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75.350
481,550
894
922
335
369
271
9
659
Syracuse
1.9921
2931
6,381.356
1,765.463
8,146,819
12,611
12,496
3,691
4,881
2,716
16
9.334
Tully
12,2691
3.996
366.355
98.400
464.755
806
813
352
352
289
633
Van Buren
17,301
4.104
974.086
104.400
1,078,486
1.598
1,467
591
612
426
16
1.174
Total
344,528
[114,701} || 24 349.965 3,750.063
28,100.028
44.033 42.542 |12,215
16.798
11,057
094
31.42S
LIVE STOCK.
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.
NAMES OF TOWNS.
Working
Oren and
Calves.
Cows.
Sherp.
Swine.
Winter.
Spring.
Tuns of Hay-
Bushels of
Bushels of
Pounds
Butter.
Pounds Cheese.
in Y'ards.
Camillus
879
1,165
1,047
5,649
1,933
10,006₺
152,062₺
2.566
19,857
30.343
110,209
12.470
103
Cicero ....
901
1,274
1,324
2,253
1.552
1,919}
113,649
3,391
24,842
20,131
129,140
28.035
2.0045
CIHIN. ..
1,177
1,683
1.363
4.292
1,992
4,90%↓
150.909
4.671៛
34.011
27.578
120.907
11.535 3.317}
De Witt.
831
1,1€8
1,170
3,686
1,532
3,547
104,537 }
3,344
14.321
12.564
97,235
13,360
140
Elbridge.
879
1,559
1.215
5,325
2,093
11,774
138,119₴
3.209
17,670
26,816
120,304
17,730
374
Fabius ..
735
1,273
2,637
2,972
924
1,239
72,940}
5.205
11.162
40.056
143,500 527,770
695
Geddes
129
201
904
863
1,116
1,358
38,0991
9694
10,834}
4,067
40,945
5.150
41
La Fayette.
811
994
1,088
3.359
1,382
4.862
133,968
2.5284
15,291
36.368
114,382
6,915
606
I.ysander
1.430
2,750
1,949
7,494
3,312;
14,7692
217,0453
5.573,
38.268
48.181
207,813
40.735
2.470}
Manlina ..
1.109
1.548
1,365
4,160
2.041
5.4734
148,686₺
3.423₴
17,975
25.176
130,077
9.890
5.84
Marcellus,
7~0
1.117
990
7,079
1.214
4,907 %
103,133%
2.7361
18.220
35.395
93,150
13.073
246
Onondaga.
1.621
2.051
2.034 11,660
3,277
13.290₴
259,3852
5.6771
40,518
73.3024
223.343
23.139
1.363}
Otisco ....
648
998
899
5,004
1,122
2.271
84,675}
1.855}
15,620
48,715
83,387
22.613
Pompey.
1,427
2,041
1,894
9.338
2,029
2,976
223,288
5,238
25.457
39,417
194,815
43,680
Enlina
333
394
427
1,557
674
1.062
44.288
1,559
15,550
4,021
44.732
400
94
Skaneateles.
886
1,528
1,081
8,937
1,391
4.264
130.483
3.756
13,076
45,658 41.900
99,575
8,320
710
Syracuse
87
109
144
756
137:
737
14,176
756
3.663
1,251
6.471
25
Tully
562
863
1,102
2.176
763
1.424}
61.626
1.797
8.059
24, 55
108.654
30.900:
323
Van Buren.
902
1,497
1,262
3,152
2,036;
10.246
159,522}
2.830}
22.947
39.141
133.425
21.049
Total ..
17.330 25,427 24.801 94,202 31,539 102.3987 2,455.9671 63.2463 380.1418 624,5406 2,204,287 860.644 16.570}
I Among the other early settlers were James Cravath. Wm. Trowbridge. Phineas Howell, Phineas Henderson, and Michael Christian The first child born was Peter Hemberson, in 1796; the first marriage was that of Timothy Walker and Esther Trowbridge; and the first death, that of Timothy Walker. Ruth Thorp taught the first school, in 1801: Niclndas Lewis kept the first inn, in 1802; Moses Nash the first store; and Peter Van Camp built the first grist and saw mill. In 1810.
