A history of the treaty of Big Tree : and an account of the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the making of the treaty, held at Geneseo, N.Y., September the fifteenth, eighteen hundred ninety-seven, Part 9

Author: Livingston County Historical Society
Publication date: [1897?]
Publisher: Dansville, N.Y. : Livingston County Historical Society
Number of Pages: 132


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In witness whereof, the parties to these presents have hereunto inter- changeably set their hands and seals, the day and year first above written.


Robert Morris, by his attorney, Thomas Morris, (L. S.)


Koyengquahtah, alias Young King, his X mark, (L. S.)


Soonookshewan, his X mark, (L. S.)


Konutaico, alias Handsome Lake, his X mark, (L. S.)


Sattakanguyase, alias Two Skies of a Length, his X mark, (L. S.) Onayawos, or Farmer's Brother, his X mark, (L. S.) Soogooyawautau, alias Red Jacket, his X mark, (L. S.)


Gishkaka, alias Little Billy, his X mark, (L. S.) Kaoundoowana, alias Pollard, his X mark, (L. S.)


Ouneshataikau, or Tall Chief, by his agent Stevenson, his X mark, Onnonggaihko, alias Infant, his X mark, (L. S.) (L. S.) Teahdowaingqua, alias Thomas Jemison, his X mark, (L. S.


"Tekonnondee, his X mark, (L. S.)


Oneghtaugooau, his X mark, (L. S.)


Connawaudeau, his X mark, (L. S.)


Taosstaiefi, his X mark, (L. S.)


Kooentwahka, or Cornplanter, his X mark, (L. S.)


Oosaukaunendauki, alias To Destroy a Town, his X mark, (L. S.) Sooeoowa, alias Parrot Nose, his X mark, (L. S.)


Toonahookahwa, his X mark, (L. S.) Howwennounew, his X mark, (L. S.)


Kounahtaetoue, his X mark, (L. S. Taouyaukauna, his X mark, (L. S.)


Woudougoohkta, his X mark, (L. S.)


»Sonauhquaukau, his X mark, (L. S.)


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Twaunauiyana, his X mark, (L. S.)


Takaunoudea, his X mark, (L. S.) Shequinedaughque, or Little Beard, his X mark, (L. S.) Jowaa, his X mark, (L. S.) Saunajie, his X mark, (L. S.)


Tauoiyuquatakausea, his X mark, (L. S.) Taoundaudish, his X mark, (L. S.)


Tooauquinda, his X mark, (L. S.) Ahtaou, his X mark, (L. S.)


Taukooshoondakoo, his X mark, (L. S.)


Kauneskanggo, his X mark, (L. S.)


Soonanjuwan, his X mark, (L. S.)


Tonowauiya, or Capt. Bullet, his X mark, (L. S.)


Jaahkaaeyas, his X mark, (L. S.) Taughihshauta, his X mark (L. S.) Sukkenjoonau, his X mark, (L. S.)


Ahquatieya, or Hot Bread, his X mark (L. S.) Suggonundan, his X mark, (L. S.) Taunowaintooh, his X mark, (L. S.)


Konnonjoowauna, his X mark, (L. S.)


Soogooeyandestak, his X mark, (L. S.) Hautwanauekkau, by Young King, his X mark (L. S.) Sauwejuwan, his X mark, (L. S.) Kaunoohshauwen, his X mark, (L. S.)


Taukonondaugekta, his X mark, (L. S.)


Kaouyanoughque, or John Jemison, his X mark, (L. S.) Hoiegush, his X mark, (L. S.) Taknaahquan, his X mark, (L. S.)


Sealed and delivered in presence of Nat, W. Howell,


Joseph Ellicott,


Israel Chapin,


Jasper Parrish,


James Rees, Henry Aaron Hills, Henry Abeel.


Horatio Jones, Interpreters.


Done at a full and general treaty of the Seneka nation of Indians, held at Genesee in the county of Ontario, and State of New York, on the fifteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thous- and seven hundred and ninety-seven, under the authority of the United States.


