APPENDIX I.

CONTRACT

Entered into, under the sanction of the United States of America, Sept. 15, 1797. between Robert Morris and the Seneka nation of Indians.

This indenture, made the fifteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, between the sachems, chiefs, and warriors of the Seneka nation of Indians, of the first part, and Robert Morris, of the city of Philadelphia, Esquire, of the second part:

Contract between Robert Morris and the Senekas

Robert Morto vest

ris

$100,000 in bank stock for the use of the Senekas, &c.

Whereas the Commonwealth of Massachusetts have granted, bargained, and sold unto the said Robert Morris, his heirs and assigns, forever, the pre-emptive right, and all other the right, title, and interest, which the said Commonwealth had to all that tract of land hereinafter particularly mentioned, being part of a tract of land lying within the State of New York, the right of pre-emption of the soil whereof, from the native Indians, was ceded and granted by the said State of New York, to the said Commonwealth: and whereas, at a treaty held under the authority of the United States, with the said Seneka nation of Indians, at Genesee, in the county of Ontario, and State of New York, on the day of the date of these presents, and on sundry days immediately prior thereto, by the honorable Jeremiah Wadsworth, Esquire, a commissioner appointed by the President of the United States to hold the same, in pursuance of the constitution, and of the act of the congress of the United States, in such case made and provided, it was agreed, in the presence and with the approbation of the said commissioner, by the sachems, chiefs, and warriors of the said nation of Indians, for themselves and in behalf of their nation, to sell to the said Robert Morris, and to his heirs and assigns, forever, all their right to all that tract of land above recited, and hereinafter particularly specified, for the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, to be by the said Robert Morris vested in the stock of the bank of the United States, and held in the name of the President of the United States, for the use and behoof of the said nation of Indians, the said agreement and sale being also made in the presence, and with the approbation of the honorable William Shepard, Esquire, the superintendent appointed for such purpose, in pursuance of a resolve of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, passed the eleventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one: now this indenture witnesseth, that the said parties, of the first part, for and in consideration of the premises above recited, and for divers other good and valuable considerations them thereunto moving, have granted, bargained, sold, aliened, released, enfeoffed, and confirmed; and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, enfeoff, and confirm, unto the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, forever, all that certain tract of land, except as is hereinafter excepted, lying within the county of Ontario, and State of New York, being part of a tract of land, the right of preemption whereof was ceded by the State of New York to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by deed of cession executed at Hartford, on the sixteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six, being all such part thereof as is not included in the Indian purchase made by Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham, and bounded as follows, to wit: easterly, by the land confirmed to Oliver Phelps and Nathaniel Gorham by the legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by an act passed the twenty-first day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight; southerly, by the north boundary line of the State of Pennsylvania; westerly, partly by a tract of land, part of the land ceded by the State of Massachusetts VOL. VII. -76 (601) 3 A

Act of 1802, ch. 13, § 12.

Boundary of the lands sold to Robert Morris.

to the United States, and by them sold to Pennsylvania, being a right angled triangle, whose hypothenuse is in or along the shore of lake Erie; partly by lake Erie, from the northern point of that triangle to the southern bounds of a tract of land one mile in width, lying on and along the east side of the strait of Niagara, and partly by the said tract to lake Ontario; and on the north by the boundary line between the United States and the King of Great Britain: exceptReservations to ing, nevertheless, and always reserving out of this grant and conveyance, all such the Senekas.

pieces or parcels of the aforesaid tract, and such privileges thereunto belonging,
as are next hereinafter particularly mentioned, which said pieces or parcels of
land so excepted, are, by the parties to these presents, clearly and fully under-
stood to remain the property of the said parties of the first part, in as full and
ample manner as if these presents had not been executed: that is to say, ex-
cepting and reserving to them, the said parties of the first part, and their na-
tion, one piece or parcel of the aforesaid tract, at Canawagus, of two square
miles, to be laid out in such manner as to include the village, extending in
breadth one mile along the river; one other piece or parcel at Big Tree, of two
square miles, to be laid out in such manner as to include the village, extending
in breadth along the river one mile; one other piece or parcel of two square
miles at Little Beard's town, extending one mile along the river, to be laid off
in such manner as to include the village; one other tract of two square miles,
at Squawky Hill, to be laid off as follows, to wit: one square mile to be laid off
along the river, in such manner as to include the village, the other directly
west thereof and contiguous thereto; one other piece or parcel at Gardeau, be-
ginning 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 Genesee river, then 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. One other piece or parcel at
Kaounadeau, extending in length eight miles along the river and two miles in
breadth. One other piece or parcel at Cataraugos, beginning at the mouth of
the Eighteen mile or Koghquaugu creek, thence a line or lines to be drawn
parallel to lake Erie, at the distance of one mile from the lake, to the mouth of
Cataraugos creek, thence a line or lines extending twelve miles up the north
side of said creek at the distance of one mile therefrom, thence a direct line to
the said creek, thence down the said creek to lake Erie, thence along the lake
to the first-mentioned creek, and thence to the place of beginning. Also, one
other piece at Cataraugos, beginning at the shore of lake Erie, on the south
side of Cataraugos creek, at the distance of one mile from the mouth thereof,
thence running one mile from the lake, thence on a line parallel thereto to a
point within one mile from the Connondauweyea creek, thence up the said
creek one mile, on a line parallel thereto, thence on a direct line to the said
creck, thence down the same to lake Erie, thence along the lake to the place of
beginning. Also one other piece or parcel of forty-two square miles, at or
near the Allegenny river. Also, two hundred square miles, to be laid off partly
at the Buffalo and partly at the Tannawanta creeks. Also, excepting and re-
serving to them, the said parties of the first part and their heirs, the privilege
of fishing and hunting on the said tract of land hereby intended to be conveyed.
And it is hereby understood by and between the parties to these presents, that
all such pieces or parcels of land as are hereby reserved, and are not particu-
larly described as to the manner in which the same are to be laid off, shall be
laid off in such manner as shall be determined by the sachems and chiefs re-
siding at or near the respective villages where such reservations are made, a
particular note whereof to be endorsed on the back of this deed, and recorded
therewith, together with all and singular the rights, privileges, hereditaments,
and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in anywise appertaining. And all
the estate, right, title, and interest, whatsoever, of them the said parties of the
first part and 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 said
granted premises, with the appurtenances to the said party of the second part,
his heirs and assigns, to his and their proper use, benefit, and behoof forever.