2 The census reports 5 churches ; 2 Bap .. 2 M. E .. und Disciples.
3 Among the other early settlers were Gabriel Tappan, David Haynes, John McHarrie, Reuben Smith, James Wells, Amos ; R. C.
und Seth Warner, Elraxur Dunhain, Benj. Bolton, Ira and Phineas Barnes, Jonathan Skimmer, Isaac Earll, Wm. Lakin, and Charles F. Hall. The first child born was Elizabeth Haynes: the first marriage was that of James Wilson and Roby Tabor; and the first death. that of Mrs. Jonathan Tabur. Angustus Robinson taught the first school; Charles Tull kept the first inn and store; Jumes Paddock built the first gristmill; and Nathan Skeels and Solomon Paddock built the first sawmill.
4 The census reports 5 churches ; 2 Bap., M. E., Christian, and
90.223
23.286
3353
Spafford
703
1,214
906
4,430
1,019
1,362}
100.3711
2,1591
12.800
417
497
274
Salinit ...
6,559}
2.219
802.575
32.900
$35.475
1.377
1,203
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of
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BUSH. OF GRAIN.
DAIRY PRODUCTS.
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700 464
@ Districts.
£
ONTARIO COUNTY.
THIS county was formed from Montgomery, Jan. 27, 1789. It was named from Lake Ontario, which originally formed its N. boundary. Steuben co. was taken off in 1796, Genesee in 1802, parts of Mon- roe and Livingston in 1821, and Yates and a part of Wayne in SEAL 1823. A strip was annexed from Montgomery co., w. of Sencea Lake, Feb. 16, 1791, and a small tract in the fork of Crooked Lake, from Steuben, Feb. 25, 1814, It is centrally distant 180. mi. from Albany, and contains an area of 640. sq. mi. It lies upon the extreme N. declivities of the central Alleghany Mt. Range, and has a northerly inclination, the summits of the s. hills being ele- vated about 1000 feet above the general level of the N. portions of the co. The s. portion, lying w. of Canandaigua Lake, is a hilly and broken region, divided into ridges with steep declivities and summits 1,500 to 1,700 feet above tide. The ridges all have a general N. and s. direction, deelining toward the N., and termi- nating in a beautifully rolling region, which embraces all of the eo. E. of Canandaigua Lake, and that portion lying w. of the lake and N. of the N. line of Bristol. The ridges in this section gradu- ally rise to a height of 20 to 250 feet above the valleys, and give to the land sufficient inelina- tion for thorough drainage. A terrace with declivities 100 to 250 feet high, descending toward the N., extends through the N. portions of East and West Bloomfield and the s. part of Victor, at right angles to the general range of the ridges. The extreme N. parts of the co. are occupied by drift ridges similar to those in Wayne and Seneca cos.
The geological formation of this co. is nearly the same as that of the eos. lying E. of it in the same latitude. The lowest rocks, occupying the N. parts of Phelps, Manchester, Farmington, and Vietor, belong to the Onondaga salt group. The gypsum of this group crops out along the banks of the streams, and is extensively quarried along the Canandaigua Outlet, in Phelps and Man- cliester, and upon Mud Creek, in Vietor. The water limestone, next above, crops out in Phelps, Manchester, and Victor, and is quarried for waterlime and building stone. The Onondaga and corniferous limestones next appear, and are quarried for building stone in Phelps. The Mar- cellus and Hamilton shales occupy all the central portions of the co. s. of the foot of Canandaigua Lake; and next above them successively appear the Tully limestone, Genesee slate, and the Portage group, the last occupying South Bristol, Canadicc, and Naples. This last group furnishes a sandstone used for flagging and building. Except in the extreme s. parts of the co., the under- lying rocks have little influence upon the soil, as nearly the whole surface is covered deeply with drift deposits, consisting of sand, elay, and gravel, intermixed with the disintegrated lime- stone and gypsum evidently deposited by some great torrent that once swept across the co. in a s. direction. The rocks are seen at some points along the banks of the lakes and the courses of the streams. In Bristol are several springs of carburetted hydrogen gas emanating from the strata of Genesee slate.1
The co. is drained by the Honcoye Outlet, a tributary of the Genesee River, and by the Canan daigua Outlet and Mud Creek, tributaries of the Clyde River. Honeoye Outlet receives as tribu taries Egypt Brook and the outlets of Hemlock and Canadice Lakes;2 Mud Creek receives Beaver, Fish, and Hog Hollow Creeks; and Canandaigua Outlet receives Fall and Flint Creeks. Besides these, Irondequoit Creek flows through the N. w. corner of the eo. Keshong Creek and Burralls and Castle Brooks flow into Seneca Lake. Several of the beautiful lakes which form the most peculiar and interesting feature of the landscape for which Central New York is celebrated lie partly or wholly in this co. Seneca, forming a portion of the E. boundary, is described under Seneca co.3 Canandaigua Lake lies almost wholly within the limits of the co. The shores are beautifully sloping down to the very edge of the water, except near the head of the lake, where they rise in steep bluffs to a height of 300 to 800 feet. Its surface is 668 feet above tide.