In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the day and year aforesaid. JERE. WADSWORTH, (L.S.)


Pursuant to a resolution of the legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, passed the eleventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, I have attended a full and general treaty of the Seneka nation of Indians, at Genesee, in the county of Ontario, when the within instrument was duly execu- ted in my presence by the sachems, chiefs and warriors of the said nation, being fairly and properly understood and transacted by all the parties of Indians concerned, and declared to be done to their universal satisfaction : I therefore certify and approve of the same.


Subscribed in presence of WILLIAM SHEPARD.


NAT. W. HOWELL.


MORRIS TO WASHINGTON


R OBERT MORRIS secured from Massachusetts in 1791 the right to buy the lands from the Indians; but it was not till 1796 that he was ready to open negotiations. Then he wrote the follow- ing letter to Washington :


[For this letter, see page 77.]


Commissioners having been appointed and other preparations for the treaty having been made, Robert Morris addressed the following letter to his son Thomas, and his friend, Charles Williamson, who were to carry on the negotiations with the Indians. This document is among the O'Reilly papers in the collection of the New York Histori- cal society. This is the first time that it has ever been published. All who are interested in the history of Western New York will read it with much interest :


MORRIS'S INSTRUCTIONS.


Philadelphia, August 1, 1797.


Thomas Morris and Charles Williamson, Esqrs. :


Gentlemen-I send herewith my power of attorney constituting you my attorneys, and as such authorizing you to hold a treaty with the Seneca nation of Indians and such other nations, tribes, or chiefs as may be necessary and to purchase of them for my account all that tract of country the pre-emptive right of which I bought of the state of Massachusetts, being bounded on the east by the Genesee river and certain boundary lines of Gorham and Phelps's Purchase, on the south by the north boundary line of the state of Pennsylvania, on the west by Lake Erie and certain boundary lines of the Pennsylvania Triangle and of a small tract or carrying place reserved to the state of New York near the river Niagara, and on the north by Lake Ontario.


This tract of land you are too well acquainted with to render any other description necessary, and its importance to me you can properly estimate, although I have not that interest in it at present which I ought to have retained ; nevertheless there is a duty due from me to those to whom I have sold which I am as solicitous to perform as if the whole benefit was for myself; but, although I am not to reap all the benefit, I am to sustain all the expense. This circumstance does not in- duce a desire to starve the cause or to be niggardly; at the same time it is natural to desire a consistent economy to be observed both as to the expense of the treaty and the price to be paid for the lands. In order to be as clear and distinct as possible I put each article of these in- structions numerically as they occur to me.


First-I send herewith a written speech with which I propose that my son shall open the treaty by delivering the same to the Indians in my name and in my behalf.


Second-In addition to this speech, you can each make such addi- tional introductory speeches as you may think proper and necessary.


Third-The business of the treaty may be greatly propelled prob- ably by withholding liquor from Indians until the business is finished, showing and promising it to them when the treaty is over.


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Fourth-I propose that an annuity of four thousand or four thous- and five hundred dollars forever shall be the price of purchase for the whole tract of country to the pre-emption of which I have the right.


Fifth-If they should want some money down, say 5,000 to 10,000 dollars, the annuity to decrease proportionately.


Sixth-Annuities of 20 to 60 dollars per annum may be given to influential chiefs to the extent of 250 or 300 dollars per annum.


Seventh-Some dollars may be promised before the treaty and paid when finished to the amount of 500 or 600 dollars, or if necessary 1,000 dollars, to the chiefs.


Eighth-Captain Brant, although not belonging to the Seneca nation, yet being an influential character, he must be satisfied for his services on as reasonable terms as possible, after the purchase is made.


Ninth-Jones and Smith as interpreters are to do their duty fully and faithfully or I will not convey the lands contracted for with them, but if they do their duty the deed of those lands shall be delivered upon receipt of the money they are in that case to pay.


Tenth-Mr. Johnston of Niagara is to be employed as an interpre- ter and compensated with a reasonable liberality.


Eleventh-Mr. Dean and Mr. Parish may also be employed on similar terms.


