Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora IndiansJohnson, Elias
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Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians
Johnson, Elias
Iroquois Indians; Tuscarora Indians
For the payment of the said land above, I can only speak for the
Tuscaroras. The precise amount paid I am unable to state. But a tax was
made on the nation; children paid twenty-five cents each, adults paid
more according to their ability; the amount obtained in this way I am
unable to state. They also gave their annuities of two years, which they
drew from the government, and also two hundred dollars in money which
they loaned from the Oneida Indians (which they afterwards refunded).
All those goods and moneys were paid to the Menomonees and Winnebagoes,
as their part of the Green Bay lands. These facts I obtained of the widow
of Jonathan Printup, an honorable chief of the Tuscarara nation, by whom
was entrusted with the goods and money for the payment of said lands,
which he faithfully performed, and was accompanied as delegates by Dr.
John Patterson and James Cusick, who were appointed to the honorable
office of purchasing a tract of land for a future home of their people. I
am indebted to the widow of Dr. John Patterson, and also his brother
Harry, for information which corroborates with that of the widow above
mentioned, and also of other old people.
In a short time afterwards, the Menomonees denied the contract in various
ways, they denied the efficiency of the Chiefs who signed the treaty, and
also denied of having received any payment, and also denied the boundary
of the land ceded. This naturally created difficulty and discord between
them, and kept growing worse from year to year. But the Winebagoes never
denied any of the denials of the Menomonees.
In a treaty of the United States and the Menomonees and Winebagoes, of
Feb. 6th, 1826, in Article 8th, it was acknowledged that there existed
some uncertainty in consequence of the cession made by the tribes upon
Fox River and Green Bay, to the New York Indians. Finally the Menomonees
made their complaint before the President, concerning the New York
Indians, which has reference to the case, in the treaty by the United
States, with the several tribes of Green Bay on Feb. 23rd, 1829, in
Article 2nd, which read as follows, viz:
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