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Text: Whereas by Mutual agreement between Oliver L. Phelps of Canandaigua County of Ontario & State of New York and Jonathan Barlow of …County of Hampshire once State of Massachusetts it is agreed that a …..given this day by said .. as his & administration of the Estate of Oliver L. Phelps Esq. late of Canandaigua always shall be .. with Capt. Jasper Parrish of said Canandaigua to him held, or delivered as in hereafter stated It is … the understanding that paid change is to be final and...
Show moreWhereas by Mutual agreement between Oliver L. Phelps of Canandaigua County of Ontario & State of New York and Jonathan Barlow of …County of Hampshire once State of Massachusetts it is agreed that a …..given this day by said .. as his & administration of the Estate of Oliver L. Phelps Esq. late of Canandaigua always shall be .. with Capt. Jasper Parrish of said Canandaigua to him held, or delivered as in hereafter stated It is … the understanding that paid change is to be final and conclusion as to any claim of the Estate of Oliver L. Phelps d… against said Jonathan Barlow but as this this an others .. whom it is thought may be able to pay this proportion of said Bond,it is agree that said Jonathan Barlow shall not have the benefits of said … to .. against the Estate of said Phelps or in favor of the other …, but that in .. he should be found on any of the Bond aforesaid and be able to .. and .. then the said Parish on having proper nation of the same shall be authorized to deliver said … to John Barlow- said Barlow further agrees that before he applies for said d.. he will notify said Phelps of the same, and if in any .. then may be instructed, against him in which he may be liable for cost or damages said phelps will give sufficient indemnity for such liability and it may be .. for said Phelps to make up of the name of said Barlow, then in that .. the .. shall not … to relieve the other .. from this … Signed in presents of Jasper Parrish Oliver L. Phelps J[?] Barlow
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Date: 1792-11
Text: Numbers of the six Nations, viz, Senekas Main Villag Buffaloe Creek 331 White Chiefs Village 107 Cataragrous 225 Munces Cataragrous 143 Cornplanters two Villages 331 Tonwanters 104 Cohanagues 22 Genesee 91 Bigtree 96 Squaka Hill 190 Ka oun a dee 148 Onondagous at Buffalo Creek 215 At their old Reservation 145 360 Oneidas 600 At Genesee 26 626 Tuskaroas Niagara 262 at Oneidas 63 325 Cayugas at Cayuga 51 at Buffaloe 22 Stockbridge Indians near Oneida 315 To Share the annuity of 4500, DrsThe...
Show moreNumbers of the six Nations, viz, Senekas Main Villag Buffaloe Creek 331 White Chiefs Village 107 Cataragrous 225 Munces Cataragrous 143 Cornplanters two Villages 331 Tonwanters 104 Cohanagues 22 Genesee 91 Bigtree 96 Squaka Hill 190 Ka oun a dee 148 Onondagous at Buffalo Creek 215 At their old Reservation 145 360 Oneidas 600 At Genesee 26 626 Tuskaroas Niagara 262 at Oneidas 63 325 Cayugas at Cayuga 51 at Buffaloe 22 Stockbridge Indians near Oneida 315 To Share the annuity of 4500, DrsThe foregoing numbers of the Six Nations taken by Col. Pickering in Nov 1792 at a treaty held in CannadaiguayMain Village Buffaloe Creek 331 White Chiefs Village 107 Cataragaus 225 Allagany 331 Tonawande 100 Canawagus 22 Genesee Village 91 Bigtree 96 Squaka Hill 100 31 Kaonnoeeo 120 Onondagus B C 215 Tuskeroras 200 Cayuas BC, 50 Oneidas at Genesee 30 Munses at Caturagurs 143 Do at B. Creek 15Numbers of the six Nations
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Creator: Davis, Jefferson
Date: n.d.
Text: Jefferson Davis ? N. M. Browne Esqr. Constitution office Washington D. C.

Creator: Chapin, Israel
Date: 1802-07-30
Text: Brothers - I am sorry to hear of the very disagreeable news from Buffaloe Creek that one of our people has been killed by one of your people. Brothers - This news is terrible disagreeable and afflicting, it naturally excites temper and revenge at the first appearance - but Brothers let us reflect & be cool and endeavor to finde out what ought to be done to bring our minds to harmonize & good agreement again - These things have happened and they have been settled, and I suppose it will...
Show moreBrothers - I am sorry to hear of the very disagreeable news from Buffaloe Creek that one of our people has been killed by one of your people. Brothers - This news is terrible disagreeable and afflicting, it naturally excites temper and revenge at the first appearance - but Brothers let us reflect & be cool and endeavor to finde out what ought to be done to bring our minds to harmonize & good agreement again - These things have happened and they have been settled, and I suppose it will be right in this case to take such measures as to have this business reconciled, and that the whole of community should not be rendered unhappy by the quarrel of individuals. Brs - You will consider nothing improper in taking the Indian who stabbed one man & killed one other and placing him in confinement. I consider the white people in this respect justifiable, as he fell on them as a mad man without any provocation as I have been told. Brs - You on your part I trust will do nothing rash or hasty in this business & I hope & believe the white people on their part will conduct with humanity and prudence. Brs - The President of the United States must be made acquainted with this transaction, who will enter into such measures as to preserve our general peace & friendship unbroken. Brs - The reason you do not see me at Buffaloe Creek on this occasion is, The president of the U States has removed me from office & this day my office terminates. Capt. Irvine who I believe lives at Presqu-isle is to be my successor, and ought to meet you on this business, and as his agency commences I suppose it is probably he will be with you soon. Brothers - I should have been happy to have your Chiefs come forward to this place as you proposed & still shall expect to see you, as some business of importance will be left to be transacted by me. Brs - As this is the last speech that you will received from me as Agent of Indian affairs I hope you will pay due attention to it, as no one wishes more for your happiness and prosperity than Brothers your friend and Hble servt Israel Chapin Canandauga July 31 1802
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Creator: Savage, John
Date: 1822-07-26
Text: On back: John Savage letter July 26, 1822 Jasper Parrish Esqr Canandaigua N York Albany July 26 State of New York Comptrollers Office Albany July 26, 1822. Dear Sir Yours of the 22d instant enclosing receipts for Indian annuities paid by you, is received - I have drawn a warrant in your favor for $34. the amount of your amount. - I am Sir, very respectfully Your obedt Servt (Signed) John Savage Compt Jasper Parrish Esqr Canandaigua

