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Bissell, Herbert P.-Continued.

Extract of testimony of William Henry before..

Extract of testimony of Henry Phillips before..
Evidence before, as Commissioner in 1888..

Report of, on merits, prevented by Chap. 473, N.Y. Laws of
1889....

Report of testimony taken before him, 1888...
Blacksnake, 'Governor', U.S. Seneca Chief and captain of band

of Seneca Inds. in War of 1812...

Died December 1859...

Statements to Harrison Halftown..

(1) U.S. Inds. shared British presents for a time after
commencement of War of 1812..

(2) Can. Inds. never shared in U.S. presents..

Board of Audit of N.Y. See Audit, N.Y. State Board of.
Board of Claims of N.Y. State. See Claims, N.Y. State Board of.
Board of Commissioners of N.Y. Land Office. See Land Office.
Bouck, Governor. Letter or Petition of Dr. Peter Wilson to,
1843..

Boundary Line between U.S. and Inds., discussions as to....

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408

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Brant, Joseph, 1784. Agent of behalf of Six Nations Inds.. .. 570,577

1784. Informs Gov. Clinton that Inds. are to meet Com'rs.
of Congress..

Informs Gov. Clinton that Inds. will make peace
with Congress and States but will not cede any
lands...

1789. Protests with others against 1788 and 1789 Treaties
of Gov. Clinton with Inds....

Replies to Gov. Clinton's answer to protest.

Writes to Gov. Clinton offering sale of Mohawk
lands...

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573

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651

657

650

650

1790. Invited by Gov. Clinton to attend with Mohawks at
Treaty of 1790....

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requested...

Notifies Gov. Clinton that he and they will attend as

Took prominent part in settling differences between
Cays..

686

735

1794. Col. Pickering, U.S. Com'r., writes reporting U.S.

Treaty of 1794 and terms..

834

1796. Power of Atty. to, by Six Nations. To surrender

land and appoint trustees..

24B

1800. Deed of Grand River Lands to, and Ind. signatures..
1807. Died at Burlington Bay, Can..

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British Ambassador presents Claim of Can. Cay. to U.S.,1899.. 776,787

799

British Annuities. Amount and source of, in 1829...

899-900

And see Annuities.

Brock, Major General. Extracts from Life and Correspondence

of...

Buck, John, Can. Onan. Chief, born about 1821.

Testimony of, 1889..

Buffalo Creek Cayugas. Resist Surveyors, 1789..

Told by Gov. Clinton that Reservation theirs in common
with those living on it, 1790... .

Buffalo Creek Council, 1792, respecting Ind. title to land, Nov.
13, 1792..

1794. Can. & Buffalo Creek Cays. with General Chapin...
Buffalo, N.Y. Joint General Council of Six Nations Inds. held
there. As to mode of selecting chiefs..

967-970

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715

721-729

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365

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298

Joint General Council of 1884 held there. Red Jacket re
interment ceremonies..

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Treaty or Agreement of 1850 made at..

356

Buffalo Reservation, afterward Cattaragus..

4

Bumberry, Seth. Can. Ind. Testified on behalf of N.Y. Cays.,

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Heard making inconsistent statements..

Saw Treaty of 1795 in Canada, 1840..

Butler, Richard, and Lee, Arthur, Com'rs. of Congress to the

Inds., 1784..

Button, George, signed Onan. Annuity receipt for 1825.

Signed Cay. Annuity receipt for 1825..

Caihiote, signed on back of Treaty of 1795. Payment of 1802.
Caledonia, Grand River, Can. Council of Can. Cays., July 17,

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573

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944

1860, held there...

Canada, Argument by Counsel for, 1889..

Cayugas of. See Canadian Cayugas.

404

444

Commissioner of Crown Lands of, substituted as Agent for
Can. Cays., 1861..

406

Canadian Annuities, discussion as to..

Payable to Six Nations Inds. arises from sale of their lands

to individuals, with consent of Crown..
Trustees dispensed with, June 30, 1839..

Canadian Archives, Documents from...

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1784. British, per Sir Frederick Haldimand, Commander-
in-Chief, grant tract of Land at Grand River in
Can. to such of Six Nations Indians as shall
remove thereto..