1 The principal of these gas springs are in Bristol Hollow, on
2 Hemlock Outlet, called by the Indians O-neh'da, signifying both banks of Canandaigua Lake, within 3 mi. of the village, | hemlock. -- and in East Bloomfield and Richmond. A sulphur spring is 8 See p. 613. found on the outlet of the lake, but the principal one is at Clifton.
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492
ONTARIO COUNTY.
IIoneoye,1 Canadice,2 and Hemlock Lakes are smaller bodies of water, and are each surrounded by bluffs and hills rising to a height of 500 to 700 feet above them.
The soil for the most part consists of clayey, sandy, and gravelly loam, formed from the drift deposits. In the valleys and the rolling region which extends through the central and N. parts of the co. the loam is very deep and rich, forming one of the finest agricultural regions in the Statc. Upon the hills in the s. part of the co. the soil is made up principally of disintegrated shale and slate, forming a fine, fertile grazing region. Upon the drift hills in the w. are some small sections covered with a deep, light sand, moderately productive.
The geographical and geological features of this co. render it eminently adapted to the various branches of agriculture ; and few cos. in the State excel this in the progress of scientific improve- ment as applied to agricultural operations. Wheat was for many years the staple crop; but of late more attention has been given to the production of the coarser grains, to stock growing, and the cultivation of fruits. Wool growing has also received considerable attention, and the fine Merino sheep were introduced at an early period. The manufactures are mainly of a domestic character, such as pertain to agricultural districts.
The county seat is located at Canandaigua, at the foot of Canandaigua Lake. A courthouse, jail, and co. clerk's office were erccted here in 1793, soon after the organization of the co.3 In 1825 a new courthouse was built; and in 1858 a splendid edifice was erected at the joint expense of the co. and of the U. S. Government, containing a U. S. and co. courtroom, jury and supervisors' rooms, U. S. district clerk's and co. clerk's offices, surrogate's office, and p. office. The building is of brick, with iron and tile floors, and is entirely fireproof. The poorhouse is located upon a farm of 212 acres in Hopewell, 4 mi. E. of Canandaigua. It is built of brick, and contains ample accommodations. The average number of inmates is 136, supported at a weekly cost of 57 cts. each. The farm yields a revenue of $4,000. A school is taught during the whole ycar.' The general management and sanitary arrangements of this establishment are creditable to the co.
The principal works of internal improvement in the co. are the Erie Canal, which enters the cxtreme N. E. corner of Manchester, the N. Y. C. R. R., extending through the N. and central por- tions of the co., the Canandaigua & Niagara Bridge R. R., a branch of the Central, extending w from Canandaigua to Tonawanda, and the Elmira, Jefferson & Canandaigua R. R., extending s. E. and connecting with the N. Y. & E. R. R. at Elmira. Besides these, there are several lines of plank road in the co. ; but most of them have been abandoned.
Seven newspapers were published in the co. in 1855.5
1 Indian name ITa'ne-a-yeh, lying like a finger.
2 Indian name Ska/ne-a-dice, long lake.
8 The first Circuit Court was held at the inn of Mr. Patterson, in Geneva, in June, 1793; and the first court of Common Pleas, at the house of Nathaniel Sanhern, in Canandaigua, in Nov. 1794. The first co. officers were Oliver Phelps, First Judge ; Nathl. Gorham, Co. Clerk ; John Cooper, Surrogate; and Judah Coit, Sheriff. The first justices of peace appointed in Western N. Y. were Asa Ransom and Wm. Rumsey, for Ontario co., in Dec. 1801. By an act passed April 3, 1798, deeds were required to be recorded in the clerk's office. This was many years before the general act for recording in clerks' offices.
