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
I have attended a treaty of the Seneca Nation of Indians, held at Buffalo
Creek, in the county of Erie, in the State of New York, on the fifteenth
day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-eight, when the within instrument was duly executed in my
presence, by the chiefs of the Seneca Nation, being fairly and properly
understood by them. I do therefore certify and approve the same.
R. H. GILLET, Commissioner.
At a treaty held under and by authority of the United States of America,
at Buffalo Creek, in the county of Erie, and State of New York, between
the sachems, chiefs and warriors of the Tuscarora Nation of Indians, duly
assembled in council, and representing and voting for the said Nation, on
the one part, and Thomas Ludlow Ogden, of the city of New York, and
Joseph Fellows, of Geneva, in the county of Ontario, on the other part,
concerning the purchase of the rights and claim of the said Indians in
and to the lands within the State of New York remaining in their
occupation. Ransom H. Gillett, Esq., a commissioner appointed by the
President of the United States to attend and hold the said treaty, and
also Josiah Trowbridge, Esq., the superintendent on behalf of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being severally present at the said
treaty, the said sachems, chiefs and warriors, on behalf of the said
Tuscarora Nation, did agree to sell and release to the said Thomas Ludlow
Ogden and Joseph Fellows, and they, the said Thomas Ludlow Ogden and
Joseph Fellows, did agree to purchase all the right, title and claim of
the Tuscarora Nation of, in and to the tract, piece or parcel of land
mentioned and described in the instrument of writing next hereafter set
forth, and at the price or sum therein specified as the consideration or
purchase money for such sale and release; which instrument being read and
explained to the said parties, and mutually agreed to, was signed and
sealed by the contracting parties, and is in the words following:
This indenture, made this fifteenth day of January, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, between the sachems,
chiefs and warriors of the Tuscarora Nation of Indians, duly assembled in
council, and acting for and on behalf of the said Tuscarora Nation, of
the first part, and Thomas Ludlow Ogden, of the city of New York, and
Joseph Fellows, of Geneva, in the county of Ontario, of the second part,
witnesseth:
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