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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  government 
  when 
  Red 
  Jacket 
  was 
  alive, 
  for 
  presentation 
  to 
  distin- 
  

   guished 
  chiefs 
  of 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  Confederacy. 
  There 
  are, 
  perhaps, 
  

   two 
  or 
  three 
  specimens 
  similar 
  in 
  appearance 
  to 
  the 
  Red 
  Jacket 
  

   medal 
  still 
  extant. 
  Probably 
  the 
  one 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  Red 
  Jacket 
  

   Club 
  of 
  Canandaigua 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  this 
  class 
  of 
  medals, 
  contemporaneous 
  

   with 
  that 
  of 
  Red 
  Jacket. 
  That 
  it 
  was 
  ever 
  worn 
  by 
  the 
  old 
  chief 
  is 
  

   not 
  probable. 
  Sa-go-ye-wa-tha 
  had 
  only 
  one 
  medal, 
  and 
  of 
  this 
  he 
  

   was 
  very 
  fond 
  and 
  proud. 
  During 
  his 
  career 
  he 
  owned 
  several 
  

   tomahawks 
  and 
  gave 
  away 
  at 
  least 
  two 
  of 
  them, 
  whose 
  subsequent 
  

   history 
  can 
  still 
  be 
  traced; 
  but 
  he 
  seemed 
  to 
  cling 
  to 
  this 
  medal 
  as 
  

   if 
  it 
  were 
  a 
  most 
  precious 
  heirloom 
  or 
  sacred 
  amulet. 
  

  

  I 
  was 
  present 
  at 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations 
  mourning 
  council, 
  when 
  General 
  

   Parker 
  was 
  invested 
  with 
  the 
  title 
  of 
  Door 
  Keeper 
  (D 
  on-e-ho-ga-wa) 
  , 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  50 
  grand 
  sachemships 
  of 
  the 
  Confederacy. 
  This 
  was, 
  I 
  

   think, 
  in 
  1850. 
  He 
  then 
  wore 
  the 
  Red 
  Jacket 
  medal, 
  and 
  in 
  open 
  

   council 
  it 
  was 
  exhibited 
  to 
  many 
  of 
  Red 
  Jacket's 
  compeers, 
  none 
  of 
  

   whom 
  doubted 
  its 
  authenticity. 
  

  

  To 
  this 
  Mr 
  Conover 
  added 
  : 
  

  

  A 
  few 
  years 
  since 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  Indians 
  residing 
  in 
  Canada 
  em- 
  

   ployed 
  an 
  attorney 
  in 
  Buffalo 
  to 
  urge 
  a 
  claim 
  against 
  the 
  State 
  for 
  

   a 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  annuity 
  paid 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  to 
  the 
  Cayugas 
  in 
  the 
  

   United 
  States, 
  they 
  having 
  been 
  deprived 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  since 
  the 
  War 
  

   of 
  1 
  81 
  2. 
  Among 
  other 
  matters 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  this 
  attorney 
  was 
  

   a 
  silver 
  medal, 
  a 
  facsimile 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  printed 
  

   law 
  case. 
  This 
  medal 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  size, 
  and 
  substantially 
  the 
  

   same 
  as 
  the 
  Parker 
  medal, 
  having 
  the 
  same 
  inscription 
  on 
  one 
  side, 
  

   viz, 
  " 
  George 
  Washington, 
  President, 
  1792." 
  This 
  medal 
  is 
  claimed 
  

   to 
  have 
  been 
  presented 
  to 
  O-ja-geht-ti, 
  or 
  Fish 
  Carrier, 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  

   the 
  head 
  chief 
  of 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  Indians, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  

   of 
  every 
  successor 
  in 
  office, 
  who 
  has 
  been 
  uniformly 
  styled 
  by 
  the 
  

   same 
  name 
  from 
  that 
  day 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  Fish 
  Carrier. 
  

   The 
  medal 
  presented 
  to 
  the 
  Red 
  Jacket 
  Club 
  at 
  Canandaigua, 
  I 
  

   understand, 
  is 
  about 
  one 
  third 
  smaller 
  in 
  size 
  than 
  either 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  

   above 
  named. 
  

  

  Mr 
  L. 
  |H. 
  Morgan 
  says 
  of 
  these: 
  

  

  The 
  government 
  has 
  long 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  habit 
  of 
  presenting 
  silver 
  

   medals 
  to 
  the 
  chiefs 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  Indian 
  tribes 
  at 
  the 
  formation 
  of 
  

   treaties, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  occasion 
  of 
  their 
  visits 
  to 
  the 
  seat 
  of 
  govern- 
  

   ment. 
  These 
  medals 
  are 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  highest 
  estimation. 
  Red 
  

   Jacket, 
  Corn 
  Planter, 
  Farmer's 
  Brother 
  and 
  several 
  other 
  distin- 
  

   guished 
  Seneca 
  chiefs 
  have 
  received 
  medals 
  of 
  this 
  description. 
  

   Washington 
  presented 
  a 
  medal 
  to 
  Red 
  Jacket 
  in 
  1792. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  

   elliptic 
  plate 
  of 
  silver, 
  surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  rim, 
  as 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  