Creator: Dickinson, Nancy
Date: 1834-12-28
Text: Elbridge Dec. 28th 1834 My dear Sister It has become my painful duty to announce to you the melancholia tidings of the death of our beloved daughter Nancy. She was married and left here for Michigan on the morning of 5th Novr. She caught cold on her journey which brought on a violent inflammation of the lungs attended with high fever and towards the close partial delirium was caused by the inflammatory action extending to the brain, and on 19th of the present month her Spirit left its frail...
Show moreElbridge Dec. 28th 1834 My dear Sister It has become my painful duty to announce to you the melancholia tidings of the death of our beloved daughter Nancy. She was married and left here for Michigan on the morning of 5th Novr. She caught cold on her journey which brought on a violent inflammation of the lungs attended with high fever and towards the close partial delirium was caused by the inflammatory action extending to the brain, and on 19th of the present month her Spirit left its frail tenement of clay and winged its way, I trust to the mansions of peace and blessedness, her death was as calm and happy as an infants sleep, and we are left to mourn our irreparable loss. While we were daily witnessing the wasting away of my Dear and only son by consumption and thinking our affliction as great as we could bear think oh, my Sister what an overwhelming and heart rending scene of affliction this sudden and unexpected death of our beloved daughter must have been - but the Lord tempers the wind for the shorn lamb. He wounds and he can heal, he mingles comfort and consolation in all our troubles and blessed be his name forever. I want to hear from you in this our Season of Sorrow for I know your family will sympathize with us. give my love to them all, and that you may long enjoy health and happiness is the Sincere Prayer of your affectionate Sister Nancy DickinsonPaid 10 Elbridge M Dec 29 Mrs. Jasper Parrish Canandaigua Ontario CountyNancy Dickinson Elbridge Dec. 1884
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Date: 1826 n.d.
Text: The Commissioners of the State of New York To Horatio Jones ---- Dr. To my service attending as Interpreter from the 11th June to the 2nd July 21 Days at 24/ pr day $63 - Horatio Jones July 2, 1802 Gentlemen please to pay the above sum Sixty three Dollars to Jasper Parrish & you will much oblige Your hum Servt. Horatio Jones Mr. Ezra Lamidien and Oliver Phelps Esq & C D Cooper Commissns of the State of New York Cananaugaras 2nd July 1802Sir Inclosed is a small Note against Richard...
Show moreThe Commissioners of the State of New York To Horatio Jones ---- Dr. To my service attending as Interpreter from the 11th June to the 2nd July 21 Days at 24/ pr day $63 - Horatio Jones July 2, 1802 Gentlemen please to pay the above sum Sixty three Dollars to Jasper Parrish & you will much oblige Your hum Servt. Horatio Jones Mr. Ezra Lamidien and Oliver Phelps Esq & C D Cooper Commissns of the State of New York Cananaugaras 2nd July 1802Sir Inclosed is a small Note against Richard Knight. I understand that he resides in your Vicinity - I wish you would be so good as to try to collect it of him - and you will oblige your friend -10-- John H. FrisbeeDoctor Frisbee letter Octr. 5, 1805 Capt Jasp Canan Nordly Sent TaylorCanandaigua June 28th 1826 Robert White Esq. Cash Dear Sir This will be handed to you by Capt. Parrish One of the Directors of this Institution. Should Capt. Parrish wish for Two, or Three Thousand Dollars, be pleased to Cash his draft on me for that amount- I am very Respectfully Your On a. obt. Servt. H. Willison Cash
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Date: 1803, n.d.
Text: Ontario County Times, 16 Apr. 1897 Among the Indians A Sketch of the Life as an Interesting Character A Friend of Red Jacket Seven years of Jasper Parrish's Youth Were Spent in Captivity Among Several Indian Tribes - His Kindness to them. In the old Canandaigua cemetery stands a plain and unpretentious marble headstone, which marks the last resting place of Jasper Parrish, one of the most remarkable residents of this village during the early part of this century. The truth of his strange...
Show moreOntario County Times, 16 Apr. 1897 Among the Indians A Sketch of the Life as an Interesting Character A Friend of Red Jacket Seven years of Jasper Parrish's Youth Were Spent in Captivity Among Several Indian Tribes - His Kindness to them. In the old Canandaigua cemetery stands a plain and unpretentious marble headstone, which marks the last resting place of Jasper Parrish, one of the most remarkable residents of this village during the early part of this century. The truth of his strange adventures might be doubted were is not for the fact that Capt. Parrish himself has left an account of his life and career. This narrative, which is written in a very graphic manner, is now in the possession of William Gorham, of Canandaigua, a grandson of Capt. Parrish, to whom the writer of this article is indebted for the loan of the manuscript, as well as for other valuable information relating to the subject of this sketch. CAPT. JASPER PARRISH Jasper Parrish was born in the year 1766 at Windham, Conn. At the outbreak of the Revolutionary war his father had settled near the headwaters of the Delaware river in this state, having made a clearing in the forest with his axe, and built a log hut for himself and his family. One summer's day in the year 1778, when Jasper was a lad of 11 years, he and his father, while about six miles from their home, were surprised and captured by a party of Munsee Indians. They were carried up the Delaware to a place known as the "Cook House,"where they were separated. The father was taken to Fort Niagara and delivered to the British, and two years later was exchanged and returned to his home; while the son was given to a chief called Capt. Mounsh, and remained a captive among the Indians nearly seven years. He stayed among the Munsee tribe until October of the year in which he was captured, when his master took him to Chemung, at that time an important Indian settlement. As they entered the village they were met by a crowd of howling savages who pulled Jasper from his horse and beat him brutally with clubs and the handles of their tomahawks until he was more dead than alive. Soon afterward Jasper was sold to a Delaware Indian family that treated him kindly. Nevertheless, he had to endure terrible hardships, suffering severely from both cold and hunger. In the winter when the rivers were frozen and the ground covered with snow, Jasper and the Indian boys were often compelled to throw off their blankets and leap into the water through holes cut in the ice. This was done in order to render their bodies less sensitive to cold. Once, also, he narrowly escaped losing his life. One evening two Indians who were ugly from drink sat down opposite him at the camp-fire, and began to plan how they might get money with which to buy more rum. Finally, one proposed that they kill Jasper and take his scalp to the fort, and obtain the bounty offered by the British for Yankee scalps. Jasper, being familiar with their language, was instantly on his guard, so that when one of the Indians drew a half burnt brand from the fire and hurled it at his head, he dodged the missile, and being a swift runner, escaped into the forest. The next morning when the Indians had recovered from the effects of the British rum, he returned to camp, and was not further molested. Parrish remained with the Delawares until the spring of 1780. During his stay with them, he witnessed their defeat by the expedition of General Sullivan, at Newtown - near where Elmira now stands - and accompanied them on their retreat to Niagara, after the battle. His master took him to the fort, and finding no white man wishing to purchase him, sold him for $20 to a Mohawk chief of some prominence, called Captain David Hill. This proved to be a most fortunate change for Parrish, because Captain Hill grew to be very fond of him, and at length brought him before the council of the chiefs, and formally adopted him as his son, giving him the name of Sne-ed-ah-wah. His life among the Mohawks was a happy one, as he was allowed to spend his time in hunting, fishing and trapping, being forced to do no labor beyond his strength, and was always supplied with good food and cloth- He remained with this tribe five years, until after the treaty of Fort Stanwix, in 1784, when he returned to his family, who were then living at Goshen, Orange county. After his release from captivity, Parrish was little better than the savages among whom he had dwelt, for, although he could speak fluently six Indian languages, he had only a faint recollection of English. He attended school for nine months after his return, but except for that short period of instruction, his education was wholly obtained by his contact with others, and his personal observation. However, Capt. Parrish became very valuable to the government as an interpreter, acting in that capacity at numerous conferences and councils, and officiated at the adoption of the famous Pickering treaty of 1794. In 1792, he was appointed by President Washington interpreter to the Six Nations, and in 1803 became government sub-agent to the same tribes, holding both offices up to the beginning of Jackson's second administration. He removed to Canandaigua in 1792, having previously been married to the daughter of Gen. Edward Paine, the founder of Painesville, O. He built himself a house on the corner of Main and Parrish streets, which latter bears his name, and resided there until his death, which occurred in 1836. Capt. Parrish is described as being tall, slender in his youth, but somewhat stout in his later years, with light hair and mild blue eyes. His portrait is not that of a rough backwoodsman or trapper, but rather that of a cultured and refined country gentleman. He possessed remarkable influence over the Indians of the Six Nations, for he never forgot their kindness to him while he was a captive among them, and acted in accordance with this feeling of gratitude. The Indians not only justly considered him as their truest friend and protector among the white men, but also stood in awe of him. His word was law to them. Even Red Jacket, the great sachem of the Senecas, who bent the councils of the Six Nations to his will, was awed by this quiet and unassuming man. Capt. Parrish used to delight in telling this story as illustrative of his power over Red Jacket. One evening Red Jacket came to his house drunk and in a particularly ugly mood, and when Mrs. Parrish opened the door, stood with his tomahawk uplifted as if about to strike, and inquired Ïs She-ed-ah-wah at home?" Mrs. Parrish, not at all terrified by his menacing looks and gestures, replied, "He is here, and is looking at you now." Instantly Red Jacket lowered his tomahawk, and became sobered and subdued. In later years some of the Oneida and Onondaga Indians, wishing to show their affection for Capt. Parrish, were accustomed to make a visit to him once or twice a year, and even after his death these simple-hearted and and affectionate Indians appeared at the house of his daughter, saying, "We come to see Sne-ed-ah-wah's papoose." And thus these friendly visits to his children and grandchildren continued until about ten years ago, when they finally ceased. As death drew near Jasper Parrish might well look back upon his career with a feeling of satisfaction not unmixed with pride. He had labored the greater part of his life to improve the deplorable condition of his dark-skinned brethren; he had brought to bear upon them every christianizing and civilizing influence possible, and had lived to see his efforts crowned with a considerable degree of success. Henry W. Hamlin.Canandaigua, N. Y., Wednesday, June 21, 1922 A Table With a History Shown in the Museum Once the Property of Jasper Parris, the Government Indian Interpreter - Stood in His Kitchen. In the "Old Fashioned Kitchen" in the Historical Society's building in Canandaigua, is an old cherry table, about whose battered top and rickety legs cling memories of the days when white settlers were driving their first stakes in what had only recently been an unknown wilderness. The table was once the property of the Government Indian interpreter, Captain Jasper Parrish, as is authentically known, and standing as it did in the kitchen of his house in Canandaigua in the last years of the eighteenth century and the first years of the nineteenth could recite, had it the gift of speech, many a tale of romance [Parrish's Table Appears in the Foreground of This Picture.] and adventure. Around its capacious top on more than one occasion there gathered the sachems of the Six Nations, assembled to receive the agreed annuities, and there smoked the pipe of peace with the doughty captain, partook of his venison, or not unlikely imbibed from the "big kettle" of rum, whose presence was considered in those days necessary to the successful issue of every social entertainment or solemn conclave in which the susceptible sons of the forest participated. The story of Jasper Parrish has never been fully told and never will be until a writer, gifted with imaginative power, has filled out the skeleton of known facts, regarding his life with the flesh of tradition and clothed with romance. He left a personal record written in his old age but it is a bare statement of facts and to an unimaginative reader would yield small interest. But to a boy, who needs no aid of picturesque language to realize what six years of captivity among the Indians must have contained of hard [Captain Jasper Parrish. Spent Six Years in Captivity among the Indians.] experience and stirring adventure, the simple narrative unfolds a tale of absorbing interest. Jasper Parrish the manuscript relates, was at work in the field with his father about six mils from their home, at the headwaters of the Delaware river in this State, when surprised and captured by a small party of Monsee Indians. This was on the 5th of July, 1778, when Jasper was eleven years old. Father and son were taken by their captors up the Delaware river to an Indian settlement, called Cookhouse. Ten days later the father was separated from his son, taken to Fort Niagara, and there surrendered to the British. Two years afterwards he was exchanged as a prisoner of war and he then returned to his family. Captain Mounsh took the boy Jasper to his family and left him with them while he was absent for extended periods. Jasper was kindly treated and relates that at one time, when very ill with dysentery, he was urged by his custodians to try certain Indian remedies. At first he refused, fearing poison, but then took the herb syrup offered and was at once relieved. They threatened, however, to take his scalp bye and bye, and so he was kept in a state of apprehension. On October 1, Jasper set out with his master for Chemung. Upon arriving there he was surrounded by Indians, greeted with the scalp halloo, "qua-qua!", torn from his horse and beaten until his body was covered with bruises. Then his master interfered, crying Ït is enough!"A few days later, Jasper was sold to a Delaware Indian family for $20, and taken to the south side of the Tioga river. His old master was killed a few days later in a drunken brawl at Fort Niagara. Young Parrish remained on the Tioga river during the winter and spring of 1779, suffering much from cold and hunger. His food consisted of venison, wolf, dog, fox and muskrat meat, and occasionally a wild bird with a 'little corn.' The fact that there was no salt for the food occasioned him much discomfort. He was compelled to follow the example of the Indian boys and jump through a hole in the river ice into the frigid water. This, he was told, would harden him. He had to do it repeatedly and in the coldest weather. At one time during a hunting expedition, his Indian companions ran out of lead from which to make bullets but to his surprise, after a short absence from camp, they came back with a quantity of ore, from which by a crude smelting process they secured some twelve pounds of good lead. He seldom heard an English word spoken but learned to speak the Indian language with facility. Jasper was at this place on the Tioga river when General Sullivan's army marched through the Iroquois country and was with the squaws and young Indians when the …… treated after the battle of Newton, and met them at Painted Post. Parrish afterward proceeded with the Indian party, by way of Bath and Geneseo to Fort Niagara, then the British post. Mr. Parrish records that at one time the Indians gathered at the Fort engaged in a drunken frolic that resulted in the death of five of them, and more would have been killed if the chiefs had not interfered. The boy learned here that the British were offering a guinea bounty for every Yankee scalp brought in, and he adds that he was afterwards informed that the main purpose of this offer was to induce the Indians to disperse as they were becoming troublesome. As he was resting near a campfire one night with a couple of the Indians, he overhead them form a plan for taking his scalp and selling it to get money with which to buy rum. Thus warned, he watched his companions and when he saw one of them take a half burned stick from the fire and hurl it at his head, he was able to avoid a deadly blow by a quick jump, and escaped into the neighboring bushes. He remained outside until morning, when the Indians had sobered up and he could safely return. His master offered to sell Jasper to the white people at the Fort, but none would buy. Finally a fine looking Mohawk, named Captain David Hill, bought him for $20. Hill lived near the fort, and, becoming a member of his family, Jasper was compelled to learn the Mohawk language, which was entirely different from the Delaware. The change of masters proved fortunate, however, and he lived with Captain Hill's family for more than five years, being provided in the meantime with all the necessary clothing and with abundance of food. He passed his time in hunting, fishing and working, but says he was never compelled to do work beyond his strength. In November, 1780, the chiefs of the Six Nations held a council at Fort Niagara and Captain Hill took his prisoner into the midst of the gathering and formally adopted him into his family as his son. A large belt of wampum was placed about his neck and other ceremonies observed. Jasper moved with his Indian father, the following May, to the site now occupied by Lewiston and there he continued to dwell with the family until the close of the Revolutionary War. He traveled with Captain Hill in the meantime among other tribes, and testifies that he was invariably treated kindly and granted many favors. In September, 1784, at a treaty of peace between the United States and the Six Nations, made at Fort Stanwix (now Rome, N. Y.), the Indians promised to release all their white captives. There were ninety-three of these, young Parrish among them, and in November of the same year he was taken to Fort Stanwix and given his liberty. He immediately sought out his family, whom he found living at Goshen, Orange county. Mr. Parrish says that upon thus returning to civilization he found that he could hardly make his friends understand him, he spoke such broken English. He was thereafter able to spend only nine months in school and with that exception was entirely self-taught for his intercourse with the world. In November, 1790, Mr. Parrish was requested by Colonel Timothy Pickering, United States Government Commissioner, to act as interpreter at a council to be held with the Indians at Tioga Point. Later, in July, 1791, he acted in the same capacity at a council at Newton Point, near Elmira. Earning commendation for the faithful and accurate manner in which he rendered the Indian language into English, he was appointed in April, 1792, as standing interpreter for the Six Nations and instructed to reside at Canandaigua, under the direction of General Israel Chapin, the Government agent. He acted as the chief interpreter at the great Pickering council at Canandaigua in 1794. In 1803, after serving as interpreter for thirteen years, Mr. Parrish was made sub-agent also, and he continued to hold both offices through successive administrations, until President Jackson's second term. Mr. Parrish in his work with the Indians, we are told, endeavored to inculcate habits of industry and to instruct them in agricultural pursuits and the use of property. He states that these endeavors found a friendly disposition among the Indians, except on the part of Red Jacket, the famous Seneca orator, and that they welcomed the coming of missionaries and school masters. Under his instruction and with supplies furnished by the Government, they were enabled to raise a surplus of grain and live in comparative comfort. But Red Jacket continued to oppose all innovations, declaring that they were created Indians and they should remain Indians. He never would relinquish the Pagan habits and customs. Captain Parrish, an excellent painting of whom hangs in the gallery of pioneers in the Court House in Canandaigua, died in this town in 1836, and his remains were interred in the pioneer cemetery here, where a headstone, still standing, marks his grave. C. F. M.Transcript, Saturday, November 21, 1931 A Famous Salemite Goes to the Block Colonel Timothy Pickering (1745-1829) - By Gilbert Stuart Timothy Pickering was a son of Timothy and Mary Wingate Pickering of Salem, Mass. He was graduated from Harvard in 1763 and was admitted to the bar in 1768. In 1776 he married Rebecca White. In 1777 he joined Washington's army at Morristown, N. J. The Commander-in-Chief soon appointed him adjutant general. In 1780 he succeeded General Green as quartermaster general, which office he resigned in 1785. He settled in Philadelphia for a time, but returned to Massachusetts in 1801, and became a United States senator and a member of Congress. He died in Salem, Mass. His "life" was written by his son, Octavius Pickering, completed after the latter's death in 1868, by Charles W. Upham, and published in four volumes in Boston, 1867-73. Stuart's portrait of Colonel Pickering is included in a collection of fourteenth to nineteenth century paintings from The Ehrich Galleries to be dispersed at auction at the American Art Association Anderson Galleries (New York city) this evening.Friday, February ?th, 1803. Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States of America To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting. Whereas a treaty was held on the 30th day of June under the authority of the United States with the Seneca nation of Indians, at Buffaloe creek in the county of Ontario and state of N. York, and at the said treaty in the presence of and with the approbation of John Taylor, Esqr. a commissioner of the United States, appointed to hold the same, an Indenture or agreement was entered into between the said nation of Indians & Wilhem Willink and others hereinafter mentioned, which indenture or agreement is in the words following: This Indenture made the 30th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two: Between the Sachems, chiefs and warriors of the Seneca Nation of Indians of the first part, and Wilhem Willink, Peter Van Eeghen, Hendrick Vedenhoven, W. Willink the younger (son of Jan) Jan Gabriel Van Staphorst, Roelof Van Staphorst, the younger, Cornelius Vollenhaven an Hendrick Seye, all of the city of Amsterdam and Republic of Batavia, by Joseph Ellicott, Esuire, their agent and Attorney of the second part. Whereas, at a treaty held under the authority of the United States with the said Seneca nation of Indians, at Buffaloe creek in the county of Ontario and state of New-York, on the day of the date of these presents by the honorable John Taylor, 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 Congress of the United States in such case made and provided, a convention was entered into in the preference and with the approbation of the said commissioner between the said Seneca nation of Indians and the said Wilhem Willink, Peter Van Eeghen, Hendrick Vollenhoven, W. Willink the younger, I Willink the younger (son of Jan) Jan Gabriel Vanstaphorst, Roelof Van Staphorst the younger, Cornelius Vollenhoven and Hendrick Seye, by the said Joseph Elicott their agent and attorney, lawfully constituted and appointed for that purpose. Now this Indenture Witnesseth, That the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of the lands hereinafter described do hereby exchange, cede, and forever quit claim to the said parties of the second part, their heirs and assigns, All those lands situate, lying and being in the county of Ontario and state of New-York, being part of the lands described and reserved by the said parties of the first part in a treaty or convention held by the honorable Jeremiah Wadsworth, Esquire, under the authority of the United States on the Genesee river the 15th day of September, 1797, in the words following, viz. Beginning at the mouth of the eighteen mile or Kogh-quaw-qu 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 forth 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 frm the Con-non-dan-we-gea 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; reference being thereunto had willfully appear. Together with all and singular the rights, privileges, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in any wife 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 tracts of land above described, to have and to hold all and singular the said granted premises, with the appurtenances, to the said parties of the second part, their heirs and assigns, to their only proper use, benefit and behoof forever. And in consideration of the said lands described and ceded as aforesaid, the said parties of the second part, by Joseph Ellicott their agent and attorney as aforesaid, do hereby exchange, cede, release and quit claim to the said parties of the first part and their nation (the said parties of the second part reserving to themselves the right of pre-emption), all that certain tract or parcel of land situate as aforesaid. Beginning at a post marked No. ), standing on the bank of lake Erie at the mouth of Cataraugos creek, and on the north bank thereof, thence along the shore of said lake N. 11 E. 21 chains, east thirteen degrees east 45 chains, N. 19 E. 14 chains 65 links to a post, thence east 119 chains to a post, thence south 14 chains 27 links to a post, thence east 640 chains to a post standing in the meridian between the 8th and 9th ranges, thence along said meridian fourth 617 chains 75 links to a post standing on the south bank of Cataraugos creek, thence West 150 chains to a post, thence north 290 chains 25 links to a post, thence west 482 chains 31 links to a post, thence north 219 chains 50 links to a post standing on the north bank of Cataraugos creek, thence down the same and along the several meanders thereof to the place of beginning. To hold the said parties of the first part in the same manner and by the same tenure as the lands reserved by the said parties of the first part in and by the said treaty or convention entered into on Genesee river the 15th day of September, 1797, as aforesaid, were intended to be hed. In testimony whereof the parties to these presents have hereunto, & to two other indentures of the same tenor & date, one to remain with the United States, one to remain with the said parties of the first part, and one other to remain with the said parties of the second part, interchangeably set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. Con-nea-ti-a, his mark, x Koe-en-twah-ka, or Cornplanter, his mark, x Wou-dou, gooh-ka, his mark, x Te-kon-nou-du, his mark, x Sa-gee-yes, his mark, x Jaw-ye-car-na, or Blue Sky, his mark, x Koying-quau-tah, or Young King, his mark, x Ka-oun-doo-wand, or Pollard, his mark, x Con-na-wau-de-an, his mark, x Soo-noo-you, his mark, x Au-wen-?-sa, his mark, x Soo-geo-ya-wan-law, or Red Jacket, his mark, x Cosh-kau-tough, his mark, x Te-yo-kai-hos-sa, his mark, x Ona-ya-wos, or Farmers Brother, his mark, x So-nau-goi-es, his mark, x Gish-ka-ka, or Little Billy, his mark, x Sux-sa-bo-wau, his mark, x Wilhelm Willink, Pieter Van Eeghen, Hendrick Vollenhoven, W. Willink, the younger, I. Willink the younger (son of Jan) Jan Gabriel Van Staphorst, Roelof Van Staphorst, the younger, Cornelius Vollenhoven, and Hendrick Seye, by their Attorney. (L. S.) Joseph Ellicott. In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed, and signed the same with my hand. Done at the City of Washington, the (L. S.) twelfth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three, and in the twenty seventh year of the Indiependence of the said United States. TH: Jefferson. By the President, James Maddison, Secretary of State. IRON WORKS. The subscriber would rent a set o works, situated within twenty miles of the boatable waters of James River; consisting of Furnace, Forge, Mill, Saw-mill, and every necessary appendage, all new and finished in the completest manner of any in America; having abundance of water, wood, and ore of the best quality, and lying in a healthy country where provisions also are abundant and cheap. Fifteen or twenty able negroes may be rented with the works, if specially applied for. Ferdinando Fairfax. Shanr. Hill, near Charleston, Virginia. N. B. Applications by letter must be postpaid. January 28. 1aw6w
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Creator: Spring, William
Date: 1809-08-24
Text: Bath 24th August 1809 Dear Sir, There is Elven Indians in this Neighborhood that has been much alarmed by Being shot at the other evening by some hunters (as we suppose) and have lost their horses which they cant find since the Circumstance happened -there is several Hunters living in the neighborhood of Mud Creek where this thing happened who have allwaise been opposed to the Indians hunting on their ground, but the Inhabitants here ant able to prove anything against them - the people in the...
Show moreBath 24th August 1809 Dear Sir, There is Elven Indians in this Neighborhood that has been much alarmed by Being shot at the other evening by some hunters (as we suppose) and have lost their horses which they cant find since the Circumstance happened -there is several Hunters living in the neighborhood of Mud Creek where this thing happened who have allwaise been opposed to the Indians hunting on their ground, but the Inhabitants here ant able to prove anything against them - the people in the village wishes them to hunt and are willing to help them in finding their horses - the Bearer cant Satisfyed without coming to see you and wished some person to write a line of course was willing to Satisfy them and will do anything to help them to find out who has troubled them- I am with esteem &c William Spring Capt ParishWilliam Spring letter Augt. 24, 1809Captain Parish Canandaigua
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Date: n.d.
Text: The Role of the Ontario Troop Seymore Boughton Sergent Asa Ransom Gideon Pitts Frederick Rifford Daneile Gates Serg, John Sutherland Stephen Bates Corporal Samuel Pitts Clark Beck Corp Joseph Wait Daniel Wilder Corp Nathaniel Clark Samuel Warner Corp Joseph Wilder Nathan Walden Farris Sylvanus Conant Timothy Hopkinds Sadler Mathew Mannin William Antis Tsaack[?] Deane Grange Stone Samuel Adams Elijah Warner Joseph Adams Rufus East Abner Adams Seth Halcom J[?] Morehouse John Keyes Phenches...
Show moreThe Role of the Ontario Troop Seymore Boughton Sergent Asa Ransom Gideon Pitts Frederick Rifford Daneile Gates Serg, John Sutherland Stephen Bates Corporal Samuel Pitts Clark Beck Corp Joseph Wait Daniel Wilder Corp Nathaniel Clark Samuel Warner Corp Joseph Wilder Nathan Walden Farris Sylvanus Conant Timothy Hopkinds Sadler Mathew Mannin William Antis Tsaack[?] Deane Grange Stone Samuel Adams Elijah Warner Joseph Adams Rufus East Abner Adams Seth Halcom J[?] Morehouse John Keyes Phenches Taylor Jun Benjamin Gaus Ava Smith Jaffer Marvin Dyen Naft Julius Cantifs Jabiz[?] John Warren Timothy Younglove David Warner Benjamin Carson John Sutherland Abner Adams Stephen Taylor Levi Highley Samuel Heyden Ontario Troop
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Creator: Webster, Ephraim
Date: n.d.
Text: Edm. A Trowbridge Indian Inspector Ephraim Webster Interpreter

