Scope and Contents Two documents comprise the collection: a certificate presented in 1794 to an Osage chief by Baron de Carondelet and a request for payment from Joseph Hortiz dated 1803. Both documents are in Spanish; both have English translations included in the collection. In New Orleans on 29 December 1794, Baron de Carondelet presented a medal and a certificate, bearing a presumed likeness of the medal, to Pawagny, also known as Beautiful Hair, of the Osage. The Spanish bestowed...