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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 friction 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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