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and he returned to the commissioners a silver gorget which had 

 belonged to a dead chief, and which had been given him by the 

 United States. 



These were not considered equal in value to medals. In 1741 the 

 Marquis de Beauharnois invested an Iroquois chief of the Sault with 

 a gorget, till he could give him a medal as a mark of rank, but all 

 medals had not this character. 



The finest of the English silver medals which the writer has seen 

 belonged to Mr John Jones, of Baldwinsville N. Y. It came to him 

 as an heirloom, and was said to have been from the body of an 

 Indian chief. The history is not very clear. Though it has been 

 roughly handled by children, it is in good preservation, owing to 

 the deep border and high relief. On one side is the British coat 

 •of arms, with the usual mottos. On the other is a fine head of 

 George 2, facing the left. The inscription around the border is 

 GEORGIVS. II. D: G: MAG: BRI: FRA: ET. H: REX. F:D. 

 in roman capitals. As this monarch reigned from 1727 to 1760, the 

 medal would come between these dates, and probably during the old 

 French war. It is if inches across, and is quite heavy. Fig. 280 

 shows the obverse of this. 



In American Colonial History illustrated by Contemporaneous 

 Medals, this issue is described : 



Obverse: georgivs 11. d. g: mag: bri: fra: et: h: rex: f. d. 

 Bust of the King, laureate, facing the left, without drapery. Reverse. 

 The Royal Arms within the Garter and with supporters, helmet, 

 crown and crest; upon the Garter, dieu. et. mon. droit. Silver, 

 cast and chased, with loop and ring. Size 30. Betts, p. 177 



The medal here represented accurately corresponds with this 

 description, and must be considered one of this issue. American 

 medalists are of the opinion that these are the 30 brought to New 

 York by Sir Dan vers Osborne in 1753, for distribution to the 

 Indians, reference to which is made in a following paragraph. 

 Everything agrees with the family tradition. 



There is another familiar Indian medal of an earlier date, and 

 about the size of a silver dollar, which has been found in New York. 

 It will be observed that Indian medals not found here, or which 