4 This school is supported by the interest of a fund given by a private individual for this purpose. The schoolhouse is situated in a fine yard and is surrounded by trees.
6 The Ontario Guzette and Genesee Advertiser, the first paper in the present co. of Ontario, was started at Geneva, April, 1797, by Lucius Carey, and removed to Canan- daigua in 1799.
The Impartial American, or Seneca Museum, was published at Geneva in 1800, by Ebenezer Eaton.
The Expositor was started at Geneva. Nov. 19, 1806, by James Bogert, who in 1809 changed it to
The Geneva Gazette, and continued it until Dec. 4, 1833. In 1827 it bore the title of The Gazette and General Advertiser. It was published by John Greves and J. C. Merrill until 1837 ; by J. Taylor Bradt until 1839; and by Stone & Frazer a short time longer. when it was discontinued. It was revived in Jan. 1>45 by Ira and S. II. Parker. Geo. M. Horton was at one time | interested in its publication, aud it is now published by §. II. Parker.
The Geneva Paladium was commenced in 1816 by Young & Crosby, and was published successively by S. P. Hntl. John T. Wilson. aud - Connely, until 1828, when it was discontinued.
The Genera Chronicle way started in 1828 by -Jackson, and continned 2 years.
The Independent American was published by T. C. Strong in IS31.
The Geneva American was published by Franklin Cowdery in 1830.
The Geneva Courier was established by John C. Mer- rill in 1830, and continued until 1833. Its publication was continned by Snow & Williams, Ira Merrill, llow- lett & Van Valkenburgh, Cleveland & Hook, and Win- throp Atwell, successively, until Oct. 1854, when it passed into the hands of William Johnson, its present publisher. A daily paper was issued from this office about 6 months in 1845-46.
The Herald of Truth (Univ.) was started in 1834, at Geneva, by Prescott & Chase, and contiuned uutil 1837, when it was removed to Rochester.
The Genera Democrat was published during the campaign of 1×40, by Stone & Frazer.
The District School Journal, mo., was started at Geneva in 1840 by Francis Dwight, and removed to Albany in 1841.
The Genera Advertiser and Mechanics' Advocate was started in 1841 hy S. Merrill & Co., semi-w., and continued 1 year. The Genera Budget was commenced in 1852, by Sproul & Tan- ner, and continued 2 years.
The New York State Intelligencer was published in 1848.
The Ontario Whig, semi-w., was started at Geneva by Wm. C. Busted in 1850, and continued until 1852.
The Genera Independent and Freeman's Gazette was established in 1851, by W. K. Fowle, aud continned by him until 1855, and by II. G. Moore until June, 1857. Since then it has been published by W K. Fowle as
The Geneva Ledger.
The Geneva Dally Union has been published since May 10. 1:55, by W. K. Fowle.
The Ontario Gazette and Genesre Advertiser was brought from Geneva to Canandaigua in 1799, and published by Encins Carey until 1802. John Keep Gould, who then became the publisher, changed its name to
The Western Repository and Genesee Advertiser ; and in 1803 it was again changed to
The Western Repository. James D. Benis became interested in its publication in 1804, and in 1808 he issued it as
The Ontario Repository, and continued it nutil 1929. It was published by Morse & Ward, Morse & Wilson, and Morso & Harvey. until 1835, and until 1840 by Chauncey Morse. The last named was succeeded by Geo. L. Whit- ney, who in Jan. 1556, sold it to JI. G. Moore. The fol-
493
ONTARIO COUNTY.
