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MANY INDIAN PEACE EMBLEMSWisconsin Braves Still Retain Numerous Medals Given to Them by Various Governments.Wisconsin Indians still retain many peace medals that were given to them or their ancestors by various governments, and some of the medals date buck to 17L*0, according to an article on Wisconsin Indian medals In The Wisconsin Archeologist.The earliest medals owned by -Indian families today include one of brass Issued at the time of George I, four of sliver bearing the bust of (ieorge III, on old Spanish medal and four American medals.A Washington medal is In the possession of an aged Ottawa Indian on the Menomonie reservation near Shawano. Philip Nacootee, a Menomonie Indian of the South Branch settlement, has a Lincoln medal. A silver medal with the bust of President Folk, dated 184b, was owned by the Menomonie chief, Shunieti.Arthur (ierth, Milwaukee collector, once owned a silver medal Issued by President Jefferson. An Andrew Johnson medal Is in the collection of A. T. Newman of Bloomer. Dr. Alphonse Gerend is the owner of a silver George III medal, formerly the property of the Wisconsin chief. Waumegesako.
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Waunakee Index
Waunakee, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Jun 21, 1918
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