Twelfth-Mr. Chapin will render any services that consist with the duties of his station, and must have a proper compliment or com- pensation.


Thirteenth-If there be others whom I omit or do not know whom it may be proper to employ, you will exercise your discretion in regard to them.


Fourteenth-The whole cost and charges of this treaty being at my expense, you will direct everything upon the principles of a liberal economy. The Indians must have plenty of food, and also of liquor when you see proper to order it to them. The commissioners, their secretaries, interpreters, and all who are officially employed at or about this treaty, must be provided at my cost. You will of course keep a table for yourselves and such of them as ought to be admitted to it. Such gentlemen strangers as visit there with friendly intentions, or from curiosity, you will of course entertain as often as you think proper.


Fifteenth-The liquors and stores I sent up will be used and if not sufficient more must be got.


Sixteenth-The articles sent up for presents to the Indian chiefs, their wives and children, you will distribute as you see proper, and you may tell them I did not send any goods for presents to the nation because I thought they could with the money they will receive half- yearly buy what may suit them best.


Seventeenth-If you think twenty to thirty cows given to the women would have a good effect, this might be done in such way as to please them best.


Eighteenth-The price or annuity offered for the whole tract of country if they do not incline to give up the whole may be put upon this footing, that the whole sum shall now be placed in the bank, and if they deliver me possession of only one-half the lands they shall draw only one-half the annuity and I will draw the other half, and so in


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proportion to what they give up, and at any time thereafter when they agree to give up more land they shall then draw more of the annuity in proportion, and when they surrender the whole of the land, they shall draw the whole of the annuity.


Nineteenth-They may signify at any time their intention of making a further surrender of lands (beyond what now may be agreed for) to the superintendent of Indian affairs, and I or my successors will immediately appoint proper persons to receive and survey the lands and assign to them or their agents the securities for the propor- tion of the annuity equivalent to the lands so surrendered.


Twentieth-It will be most agreeable if they will deliver the whole lands now, and receive the whole of the annuity, but if they should only consent to deliver a part, let that part be as large a pro- portion as you can possibly obtain; and in this case it may be best perhaps to ask for it in the following manner :- miles on the Penn- sylvania line beginning at the point on that line which bounds Gorham and Phelps Purchase, and running west - miles, and from the ter- minating point on the Pennsylvania line to run due north to Lake Ontario, then east along the borders of said lake to the point of divis- ion on the north boundary of Gorham and Phelps's Purchase, and thence south along the west boundary lines of said Gorham and Phelps's Purchase and the Genesee river to the place of beginning ; and in addition to this another quantity either on the northern or southern side of the tract as may be most palatable to the Indians. If on the southern side it will commence at the western point on the Pennsylvania line where the above tract stopped and run as far on the Pennsylvania line as they will agree, and also to go as far north on the west side of the above tract as they will agree, thence due west until a south line will strike the point where they stop on the Pennsylvania line unless they agree to go all the length of it to the corner of the Pennsylvania Triangle, and in that case the other line will run west to Lake Erie, or the boundary of that Triangle, which boundary would in that case also be the west boundary of the tract I contemplate. Should they prefer to cede a tract bounded by Lake Ontario, the east, south, and west boundaries will be fixed in a similar manner to what I have proposed for the others.


Twenty-first-If the Indians will not sell and deliver the whole tract you must stipulate and obtain liberty for the surveyor to traverse the borders of Lakes Erie and Ontario and measure all the boundary lines of the whole tract.


Twenty-second-William Bayard will attend the treaty on behalf of the Holland company to whom I have sold a great part of these lands and perhaps Mr. Linklaen and Garrit Boon may also be there. I would wish you to communicate freely and confidentially with these gentlemen or such of them as do attend, and particularly as to what part of the tract shall be taken into the purchase (in case the whole is not bought) after Track No. 1 is secured.


