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Creator: Jefferson, Thomas
Date: 1803-02-14
Text: Brothers of the Seneca, Oneida & Onondagua Nations. I give you a hearty welcome on your arrival at the Seat of our Government, where I am glad to take you by the hand and to renew the Chain of Friendship between us; and I am thankful to the Great Spirit who has preserved you in health during your long journey at this inclement season of the year, and am hopefull his protection will cover 3^ou on your return. I sincerely lament with you, Brothers, the unfortunate murder which was committed...
Show moreBrothers of the Seneca, Oneida & Onondagua Nations. I give you a hearty welcome on your arrival at the Seat of our Government, where I am glad to take you by the hand and to renew the Chain of Friendship between us; and I am thankful to the Great Spirit who has preserved you in health during your long journey at this inclement season of the year, and am hopefull his protection will cover 3^ou on your return. I sincerely lament with you, Brothers, the unfortunate murder which was committed by one of your people on one of ours at Buffaloe Creek - It has been one of the many evils produced by the abuse of spiritous liquors - and it is with sincere pleasure I learn that your people have in a great measure abandoned the use of them — You ask an explanation how it has happened, that, our Treaty having provided that injuries done by either party to the other shall be settled by commissioners, the murderer, in this case, should be tried by the Laws of New York; to which laws you say you never gave your consent, and therefore are not subject to them - Thewords of the Treaty, Brothers, are, "that for injuries done by individuals on either side no private revenge or retaliation shall take place, but, instead thereof, complaint shall be ma.de by the party injured to the other, by the six nations, or any of them, to the President of the TT. S., or the Superintendant by him appointed, and, by the Superintendent or other person appointed by the President, to the principal Chiefs of the six nations, or of the nation to which the offender belongst and such prudent measures shall then be pursued as shall be necessary to preserve our peace and friendship unbroken, until the Legislature or Great Council of the U, States shall make other equitable pro-vision for the purpose." In pursuance of this agreement in the Treaty, the Great Council of the IT. 3. have mad£ provision "by a law that, where any murder shall be committed by any of our people on yours, or of yours on ours, the murderer shall be punished with death -In this case the murder was committed within the lands belonging to Hew York, and therefore the judges of Hew York are the persons authorised to enquire into the truth of the fact, and to punish it, if true - and had the murder been committed at the same place by an Englishman, a Frenchman, a Spaniard,an American, or a person of any other nation, the same judges would have tried it, by the same rules, and subject to the same punishment; So that you are placed on the same footing, in this respect, as the most powerful & the most friendly nations are, and as we are ourselves. As the State authority where the murder was committed, is appointed to enquire into the fact & to punish it, so they are entrusted to remit the punishment, if they find it was committed under circumstances which entitle the murderer to mercy. And I have great hopes, Brothers, that those who enquire into the case may find grounds for pardoning the offender, and that he may again be safely restored to you. You ask that the lands which you hold at the Buffaloe Creek, Allegany and all other reserves, now in your possession, may remain yours, and descend to your children, and that we will confirm your title to these lands, and oppose any chief who may in future come forward to sell. These lands are yours, Brothers, we confirm the title to them for yourselves and your children, against our people, and all others, except yourselves. No person shall ever take one foot of them by any bargain with one or a few unauthorised chiefs, nor any otherwise than with the consent of your nation, fully given by your deputies, according to your own rule & customs - when the nation at large shall see an interest in making anybargain respecting their own lands, they certainly would not chuse we should oppose what they judge for their own interest. All can rightfully do is to maintain them in the exercise of all their rights over the country they possess; and this me will do against fraud and force. With respect to the residence of our superintendent, or an assistant, at Konon-dagua, to the payment of your monies at Albany, the delivery of the goods for the Oneidas, Onondaguas & Stockbridge Indiana at Konon-dagua, and the continuance of the blacksmiths and gunsmiths, the Secretary of War will consult with you Sl will endeavour to accommodate these Batters to your and our convenience. Whatever he says to you 6n that subject, you are to consider as if said by myself. I We hope with y u, Brothers, that the tomahawk is forever V buried between us; never more to be taken up. Peace and friendship is our best interest. By war we can injure one another: but no good man can receive pleasure from doing injuries. We wish to see you advance in the cultivation of the earth, in manufacturing clothes, and in whatever may contribute to feed & clothe your people, and make them comfortable & happy. In this way your numbers will increase, & the hardships & wants you now experience, from the uncertain pursuit of wild beasts, mill be exchanged for plentiful living, produced by leas labor from the soil you live on.. I pray you, Brothers to carry for me-to your nation, assurances of the constant friendship and protection of the United States to them. Th. Jefferson Feb 14, 1 03.
