James Buchanan, President of the United States of America, to all and singular to whom these presents shall come, greeting : whereas a treaty was made and concluded at the meeting-house, on the Tonawanda reservation, in the county of Genesee, and State of New York, on the fifth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, by Charles E. Mix, as a commissioner on behalf of the United States, and the following persons, viz: Jabez Ground, Jesse Spring, Isaac Shanks, George Sky, and Ely S. Parker, duly authorized thereunto by the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians ...

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York.

Contributor:

Mix, Charles E.

United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)

Edward E. Ayer Collection (Newberry Library), owner.

Standardized Title:

Treaties, etc. United States, 1857 November 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York.

Seneca Indians--Treaties.

Seneca Indians.

Indian land transfers--Kansas.

Indian land transfers.

Seneca Indians--Land tenure--New York (State).

Treaty Indian reservations--New York (State).

Treaty Indian reservations.

Indian Removal, 1813-1903.

Indians of North America--Government relations--1789-1869.

Indians of North America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (9 pages)

Other Title:

Treaty between the United States and the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians

Title on publisher's website: Treaties between the US and the Indians. 141

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C. : publisher not identified, 1859]

Notes:

Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America was originally published in 2013, as American Indian Histories and Cultures. The title was changed in 2024.

Title from caption.

"November 5, 1857."--Cover.

Ratified by the Senate June 4, 1858; and signed by President Buchanan Mar. 31, 1859.