owners of improvements on deeded land according to appraisement to be made by appraisers hereafter to be appointed by the Seneca Nation, in the presence of a United States commissioner, hereafter to be appointed. The United States to pay the individuals the amounts to which they are entitled according to apprisal and award, on their severally relinquishing their several possessions to said Ogden and Fellows. (Art. 10.)

United States to invest $2,000 for Cayugas. Income to be paid annually. On their removal west to pay $2,500, to be disposed of by the chiefs. (Art. 11.) Two thousand five hundred dollars to be invested in stock for Onondagas, income to be paid annually, and $2,000 on their removal west, to be disposed of by chiefs. (Art. 12.)

Four thousand dollars to be paid to chiefs of first Christian party of Oneidas, $2,000 to chiefs of Orchard party for expenses incurred and services rendered in securing Green Bay country and settlement of a portion thereof. Oneidas to remove to Indian Territory as soon as they can make satisfactory arrangements with the Governor of New York for the purchase of their land at Oneida. (Art. 13.)

Tuscaroras to accept country in Indian Territory and to remove within five years and reside there, their land to be at the forks of the Neasha River and to have a sufficient quantity of timber. On their removal $3,000 to be paid to chiefs, to be disposed of by them. The Tuscaroras owning in fee simple 5,000 acres of land in Niagara County, New York, wish to sell the same before they remove west, and therefore convey said lands to the United States to be held in trust, and authorize its sale. The money derived from the lands, exclusive of improvements, to be invested in stocks and income paid to Indians in their new home. Moneys for improvements to be paid owners. Land to be surveyed and improvements appraised by persons selected by Indians. Lands also appraised not to be sold for less price than apprisal without consent of certain Indians or their survivors herein named. Aforementioned Ogden and Fellows, assignees, having purchased, with the approval of the commissioner of the United States, certain lands described in deed hereunto annexed (see Vol. VII, p. 559) and the consideration money having been secured to the nation to their satisfaction, the United States hereby assents to said sale and conveyance. (Art. 14.) Sum of $100,000 appropriated, to be applied under the direction of the President from time to time in such proportious as may be for the interest of the parties to this treaty to aid them in removing and supporting themselves the first year, assist in their education, erect mills and other necessary houses, and purchase of stock and farming implements, etc. (Art. 15.)

St. Regis tribe assent to this treaty. Indians may remove at any time within the time specified in treaty, but under it the Government shall not compel them to remove. United States to pay within one year $1,000 as part of the $5,000 mentioned in article 9. (Supplementary article.)

Amended June 11, 1833; assented to by Senecas September 28, 1838, by Oneidas August 9, by Tuscaroras August 14, Cayugas August 30, St. Regis October 9, Onondagas August 31, 1838; proclaimed April 4, 1840.1

SYNOPSIS OF TREATIES WITH THE ST. REGIS INDIANS.

Treaty with the Seven Nations of Canada, made at city of New York, May 31, 1796. The Seven Nations cede and release to the State of New York all claim to lands within said State, except the tract 6 miles square, reserved in the sale made by the commissioner of the land office of New York to Alexander McComb for the St. Regis Indians. People of New York to pay £1,446 138. Ed., and on the third Monday in August annually forever thereafter £213 68. Ed. One square mile at the mill on Salmon River and the mill on Grass River, and from the mill to the St. Lawrence River, and the meadows on both sides of the Grass River, reserved. Proclaimed January 31, 1797.2

United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, p. 550. 2 Ibid., p. 55.

Treaty with the St. Regis Indians, made at Green Bay, October 27, 1832.1

See Menominee treaty of same date-Wisconsin.

Treaty with the St. Regis Indians, made at Buffalo Creek, New York, February 30, 1838.9

See treaty with Six Nations of New York, January 15, 1838.

Treaty with the Mohawk Nation, residing in Upper Canada, made at Albany, N. Y., March 29, 1797.

The Mohawks cede all right to their lands in the State of New York. The agents of that State agree to pay $1,000, to be distributed among said Nation-$500 for expenses of Indian deputies attending to this treaty, $100 for their expenses in returning and conveying said sum of $1,000 to the Nation.3

SYNOPSIS OF TREATIES WITH THE SENECA INDIANS.

