Buffalo Creek Treaty

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The Treaty of Buffalo Creek (2nd Treaty of Buffalo Creek), also known as the "Treaty of New York Indians, 1838" , was signed on January 15, 1838 . The official announcement was on April 4, 1840 . The treaty was an agreement between the Seneca , Mohawk , Tuscarora , Onondaga , Cayuga and Oneida Indian peoples with the United States .

Under the terms of the agreement, the last four remaining reserves were to be sold. These were the following:

In addition, arrangements have been made to relocate the Senecas to an area west of Missouri . A paragraph of the contract stipulated that the Ogden Land Company should become shareholders in the four reservations in which the Senecas resided.

In 1842 the contract was amended because the Ogden Land Company wanted only two of the four reservations, including the Tonawanda reservation.

As the chiefs of Seneca , however, claimed that they had never signed these contracts, the people to leave the Tonawanda Reservation refused. The Tonawanda Senecas, who were not present at the contract negotiations, objected to this. In another contract from 1857 they bought their land back.

See also

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  1. ^ TREATY WITH THE NEW YORK INDIANS, 1838
  2. ↑ US v. NEW YORK INDIANS, 173 US 464 (1899)
  3. ^ TREATY WITH THE SENECA, 1842
  4. ^ TREATY WITH THE SENECA, TONAWANDA BAND, 1857