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  figure, 
  and 
  is 
  about 
  6 
  inches 
  in 
  its 
  greatest 
  diameter. 
  On 
  each 
  side 
  

   it 
  is 
  engraved 
  with 
  various 
  devices. 
  The 
  medal 
  is 
  now 
  worn 
  by 
  

   Sose-hd-wa, 
  (Johnson) 
  a 
  Seneca 
  chief. 
  Medals 
  of 
  seashell, 
  inlaid 
  

   with 
  silver, 
  were 
  also 
  used. 
  Morgan, 
  p. 
  388 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  reinterment 
  of 
  Red 
  Jacket 
  in 
  1884', 
  Gen. 
  Parker 
  exhibited 
  

   this 
  medal. 
  " 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  silver, 
  oval 
  in 
  shape, 
  7 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  5 
  inches 
  

   broad. 
  The 
  general 
  had 
  dressed 
  it 
  in 
  black 
  and 
  white 
  wampum; 
  

   the 
  black 
  indicating 
  mourning 
  and 
  the 
  white 
  peace 
  and 
  gladness. 
  ,, 
  

   The 
  above 
  long 
  diameter 
  includes 
  the 
  loop. 
  

  

  A 
  copy 
  of 
  this 
  medal 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Museum, 
  Washing- 
  

   ton, 
  and 
  data 
  obtained 
  thence 
  made 
  a 
  difference 
  in 
  date 
  and 
  size: 
  

  

  The 
  original 
  of 
  Red 
  Jacket's 
  medal 
  is 
  engraved. 
  It 
  is 
  oval, 
  5J 
  

   by 
  4 
  inches. 
  It 
  was 
  presented 
  by 
  President 
  George 
  Washington, 
  

   in 
  1795, 
  to 
  the 
  Indian 
  Red 
  Jacket, 
  who, 
  with 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  chiefs 
  of 
  

   the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  visited 
  Philadelphia, 
  then 
  the 
  seat 
  of 
  government, 
  

   at 
  the 
  invitation 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  president. 
  Obverse: 
  figure 
  of 
  Red 
  

   Jacket 
  presenting 
  to 
  General 
  Washington 
  the 
  pipe 
  of 
  peace. 
  In 
  the 
  

   background 
  a 
  man 
  plowing 
  and 
  a 
  pioneer 
  cabin; 
  beneath, 
  the 
  in- 
  

   scription 
  " 
  George 
  Washington, 
  President, 
  1795." 
  Left 
  field, 
  a 
  pine 
  

   tree. 
  Reverse: 
  the 
  American 
  eagle, 
  with 
  clouds 
  and 
  rays 
  above 
  and 
  

   13 
  stars 
  below; 
  in 
  beak 
  a 
  scroll, 
  with 
  " 
  E 
  Pluribus 
  Unum." 
  

  

  Mr 
  J. 
  V. 
  H. 
  Clark 
  described 
  a 
  brass 
  medal 
  found 
  near 
  Indian 
  hill, 
  

   Pompey, 
  in 
  1821 
  : 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  without 
  date, 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  of 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  figure 
  of 
  Louis 
  14, 
  

   king 
  of 
  France 
  and 
  Navarre. 
  On 
  the 
  reverse 
  side 
  was 
  represented 
  

   a 
  field, 
  with 
  three 
  flowers-de-luce, 
  supporting 
  a 
  royal 
  crown, 
  sur- 
  

   rounded 
  by 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Naif 
  Lanfar 
  & 
  Co. 
  It 
  was 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  

   of 
  a 
  Spanish 
  pistareen, 
  had 
  been 
  compressed 
  between 
  dies, 
  characters 
  

   and 
  letters 
  distinct. 
  Clark, 
  2:255 
  

  

  On 
  a 
  neighboring 
  site 
  a 
  brass 
  medal 
  was 
  found, 
  on 
  which 
  was 
  a 
  

   horseman 
  with 
  drawn 
  sword. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  was 
  " 
  William, 
  Prince 
  

   •of 
  Orange 
  ", 
  with 
  a 
  crest 
  or 
  coat 
  of 
  arms 
  ; 
  the 
  date 
  was 
  obliterated. 
  

   William, 
  Prince 
  of 
  Orange 
  flourished 
  in 
  1689, 
  and 
  was 
  conspicuous 
  

   in 
  the 
  affairs 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  previous. 
  This 
  medal 
  

   may 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  present 
  by 
  him 
  to 
  some 
  distinguished 
  chief. 
  

   Clark, 
  2:258 
  

  

  That 
  medals 
  and 
  coins 
  should 
  be 
  sometimes 
  found 
  near 
  the 
  old 
  

   colonial 
  forts 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  expected, 
  but 
  they 
  have 
  seldom 
  been 
  reported, 
  

   and 
  have 
  no 
  necessary 
  connection 
  with 
  Indian 
  life. 
  A 
  fine 
  gold 
  

  

  