Treaty with the Senecas, made at Fort Stanwix, October 22, 1784.4

See treaty with Six Nations of same date.

Treaty with the Senecas, made at Fort Harmar, January 9, 1789.5

See treaty with Six Nations of same date.

Treaty with the Senecas, November 11, 1794.

See treaty with Six Nations of same date.

Contract between Robert Morris, of Philadelphia, and the Seneca Indians, sanctioned by the United States, and made at Genesee, N. Y., September 15, 1797.

Whereas the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have sold to Robert Morris, his heirs and assigns forever, the pre-emptive right and all other right which the Commonwealth had to a tract of land herein described, being part of a tract lying in the State of New York, the right of pre-emption of which from the Indians was ceded and granted by the State of New York to said Commonwealth;

Whereas at a treaty held under the authority of the United States with the Senecas, it was agreed by the Indians to sell to Robert Morris their right to the said tract for the sum of $100,000, to be invested in stock in the Bank of the United States, held in the name of the President for the use of said Indians, said sale being also in the presence of William Shepherd, appointed by the general court of Massachusetts by a resolution passed March 11, 1791.

Therefore, the following tract, as herein described, is hereby sold to Robert Morris, excepting eleven tracts, herein described, which are reserved and retained by the Senecas, and also the privilege of fishing and hunting on the tract hereby intended to be conveyed, it being understood between the parties that the tract reserved shall be laid off in such manner as shall be determined by the chiefs residing near them. Tribes cede the following land: All that certain tract of land, except as is hereinafter excepted, lying within the country of Ontario and State of New York, being part of a tract of land the right of pre-emption whereof was ceded by the State of New York to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by deed of cession executed at Hartford, on the sixteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, being all such part thereof as is not included in the Indian purchase made by Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham, and bounded as follows, to wit: Easterly by the land confirmed to Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham 2 Ibid., p. 561.

United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, p. 409.

3 Ibid., P.

by the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by an act passed the twenty-first day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight; southerly by the north boundary line of the State of Pennsylvania; westerly, partly by a tract of land, part of the land ceded by the State of Massachusetts to the United States, and by them sold to Pennsylvania, being a right-angled triangle, whose hypothenuse is in or along the shore of Lake Erie; partly by Lake Erie, from the northern point of that triangle to the southern bounds of a tract of land one mile in width, lying on and along the east side of the strait of Niagara, and partly by the said tract to Lake Ontario; and on the north by the boundary line between the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain; excepting nevertheless, and always reserving out of this grant and conveyance, all such pieces or parcels of the aforesaid tract, and such privileges thereunto belonging, as are next hereinafter particularly mentioned, which said pieces or parcels of land so excepted are, by the parties to these presents, clearly and fully understood to remain the property of the said parties of the first part in as full and ample manuer as if these presents had not been executed; that is to say, excepting and reserving to them, the said parties of the first part, and their nation, one piece or parcel of the aforesaid tract at Canawagus, of two square miles, to be laid out in such manner as to include the village, extending in breadth one mile along the river; one other piece or parcel at Big Tree, of two square miles, to be laid out in such manner as to include the village, extending in breadth along the river one mile; one other piece or parcel of two square miles at Little Beard's town, extending one mile along the river, to be laid off in such wanner as to include the village; one other tract of two square miles at Squawky Hill, to be laid off as follows, to wit: One square mile to be laid off along the river, in such manner as to include the village, the other directly west thereof and contiguous thereto; one other piece or parcel at Gardeau, beginning at the mouth of Steep Hill Creek; thence due east until it strikes the old path; thence south until a due west line will intersect with certain steep rocks on the west side of Genesee River; then extending due west, due north, and due east, until it strikes the first-mentioned bound, enclosing as much land on the west as on the east side of the river. One other piece or parcel at Kaounadeau, extending in length eight miles along the river and two miles in breadth. One other piece or parcel at Cataraugos, beginning at the mouth of the Eighteen Mile or Koghquaugu Creek; thence a line or lines to be drawn parallel to Lake Erie, at the distance of one mile from the lake, to the mouth of Cataraugos Creek; thence a line or lines extending twelve miles up the north side of said creek at the distance of one mile therefrom; thence a direct line to the said creek; thence down the said creek to Lake Erie; thence along the lake to the first-mentioned creek, and thence to the place of beginning. Also, one other piece at Cataraugos, beginning at the shore of Lake Erie on the south side of Cataraugos Creek, at the distance of one mile from the mouth thereof; thence running one mile from the lake; thence on a line parallel thereto to a point within one mile from the Connondauweyea Creek; thence up the said creek one mile, on a line parallel thereto; thence on a direct line to the said creek; thence down the same to Lake Erie; thence along the lake to the place of beginning. Also, one other piece or parcel of forty-two square miles, at or near the Allegenny River. Also, two hundred square miles, to be laid off partly at the Buffalo and partly at the Tannawanta Creeks. Also, excepting and reserving to them, the said parties of the first part and their heirs, the privilege of fishing and hunting on the said tract of land hereby intended to be conveyed'.