Creator: Parish, Jasper, 1767-1836
Date: 1828-01-03
Text: Agency of the U.S. to the Six Nations of Indians - Canandaigua 3d January 1828. To The Chiefs and Warriors of the St. Regis Indians Brothers, I have received from your Father the President of the United States, complaint against you for disorderly conduct toward your neighbors, in committing depredations and violence over the boundary line, on British subjects. - Brothers, ill health prevents me from visiting you in person. The bearer of this letter is my son. - He will communicate to you the...
Show moreAgency of the U.S. to the Six Nations of Indians - Canandaigua 3d January 1828. To The Chiefs and Warriors of the St. Regis Indians Brothers, I have received from your Father the President of the United States, complaint against you for disorderly conduct toward your neighbors, in committing depredations and violence over the boundary line, on British subjects. - Brothers, ill health prevents me from visiting you in person. The bearer of this letter is my son. - He will communicate to you the wish of your father the President. - You will please attend to his communication, and acquaint him with all the facts and circumstances in relation to the difficulties that exist between you and your neighbor. - Your friend and brother. - Jasper Parrish Sub AgentCopy of a letter to the St. Regis Indians Jany. 3, 1828
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Creator: Frisbee, John H.
Date: 1805-12-07
Text: Capt. Jasper Parrish First included is another number of the Farmer which I wish you to hand to M. Gould and Bernier for publication and at the same time the included $15- One is good as to intent them if possible in our course, which in this instance may truly be paid to the course of the people. If they should see any single errors in the piece I shall not be displeased to have them corrected- you know one may inform them that I am always crowded with … can find but little time to write...
Show moreCapt. Jasper Parrish First included is another number of the Farmer which I wish you to hand to M. Gould and Bernier for publication and at the same time the included $15- One is good as to intent them if possible in our course, which in this instance may truly be paid to the course of the people. If they should see any single errors in the piece I shall not be displeased to have them corrected- you know one may inform them that I am always crowded with … can find but little time to write even to my friends- and none to write & correct a piece for public inspection. But I rely more upon the facts which I have stated. Than correct or ….. I am with … John H. Frisbee … 7th December 1805 … to Infirm Mf. B.. that Jacob Pheldon wishes to take the Territory. To be went to the Post Office Ancilles Lauri Mammo + Jas. Wiscon to the left with mine at the Skaneateles P. Office. James Godden to the left at the Post office Onondag. Mfs. Walton Utica I have forgotten their given names. we wish them remembered to you as I am away. J.H. Frisbee
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Creator: Harris, T. S.
Date: 1829-07-06
Text: Buffalo. July 6, 1829 To Capt. J. Parrish, Canandaigua - Dear Sir: I have but just heard from the Indians that you are expected to attend council with them in the course of a few days - I have barely time to remark, that the Indians requested me some little time since, to inform you that the meeting-house frame has been reared and that it is to be completely finished in the course of a month. For various reasons I have deferred making the statement they requested, one of which was, that I had...
Show moreBuffalo. July 6, 1829 To Capt. J. Parrish, Canandaigua - Dear Sir: I have but just heard from the Indians that you are expected to attend council with them in the course of a few days - I have barely time to remark, that the Indians requested me some little time since, to inform you that the meeting-house frame has been reared and that it is to be completely finished in the course of a month. For various reasons I have deferred making the statement they requested, one of which was, that I had hoped soon to be in Canandaigua, and to deliver the message in person. At the completion of the House they are obliged by the contract to pay the builder in cash (or rather between this and that time) 600 dollars. If it shall be in your power Sir, in any wise to assist us in making this payment; we shall consider ourselves greatly obliged - I desire that the payments may be punctual, but you know what Indians are. I have besides this been obliged, in order to have the building properly finished, to become personally responsible for about 90 Dollars - I shall hope to see you after your arrival, Sir, Respectfully Yours T. S. HarrisJasper Parrish Esar. Canandaigua- N. Y. -T. S. Harris letter July 6, 1830
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Creator: Parrish, John
Date: 1796-04-07
Text: Esteemed Friend Jasper Parrish Philadelphia 4 Mo. 7. 1796 As the Subject relative to our Indian Brethren becomes more & more serious and a way appears to be now open as there is a general Peace taken place - the Committee of our yarley meeting has thought it expedient to imploy Jacob Taylor a member of our Society for the sake of expediting the business to go to Canadoqua, expecting by the time he gits there thou may be returned from the Indian Country with there answer that we might be...
Show moreEsteemed Friend Jasper Parrish Philadelphia 4 Mo. 7. 1796 As the Subject relative to our Indian Brethren becomes more & more serious and a way appears to be now open as there is a general Peace taken place - the Committee of our yarley meeting has thought it expedient to imploy Jacob Taylor a member of our Society for the sake of expediting the business to go to Canadoqua, expecting by the time he gits there thou may be returned from the Indian Country with there answer that we might be batter qualified how to move forward in this important business in the Erley part of the Season; if it should not suit thee to come to Philadelphia on account of any publick business or on thy on occasions, I should be glad thou will not only give J. Taylor all the Information thou art capable of but it would be pleasing to me to receive a letter from thee with any information or intelligence that may occur be it ever so simple; it looks likely if the answer we receive from the Indians affords encouragement some of our friends may find their minds ingarged prety soon to pay them a visit and to see in what way to move forward to be the most usefull to them to promote agriculture &c - and also that some quallifyd persons, may remain at least for awhile to put a hand to help forward this great and good work, the Beaver, who is a young man well approved is likely to be one to make a beginning in the business if way should open for the purpose, thy friendly notes toward him and recommending him to sutable lodging, will be acknowledged as done to thy real friend John Parrish For Jasper Parrish CannadoquaJohn Parrish letter April 7, 1796
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Date: 1859-1860
Text: Autographs written for Miss C. townsend by William Smith O'Brien 129 Fifth Avenue New York May 27, 1859For Miss C. Townsend with M. Browne's compliment. Washington Oct. 30. 1860