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

Robert Morris, by his attorney, Thomas Morris,
Koyengquabtah, als. Young King,

Soonookshewan,

Konutaico, als. Handsome Lake,
Sattakanguyase, als. Two Skies of a length,
Onayawos, or Farmer's Brother,
Soogooyawautau, als. Red Jacket,

Gishkaka, als. Little Billy,
Kaoundoowana, als. Pollard,
Ouneashataikau, or Tall Chief, by his
agent Stevenson,

Teahdowainggua, als. Thos. Jemison,
Onnonggaiheko, als. Infant,
Tekonnondee,

Subscribed in presence of —
NAT. W. HOWELL.

Konnonjoowauna,
Soogooeyaudestak,

To the Indian names are subjoined marks and seals.

Hautwanauek kau, by Young King,

Sauwejuwau,

Kaunoohshauwen,
Taukonondaugekta,

Kaouyanaughque, or John Jemison,
Hoiegush,
Taknaahquau.

Henry Aaron Hills,
Henry Abeel,
Jasper Parrish,

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 thousand 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. 8.]

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 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 universal satisfaction: I do therefore certify and approve of the same.

WM. SHEPARD.

Interpreters.

APPENDIX II.

SCHEDULE

Of claims referred to in the fourth article of the treaty of the 20th Sept. 20, 1828. September, 1828, with the Pottawatamie Indians.

Ante, p. 317.

Thomas Robb $200, for goods heretofore sold to the Indians.
McGeorge $300, for provisions sold to the Indians.

Jno. B. Godfroy $200, for goods heretofore sold to the Indians.
Jno. P. Hedges $200, for goods heretofore delivered to the Indians.

Joseph Allen $145, for horses stolen from him by the Indians while he was surveying.

Jean B. Bourre 700, for goods furnished the Indians, a part of them in relation to this treaty.

Thomas Forsyth $200, for goods heretofore sold to the Indians.
S. Hanna & Co. $100, for goods heretofore sold to the Indians.
Gabriel Godfroy, jr., $500, for goods heretofore sold to the Indians.

Timothy S. Smith $100, for goods heretofore sold to the Indians.
W. G. and G. W. Ewings $200, for goods heretofore sold to the Indians.
Joseph Bertrand $2,000, for goods heretofore sold to the Indians.

To Eleanor Kinzie and her four children, by the late John Kinzie, $3,500, in consideration of the attachment of the Indians to her deceased husband, who was long an Indian trader, and who lost a large sum in the trade by the credits given to them, and also by the destruction of his property. The money is in lieu of a tract of land which the Indians gave the late John Kinzie long since, and upon which he lived.

Robert A. Forsyth $1,250, in consideration of the debts due from the Indians to his late father, Robert A. Forsyth, who was long a trader among them, and who was assisted by his son, the present R. A. Forsyth. The money is in lieu of a tract of land which the Indians gave to the late R. A. Forsyth, since renewed to the present R. A. Forsyth, upon which both of them heretofore lived. Jean B. Comparet $500, for goods heretofore sold to the Indians. C. and D. Dousseau $100, for goods heretofore sold to the Indians. P. F. Navarre $100, for goods heretofore sold to the Indians. Francis Paget $100, for goods heretofore sold to the Indians. G. O. Hubbard $200, for goods heretofore sold to the Indians. Alexis Coquillard $200, for goods heretofore sold to the Indians. Amounting, in the whole, to the sum of ten thousand eight hundred and ninety-five dollars.

LEW. CASS,

PIERRE MENARD.

APPENDIX III.

SCHEDULE

July 29, 1829. Of claims and debts to be paid by the United States for the Chippewa, Ottawa, and Pottawatamie Indians, under the fifth article of the treaty of the 29th July, 1829, with said tribes.

Ante, p. 320.

To Francis Laframboise, for a canoe-load of merchandise taken by
the Chippewa and Ottowata Indians of Chab-way-way-gun and
the neighboring villages, while frozen up in the lake in the winter
of the year 1799, two thousand dollars

To Antoine Quilmett, for depredations committed on him by the
Indians at the time of the massacre of Chicago and during the
war, eight hundred dollars

To the heirs of the late John Kinzie, of Chicago, for depredations
committed on him at the time of the massacre of Chicago and at
St. Joseph's, during the winter of 1812, three thousand five hundred
dollars

To Margaret Helm, for losses sustained at the time of the capture
of Fort Dearborn, in 1812, by the Indians, eight hundred dollars
To the American Fur Company, for debts owed to them by the
United Tribes of Chippewas, Ottowas, and Pottawatamies, three
thousand dollars

To Bernardus Laughton, for debts owed to him by same tribes, ten
hundred and sixteen dollars
To James Kinzie, for debts owed to him by same, four hundred
and eighty-five dollars

$2,000 00

800 00

3,500 00

800 00

3,000 00

1,016 00

485 00 $11,601 00