Treaty with the Senecas, made at Buffalo Creek, New York, June 30, 1802.

Whereas a treaty was held by authority of the United States between the Seneca Nation of Indians and Wilhelm Willink, Pieter Van Eeghen, Hendrik Vollenhoven, W. Willink the younger, I. Willink the younger (son of Jan), Jan Gabriel Van Stap

1 United States Statutes at Large, Appendix I, Vol. VII, p. 601.

horst, Roelof Van Staphorst the younger, Cornelis Vollenhoven, and Hendrik Seye, by Joseph Ellicott, their agent and attorney, lawfully constituted and appointed for that purpose,

The following indenture witnesseth, that the parties of the first part hereby exchange, cede, and forever quit claim to the parties of the second part, their heirs or assigns, those lands lying in the county of Ontario, New York, being part of the lands reserved by the treaty of September 15, 1797, made on the Genesee River: "Beginning at the mouth of the eighteen-mile or Kogh-quaw-gu Creek; thence a line or lines to be drawn parallel to Lake Erie, at the distance of one mile from the lake, to the mouth of Cataraugos Creek; thence a line or lines extending twelve miles up the north side of said creek, at the dis tance of one mile therefrom; thence a direct line to the said creek; thence down the said creek to Lake Erie; thence along the lake to the first-mentioned creek, and thence to the place of beginning. Also one other piece at Cataraugos, beginning at the shore of Lake Erie, on the south side of Cataraugos Creek, at a distance of one mile from the mouth thereof; thence running one mile from the lake; thence on a line parallel thereto, to a point within one mile from the Con non-dau-we-gea Creek; thence up the said creek one mile on a line parallel thereto; thence on a direct line to the said creek; thence down the same to Lake Erie; thence along the lake to the place of beginning." In consideration of said lands described as aforesaid, the parties of the second part hereby exchange, cede, release, and quit claim to the parties of the first part a certain tract herein described, the said parties of the second part reserving the right of pre-emption: Beginning at a post marked No. 0, standing on the bank of Lake Erie, at the mouth of Cataraugos Creek, and on the north bank thereof; thence along the shore of said lake N. 11°, E. 21 chains; N. 13°, E. 45 chains; N. 19o, E. 14 chains 65 links to a post; thence east 119 chains to a post; thence south 14 chains 27 links to a post; thence east 640 chains to a post standing in the meridian between the eighth and ninth ranges; thence along said meridian south 617 chains 75 links to a post standing on the south bank of Cataraugos Creek; thence west 160 chains to a post; thence north 290 chains 25 links to a post; thence west 482 chains 31 links to a post; thence north 219 chains 50 links to a post standing on the north bank of Cataraugos Creek; thence down the same and along the several meanders thereof to the place of beginning. Said lands to be held by the party of the first part by the same tenure as the lands reserved by them by the treaty of September 15, 1797. Proclaimed January 12, 1803.1

Treaty with the Senecas, made at Buffalo Creek, New York, June 30, 1802.