Date: 1802-09-27
Text: This may certify that for the consideration of love and good will to Little Beard (so called), I agree to give him as a present, Twenty Dollars pr. year, to be paid Annually to the said Little Beard, at the Town of Lewiston, in produce and clothing as he may want, during his natural life, for dated at Canandaigua this 27th day of September 1802 - Oliver Phelps

Creator: [Dudley Saltonstall]
Date: n.d.
Text: Dudley Saltonstall

Date: 1797
Text: Know all men by these presents that we the Chief Warriors and Chief Sachems of the Seneca Nation, for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar, to us in hand paid by Mary Jimeson the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge and are fully satisfied and contented, and paid, having given granted bargained, Aliened, released conveyed and confirmed into her the said Mary Jimeson her Heirs and assigns forever one certain parcel or Tract of Land being and lying on the Genesee River beginning at...
Show moreKnow all men by these presents that we the Chief Warriors and Chief Sachems of the Seneca Nation, for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar, to us in hand paid by Mary Jimeson the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge and are fully satisfied and contented, and paid, having given granted bargained, Aliened, released conveyed and confirmed into her the said Mary Jimeson her Heirs and assigns forever one certain parcel or Tract of Land being and lying on the Genesee River beginning at the Mouth of the Steep Hill Creek and running a due East line till it strike the old path, thence South till a West line will intersect with certain steep Rocks on the West side of Genesee River, then extending due West, due South and due East till it strikes the first mentioned Bounds, inclosing as much land upon the West Side of the River as it does upon the East side of the River. - - - To have and to hold the above granted and Bargained premises with all the appurtenances and privileges thereunto belonging to her the said Mary Jimeson her Heirs and assigns forever, and furthermore we the said Chief Sachems and Warriors for ourselves our heirs, executors and Administrators, do by these presents warrant, engage and promise to defend the above granted Premises with all the appurtenances unto her the said Mary Jimeson her heirs and assigns forever, will warrant and Defend the above granted. Premises against all claims and Demands of all persons whatsoever- In confirmation whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven Farmers Brother Little Billy Pollard hannan Shawen Raggea neghgue Tommy Jimmison Corn Planter Kowana See Signed sealed & Delivered in presence of - Horatio Jones. Wm. Johnston. c. Winney. Chs. Williamson Thomas MorrisBe it remembered that on the thirtieth day of October in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight, personally appeared before me Moses Atwater one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Ontario, Thomas Morris, who being duly sworn declared he saw the Grantors of the within instrument affix their signatures to the same as execution thereof - And that he the deponent with Charles Williamson in the presence of each other subscribed their names as witnesses to the same - I being personally acquainted with Thomas Morris and upon inspection of the said instrument, finding no material erasures or interlinations do allow the same to be recorded - - - - - Moses Atwater Clerks Office, County of Ontario Registered in the Fifth Book of the Records of Deeds for the County of Ontario Page 355 &c this Thirtieth day of October A. D. 1798 - Peter B. Porter, ClerkMary Jimeson copy of Decl. of Conveyance 1797
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Date: 1821-05-28
Text: $100 Recd of Le Roy Bayard and Mr. Evers & Thomas Morris per the hands of Jasper Parrish Sub Agent to the Six Nations of Indians one hundred Dollars it being in full for an Annuity due me by an agreement made with Robert Morris at Big Tree in September 1797 up to September 1820 - Signed Duplicate Receipts Dated Buffalo May 28th. 1821 In presence of H. Cunningham E. P. Parrish Young KingYoung King's Rect. $100 1821$6000 We the Sachems Chiefs and Warriors of the Seneca Nation do...
Show more$100 Recd of Le Roy Bayard and Mr. Evers & Thomas Morris per the hands of Jasper Parrish Sub Agent to the Six Nations of Indians one hundred Dollars it being in full for an Annuity due me by an agreement made with Robert Morris at Big Tree in September 1797 up to September 1820 - Signed Duplicate Receipts Dated Buffalo May 28th. 1821 In presence of H. Cunningham E. P. Parrish Young KingYoung King's Rect. $100 1821$6000 We the Sachems Chiefs and Warriors of the Seneca Nation do acknowledge to have receive from the United States per the hands of Jasper Parrish Sub-Agent of the U. S. to the Six Nations of Indians Six thousand Dollars in full for the interest due on the Stock held in trust by the President of the United States for the use of the said Seneca Nation of Indians Buffalo May 28th 1821 Signed Duplicates Young King Red Jacket Corn Planter Little Billy Black Snake Captain Pollard Captain Shongo Captain Strong Little Beard Chief Warrior In presence of H. Cunningham Jones Jno Lay JR H. PrattExpedient - Signed - Cannandagua Apr. 8th 1799- Moles Hawley Emos Hawley Daniel Steele Joel Junks Harvey Steck Henry Hawley …Hawley Thad Remington Jonas Hastings Holland Godding Hugh Jameson John Cooley
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Creator: Kerr, William J.
Date: 1818-05-28
Text: Niagara May 28h 1818 Dear Sir, I wrote you last winter by two Mohawk boys the Grand Children of Capt. Duncan who were then on their way to see him. - Their Parents are anxious to hear how they got on after they left this, and any other information you can give them -. Excuse the liberty I have taken - and oblige Dr Sir Your Most ob. Ser. --- William J. Kerr Mr. Jasper Parrish Canandaigua State of N. York

Creator: [Oliver]
Date: n.d.
Text: Oliver Furwell[?]

Creator: Fellows, Joseph
Date: n.d.
Text: Any other information on this subject will be thankfully received. With great respect, I am dear Sir, Your hbl serv Joseph Fellows Cap. ParrishGeneseah - The pleasant valley Schenectady - The place beyond the pine plain - What are the meanings of the following words - Tornewanta - Niagara - Connoga - Ononoaga - Oneida -

Creator: Graham, George
Date: 1817-03-19
Text: Department of War. March 19th. 1817. Sir, The money which you have received from the Cashier of the "Branch Bank of the United States at Washington, on of the amount of the interest due to the Seneca nation on the Stock held by the President, in trust for them, amounting to five thousand and forty eight dollars, you will pay to the Chiefs of that nation, and you will also present to the Chiefs for the benefit of that nation the further sum of nine hundred and fifty two dollars and out of...
Show moreDepartment of War. March 19th. 1817. Sir, The money which you have received from the Cashier of the "Branch Bank of the United States at Washington, on of the amount of the interest due to the Seneca nation on the Stock held by the President, in trust for them, amounting to five thousand and forty eight dollars, you will pay to the Chiefs of that nation, and you will also present to the Chiefs for the benefit of that nation the further sum of nine hundred and fifty two dollars and out of the money which you have received on account of the Indian Department - you will also pay to Little Billy fifty dollars on account of his annuity for the year 1817 the balance of the money placed in your hands on the account of the Indian Department amounting to nineteen hundred and and ninety eight dollars, will be applied by you in such manner as you may think best, in procuring provisions and othersupplies for the six nations of Indians who have suffered in consequence of the destruction of their crops of corn by the frost. The amount received by you on account of Annuities for the year 181«T(*4500) will be applied exclusively to that object two thousand dollars to be distributed in cash agreeably to the request of the Chiefs, and the residue in farming essentials, blacksmiths work, and other necessary supplies. I have the honor to be With respect Your Obedt Servant (Signed) Geo. Graham Acting Seoty of War Mr. Jasper Parish Asst Agent to the Six nations
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Creator: Williams, Eleazer
Date: n.d.
Text: With sentiments of Respect I am Sir yours E. Williams J. Parrish Esq. I expect to accompany the Deputies to G. Bay -am happy to say that the first Christian party of this Nation, are determined to fulfill their engagements by paying the sum of 400 Dollars. But not having the sum on hand & fearing lest they be hindered, they wish me to ask, whether, you are willing to negotiate for them, either at Buffalo or Batavia, as the Blankets (and other

Creator: Hallett, Jacob M.
Date: 1805-12-29
Text: Geneva Deb. 29, 1805 Mr. Jasper Parrish Dear Sir: I herewith enclose an account of my expenditures at our Salt Spring, Mr. Grangers proposition and yours amounting to the sum of Thirty seven dollars 47.5/100 for which sum I have taken the liberty of drawing on you in favor of Mr. Joseph Colt of Palmyra. I think it important that Mr. Horton yourself and me should have an interview previous to your departure for the City of Washington, to determine what measures will be most expedient for our...
Show moreGeneva Deb. 29, 1805 Mr. Jasper Parrish Dear Sir: I herewith enclose an account of my expenditures at our Salt Spring, Mr. Grangers proposition and yours amounting to the sum of Thirty seven dollars 47.5/100 for which sum I have taken the liberty of drawing on you in favor of Mr. Joseph Colt of Palmyra. I think it important that Mr. Horton yourself and me should have an interview previous to your departure for the City of Washington, to determine what measures will be most expedient for our operations in the Spring. It will be necessary that provisions &ca. should be procured without delay, that they may be sent as near as may be by Sleighing. - There is a man here who is by profession a digger and blaster of rocks - he will undertake our business either by the job or day - In expectation of hearing from on the subject I am truly yours Jacob M. HallettMr. Jasper Parrish CanandaiguaJacob M. Hallett Dec. 29, 1805
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Creator: Morris, Thomas
Date: 1800-11-12
Text: Albany 12 November 1800 My dear Sir Finding the Council of Appointment in [Suffern] when I came down, I made known to them Capt Johnston resignation in conveyance of which you appointed to the command of the Troop in our Country. Yates is your first L! The other officers are not appointed I was not acquainted with their active presentation and besides I preferred receiving from you such recommendations as you deem best to make. If you will to this when they registration next must they will be...
Show moreAlbany 12 November 1800 My dear Sir Finding the Council of Appointment in [Suffern] when I came down, I made known to them Capt Johnston resignation in conveyance of which you appointed to the command of the Troop in our Country. Yates is your first L! The other officers are not appointed I was not acquainted with their active presentation and besides I preferred receiving from you such recommendations as you deem best to make. If you will to this when they registration next must they will be attended to. Capt Boughton is appointed to the Command of a separate Troop. You will oblige one by giving him this information, That have not have to write to him as I am just setting out for New York Sincerely your friend, Thomas Morris
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Date: 1808-10-15
Text: Ontario County Clerk's Office ss. I certify the foregoing to be a true & correct exemplification of the record of the Instrument herein set forth, examined & compared- Inn testimony whereof, I have herein to affixed the seal of the said office and subscribed my name, this fifteenth day of October in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred & eight- and of the Independence of the United States, the thirty third. James B. Mower Clerk

