Testimony Taken Before the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Relative to the Cayuga Indians Under Resolution of May 15, 1889J.B. Lyon, 1890 - 612 pages |
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agreement Albany American Cayugas Andrus annuity Brantford British Buffalo Bumberry Canadian Cayugas Canadian Indians Canandaigua Cattaraugus reservation Cayuga chiefs Cayuga Indians Cayuga lake Cayuga Nation Cayuga tribe Cayugas residing claim Commissioners committee council meeting County dollars evidence father Fish Carrier Governor Grand river head chief hear Indian Affairs Indian agent Indians residing interpreter Iroquois Joe Monture John Jacobs JOHNSON knew land live long-house mark Mohawks Monture Nation of Indians NIAGARA COUNTY O-ja-geht-ti Onondaga paid parties payment Peter Wilson petitioners Philip Schuyler Phillips possession posterity present prior question receipt received recollect relinquished remember residing in Canada RITCHIE RITCHIE.-I Sandy says SEAL Senator LAUGHLIN Senator PIERCE Senator VEDDER Seneca share side Six Nations speech Strong sworn talk tell testimony told treaty of 1795 treaty of Ghent understand United warriors William Winney witness York
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Page 157 - Scotia ; and whereas the several islands in the Bay of Passamaquoddy, which is part of the Bay of Fundy...
Page 154 - Indians with whom they may be at war at the time of such ratification ; and forthwith to restore to such tribes or nations, respectively, all the possessions, rights, and privileges which they may have enjoyed or been entitled to in one thousand eight hundred and eleven, previous to such hostilities...
Page 150 - Comprehending all Islands within Twenty Leagues of any Part of the Shores of the United States, and lying between Lines to be drawn due East from the Points where the aforesaid Boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one Part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such Islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the Limits of the said Province of Nova Scotia.
Page 148 - All territory, places, and possessions whatsoever, taken by either party from the other during the war, or which may be taken after the signing of this treaty, excepting only the islands hereinafter mentioned, shall be restored without delay...
Page 152 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie...
Page 152 - Andrews, in the Province of New Brunswick, and shall have power to adjourn to such other place or places as they shall think fit.
Page 151 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Page 155 - Washington, or at the seat of government of Mexico, in four months from the date of the signature hereof, or sooner if practicable. In faith whereof, we, the respective plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty of peace, friendship, limits, and settlement; and have hereunto affixed our seals respectively. Done in...
Page 151 - Cataraquy, has not yet been surveyed: it is agreed that for these several purposes two Commissioners shall be appointed, sworn and authorized to act exactly in the manner directed with respect to those mentioned in the next preceding article, unless otherwise specified in the present article.
Page 158 - ... sixth article of the treaty of Ghent, by a black line shaded on the British side with red, and on the American side with blue; and each sheet of which series of maps is identified by a certificate, subscribed by the Commissioners, and by the two principal surveyors employed by them,) is the true boundary intended by the two before...