At a treaty held by authority of the United States, Oliver Phelps and Horatio Jones, of Ontario, and Isaac Bronson, of New York City, purchased a tract 2 miles square in Ontario County, known as Little Beard's Reservation, of the Seneca Indians, for the sum of $1,200 paid unto them in hand, receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged.

Proclaimed February 7, 1803.2

Treaty with the Senecas and other tribes, made at Greenville, Ohio, July 22, 1814."

See Shawnee treaty of same date-Indian Territory.

Treaty with the Senecas and other tribes, made at Spring Wells, September 18, 1815.* See Chippewa treaty of same date-Michigan.

Treaty with the Senecas and other tribes, made on the Miami of the Lake, September 29,

Supplementary treaty with the Senecas, made at St. Mary's, Ohio, September 17, 1818.1

See treaty with Chippewas of same date-Michigan.

Treaty with the Senecas of Sundusky River, Ohio, made at Washington, February 28, 1831.

Indians cede to the United States the land granted them by patent in fee-simple by section 6 of treaty made at Miami of the Lake, on September 29, 1817, containing 30,000 acres, as follows:

Tribes cede the following lands: "Beginning on the Sandusky River at the lower corner of the section granted to William Spicer; thence down the river on the east side, with the meanders thereof at high-water mark, to a point east of the mouth of Wolf Creek; thence, and from the beginning, east so far that a north line will include the quantity of 30,000 acres.”

Also cede another tract reserved by article 2, treaty of St. Mary's, September 17, 1818, as follows: "Ten thousand acres of land, to be laid off on the east side of the Sandusky River, adjoining the south side of their reservation of 30,000 acres, which begins on the Sandusky River, at the lower corner of William Spicer's section, and excluding therefrom the said William Spicer's section;" making, in the whole of this cession, 40,000 acres. (Art.1)

In consideration, United States to cause the Senecas, consisting of four hundred souls, to be removed west of the Mississippi, and to grant by patent in fee-simple, as long as they shall exist as a nation and remain on the same, a tract 15 miles east and west and 7 miles north and south, containing 67,000 acres more or less, adjoining the boundary of the State of Missouri and adjacent to the northern boundary of the lands heretofore granted to the Cherokees. (Art. 2.) United States to bear cost of removal and support tribe one year. (Art. 3.) Out of first sales of land ceded, saw and grist mills and blacksmith shop to be erected on lands granted, and kept in operation at the expense of the United States for such term as the President may think proper. (Art. 4.) Sum of $6,000 advanced in lieu of improvements abandoned, said sum to be reimbursed from sales of land. Equitable distribution among owners of improvements of this sum to be made by chiefs with consent of tribe. (Art. 5.) Stock, utensils, and other chattel property owned by Senecas, and which they will not be able to take with them may be sold by agent appointed by the President, and proceeds paid to owners respectively. (Art. 6.) Expenses of delegation to make this treaty to be paid by United States. (Art. 7.) Ceded land to be sold to highest bidder, minimum price of land to be deducted from costs of sale, together with cost of survey of land, and the $6,000 advanced, and any balance which may remain to constitute a fund on which 5 per cent. interest shall be paid annually as annuity. President may, with the consent of tribe, dissolve said fund and give it over in such manner as he may deem best. (Art. 8.) Annuities accruing under former treaties to be paid at new home. (Art. 9.) United States to present 100 rifles, 400 blankets, 50 plows, 50 hoes, and 50 axes as soon as practicable. (Art. 10.) One hundred and sixty acres out of ceded land granted to sub-agent in consideration of services. (Art. 11.) Land granted to the Seneca tribe not to be sold or ceded except to the United States. (Art. 12.) Five hundred dollars advanced to chiefs, the same to be reimbursed from sales. (Art. 13.) Proclaimed March 24, 1831.2

Treaty with Senecas and Shawnees, made at Lewiston, Ohio, July 20, 1831.3

See Shawnee treaty of same date-Indian Territory.

Treaty with Senecas and Shawnees, made at Seneca Agency, December 29, 1832.4

See Shawnee treaty, same date-Indian Territory.

United States Statutes at Large, Vol. VII, p. 178. 351. Ibid., p. 411.

2 Ibid., p. 348.

3 Ibid., P.