Creator: Dearborn, Henry
Date: 1806-08-11
Text: War Department August 11th 1806 Sir Your letter of the 26th let. enclosing the receipt of the Seneca Chiefs for $6350, came duly to hand. I am respectfully Sir, Your Ob. Sevt H. Dearborn Jasper Parrish, Esqr.War Department H. Dearborn Washington Aug 11 Jasper Parrish, Esquire Canandaigua N. Y.H. Dearborn Esq. letter Augt. 11th, 1806

Creator: Parish, Jasper, 1767-1836
Date: 1793-05-14_1793-07-27
Text: Dr The Commissioners of the United States/for treating with the hostile Indians/ in a/c with Jasper Parrish, Cr 1793 May 14 to expences from Canadaiguay to Niagara - - - 3 85 to cash did to Henry Obeal - - - - - - 1 to expences at Mr. Streats - - - - - - 1 to horse hire 5 days - - - - - - 2 50 27 to expences to Phild - - - - - - 12 45 to ditto in Phild - - - - - - 2 95 June 25 to my expences returning from Phild to Niagara 12 37 to my extra service as as express from Niagara 58 Phil from May...
Show moreDr The Commissioners of the United States/for treating with the hostile Indians/ in a/c with Jasper Parrish, Cr 1793 May 14 to expences from Canadaiguay to Niagara - - - 3 85 to cash did to Henry Obeal - - - - - - 1 to expences at Mr. Streats - - - - - - 1 to horse hire 5 days - - - - - - 2 50 27 to expences to Phild - - - - - - 12 45 to ditto in Phild - - - - - - 2 95 June 25 to my expences returning from Phild to Niagara 12 37 to my extra service as as express from Niagara 58 Phil from May to June 25 inclusive 29 days to expences for horse keeping - - - - - - 1 63 to horse hire from Canadaiguay to Newtown - - 3 75 to hire for return Sd horse - - - - - - - 3 to my own horse 8 days - - - - - - - - - - 4 14 to cash p. Jacob Elry for horse hire pr recet 2 to ditto to John Eremser - - - - - - - - - - - 1 22 17 to ditto Maratet Conner horsehire - - - - - - 6 13 18 to ditto pr Gorge Lesher - - - - - - - - - - - 6 31 27 to Adam Vrooman till - - - - - - - - - - - 9 18 1/2 28 to Cash pd for shoeing a hors and Expences at F Erie 2 37 1/2 July 3 to ditto to L. Butler pr receipt - - - - - - 1 24 to ditto to A1 Levering do - - - - - - 2 55 25 to ditto to Wancham Kingsley do - - - - - - 3 27 27 to ditto to Israel Chapin juner - - - - - - - 3 75 to ditto for horse keeping at Canandaiguay - 1 87 1/2 to horse shooeing and Entertainments - - - - - 2 37 1/2 to expences at Niagara - - - - - 3 30 to ditto while in Phil - - - - - - - - 2 47 to ditto on returning from Phila - - - - - - 8 60 to horse hire and keeping at Shesheguen - - - 2 66 2/3 Augt 5 to expences at Fort Erie - - - - - - 2 54 11 to cash pd Capt Cowan for passage from Fort Erie to Detroit - - - - - - - - - - 15 50 to expences from Niagara to Canadaiguay - - 3 Sept 18 to expences at Fort Erie and Niagara - - 21 66 2/3 to Nathan Raymon Bill - - - - - - - - - - 99 to his extra service as expenses from Niagara to Phila and back to Detroit from July 10 to Augt 11 inclusive 32 days 64with the hostile Indians/ in a/c with Jasper Parrish, Cr By Cash at 3 times as p receipt to Coll PickeringCopy of expences Sept 1793 Paid
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Date: 1805
Text: Invoice of sundry packages delivered by George Ingels Esquire Agent for the Indian Department to William Linnard Esqre Military Agent for transportation to Albany, and dressed to Genl Gansevoort and to be by him forwarded agreeably to the orders of the Secretary of War. Marked & numbered as per Margin U. S. 1805 United States Arsenal May 10th 1805 Oneidas & Onondagas Annuity No 1 Cask 3 pieces coatings no. 76 1/4 yds advance 2 pieces yellow flannel 1 do red No 2 Cask 12 pieces sundry...
Show moreInvoice of sundry packages delivered by George Ingels Esquire Agent for the Indian Department to William Linnard Esqre Military Agent for transportation to Albany, and dressed to Genl Gansevoort and to be by him forwarded agreeably to the orders of the Secretary of War. Marked & numbered as per Margin U. S. 1805 United States Arsenal May 10th 1805 Oneidas & Onondagas Annuity No 1 Cask 3 pieces coatings no. 76 1/4 yds advance 2 pieces yellow flannel 1 do red No 2 Cask 12 pieces sundry calicoes 338 1/2 yds 30 cts 15 pieces Guzzapoor Baftas 240 5 pieces while platillas 11$ 306 Kegs 4 qt Casks powder 100 lbs 32 ct Wrapping No 7 Keg 250 lbs Lead 12 8 10 Casks 1 pr blankets strip'd no. 1 2: 14:6 1 " do " 3 3: 6:6 2 " do " 5 78/ 7:16 1 " do " 6 4: 5:6 1 " do " 11 3: 1 1 " do " 12 3: 5:6 1 " do " 13 3: 12:6 1 " do " 14 3: 17: 1 " do " 1 3: 9:6 35: 8: advance 120 pct 42: 9: 7 No 11 Box 1 pr red Strands No 64. 19 1/2 ids @ 3/4 3: 5 5 pr blue 1693. 19 ea 60/ 15: 18:5 advance 120 pct 21:18 4 Casks & cooperage 1 $25 1 Cask do 1 box & strapping Dld Sept 11thInvoice of sundry packages delivered by George Ingels Esquire Agent for the Indian Department to William Linnard Esqre Military Agent for transportation to Albany, addressed to Genl Gansevoort and to be by him forwarded agreeably to the orders of the Secretary of War. Marked & numbered as per Margin U. S. 1805 U. S. Arsenal May 10th. 1805. Six Nations Annuity 6 pieces striped coatings 144 3/4 yards @ 3/6 No 1 2 Casks 1 pr blue booking Baize 20 yds @ 2/8 1/2 2:13:9 28: 0:4 1/2 Advance 115 pct. 32: 4: 42 24 pr Sundry Calicoes 28 ea 672 uds @ 30 cents 9 white platillas @ 11$ 2 Casks & Cooperage @9/4/2 3@ 12 Kegs 10 qt Casks powder 250 lb @ 32 cents Wrapping @ 10 23 @15 ditto 750 lb Lead 16 Cask 3 pr red Flannel 3 pr yellow do @133/ 39:18 18 mamoodies 3/68 Cask & Cooperage 17@19 Casks 5 pr strip'd blankets (15 ea) no 1. 76/6 19.2.6 7 " " do " 2 82/6 28.17.6 Advance 15 pct 4 diaper coverlids @ 9/4 3 Casks & Cooperage @ 9/4 1/2 20 Bale 1 pr Strip'd buff Blankets (15) no 1 2:15.6 21 Cask 1 " " do 2 3. 3. 1 " " do 3 3.10 1 " " do 4 3.17.6 2 Blankets 53 10.6 Riggs @ 4/10 9.8 Canvas 4. Carr. up …. No 20 Bale Brought up 21 Cask 1 pr strip'd Buff Blankets no. 1 2.15.6 1 " " ditto 2 3.3 1 " " ditto 4 3.17.6 Advance 120 pct Cask & Cooperage No 22 Cask 3 pr red Strands No 61. 62. 63. 59 1/2 yds @ 3/4 23 Box 11 " blue ditto 1693 19 ids ca @ 3 33……. 42.18.4 Advance 120 pct 51.10. Cash & Coop ge. 9/4 1/2 box 3/9 3 3/5 Overlits (in box No. 23) @ 11.7 Invoice of one Box of Cloth delivered by George Ingels Esqr Agent for the Indian Department, to Willliam Linnard Esqr Military Agent, for transportation to Albany, addressed to Genl Gansevoort and to be by him forwarded agreeably to the orders of the Secretary of War Mark'd & numbered as pr Margin U. S. 1805 U. S. Arsenal 10th May 1805 Six Nations Chiefs No. 1 5 yds Scarlet Cloth @ 13/10 Advance 120 pct 12 ids blue Cloth @ 4$ 50/100 Box & Wrapping I certify these are true copies from the originals Jno Wilson OlkInvoices of Indian Annuity for the year 1805.
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Date: 1820-09-21
Text: Whereas by an act passed in the first year of our Reign initialed "An Act to enable his majesty to grant pensions to officers and attendants upon His ____ late majesty and other persons to whom "His said late Majesty had granted pensions and allowances "it was found expedient to enable us to make some provisions for certain of the Officers Attendants and Servants of Om lake Royal Father of happy and glorious memory and for certain person to whom on said late Royal Father had...
Show moreWhereas by an act passed in the first year of our Reign initialed "An Act to enable his majesty to grant pensions to officers and attendants upon His ____ late majesty and other persons to whom "His said late Majesty had granted pensions and allowances "it was found expedient to enable us to make some provisions for certain of the Officers Attendants and Servants of Om lake Royal Father of happy and glorious memory and for certain person to whom on said late Royal Father had granted pensions and Allowances payable out of his privy … And it was therefore enabled that it should be lawful for US to grant such pensions and allowances to such persons as he might think for not exceeding to any person the amount of the Salary allowance or person which he or she received immediately preceding the Demise of our said take Royal Father and not exceeding in the whole the sum of twenty one thousand seven hundred and fifteen pounds sixteen shillings and six pence per annum ad to charge the same upon the consolidated fund of the United Kingdom official Britain and ireland and which pensions so to be granted should commence from the 5th day of July 1820 and lo be paid and payable quarterly at the deceitful of the Exchequer at Westminster out of the said consolidated Fund free and clear of and from all taxes changes and other deductions whatsoever And whereas we are graciously pleased to give and grant into Richard Warrington ….. annuity or Yearly pension of one hundred and thirty pounds to commence from she said 5th day of July 1820 Our will and Pleasure is and we do hereby direct authorize and command that you do free and pay or cause to be issued and paid out of any Money which now is or which from time to time shall be and remain in the recipe of the … of the Monies comparing the Consolidated and offered Britain and Ireland into the Intact: in office: Audit: Receipt: … said Richard Warrington or to his assigns the said Annuity or Yearly pension of One hundred and thirty pounds for and during the life of the said Richard Warrington … account and without any fees or charges to be demanded or taken for paying the same or any part thereof to commence and take effect from the said 5th day of July 1820 and from henceforth to be paid quarterly on the four most usual days of payment in the ;year that is to say the 10th day of October the 5th day of January the 5th day of April and the 5th day of July in each and every year And for so doing this shall be your warrant given at our Point at Carlton House this 21st day of Septemeber 1820 In the first year of our Reign By his Majesty's Command The Commissions of our Treasury [illegible Ed Robers Dept :Cler: Pellium… 11th ..1839..
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Creator: Lewis, Morgan
Date: 1813-04-27
Text: Buffalo 27th April 1813 Sir, Presuming from your Letter to Mr. Granger that you have by this time reached your own house; I wish you to inform me whether any permission has been given by Government for the employment of the Indians. If there has, not ime is to be left in giving an Invitation to such of the Warriors as have fire Arms to join me at Lewistown. Could you be with them to keep them in order it would be advisable. Be pleased to let me hear from you immediately-- I am Sir your hum...
Show moreBuffalo 27th April 1813 Sir, Presuming from your Letter to Mr. Granger that you have by this time reached your own house; I wish you to inform me whether any permission has been given by Government for the employment of the Indians. If there has, not ime is to be left in giving an Invitation to such of the Warriors as have fire Arms to join me at Lewistown. Could you be with them to keep them in order it would be advisable. Be pleased to let me hear from you immediately-- I am Sir your hum Serv. Morgan Lewis Jasper Parish Esq.Buffalo NY 12 1/2 30 April 1813 Jasper Parish Esq CanandaiguaM. Lewis Esq letter April 27 1813 Morgan Lewis letter 30 Apil 1813
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Date: 1807-08-03
Text: This Indenture made the ninth day of March in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Ninety seven Between Charles Morgan of the Town of Soipio in the County of Onondaga and State of New York and Halana his daughter of the One part and Jasper Parish of the town of Canandargue in the County of Ontario end State a a foresail of the other part Witnesseth that the said Halana, daughter of the said Charles aged eleven years on the third day of July in the Year Seventeen hundred and...
Show moreThis Indenture made the ninth day of March in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and Ninety seven Between Charles Morgan of the Town of Soipio in the County of Onondaga and State of New York and Halana his daughter of the One part and Jasper Parish of the town of Canandargue in the County of Ontario end State a a foresail of the other part Witnesseth that the said Halana, daughter of the said Charles aged eleven years on the third day of July in the Year Seventeen hundred and Ninety six, by end with the consent of the said Charles, her father, hath of her own free and Voluntary Will placed and bound herself Apprentice unto the said Jasper, with him to Dwell and Serve from the Day of the Date of these Presents until the said Apprentice shall accomplish the full Age of Eighteen Years, according to the Statute in that Case made and provided: During all which time the said Apprentice her said Master faithfully shall serve on all lawful business according to her Power, Wit and ability: and shall honestly, orderly, and Obedient in all things demean and behave herself towards her said Master, and all his, during the said Term. And the said Jasper far himself, hie Executors and Administrators doth covenant and agree to and with the said Charles, by these Presents, that the said Jasper shall and will during all the termaforesaid find, provide and allow unto the said apprentice competent and sufficient meat, drink and apparel, washing lodging, mending, and all other things necessary and fit for such an Apprentice; and at the end of the said Term shall and will sake, allow, provide and deliver unto the said apprentice two good new suits of clothes; and also allow, procure and Deliver unto the said Apprentice a good Milch Cow at the Expiration of said Term; And also shall for the Space of six months during the said term put the said Apprentice to some good English School, to be instructed in reading writing and Arithmetic. In Witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto inter changably set their hands and seals the Day and Year first above Written. - - Charles Morgan Sealed and Delivered In presence of Thos. Mumford Idele Strong - Jasper Parrish Canandaigua Augt. 3d 1807 Recd. of Jasper Parrish thirty five Dollars in full of the with Indenture, for and in behalf of ay wife Helena Morgan, the within named girl - Abel Hawley
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Date: 1798-12-5
Text: Be it remembered that on the Thirtyeth Day of October in the year one thousand Seven hundred and ninetyeight formally came before me Moses Stevater one of the judges of the Court of Common … for the County of Ontario Thomas Morris who being duly Sworn declared the Law the Grantors of the within Instrument affix there Signatures to the same as an execution thereof- and that he the defendant [?] with Charles Williamson in the presence of each of the Subscribed their names as witnesses to the...
Show moreBe it remembered that on the Thirtyeth Day of October in the year one thousand Seven hundred and ninetyeight formally came before me Moses Stevater one of the judges of the Court of Common … for the County of Ontario Thomas Morris who being duly Sworn declared the Law the Grantors of the within Instrument affix there Signatures to the same as an execution thereof- and that he the defendant [?] with Charles Williamson in the presence of each of the Subscribed their names as witnesses to the Same- i being personally acquainted with Thomas Morris and upon inspection of the said instrument finding no material erasures or other accusation do allow the same to be recorded-- Moses Stevater Clerks Office County of Ontario Registered in the Fifth book of the Records of Deeds for the County of Ontario Page 355 this Thirtieth day of October AD 1798 Peter B. Porter ClerkKnown all Men by …that we the Chiefe Warriors and Chiefe Saiheim of the Senaka Nation for and in Consideration of the sum of one Dollar to us in Hand paid by Mary Timopon the … where wof we do hereby acknowledge and are fully satisfied land contented and paid have given granted bargained … release conveyed and confirmed unto her the said Mary Jimoson her Heirs and Assigns forever one certain Parcel or Fraction of Land … lying on the Genesee River beginning at the Mouth of the Stegs Hill crick. and running a .. line til it …the old .. thence South till a West line will intersect with Sertain … an the West Side Genesee River then extending due West due North due East till it strikes the first mentioned … as much Land upon the West Side of the River as it does on the East Side of Said River To have and to hold the above granted and Bargained … with all the acquaintances and … thereunto belonging to her the Said Mary Jimoson her Heirs and Assigns for ever and further more we the Said Chief Sachem and Warrior for ourselves over Hers … and administration do by these .. engage x to defined the above granted .. with all the acquaintances unto her the said Mary Jimoson her Heirs and assigns forever Will Warrant and Defend the above granted.. against all the Claims and Demand of all .. whatever in Confirmation whereof we have hereunto set our hands and Seal this in the year of our Lord one thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Seven. Signed Sealed and Delivered in Presents of C. Winny Cha-Williamson Thomas Morris Little Billy + his mark Pollard + his mark hanoi + Haven his mark Raggea + negtigue mark Tommy + Jimmison his mark Corn + Planter his mark howana + see his mark
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Creator: Parish, Jasper, 1767-1836
Date: n.d.
Text: Genius of the Mountain, one much desires you will fix a time, for pay'g a visit to the Court House and determine in what light and shadow the Friend of the Indian, shall be placed, at present it hangs on the right, and next to the Bench, wait'g your Ladyships Commands, I remain at the - "Snuggery" P.S. for this gift, I could say with "Cowper' -"wisdom and judgment join at once in you, -sprightly as youth, as age, consummate too,"For Mrs. Townsend &c...
Show moreGenius of the Mountain, one much desires you will fix a time, for pay'g a visit to the Court House and determine in what light and shadow the Friend of the Indian, shall be placed, at present it hangs on the right, and next to the Bench, wait'g your Ladyships Commands, I remain at the - "Snuggery" P.S. for this gift, I could say with "Cowper' -"wisdom and judgment join at once in you, -sprightly as youth, as age, consummate too,"For Mrs. Townsend &c &c by Mr. Parrish - "Mothers Pet
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Date: n.d.
Text: Mrs. Grimp