This Tract No. 1 is bounded on the east by the Genesee river and the boundary lines of Gorham and Phelps's Purchase, on the south by the Pennsylvania north boundary line running twelve miles west on that line, thence on the west by a line to be run from the point of


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twelve miles due north to Lake Ontario, and thence bounded on the north by Lake Ontario to the north point of said Gorham and Phelps's Purchase. This tract must be included in the purchase at all events and the rest may be made agreeable to the Holland company and the Indians, but I hope and expect that the whole will be purchased.


Twenty-third-In case the whole of the tract is agreed for, but the Indians choose to retain some part for their occupation, they will choose, I presume, Buffalo Creek, Tanewanta, and lands bordering on Lake Erie. In fixing this you will consult as much as can be the inter- ests and inclinations of the Holland company, conjointly with the pleasure of the Indians.


Twenty-fourth-Although I have proposed an annuity to the In- dians as the price of their lands, yet if they prefer to be paid in money, I do not object. In that case I suppose seventy-five thousand dollars may be set down as the price of the whole, and in proportion for any part less than the whole, the money to be paid to them or their agent or agents within sixty to ninety days either at Philadelphia, New York, or Canandaigua, as may be agreed on between you and them, consulting Mr. Bayard as to the time and place of payment.


Should any other matter occur that I shall think necessary to be intimated to you, I shall, if there be time, write to you again as often as may appear useful. You are, however, to consider what I have already writen rather as outlines for your conduct on this business than as positive orders not to be departed from. I have perfect con- fidence in your friendship and also in your integrity and discretion and therefore I confide to your management the whole of this business without limitation or restriction except that if you make a purchase the Tract No. 1 must be a part of it. If you can make the purchase on better terms than I have proposed I am sure you will do it, and on the contrary should you be obliged to give more I shall acquiesce. You know it is high time this purchase should be made and it is of vast importance to all concerned to have it accomplished ; therefore you must effect it at all events, and I can only repeat that although I wish to buy as reasonably as may be, yet I do not mean to starve the cause, for I must have it.


With sincere regard and affection, I am, gentlemen, your friend and servant,


Robert Morris.


Thomas Morris and Charles Williamson, Esqrs., Ontario County, State of New York.


Mr. Morris could not be present at the treaty himself, but he sent in manuscript a speech to the Senecas which he directed should be read to them. This was as follows :


Brothers of the Seneca Nation-It was my wish and my intention to have come into your country and to have met you at this treaty, but the Great Spirit has ordained otherwise and I cannot go. I grow old and corpulent, and not very well, and am fearful of traveling so far during the hot weather in the month of August.


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Brothers, as I cannot be with you at the treaty, I have deputed and appointed my son Thomas Morris, Esq., and my friend Charles Williamson, Esq., to appear for me and on my behalf to speak and treat with you in the same manner and to the same effect as I might or could do were I present at this treaty with you, and it is my request that you will listen to them with the same attention that you would to me.


Brothers, I have the greatest love and esteem for my son and my friend. They possess my entire confidence and whatever they engage for on my behalf you may depend that I will perform the same as exactly as if I was there and made the engagements with you myself ; therefore I pray you to listen to them and believe in what they say.


Brothers, it is now six years since I have been invested with the exclusive right to acquire your lands. During the whole of this time you have quietly possessed them without being importuned by me to sell them, but I now think that it is time for them to be productive to you. It is with a view to render them so that I have acquiesced in your desire to meet you at the Genesee river. I shall take care imme- diately to deposit in the bank of the United States whatever my son and my friend may agree to pay you in my behalf.


Brothers, from the personal acquaintance which I have with your chiefs and head men, I am assured that their wisdom and integrity will direct the object of the treaty to the happiness of yourselves and your posterity. It is a pleasing circumstance to me that my business is to be transacted with such men, because while on the one hand they will take care of your interests, on the other whatever is done between them and me will be strong and binding. I hope that wise men will always be at the head of your councils, but for fear that those that succeed ·your present leading men should not deserve and possess your confi- dence as fully as these do, you had better have your business so fixed now as not to leave it in the power of wrong-headed men in future to waste the property given to you by the Great Spirit for the use of yourselves and your posterity.


