 
  

   popular 
  medal 
  of 
  the 
  time; 
  later 
  medals 
  bearing 
  the 
  arms 
  of 
  Great 
  

   Britain, 
  with 
  only 
  the 
  name 
  and 
  title 
  of 
  the 
  king 
  on 
  the 
  obverse, 
  

   for 
  inscription. 
  Such 
  are 
  all 
  the 
  medals 
  of 
  George 
  3, 
  with 
  the 
  single 
  

   exception 
  of 
  the 
  lion 
  and 
  the 
  wolf. 
  

  

  The 
  one 
  last 
  mentioned 
  has 
  a 
  fine 
  bust 
  of 
  this 
  monarch 
  as 
  a 
  young 
  

   man 
  in 
  armor. 
  The 
  inscription 
  is 
  simply 
  GEORGIUS 
  III. 
  DEI 
  

   GRATIA. 
  There 
  is 
  nothing 
  suggestive 
  of 
  Indian 
  life 
  on 
  the 
  medal, 
  

   and 
  Mr 
  McLachlan 
  merely 
  gives 
  it 
  as 
  his 
  opinion 
  that 
  it 
  referred 
  to 
  

   the 
  Pontiac 
  war. 
  He 
  states, 
  however, 
  that 
  this 
  was 
  struck 
  as 
  a 
  peace 
  

   medal 
  for 
  a 
  conference 
  with 
  the 
  Indians 
  at 
  Niagara 
  in 
  1764, 
  followed 
  

   by 
  the 
  treaty 
  of 
  1765. 
  He 
  adds: 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  these 
  medals, 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  grave 
  of 
  Otussa 
  (Pontiac's 
  son) 
  

   is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  cabinet 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  mint 
  at 
  Philadelphia. 
  A 
  

   considerable 
  number 
  of 
  these 
  medals 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  struck, 
  as 
  two 
  

   reverse 
  dies 
  were 
  used. 
  The 
  two 
  varieties 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  1889 
  buried 
  

   in 
  one 
  grave 
  in 
  Michigan. 
  McLachlan, 
  2:14 
  

  

  The 
  reverse 
  of 
  this 
  large 
  silver 
  medal 
  has 
  no 
  legend. 
  A 
  lion 
  lies 
  

   on 
  the 
  turf 
  in 
  the 
  foreground, 
  a 
  wolf 
  drinks 
  at 
  a 
  stream, 
  a 
  church 
  

   and 
  house 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  background. 
  Without 
  an 
  Indian 
  symbol 
  its 
  

   Indian 
  use 
  seems 
  clear. 
  Three 
  others 
  of 
  this 
  monarch's 
  reign 
  are 
  

   ascribed 
  to 
  1762 
  and 
  1764, 
  and 
  two 
  of 
  these 
  refer 
  to 
  New 
  York, 
  

   Medalists 
  suppose 
  them 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  struck 
  for 
  Canadian 
  chiefs 
  at 
  

   the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  French 
  war. 
  They 
  are 
  quite 
  as 
  likely 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   given 
  to 
  New 
  York 
  Indians, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  reference 
  to 
  Canada, 
  as 
  

   on 
  some 
  of 
  earlier 
  date. 
  

  

  The 
  one 
  ascribed 
  to 
  1762 
  has 
  the 
  youthful 
  bust 
  of 
  George 
  3 
  in 
  

   armor, 
  and 
  the 
  British 
  arms 
  on 
  the 
  reverse. 
  One 
  of 
  1764 
  has 
  his 
  

   bust 
  in 
  armor 
  to 
  the 
  right, 
  with 
  the 
  inscription, 
  GEORGIUS 
  III. 
  

   D. 
  G. 
  M. 
  BRI. 
  FRA. 
  ET. 
  HIB. 
  REX.! 
  F. 
  D. 
  On 
  the 
  reverse, 
  

   " 
  Happy 
  while 
  united," 
  in 
  capitals. 
  In 
  exergue, 
  1764. 
  Indian 
  

   holding 
  a 
  pipe, 
  seated 
  near 
  an 
  officer 
  on 
  a 
  roll 
  of 
  tobacco. 
  Back- 
  

   ground, 
  city 
  and 
  harbor 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  Betts, 
  p. 
  226 
  

  

  