Creator: Harris, T. S.
Date: 1826-02-08
Text: Seneca Mission Feb. 8. To J. Parrish Esqr Dear Sir, This is to inform you that the roll of Blankets &c which were forwarded to the Station for the benefit of the Indian School, has safely come to hand. As you did not particularly mention the mode in which they were forwarded I did not know where or of whom to inquire respecting them. They lay in Mr. Rathbun's baggage-room some weeks I believe before I heard from them. You will please accept this apology, for my not acknowledging...
Show moreSeneca Mission Feb. 8. To J. Parrish Esqr Dear Sir, This is to inform you that the roll of Blankets &c which were forwarded to the Station for the benefit of the Indian School, has safely come to hand. As you did not particularly mention the mode in which they were forwarded I did not know where or of whom to inquire respecting them. They lay in Mr. Rathbun's baggage-room some weeks I believe before I heard from them. You will please accept this apology, for my not acknowledging their reception earlier. Sir, Your obliged friend T. S. Harris J. Parrish Esqr CanandaiguaJasper Parrish Esqr. Canandaigua N. Y.Rev. T. S. Harris letter Feby. 4, 1826
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Date: 1826-07-7
Text: New York July 7th 1826 Annuity Duplicate Jasper Parrish, Esqr. Sub Agent of the United States to the Six Nations of Indians Bot of Cobb & Antis 4 ps White Flannel 184 yds @ 44 1/2 81.42 2 " Yellow do 92 " 30. 27.60 6 " Red do 276 " 39 3/8 108.67 4 " Saved Tist Blue Cloth 77 1/2 84 82.34 6 " " " " do 112 1/2 107 140.63 1 " Blud Mix do 16 2/4 101 33.50 1 " " " do 17 1/2 187 39.37 100 Pair 4 1/2 Point Blanket 201 250.00 8 ps...
Show moreNew York July 7th 1826 Annuity Duplicate Jasper Parrish, Esqr. Sub Agent of the United States to the Six Nations of Indians Bot of Cobb & Antis 4 ps White Flannel 184 yds @ 44 1/2 81.42 2 " Yellow do 92 " 30. 27.60 6 " Red do 276 " 39 3/8 108.67 4 " Saved Tist Blue Cloth 77 1/2 84 82.34 6 " " " " do 112 1/2 107 140.63 1 " Blud Mix do 16 2/4 101 33.50 1 " " " do 17 1/2 187 39.37 100 Pair 4 1/2 Point Blanket 201 250.00 8 ps Light Calico 224 18c 40.52 14 " do 292 14 54.88 40 " American Brown Shirtings 1283 2/4 10 1/2 134.79 29 " " Bleached do 938 2/4 10 3/4 100.91 10 " " " do 313 10 1/2 32.86 20 " " Plaid 813 1/2 13c 105.72 26 " " Stripe 496 3/4 14 69.54 9 " Dowlas 596 15 89.40 12 1/2 doz. Turkey Red HKfs 24/ 37.50 6 Boxes c 12/ 1 do 10/ 1 do 8/ 111.25 1,440.70 New York July 7. 1826 Rec of Jasper Parrish Esqr. Fourteen hundred & forty 70/100 Dollars in full of the above account. Signed duplicates Cobb & Antis$1,440.70 We the Chiefs and Warriors of the Seneca Nation of Indians do acknowledge to have received of the United States by the hands of Jasper Parrish Sub Agent, Fourteen hundred & forty 70/100 Dollars, in goods, agreeable to the within Invoice, being part of our Annuity for the year 1826. Signed Duplicates in presence of Charles F. Coit Thomson S. Harris Buffalo August 22d 1826 Red Jacket Corn Planter Black Snake Young King Col Pollard Big Kettle Saccaresa Chief Warrior Capt Shongo Little Beard John Sky Capt Strong Tall Chief Jim Robinson Blue Eyes White Seneca Onondga PeterNo. 5 Red Jacket & Other Receipt $1440.70 August 22 1826 Annuity Duplicate
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Creator: Dearborn, Henry
Date: 1809-10-14
Text: 48. On back: War Department. N. Dearborn Stamped FREE Washington Oct 14 Jasper Parrish Esqr Canandaigua N.Y. N. Dearborn Esqr Letter Octr 14 1809 War Department October 14th 1809 Sir, Yours of the 3 d let. is received. Under existing circumstances I think it will not be advisable for the Tuscaroras to make a journey to North Carolina, until an other years. I am, Sir, yours respectfully, [Signed] N. Dearborn Jasper Parris, Esqr.

