paid in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety three four hundred and ten Dollars and the residue for two years being one thousand one hundred and ninety Dollars is now paid them in the presence of the Witnesses whose names are subscribed to this Instrument and they are hereby declared to be entitled to and shall be paid eight hundred Dollars on the first day of June next ensuing the date hereof and annually thereafter on the first day of June in each year forever the like sum of eight hundred Dollars in manner herein Specified And Whereas, There was also reserved to the said Onondago Indians by the Articles of Agreement first above mentioned a Common right with the People of this State to the Salt Lake and the Lands for one mile around the same and by the agreement made in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety three there was also reserved to the said Nation and their posterity forever all the Lands lying on the West side of the Creek running from the Northern boundary of the square tract Surrounding their Village to the Salt Lake an extent of one half mile from the said Creek Now Know all men further by these presents that in order to render the said Common right and the said Lands adjoining to the Creek aforesaid more productive of an annual income to the said Onondaga Nation it is Covenanted Stipulated and agreed by the said Onondago Nation that they will sell and they do by these presents sell to the People of the State of New York and their Successors forever all and Singular the Common right in the said Salt Lake and the one mile of Land around the same together with all and Singular the Lands Comprised within one half mile of the Creek between the Northern boundary of the Land reserved to them by the agreement of one thousand seven hundred and ninety three and the said Salt Lake to have and to hold the same to the People of the State of New York and their Successors forever in Consideration of which Cession and grants it is Covenanted agreed and granted on the part of the People of the State of New York that they shall pay and do now pay to the said Onondago Nation in the presence of the witnesses who have Subscribed their names hereunto the Sum of five hundred Dollars for the Common right aforesaid and also the sum of two hundred Dollars for the one half mile of land adjoining the said Creek in the extent aforesaid and the people of the State of New York do further promise Covenant and agree that they will pay to the said Onondago Nation in manner hereinafter Specified the further Sums of five hundred Dollars and of two hundred Dollars and also one hundred bushels of Salt to be delivered at the Salt Lake aforesaid on the first day of June next ensuing the date hereof and annually forever thereafter on the first day of June in each year the said Sums of five hundred and two hundred Dollars and the said one hundred bushels of Salt and it is further Covenanted and agreed that as well the said eight hundred Dollars hereinbefore mentioned as the said several sums of five hundred and two hundred Dollars and the sum of five hundred Dollars Stipulated to be paid to them by the Treaty at Fort Schuyler first aforesaid making together the sum of two thousand Dollars shall in future be annually paid them forever hereafter at Canadaghque in the County of Ontario to the Agent for Indian affairs under the United States for the time being residing within this State and in case no such agent shall be appointed by the United States then by such person as the Governor of the State of New York shall thereunto appoint to be by the said Agent or person so to be appointed paid to the said Onondago Nation taking their receipt therefor on the back of the Counter part of this Instrument in the possession of the said Indians to wit, We the Onondago Nation do acknowledge to have received from the People of the State of New York the sum of two thousand Dollars in full for the Several Annuities mentioned as witness our hands at Canadaghque this day of -179 which money shall be paid in the presence of at least one of the Magistrates of the County of Ontario and in the presence of at least two more reputable Inhabitants of the said County and which Magistrate and other persons in whose presence the same shall be paid shall Subscribe their names as Witnesses to the said receipt and the said agent or other person so to be appointed shall also take a duplicate receipt for the said money witnessed by the said Witnesses and which duplicate shall as soon as Conveniently may be, acknowledged and Recorded in the Records of the said County of Ontario and the Original Duplicate transmitted to the Governor of this State for the time being. In Testimony whereof as well the Sachems Chief Warriors and others of the said Onondagoes in behalf of their tribe or nation as the said Agents on behalf of the People of the State of New York have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and affixed their Seals the day and year first above written: Sealed & Delivered in the presence of (the word (after) between