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Red Jacket's
medal. Silver. C. 1792.
Sagoyewatha, a great orator and chief of the Seneca Nation, visits Philadelphia at
the request of George Washington. Sagoyewatha gives a speech that explaines the reason
for fiiction between the western Indians and the government. George Washington is
so impressed with the eloquence of Sagoyewatha that he has a special medal prepared
for him. The medal is large and made of silver. On the front side, President Washington
is approaching a tall Native American smoking a peace pipe with another Native American
further off tending crops.
Source: Buffalo
& Erie County Historical Society Museum 2002 display
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