Date: n.d.
Text: On page 7 there is an error - November 1785 should be November 1780. The letter date which is consistent with his release in 1784 is the date given in "The Story of Captain Jasper Parrish," Buffalo Historical Society, VI, 533, and in the other material in this folder - two articles from the Ontario County Times an unsigned, undated copy of a letter to Mr. Ochs.A brief Narrative of Jasper Parrish who was taken captive by the Indians in the Revolutionary War, and remained a prisoner...
Show moreOn page 7 there is an error - November 1785 should be November 1780. The letter date which is consistent with his release in 1784 is the date given in "The Story of Captain Jasper Parrish," Buffalo Historical Society, VI, 533, and in the other material in this folder - two articles from the Ontario County Times an unsigned, undated copy of a letter to Mr. Ochs.A brief Narrative of Jasper Parrish who was taken captive by the Indians in the Revolutionary War, and remained a prisoner among them six years and eight months. He with his father were captured on the 5th July 1778 by a small party of the Mousie Indians, and were conducted by them up the Delaware River to a place called Cookhouse where they arrived in six days after being taken prisoner. Ten days after there arrival at Cookhouse they were separated by the Indians, his Father being taken from him, to be given up to the British at Fort Niagara where he was surrendered to them, and two years thereafter was exchanged as a prisoner of war and returned to his family. When captured they were about six miles from home and had with them 5 horses which the Indians also took with them. Cookhouse where they were first conducted to, was a small place where eight families of the Mousie tribe of Indians resided. While in this situation Jasper Parrish belonged to a Capt or War Chief of the same tribe by the name of Capt Mounsh who became his master. In a few days after reaching Cookhouse Capt Mounsh left his prisoner in the charge of an Indian family and west off to the West and was gon a long time, during which time the Indians offered no violence to him, who being a boy only eleven years old was permitted by them to ride one of their horses, and was in other respects treated by them with much kindness. After a long time his master Capt Mounsh returned to Cookhouse to receive his prisoner and conduct him to Chemung. While he had been left thus, he was taken very severely sick with the dysentery owing to change of diet and habit, and in this situation the Indians endeavored to relieve him by administering some of their remedies, but he was so afraid they would poison him that he refused at first to take their medicine. At length he consented to take it, and it gavehim immediate relief and in the course of a few days he recovered entirely. It was a black syrup made of roots and herbs. The Indians generally appeared to be friendly to him, and took good care of him; as the same they would frequently say that by & by they would take the Yankee boys scalp accompanied with motions & gesture of taking the scalp. This conduct of the Indians kept him in continual apprehensive until his master Capt Mounsh came on from the Westward to receive him. On the first of October he set out with his prisoner from Chemung,- the first settlement of Indians they come to was on the Big Bendon the Susquehannah River,- they continued on without delay till they reached Chemung where they remained the following Winter. On their arrival at there place and before and before they entered the Indian Village his master and himself were both riding on horse back. Capt Mounsh gave the Indian scalp Holloo very loud which is a long drown sound, the accent on the last a and pronounced like quaga. At this the Indians men and boys came running from every part of the village to the center. This was a very noted place to make their prisoners run the gantlet. As soon as they came to the center of the Village the Indians set up a horrid yell, and came running to Capt Mounsh and his prisoner as they were riding and getting hold of Jasper tore him with great violence from his horse on to the ground and like so many tigers began to beat him with clubs, whips and handles of tomahawk. At length and after he had received a terrible beating, his master interfered, and spoke very loud to them in the Mousie language and said "that is enough". At this they all stopped beating him, and after a short time he was able to get up off the ground and stand up, where then he was conducted to an Indian hut or cabin, where he remained until the next day being completelycovered with black and blue bruises. In a few days after he was sold by his master at this place to a Delaware Indian family, who resided on the south side of the Tioga River, and who paid for him the sum of Twenty dollars. Immediately after he was sold his former master left that place and went West Fort Niagara, where in a drunken frolic he was stabbed and killed by another Indian. Jasper remained with the Delaware family on the Tioga River during the winter and spring of 1779. During the winter he was very scanty class, and his suffering from both cold and hunger were very great, the winter being very long and intensely cold. His food was the same as the Indian family and constituted of venison, wolf, dog, fox and muskrat meat, and some wild fowls. Very little corn was to be found at this among the Indians and salt was not to be had, and there were no white People short of Niagara to whom they could apply for relief. During the winter he was compelled by the Indians with two Indian boys (the snow being very deep) to go down the River a distance of 30 rods, then to throw off their blankets and jumped into the River through a hole in the ice and then putting on these Blankets to return to the cabin. This was done and the Indians told him to make him tough so that he might stand the cold weather without feeling it so much. This he was obliged to go through with repeatedly in the coldest weather. When the spring opened and the warm weather came on, he with the Indians was accustomed to go a hunting, fishing, and a digging ground nuts to procure something to support themselves, and continued this mode of living until the middle of Summer; when he and three Indians went up the River Tioga to a place called Chimney Narrows on a hunting trip for a few days. While encamped here near the River the Indians killed several deer. In three or four day after they arrivedhere the Indians got out of lead, and one evening as they were sitting by the fire, one of them remarked that he would get some tomorrow. Parrish thought it was very strange that he should be able to obtain lead in one day when there were no white people of who they could procure it nearer than Niagara. However the next morning the three Indians took their guns and went off as usual as he supposed hunting. In the afternoon the Indian who spoke of getting lead returned with about a peck of lead ore tied up in his blanket, droped it down by the fire and directed Parrish to make up a large fire with dry wood which he did in a few minutes. The Indian placed the ore on top of the fire and scraped away the ashes under the fire so as to give a place for the lead to run in as it melted, then with an iron ladle he dipped up the lead and poured it on to pieces of bark is it melted till the whole was separated from the cross. Parrish thought that he must have obtained from 5 to 12 lbs of pure lead. Three days after the Indians returned with him to Chemung. By this time Parrish had been a captive with the Indians about one year during which time he had seldom heard the english language spoken. He had acquired enough of the language to understand their conversation very well and could speak it very well so as to be understood by them. Parrish remained at this place with the Indian family that bought him until the last of August 1779 at which time Genl Sullivan was marching with this army into the Indian country to chastise them for their many enormities. The Indians were collecting a large force at Newtown near K Imyra to attack him, and selected a point about 4 miles below Newtown where they intended to make the contemplated stand and to surprise him if possible while he was advancing. The Indians had placed the baggage squaws and provisions about 1 mile back from where theywere laying in wait for Sullivan, and had gather together a large war party among whom were some few whites and were very confident of success. Soon after the battle commenced the Indians found that they could not stand their ground, as Sullivan was making an attempt to surround them and they immediately despatched a runner to the place where the squaws baggage and prisoners were left directions for them to pack up and retreat up the River to Painted Post. Parrish was left with the squaws and baggage, who together with a number of young Indians immediately moved off up the River. The Indians being hard pressed soon retreated from the battle ground, and next day overtook them at Painted Post. The party of Indians who had charge of Parrish immediately took up their line of march westward by the way of Bath, Genesseo, Tonawanda and so on to Fort Niagara then a British Post. Here they remained till late in the fall, furnished with salt provision by the British, which the Indians being unaccustomed to occasioned a great deal of disease and death among them. While they were making very short stops until they arrived there. In a very short time afterwards, the whole of the six Nations of Indians were encamped on the plain around the Fort. encamped near the Fort they had a general drunken frolic during which one Indian killed another; upon this this Indian law of retaliation was resorted to by the friends of the dead Indian and in less than an hour afterwards they became so infuriated that five Indians were laying dead before the Chiefs could restrain their Warriors. While at Fort Niagara with the Delaware family Parrish understood the British were offering a guinea bounty for every Yankee scalp that was taken and brought in by the Indians. He was afterwards informed that they offered the above bounty for the purpose ofgetting the indians to disperse in small war parties on the frontier of the States, as they were becoming very troublesome at Fort NIagara. Parrish was with them in camp at this place about six weeks. At a certain time a number of the Indians belong to the same family as his master got drunk in the evening, two of the drunken Indians were left alone with Parrish at the camp and were sitting on the side of the fire opposite to him they soon fell into conversation how they could procure some more rum; After a short time one of them observed to the other, that they would kill the young Yankee, and take his scalp to the Fort, and sell it and then would be able to buy some more rum. The young Yankee understood al the conversation and put himself on his guard in case they should make any attempt against him. In a few minutes one of the Indians drew a long half burned brand from the fire, and hurled it at Parrish's head; But he being on the alert, dodged the brand and sprang up and ran out into the bushes which surrounded the encampment. The Indians attempted to follow him, but being drunk and the night dark, Parrish escaped from them keeping away till next morning when the Indians become - he returned again to camp. While he was in Camp with the Indians near Niagara five died out of this masters family including his wife. One day Parrish's Indian master took him into Fort Niagara where he offered to sell him to the White People, none of whom appeared willing to purchase him. At length his master met with a large fine portly looking Mohawk Indian by the name of Capt David Hill who bought him off his Delaware master for the sum of Twenty dollars without any hesitation. Capt Hill was then living on the plain immediately below and adjoining the fort. He led Parrish immediately away and conducted him to his home or cabin, where having arrived Çapt David said to him in English "this is your home; you must stay here". His reflections were not very pleasant on his change of masters; after becoming well acquainted with the Delaware language, to be under the necessity of acquiring a new one the Mohawk differing entirely from the Delaware and to make new acquaintances and friends after being attached as he did to his Delaware master. The exchange of masters proved however to be a very fortunate and happy. Parrish resided with Capt David Hill's family five years and upwards, during all which they furnished him with the necessary Indian clothing and with abundant of comfortable food. He passed all that time in traveling with the Indians and in hunting and fishing and working, but they never compelled him to do any hard work or any thing beyond his ability or endurance. In the month of November 1786 the Chiefs of the Six Nations held a general council with the British at Fort Niagara. At this Council Capt David took his prisoner into it, and into the midst of the assembled Chiefs, and in the most formal & public manner had him adopted into his family as a son. He placed a large belt of wampum around his neck; then an old chief took him by the hand, and made a long speech such as is customary among the Indians on similar occasions. He spoke with much dignity and solemnity, often interrupted by the other chiefs with exclamations of Nahoe which is a mark of attention and approbation. After the speech was concluded the Chiefs arose, and came forward and shook hands with the adopted Prisoner and the ceremony closed. His Indian father then came ot him, and desired him to return home During the following winter he remained with his Indian Father at Fort Niagara. In the following month of May Capt David Hiil, and the Mohawk Indians removed to and made a settlement at a point higher up the Niagara River at a place now known as Lewiston. Here Parrish resided among the Mohawks in the family of his Indian father and mother until the close of the Revolutionary War. During this long time he was frequently with Capt Hill traveling among other tribes and nations of Indians; invariably receiving at all times from his adopted Father's family, and from other Indians among whom they sojourned, and was kindly treated and his wants attended to, and not infrequently many acts of friendship and favor were bestowed by them upon him, during his captivity among them. In September 1784 a Treaty of peace between the United States and the Six Nations of Indians was held at Fort Stanwix (now Rome in Onsida County) at which the Indians agreed to deliver up all prisoners captured and destined among them, belonging to, or captured in the United States. There were at this time among the Six Nations ninety three white prisoners, Parrish among the numbers. On the 29th day of November 1784 he left Lewiston accompanied by the Indians to be surrendered at Fort Stanwix. Immediately afterwards he set out on his return to his own family and friends whom he had - heard from or of during his long captivity among the Indians; but whom he at length found residing in Goshen in Orange County, N. Y. He had heard the English language so rarely, and been so totally unaccustomed to speak it himself during so long a time, that he could with difficulty make himself understood speaking it very brokenly. He was destitute of education, and was able to devote but very little time and attention to school on his return home, receiving only nine month schooling. With that exception he was wholly self taught and educated from his after reading and intercourse with the world. In November 1790, he was requested by Timothy Pickering commissioner on the part of Congress to act as Interpreter between the Seneca Nation of Indians and the Government at a Treaty held at that time at Tioga Point. He was called upon again by the same Commissioner to act as Interpreter at another Treaty at Newton Point (near Elmyra) in July 1791. This treaty was held with the Six Nations of Indians. Here he gained a good deal of commendation and applause from the Commissioner and Indians for the very accurate and faithful manner in which he rendered the Indian language. In April 1792 he was appointed by the President Washington as a standing interpreter for the Six Nations of Indians and was instructed to reside at Canandarque under the directions and instructions of Genl Israel Chapin then agent to the Six Nations. In November 1794 another Treaty was held with the Six Nations at Canandaigua, the Hon. T. Pickering presiding as Commissioner on the part of the U. S. where again he was the principal Interpreter. This Treaty now remains as the governing treaty between the U. S. and the Six Nations of Indians to the present time 1822. After serving as Interpreter 13 years he was appointed Sub Agent and Interpreter by the President of the U. S. on the 15th day of February 1803; which two appointments he held through all the successive administrations of the Government down to the second term of Genl Jackson, transacting all kind of business between the U. S. and the Six Nations and also between the State of New York and the Indians. He has also officiated as Interpreter and been present at very many other Treaties during his term of Office. He was very desirous to civilize the Indians by inculcating among them habits of industry and instructing them how to cultivate their land, and by endeavoring to impress them with the use of property and the value of time. In his to effect this object, he has found a friendly disposition among the Oneidas and Tuscarora tribes as among the Senecas
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Creator: Parish, Jasper, 1767-1836
Date: 1812-07-13_1912-12-2
Text: The United States Dr to Jasper Parrish 1812 For my Extra traveling expences incurred since the declaration of War, by the order and under the directions of Erastus Granger, Esq: the Indian Agent resident at Buffaloe, & pursuant to the instructions of the Secretary of War, as p his letter to Mr. Granger dated 15 July 1812 ----------viz.----------- July 13 To Travelling Expences to & from Buffaloe $6.25 " Expences at Buffaloe as p Raphael Cook's Recepit of 9 July 1812 ------- ...
Show moreThe United States Dr to Jasper Parrish 1812 For my Extra traveling expences incurred since the declaration of War, by the order and under the directions of Erastus Granger, Esq: the Indian Agent resident at Buffaloe, & pursuant to the instructions of the Secretary of War, as p his letter to Mr. Granger dated 15 July 1812 ----------viz.----------- July 13 To Travelling Expences to & from Buffaloe $6.25 " Expences at Buffaloe as p Raphael Cook's Recepit of 9 July 1812 ------- $5.81 " do. while there & among the Indians 4.44 10.25 " the services of my Horse at the same time 13 days 4/ - - - - - - 6.50 23 " Travelling Exps to & from Onondaga, including Stage Fare - - - - - 7.94 Sep. 10 " do. to & from Buffaloe - - - - - - 5.25 " Exps. while there, as p R. Cooks Rect 9 5 Sep. 1812 - - - - - - - - $12.25 " do. while there & among the Indians - - - - - - 8.25 20.50 " the Service of my horse at the same time 18 days - - - - 9.00 Oct. 22 " Travelling Exps. to & from Buffaloe - - - - - - 3.50 " Stage Fare - - - to & from do - - - - - - - 10.-- " Exps. while there as p Cooks Rect of 20 Oct. - - - - - $35.372 " do. while there & among the Indians - 5.-- 40.372 Nov. 13 " Travelling Exps to & from Oneida & Onondaga to invite the Indians to a Council at Buffaloe - - - - - - - - - - - 8.88 " Stage Fare to & from do - - - - - - - - - - - - 9.50 Dec. 2 " Travelling Exps. to & from Buffaloe - - - - - 7.38 " Exps. while there as p R. Cooks Rect 30 Nov. - - - - - $30.-- " do while there & among the Indians - - 5.75 35.75 " the Services of my horse for 21 Days - - - 4/ - 10.50 191.572 Canandaigua 15 July 1813 (Copy)Copy of my c/c with the U. S. for Extra Exps. income in 1812
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Date: 1800-11-27
Text: J. Parish Capt. 2d. Sq. 5th. Div.The People of the State of New-York, By the Grace of GOD, Free and Independent: To Jasper Parish Gentleman Greeting. We, reposing especial trust and confidence, as well in your patriotism, conduct and loyalty, as in your valor and readiness to do us good and faithful service, HAVE appointed and constituted, and by these presents, DO appoint and constitute you the said Jasper Parish Captain of a Troop in the second Squadron of Cavalry, in the Fifth Division of...
Show moreJ. Parish Capt. 2d. Sq. 5th. Div.The People of the State of New-York, By the Grace of GOD, Free and Independent: To Jasper Parish Gentleman Greeting. We, reposing especial trust and confidence, as well in your patriotism, conduct and loyalty, as in your valor and readiness to do us good and faithful service, HAVE appointed and constituted, and by these presents, DO appoint and constitute you the said Jasper Parish Captain of a Troop in the second Squadron of Cavalry, in the Fifth Division of the Militia of this State You Are therefore, to take the said Troop into your charge and care, as Captain thereof, and duly to exercise the Officers and Soldiers of that Troop in Arms, who are hereby commanded to obey you as their Captain and you are also to observe and follow such orders and directions, as you shall from time to time receive from our General and Commander and Chief of the Militia of our said State, or any other your superior Officer, according to the Rules and Discipline of War, in pursuance of the trust reposed in you; and for so doing, this shall be your commission, for and during our good pleasure, to be signified by our Council of Appointment. In Testimony whereof, we have caused our seal for military commissions to be hereunto affixed. Witness, our trusty and well-beloved John Jay Esquire, Governor of our State of New-York, General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia, and Admiral of the Navy of the fame, by and with the advice and consent of our said Council of Appointment, at Our City of New York the Second day of April in the Year offer Lord, one thousand Eight hundred and in the twenty-fifth Year of our Independence. Passed the Secretary's Office, the 27th day of November 1800. Daniel Hale, Secretary.
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Creator: Johnston, John
Date: 1800-07-19
Text: Dear Sir Mr. Morris has been so good as take the trouble of delivering to you a standard, which I beg you will present to the troop in my name, as a mark of the esteem I entertain for the members composing it. In the usual course of promotion I was appointed last winter to the command of the Troop; but the distance of my residence from the usual place of meeting and from the body of theTroopers will reorder it inconvenient for me to attend as frequently as I could wish, and I therefore intend...
Show moreDear Sir Mr. Morris has been so good as take the trouble of delivering to you a standard, which I beg you will present to the troop in my name, as a mark of the esteem I entertain for the members composing it. In the usual course of promotion I was appointed last winter to the command of the Troop; but the distance of my residence from the usual place of meeting and from the body of theTroopers will reorder it inconvenient for me to attend as frequently as I could wish, and I therefore intend next winter to resign my commission. I am Dear Sir Your most obed. humble serv. J. Johnson John Johnson Letter Mr. Parrish CanadauguaJohn Johnson Letter Mr. Parrish Canadaugua
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Creator: Granger, Erastus
Date: 1812-10-24
Text: Buffalo 24th Oct. 1812 Dear Sir, Things remain pretty much as when you left here. - I have this evening recd from the Secy of War a Speech sent from a pretended Council of Indians held at Onondago - Also a letter from Ephriam Webster who signs himself Indian Agent, and interpreter under the State of New York - the Originals are sent back to me. - Websters letter is backed by Jasper Hopper who signs as Clerk of the County - - Thads. Patchen and Polaski King have put their names to the speech...
Show moreBuffalo 24th Oct. 1812 Dear Sir, Things remain pretty much as when you left here. - I have this evening recd from the Secy of War a Speech sent from a pretended Council of Indians held at Onondago - Also a letter from Ephriam Webster who signs himself Indian Agent, and interpreter under the State of New York - the Originals are sent back to me. - Websters letter is backed by Jasper Hopper who signs as Clerk of the County - - Thads. Patchen and Polaski King have put their names to the speech Hopper certifies that full faith an credit are due to Websters cuts All the papers are addressed to the President, and Mr. Munroe.The Speech is headed as being from a Delegation of the Oneidas, Onondagas, Stockbridge, Tuscararas, and Senecas, held at their ancient Council fire at Onondaga. - They complain, that a few of the Indians got together at this place, and were invited to take up the hatched - this they say is contra to the advice of Genl Washington and contra to the Wishes of their great Prophet, who attended their Council. - - - - I believe some White people In this County had a hand in it. I wish you to proceed immediately to the Eastward, and invite all the Young Warriors, of the Oneidas and Oondagas to a Council at this place - I mean those who have arms - let them come soon. It is necessary the Indiansshould be united in something You can state the Indians have not been invited to take up arms. I shall send for the Indians tomorrow - the Propet is here on his return - he did not call on me or Jones - If I can see him before he goes home, I shall tell him to stay at Allegany till the War is over. The Secy has directed me to enquire into this business, and report to him. therefore I want you to make all the enquiry possible respecting this Singular Council and let me know. - If any of the Stockbridge have a wish to attend this great Council let them come and bring arms. Yours E. GrangerE. Granger letter Oct. 24, 1812
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Creator: Parish, Jasper, 1767-1836
Date: 1828-01-01
Text: Agency of the U. S. to the Six Nations of Indians - Canandaigua 1 Jany 1828 Sir, I have received your letter of the 20th ult. informing me of some disorderly conduct of the St Regis Indians, which has become a subject of complaint from the ministry of his Brittanic Majesty residing at Washington. - I shall give prompt attention to this subject by repairing to that Tillage in person, if my health will permit, and if not, I will send an official Agent who shall make diligent enquiry into the...
Show moreAgency of the U. S. to the Six Nations of Indians - Canandaigua 1 Jany 1828 Sir, I have received your letter of the 20th ult. informing me of some disorderly conduct of the St Regis Indians, which has become a subject of complaint from the ministry of his Brittanic Majesty residing at Washington. - I shall give prompt attention to this subject by repairing to that Tillage in person, if my health will permit, and if not, I will send an official Agent who shall make diligent enquiry into the cause of the complaints, and to faithfully warn them of the consequences of any disorderly conduct, and in due time I will make report to your department I am Sir, very respectfully Your mo. obdt. Srv Jasper Parrish Sub Agent Thoms L. McKinny, Esq. Indian Office Washington
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Date: 1808-09-05
Text: No. of Onondagos at Onondaga grate & small - 1 6 8 - - Septem 5th 1808 Ephraim Webster

