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
That the said chiefs and head men of the Seneca Nation of Indians, in
consideration of the sum of two hundred and two thousand dollars to them
in hand paid by the said Thomas Ludlow Ogden and Joseph Fellows, the
receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained, sold,
released and confirmed, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell,
release and confirm unto the said Thomas Ludlow Ogden and Joseph Fellows,
and to their heirs and assigns, all that certain tract or parcel of land
situate, lying and being in the county of Erie and State of New York,
commonly called and known by the name of Buffalo Creek Reservation,
containing by estimation forty-nine thousand nine hundred and twenty
acres, be the contents thereof more or less. Also all that certain other
tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the counties of
Erie, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus, in said State, commonly called and
known by the name of Cattaraugus Reservation, containing by estimation
twenty-one thousand six hundred and eighty acres, be the contents thereof
more or less. Also all that certain other tract or parcel of land,
situate, lying and being in the said county of Cattaraugus, in said
State, commonly called and known by the name of the Alleghany
Reservation, containing by estimation thirty thousand four hundred and
sixty-nine acres, be the contents more or less. And also all that certain
other tract or parcel of land, situate, lying and being partly in said
county of Erie and partly in the county of Genesee in said State,
commonly called and known by the name of the Tonawanda Reservation, and
containing by estimation twelve thousand eight hundred acres, be the same
more or less: As the said several tracts of land have been heretofore
reserved and are held and occupied by the Seneca Nation of Indians, or by
individuals thereof, together with all and singular the rights,
privileges, hereditaments and appurtenances to each and every of the said
tracts or parcels of land belonging or appertaining; and all the estate,
right, title, interest, claim and demand of the said party of the first
part, and of the said Seneca Nation of Indians, of, in and to the same,
and to each and every parcel thereof; to have and to hold all and
singular the above described and released premises unto the said Thomas
Ludlow Ogden and Joseph Fellows, their heirs and assigns, to their proper
use and behalf forever, as joint tenants, and not as tenants in common.
At the before-mentioned treaty, held in my presence, as superintendent on
the part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and this day concluded,
the foregoing instrument of writing was agreed to by the contracting
parties therein named, and was in my presence executed by them, and being
approved by me, I do hereby certify and declare such my approbation
thereof.
Witness my hand and seal, at Buffalo Creek, this 15th day of, January, in
the year 1838.
JOSIAH TROWBRIDGE.
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