the twelfth & thirteenth lines the word (one) between the thirteenth and fourteenth lines the word (said) between the eighteenth & nineteenth lines the word (take) between the thirty second & thirty third lines and the word (said) between the thirty third & thirty fourth lines having been first interlined. Altho it is stipulated in the above instrument that the annuity of two thousand Dollars to the Onondagoes is to be paid at Canadaghque it is before Sealing and Delivery agreed by the parties that one-half of that sum only is to be paid at Canadaghque and the other half at Onondaga by Comfort Tyler Esquire or by such person as the Governor shall appoint and it is also further agreed that Cahichtoton & Sholonghyonea and Oniatajewaeh shall have one mile square of their present reservation as Tenants in Common in severalty at such place as they shall designate to a Surveyor who shall be sent to run out and mark the same. State of New York, ss: Israel Chapin James Dean Interpreters, Aghnearagewas his X mark Be it remembered that on the twenty sixth day of March, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety six personally appeared before me Egbert Benson, one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the said State Israel Chapin one of the Witnesses to the within Articles of Agreement, who being duly sworn deposed that he saw Phillip Schuyler, John Cantine, David Brooks of John Richardson, the Agents therein named and the seventeen Indians whose names are subscribed as parties thereto execute the same that he the Deponent subscribed his name as a Witness thereto and also that he saw the other eight persons subscribe as witnesses and I having inspected it and finding therein no erasures or interlineations other than such as are noted to have been made before execution do allow it to be recorded Egb't Benson. The preceding Instrument is a true Copy of the Original Compared therewith this 30th March 1796 By Me LEWIS A: SCOTT Secretary. EXHIBIT 366. Treaty with the Senecas, 1802.1 "At a treaty held at the city of Albany in the State of New York, on the 20th of August, 1802, with the Seneca Nation of Indians, by their Sachems, Chiefs and Warriors, whose names are hereunto subscribed and seals are affixed, duly deputed, authorized and empowered by the said Seneca Nation of Indians, for the purpose. "Present.-John Tayler, Commissioner appointed under the authority of the United States to hold the treaty, and His 'Report of New York Assembly Committee on Indian Problem of February 1, 1889, p. 214. Excellency George Clinton, Esquire, Governor of the said State of New York. "The said Seneca Nation of Indians, by their said Sachems, Chiefs and Warriors, agreeably to the authority in them vested by said Nation, for the consideration hereinafter mentioned, do sell, cede, release and quit claim to the People of the State of New York, all that tract of land one mile wide on the Niagara river, extending from Buffalo to Stedman's Farm, including Black Rock, and bounded Westward by the shore or waters of said river. And said Seneca Nation of Indians reserving to themselves nevertheless, the right and privilege of encamping their fishing parties on the beach of said river for the purpose of fishing, which is the common right of both parties, and to be enjoyed without hindrance or interruption from either; and while there encamped to use the driftwood for fuel but not to tresspass on or injure the proprietor or proprietors, of the adjacent lands. The said Seneca Nation of Indians rserving also to itself the right (which they now enjoy) of passing the ferry across said Niagara river, at or near Black Rock or at such other place in the vicinity where such ferry may hereafter be established, and kept, free of ferriage or toll at all seasonable times when the boats are crossing with other passengers or freight. And the said George Clinton, Governor, aforesaid, doth for the People of the said State of New York pay to the said Seneca Nation of Indians the sum of $200.00; and doth grant to the said Indians that the People of the said State of New York shall pay to them or their order at the city of Albany the further sum of $5,800.00; and also to the value of $500.00 of chintz, calico and other goods suitable for their women on the 15th day of February now next ensuing, in full of the purchase money for said tract of land. "And the said Governor doth further grant to the said Indians that the People of the said State of New York, out of the lands above described and hereby ceded to them, shall grant to Jasper Parrish, and his heirs and assigns forever one mile square, to begin at the mouth of a creek known by the name of Scoyguquoides creek, nearly opposite the head of Grand Isle on the easterly side of the waters of the outlet of Lake Erie and to run from thence up the said creek, as it winds easterly to the line of the Massachusetts pre-emption; thence along the same northerly one mile; thence westerly to the waters of the said outlet, and thence along the same to the place of beginning. And also to Horatio Jones and |