Creator: Six Nations
Date: 1815-02-20
Text: A Communication from a Deputation of the Six Nations to the Secretary of War of the United States Brother, We are chiefs, and a Deputation, of the Six Nations, for the purpose of making some communications to the Secretary of War, on the part of our respective Nations. Brother, We would remind you of a Treaty formerly made between the Government of the United States and the Six Nations: this Treaty was made about twenty years since by a Commissioner appointed by our Father the President of...
Show moreA Communication from a Deputation of the Six Nations to the Secretary of War of the United States Brother, We are chiefs, and a Deputation, of the Six Nations, for the purpose of making some communications to the Secretary of War, on the part of our respective Nations. Brother, We would remind you of a Treaty formerly made between the Government of the United States and the Six Nations: this Treaty was made about twenty years since by a Commissioner appointed by our Father the President of the United States, for that purpose: namely by the Honorable Timothy Pickering. Since that Treaty the terms of it have been faithfully adhered to, both by the Citizens of the United States and by our Nations; in consequence of which, our Friendship has remained unbroken. Brother, About six years since, a Deputation of our Nations had an interview with our Father the President of the United States, at a time when differences between the Government of the United States and that of Great Britain were a threatening aspect. - That Deputation was then assured by the President, that if the Six Nations would remain tranquil and not attempt to interfere in any manner whatever in the threatened altercations, they should be regularly furnished, on the part of the United States with the same quantity of Goods of various descriptions, as they were promised by the Treaty and had been accustomed to receive;- but they must now represent that this engagement on the part of the United States, has not been fulfilled: - soon after the time above alluded to, the quantity of goods the received by way of Annuity, was greatly diminished, - and after the War actually commenced, it has been reduced to half the usual quantity, or less; - which has caused them great distress. On enquiry after the cause of this failure, in an essential part of the engagement of the Government of the United States, they have been given to understand that it was caused by the scarcity and high price of the articles specifically promised to them. Now, this is contrary to their understanding of existing Treaties; because as the articles to be furnished by the Untied States as a portion of the annuity due to the Six Nations, were such as were considered necessary to their comfort & convenience, so the quantity and not the price of the commodities, was the great consideration with them in their Treaty before mentioned. Brother, We flatter ourselves that if this fair statement of a grievance of which we think we have just reason to complain, was duly represented to our Father, the President of the United States, he would readily cause the deficiency to be made up to our Nation for the period of three years last past; which is of much importance to them, although a trivial consideration for the United States; and further, that the promised supply of Goods may be regularly furnished in the future. - Brother, We wish for some information relative to the Capital formerly held in the Bank of the United States for account of the Seneca Nation: Our Father, the President, had the control and direction of those Funds for its benefit. We have been told that on the dissolution of that Bank, our Father the President past that portion of the Stock into the Public Funds, as a Loan to the United States;- but it is found that the amount they receive for the use of it, annually, is not so great as heretofore when the Bank was in operation: - Our Brethren of the Seneca Nation do not perfectly comprehend why their income is thus diminished, and wish to be informed. Brother, this is all we have to say at present upon these subjects. Colonel Pollard Seneca Long Board Tuscarora Cole Onandaga Schuyler Oneida Strong Seneca Washington City, D. C. 20th Feb 1815. Jasper Parrish Sub Agent & InterpreterCole Onandaga Schuyler Oneida Strong Seneca Washington City, D. C. 20th Feb 1815. Jasper Parrish Sub Agent & Interpreter
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