The territory lying within the limits of this co. was the chief seat of the Scnecas, the most numerous and powerful tribe of the "Six Nations." Their chief village was at Kanadcsaga, upon and just w. of the present site of Geneva, at the foot of Sencca Lake. In all the wars of the Iroquois League the Scnecas bore a conspicuous part; and especially did they incur the bitter enmity of the French occupants of Canada. In 1687, De Nonville, Governor of " New France," at the head of 1,600 French soldiers and 400 Indian allies, invaded the Sencca country by way of the St. Lawrence and Lake Ontario. At a defile near the site of the present village of Victor an engagement ensued, resulting in the defeat of the Indians, though with great loss to the French. De Nonville marched forward, burned the village of Gannagaro and several others, and returned.1 In the succeeding year the Senecas and their allies in turn invaded the French settlements in Canada and took bloody revenge.2
In the progress of the wars that ensued, the Six Nations were sometimes neutral and sometimes allies of the English; but the country of the Senecas was never afterward invaded by the French. During the Revolution the Senecas espoused the English cause; and in 1779 Gen. Sullivan in- vaded their country from the s., burned their villages, destroyed their corn and orchards, and left the most beautiful region in the Indian domains a desolate waste. At the conclusion of pcacc, the force and spirit of the Indians were annihilated, and they quietly yielded to the gradual encroach- ments of the whites, until the last acre of their hunting grounds within the limits of this co., and the very graves of their fathers, passed out of their possession.8
lowing month the office was hurned and the paper suspended. In May following it was revived as
The National New Yorker and Ontario Re- pository, hy II. G. Moore and Dr. B. F. Tifft ; and in May, 1857, it passed into the hands of Geo. L. Whitney & Son, hy whom it is now published.
The Ontario Freemon was established at Canandaigua by Isaac Tiffany in 1803. In 1806 it passed into the hands of John A. Stevens, who changed its name to
The Ontario Messenger. It was successively pub- lished by Day & Morse, L. L. Morse, B. W. Jones, and T. B. Hohn. The latter was succeeded in Nov. 1845, by Jacob J. Mattison, the present publisher.
The Republican was started at Canandaigua hy A. N. Phelps in 1824, and was afterward published a short time by T. M. Barnum.
The Ontario Phoenix was issued at Canandaigua in 1827 by W. W. Phelps. R. Royce became its publisher soon after, and changed its name to
The Freeman .. In 1836 it was united with The Repository. The Clay Club, a campaign paper, was published at Canan- daigua in 1844.
The Seminarian, a literary mo., was published at Canandaigua in 1851.
The Ontario Co. Times was established Jan. 1. 1852, by N. J. Milliken, and in 1855 sold to Wilson Miller, who changed it to
The Ontario Times. In Feb. 1856, the establishment was burned and the paper suspended. It was re-established in May following by Mr. Milliken, and is still published by him as The Ontario Republican Times.
The Vienna Republican was started at "Vienna" (now Phelps) in Jan. 1831. by C. HI. Lowre and A. Kilmer. In 1832 it was published by J. O. Balch and in 1834 changed to The Phelps Journol, E. N. Phelps, publisher, and soon after to The Phelps Journal and Vienna Advertiser ; in 1838 to The Phelps Democrat; and again in 1845 to
The Western Atlas. From 1845 until 1856 it was published by Washington Shaw, Dillon & Phelps, and W. W. Red- field; and since then it has been continued as
The Ontario Free Press.
The Naples Free Press was established at Naples in 1832 hy Waterman & Coleman. and continued 2 years.
The Neapolitan was started in 1840 by David Fairchild. In 1845 it was sold to - Phelps, who changed its title to The Naples Visitor. It was discontinued soon after. The Village Record was published at Naples in 1842. The Naples Journal was published in 1851 by R. Denton.
The Phelps New Democratic Star was started Sept. 3, 1858, by E. N. Phelps.
1 The commander of the expedition claimed that he desolated the whole Seneca country ; but one of his officers. (Le lonton.) in giving the history of the expedition. lays no clann to a com- plete victory ; and the Indian traditions state that only a small detachment of the Senecas were engaged in the battle, and that the French retreated before the warriors could rally from the different villages.
2 In this expedition 1000 French were killed and 26 prisoners taken, who were afterward burned at the stake.
3 Numerons traces of ancient occupation-perhaps by a people that preceded the late Indian race-are found in this co. Trench enclosures have been noticed in Canandaigua, Seneca, and other towns .~ Squier's Aboriginal Monuments of N. F., 4to ed., pp. 89, 61, 62. 63.