Brothers, I have now opened my mind to you, and as I depend on my son and my friend to carry on and conclude the business with you I shall only add that the President of the United States, approving of this treaty and being your father and friend, has appointed an honor- able and worthy gentleman, formerly a member of congress, the Hon. Jeremiah Wadsworth, Esq., to be a commissioner on behalf of the United States to attend and superintend this treaty, and the governor of the state of Massachusetts also appointed an honorable and worthy gentleman, formerly a general in the American army and now a mem- ber of congress, the Hon. William Shepherd, Esq., to be a commis- sioner to attend this treaty on behalf of the state of Massachusetts. These gentlemen will attend to what is said and done on both sides in order to see that mutual fair dealings and justice shall take place. Their office and duty will be rendered agreeable so far as depends on me because I desire nothing but fair, open and honest transactions.


Brothers, I bid you farewell. May the Great Spirit ever befriend and protect you.


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K® NOW all Men by these Presents that we the Chief Warriors and Chief Sachems of the Seneca Nation for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar to us in hand paid by Mary Jemoson the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge and are fully satisfied and contented and paid, have given, granted, bargained, aliened, releas- ed, conveyed and confirmed unto her the said Mary Jemoson her heirs and assigns forever one certain parcel or tract of land being and lying on the Genesee River beginning at the mouth of the steep hill creek and running a due east line till it strikes the old path ; thence south till a due west line will intersect with certain steep rocks on the west side Genesee River, then extending due west, due north, and due east, till it strikes the first mentioned bounds inclosing as much land upon the west side of the river as it does on the east side of said river. To have and to hold the above granted and bargained premises with all the appurtenances and privileges thereunto belonging to her the said Mary Jemoson her heirs and assigns forever and furthermore, we the said Chief Sachems and Warriors for ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators do by these presents covenant, engage and promise to defend the above granted premises with all the appurtenances unto her the said Mary Jemoson her heirs and assigns forever will Warrant and Defend the above granted premises against all the claims and demands of all persons whatsoever in confirmation whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven.


his Farmers x Brother mark his Little x Billy mark his


Pollard x mark


his Hanow x Shawen mark his Kayyea x Neghque mark his Tommy x Jimmisson mark his Corn x Planter mark his Howana x Zee mark


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Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Horatio Jones, William Johnston, C. Winny, Chas. Williamson, Thomas Morris.


Be it remembered that on the thirtieth day of October in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight personally came before me, Moses Atwater, one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Ontario, Thomas Morris, who being duly sworn declared he saw the grantors of the within instrument affix their sig- natures to the same as an execution thereof. And that he the deponent with Charles Williamson in the presence of each other subscribed their names as witnesses to the same, I being personally acquainted with Thomas Morris and upon inspection of the said instrument finding no material erasures or interlineations do allow the same to be recorded.


Moses Atwater.


I certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original instrument examined compared and recorded this thirtieth day of October A. D., 1798.


G. B. Porter, Clk.


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SENEKAS


Concluded September 3, 1823.


A T a treaty held under the authority of the United States at Mos- cow, in the county of Livingston, in the State of New York, between the sachems, chiefs and warriors of the Seneka nation of Indians in behalf of said nation, and John Greig and Henry B. Gibson of Canandaigua in the county of Ontario; in the presence of Charles Carroll, esquire, commissioner appointed by the United States for holding said treaty, and of Nathaniel Gorman, esquire, sup- erintendent, in behalf of the State of Massachusetts.


