JEFFERSON PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP MEDAL Silver, Diameter 10.5 cm Reverse: bust of Thomas Jefferson with inscription "T.H. Jefferson, President of the United States, A.D. 1801" Created for the Lewis and Clark Expedition These medals were cast in several different sizes and were distributed according to the perceived rank of the recipients. Black Moccasin was one recipient, as were Mandan leaders Sheheke (Big White) and Posecopsahe (the Black Cat). Photo courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution, National Numismatic Collection

 

	h o m e i n t r o d u c t i o n o b j e c t s m a p r e s o u r c e s c r e d i t s The Ethnography of Lewis and Clark: Native American Objects and the American Quest for Commerce and Science Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Copyright ©President and Fellows of Harvard College