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1789. The whole of the lands of the Cay. Nation sold to the
State of N.Y. (See Treaty of 1789') which re-
granted to them a reservation..

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102

1790. Majority of Cays. remove to Can...

17, 547

Followed later by others of Nation..

All ten Sachems said to have removed to Can. (See
'Sachems').. .. .

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540

1791. Meet at Grand River, and resolve to ask N.Y. Legis-
lature to define their rights in N.Y. Reservation.
1793. Summoned by N.Y. State to a proposed conference
at Albany. Conference postponed at their
request..

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367

1794. Summoned again to conference at Albany and pro-
mise to attend..

The Chiefs stop en route to protest against negotia-
tions with others than they, respecting the sale of
the Reservation..

366

367, 368

Informed that regarded as owners of Reservation in
common with those living thereon...

367, 368

Accompanied to Albany by British Advisers. Gov-
ernor notifies Legislature of arrival....

364, 818

Informed by Gov. Clinton that Legislature will secure
them in ownership of Reservation equally with
those living thereon..

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769

Little Cayuga Chief suggests calling of General
Council to deal with sale of Reservation....
1795. June 28. Large body of Can. Cays. passed through
Niagara en route to Cayuga Ferry to be present
at Treaty...

843

843

July 9. Arrived at Cayuga Ferry under care of
Jasper Parrish, employed by State of N.Y. to
bring them forward..

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1795-1912. Possession of Treaty given to and maintained
by them. See Treaty of 1795', custody of
Treaty.

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1812. War of 1812 and Indian Hostilities preceding. See
'War of 1812' and 'Indian Hostilities'.
Can. Cays. fought for British..
Payment of annuities refused since War of 1812 on
ground that right to payment forfeited by service
against U.S. in war..

1815-1851.

Efforts to collect or compel payment. Many
visits to N.Y. by Can. chiefs, producing treaty
and requesting payment...

1815. Ask British Govt. to assume payment for future.

Refused....

1819. Discuss claim in Council and decide to retain lawyer.
Have discussed it among themselves ever since it

arose..

1843. N.Y. Cay. Chief admits in writing that Can. Cays.
had continued claiming.. ...

Invited to join with U.S. Cays. and remove West..

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522, 536

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Canadian Cayugas-Continued.

1849. Petitioned Legislature of N.Y..

393

Petition referred to Land Office..

22

Land Office reports in favour of recognition of claim. 1851. Again petitioned Legislature of N.Y... 1856. Request assistance of Can. Ind. Dept..

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560

924

1859. Claim presented to U.S. Ind. Com'r..

926

Reply that claim is against State of N.Y. only.. 1860. Constitute Can. Ind. Supt. Agent to attempt recovery

927

of claim..

404

Can. Ind. Supt. visits Washington re claim...

928

1882. Petitioned N.Y. Land Office, which being advised that jurisdiction only in Board of Audit, Petition refused..

28

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567

1883. Petition N.Y. Board of Audit..

Board of Audit being succeeded by Board of Claims,
petitioned Board of Claims. Petition refused.
No jurisdiction...

1884. Certiorari proceedings taken from Refusal of Land
Board to determine petition on merits..

Supreme Court rendered judgment on merits in
favour of Can. Cays. Claim.. .

1885. State of N.Y. appealed certiorari proceedings and
decision reversed not on merits but decided that
Legislature only had jurisdiction..

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1887. Bill appointing a Com'r. to decide upon claim
reported on favourably. No action taken....

1888. Act secured appointing H. P. Bissell as Com'r. to

investigate and decide claim. Many hearings... 477-559 1889. Act appointing Com'r. Bissell repealed before any report made. Evidence only reported.. Senate of N.Y. instructed its committee on Ind. Affairs to take evidence of claim and report.. Presented Memorial of Claim to Committee..

1890. Many hearings by Senate Committee...

Represented by Counsel instructed by Can. Govt..
Arguments of Counsel in support of claim..

1891. N.Y. Senate Committee reports that Board of Claims
should be empowered to determine claim..

1891-1898. Many bills introduced into N.Y. Legislature
dealing with claim. None passed...

1899. British Minister presents claim at Washington. Re-
ferred to Gov. of N.Y... .

1900. British Minister presses claim at Washington. Again
referred to Gov. of N.Y. who refers to Legislature.
No action taken..

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