Know all men by these presents, that the said sachems, chiefs and warriors, for and in consideration of the sum of four thousand two hundred and eighty-six dollars, lawful money of the United States, to them in hand paid by the said John Greig and Henry B. Gibson, at or immediately before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained, sold, aliened, released, quit claimed, and confirmed unto the said John Greig and Henry B. Gibson, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, quit, claim, and confirm, unto the said John Greig and Henry B. Gibson, their heirs and assigns forever, all that tract, piece or parcel of land commonly called and known by the name of the Gardeau reservation, situate, lying and being in the counties of Livingston and Genesee, in the State of New York, bounded as follows, that is to say : 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 the Genesee river, thence extending due west, due north, and due east, until it strikes the first mentioned bound, enclosing as much land on the west side as on the east side of the river, and containing according to the survey and measurement made of the same by Augustus Porter, surveyor, seventeen thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven 137-160 acres, be the same more or less, excepting nevertheless, and always reserving out of this grant and conveyance twelve hundred and eighty acres of land, bounded as follows, that is to say : on the east by Gen- esee river, on the south by a line running due west from the center of the Big Slide so called, on the north by a line parallel to the south line and two miles distant therefrom, and on the west by a line running due north and south, and at such a distance from the river as to include the said quantity of twelve hundred and eighty acres and no more; which said twelve hundred and eighty acres are fully and clearly understood, to remain the property of the said parties of the first part, and their nation, in as full and ample a manner, as if these presents had not been executed ; together with all and singular the rights, privileges, hereditaments, and appurtenances, to the said hereby granted premises belonging or in any wise appertaining, and all the estate, right, title and interest, whatsoever of them the said parties of the first part, and of their nation, of, in, and to the said tract of land above described, except as is above excepted. To have and to hold all and singular the above granted premises with the appurtenances, unto the said John Greig and Henry B. Gibson, their heirs and assigns. to the sole and only proper use, benefit, and behoof, of the said John Greig and Henry B. Gibson, their heirs and assigns forever.


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In testimony whereof, the parties to these presents have hereunto, and to three other instruments of the same tenor and date, one to remain with the United States, one to remain with the State of Massachusetts, one to remain with the Seneka nation of Indians, and one to remain with the said John Greig and Henry B. Gibson, interchangeably set their hands and seals the third day of Septem- ber, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three.


Saquiungarluchta, or Young King, his X mark, (L. S.) Karlundawana, or Pollard, his X mark, (L. S.) Sagouata, or Red Jacket, his X mark, (L. S.) Tishkaaga, or Little Billy, his X mark, (L. S.) Tywaneash, or Black Snake, his X mark, (L. S.) Kahalsta, or Strong, his X mark, (L. S.) Chequinduchque, or Little Beard, his X mark, (L. S.) Tuyongo, or Seneka White, his X mark, (L. S.)


Onondaki, or Destroy Town, his X mark, (L. S.) Lunuchshewa, or War Chief, his X mark, (L. S.) Genuchsckada, or Stevenson, his X mark, (L. S.) Mary Jamieson, her X mark, (L. S.) Talwinaha, or Little Johnson, his X mark, (L. S.) Atachsagu, or John Big Tree, his X mark, (L. S.)


Teskaiy, or John Pierce, his X mark, (L. S.) Teaslaegee, or Charles Cornplanter, his X m. (L. S.) Teoncukaweh, or Bob Stevens, his X mark, (L. S.) Checanadughtwo, or Little Beard, his X mark, (L. S.) Canada, his X mark, (L. S.)


Sealed and delivered in the presence of Nat. W. Howell, Ch. Carroll, Jasper Parrish, Horatio Jones.


Done at a treaty held with the sachems, chiefs, and warriors of the Seneka nation of Indians at Moscow, in the County of Livingston and State of New York, on the third day of September, one thous- and eight hundred and twenty-three, under the authority of the United States. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the day and year aforesaid, by virtue of a commis- sion issued under the seal of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, bearing date the 31st day of August, A. D., 1815, pursuant to a resolution of the legislature of the said commonwealth, passed the eleventh day of March, one thousand seven hundred and nine- ty-one. N. Gorman, Superintendent.


I have attended a treaty of the Seneka nation of Indians held at Moscow in the County of Livingston and State of New York, on the third day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, when the within instrument was duly executed in my presence, by the sachems, chiefs, and warriors of the said nation, being fairly and properly understood and transacted by all the parties of Indians concerned, and declared to be done to their full satisfaction. I do therefore certify and approve the same.


Ch. Carroll, Commissioner.


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