SCHEDULE APPLICABLE TO THE ONONDAGAS AND CAYUGAS RESIDING ON THE SENECA
RESERVATIONS.
It is agreed that the following disposition shall be made of the amount
set apart to be divided by the chiefs of those nations in the preceding
part of this treaty, anything to the contrary notwithstanding:
To William King, one thousand five hundred dollars.
To Joseph Isaac, seven hundred dollars.
To Jack Wheelbarrow, three hundred dollars.
To William Jacket, five hundred dollars.
To Buton George, five hundred dollars.
The above was agreed to before the treaty was fully executed.
R. H. GILLET, Commissioner.
At a treaty held under the authority of the United States of America at
Buffalo Creek, in the county of Erie and the State of New York, between
the chiefs and head men of the Seneca Nation of Indians, duly assembled
in council, and representing and acting 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 right and claims of the said Indians in
and to the lands within the State of New York, remaining in their
occupation. Ransom H. Gillet, 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 chiefs and head men, on behalf of the Seneca 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 said Seneca
Nation of, in and to the several tracts, pieces or parcels of land
mentioned and described in the instrument of writing next hereinafter 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 said 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 chiefs and
head men of the Seneca Nation of Indians, duly assembled in council, and
acting for and on behalf of the said Seneca 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:
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.