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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 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 understood 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, excepting and reserving to them, the said parties of the first part, and their nation, 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, beginning 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 creek, 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 reserving 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 particularly 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 residing 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 interchangeably set their hands and seals, the day and year first above written.

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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.

Subscribed in presence of-
NAT. W. HOWELL.

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.

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.

Ante, p. 317.

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.

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APPENDIX III.

SCHEDULE

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.

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
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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

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Treaty with the Chippewas, Ottawas, Potta-
watimies, Wyandots and Shawnees. No-
vember 25, 1808,
Treaty with the Wyandots, Delawares, Sene-
cas, Shawnees, Miamies, Chippewas, Otta-
was and Pottawatimies. September 8, 1815,
131

Treaty with the Ottawas, Chippewas, and
Pottawatimies. August 24, 1816, 146
Treaty with the Wyandots, Senecas, Dela-
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Treaty with the Delawares. September 17,
1778,
Treaty with the Wyandots, Delawares, Chip-
pewas and Ottawas. January 21, 1785,
Treaty with the Wyandots, Delawares, Otta-
was, Chippewas, Pottawatimies and Sacs.
January 9, 1789,
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Treaty with the Wyandots, Delawares, Shaw.
nees, Ottawas, Chippewas, Pottawatimies,
Miamies, Eel-Rivers, Weas, Kickapoos,
Piankeshaws and Kaskaskias. August 3,
1795,
49
Treaty with the Delawares, Shawnees, Pot-
tawatimies, Miamies, Eel-Rivers, Weas,
Kickapoos, Piankeshaws and Kaskaskias.
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74
Treaty with the Delawares. August 18, 1804,
81
Treaty with the Wyandots, Ottawas, Chip-
pewas, Munsees, Delawares, Shawnees and
Pottawatimies. July 4, 1805, - . 87

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