Seaver, in his Life of Mary Jemison, gives the following :- "The tradition of the Seneca Indians in regard to their origin is that they broke ont of the earth from a large mountain at the head of Canandaigua Lake; and that mountain they still venerate as the place of their birth. Thence they derive their name, 'Ge-nnn-de-wah,' or 'Great Hill,' and are called 'The Great Ilill People,' which is the true definition of the word Seneca. The great bill at the head of Canandaigua Lake, from whence they sprung, is called Genundewah, and has for a long time past been the place where the Indians of that nation have met in conncil, to hold great talks and to offer up prayers to the Great Spirit, on account of its having been their birthplace: and also in consequence of the destruction of a serpent at that place, in ancient time, in a most miraculous manner, which threatened the destruction of the whole of the Senecas and barely spared enough to commence replenishing the earth. The Indians say that the fort on the big hill, or Genundewah, near the head of Canandaigua Lake. was surrounded by a mon- strons serpent, whose head and tail caine together at the gate. A long time it lay there, confounding the people with its breath. At length they attempted to make their escape,-some with their hominy blocks, and others with different implements of household furniture,-and in marching ont of the fort walked down the throat of the serpent. Two orphan children, wbo had escaped tbis general destruction hy being left on this side of the fort, were inforined by an oracle of the means by which they could get rid of their formidable enemy .- which was to take a small bow, and a poisoned arrow made of a kind of willow, and with that shoot the serpent under its scales. This they did, and the arrow proved effectual ; for, on its penetrating the skin, the serpent became sick, and, extending itself, rolled down the hill, destroying all the timber that was in its way, disgorging itself and breaking wind greatly as it went. At every motion a hu- man head was discharged and rolled down the hill into tho lake, where they lie at this day in a petrified state, baving the hardness and appearance of stones: and the pagan Indians of the Senecas believe that all the little snakes were made of the blood of the great serpent after it rolled into the lake. To this day the Indians visit that sacred place. to mourn the loss of their friends and to celebrate some rites that are peculiar to themselves. To the knowledge of white people, there has been no timber on the great hill since it was first discovered hy them, though it lay apparently in a state of nature for a great number of years, withont cultivation. Stones in the shape of Indians' heads may be seen lying in the lake in great plenty, which are said to be the same that were deposited there at the death of the serpent. The Senecas have a tradition that previons to and for some time after their origin at Aennndewah the country. especially abont the lakes, was thickly inhabited by a race of civil, enterprising. and industrious people, who were totally destroyed by the great serpent that afterward surrounded the great hill fort, with the assistance of others of the same species; and that they (the Senecas) went into possession of the improve- inents that were left. In those days the Indians throughout the whole country-as the Senecas say-spoke one language: but. having become considerably numerons, the before men- tioned great serpent. by an unknown influence. confonnded their language, so that they could not understand each other, which was the cause of their division into nations, -as the Mo- hawks, Oneidas, &c. At that time, however, the Senecas re- tained the original language, and continued to occupy their mother hill, on which they fortified themselves against their enemies and lived peaceably. until, having offended the serpent, they were cut off, as I have before remarked."
494
ONTARIO COUNTY.
By the terms of the charter of the colony of Mass., the region between its N. and s. boundaries, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, was embraced; and the title to this territory was claimed by Mass. after the Revolution. The subsequent charter of the State of New York intervencd and conflicted with this claim, -- from which difficulties arose, which were finally settled by commissioners at HIart- ford, Conn., on the 16th of December, 1786. It was there agreed that Mass. should cede to N. Y. the sovereignty of all the territory claimed by the former lying within the limits of the latter, and that N. Y. should cede to Mass. the property of the soil, or the right of the pre-emption of the soil from the Indians. This agreement covered all that part of the State lying w. of a line running N. from the "82d milestone," on the line between N. Y. and Penn., through Seneca Lake to Sodas Bay. This line is known as the "Old Pre-emption Line."1 In 1787 Mass. sold the whole of this tract, containing 6,000,000 of acres, to Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham, for one million dollars. In the following spring Mr. Phelps left his home in Granville, Mass., with men and means to explore the country thus acquired. IIe collected the sachiems, chiefs, and warriors of the Six Nations at Kanadesaga, and in July, 1788, concluded with them a treaty of purchase of a tract containing 2,250,000 acres, bounded E. by the pre-emption line, w. by a line 12 mi. w. of, and run- ning parallel with, the Genesee River, s. by the Penn. line, and N. by Lake Ontario.2
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