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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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Creator: Pleasonton, Alfred, 1824-1897
Date: 1864-09-30
Text: Saint Louis, Ms. September 30, 1864 My dear Miss Carrie, I returned to this place today, & as there is some prospect of my leaving in pursuit of the rebels now making a raid in this state, I wish to say that should you address your letters to me here I will receive them, as I have made arrangements to have my letters forwarded to me. A great deal of excitement has been created here by this invasion of the "rebs,* much indeed I am inclined to think unnecessary - Some politics of...
Show moreSaint Louis, Ms. September 30, 1864 My dear Miss Carrie, I returned to this place today, & as there is some prospect of my leaving in pursuit of the rebels now making a raid in this state, I wish to say that should you address your letters to me here I will receive them, as I have made arrangements to have my letters forwarded to me. A great deal of excitement has been created here by this invasion of the "rebs,* much indeed I am inclined to think unnecessary - Some politics of course had to be mixed up in it, & to appease the feelings of angry Dutchmen who refused to fight under Gen. Blair, he has been relieved & your humble servant substituted as you will see by the enclosed order.I regret more & more to see the bitterness of feeling which pervades the political circles In this section of the country; unless it is checked or moderated it mill end in bloodshed. I am popular here at present with the fancies of these people, but they are so fickle that I expect when I least deserve it, to receive their reprobation - This will not deter me in the least from doing what I think I ought to do, for I have not much faith in public opinion in times like these - I enclose you a very pleasant letter from General Hancock; it is a good autograph, besides giving you some of the ideas of as distinguished a man as he has proved himself to be. His expression, "oh how physically wearied I am," speaks volumes of the hardships and struggles our noble soldiershave to support, show they are groaning for an honorable peace & the suppression of the rebellion - Do not think it is any breach of confidence in me to send you such letters? I know Hancock so well I am certain he would willingly consent to it . - I told Ingalls I had given his letter "to the young lady who had the ponies," as a specimen of his levity.- He laughed, & said "all right I wish you to know these men who are playing so grand a role in the country's history, as I know them - You cannot do so in a better way than by reading their letters which are characteristic - Since I left you, I have striven with my feelings for you, until I am completely vanquished - To attempt - to restrain them, only increases their power over me, & I very frankly tell you so. It is such a happiness to love you that I cease to be myselfin my thoughts of you. My late visit to Southfield is like a beautiful dream of which you are the guiding spirit - and you will always appear to me, what your generous good nature, delicacy of feeling and true loveliness of character indelibly impressed upon my memory every moment of the time - You promised to command me? Do so always, and do not forget the French proverb: ce que femme vent, Dieu le vent: Remember me in the kindest manner to Mr. and Mrs. Townsend, and give Elsie and me a kiss in remembrance of our romps together - Good night. Yours as ever, A PleasantonMiss Caroline P. Townsend, Southfield, Orange County, New York State.
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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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Date: 1824
Text: And Whereas it has been stated by the Cayuga Nation that they claim compensation for certain Lands at a place called the painted post alledging that the same were not sold by them, but where sold as they assert by the Seneca nation. And Whereas the said Cayuga nation have also stated that some Lands near the upper end of the Cayuga Lake had been by them given to the Pawnees, and for which they alledge no compensation has been made - Now we the said Agents do promise to report the said several...
Show moreAnd Whereas it has been stated by the Cayuga Nation that they claim compensation for certain Lands at a place called the painted post alledging that the same were not sold by them, but where sold as they assert by the Seneca nation. And Whereas the said Cayuga nation have also stated that some Lands near the upper end of the Cayuga Lake had been by them given to the Pawnees, and for which they alledge no compensation has been made - Now we the said Agents do promise to report the said several statements to the Legislature of the State of New York; to the end that enquiry may be made in the premises and such measures adopted as justice may require -And the said Agents do also promise that they will represent to the Legislature of this State that the Cayugas request that Captain Chapin might have one mile square of Land part of the tract now sold by them to the State to the intent that the Legislative will in the premises may be known-And Whereas they the said Cayugas have represented that if in the one mile square there they suppose there is a Silver mine, some difficulties might arise as to the working of the said mine, We do promise to recommend to the Legislature that such provision may be made in the premises, as ah all assure to the Cayuga Nation a full participation of the advantages ensuing from such Mine.Ch. Shuyler John Cantines D. Brookes John RichardsonGenl Schuyler & others promise to enquire respecting a tract of land claimed by the Cayugas.
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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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Creator: Townsend, Peter, Townsend, W.H.
Date: n.d.

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: 1837
Text: Estate of Mrs. J. Parrish To A. G. Bristol Dr 1837 Jany 12th to plaster 2/.. April 21st, 23d to 3 visits & med 20… $2.75 April 2d to visit at night 12/.. 1.50 April 3d to 6th 10 vts & medicine .. 7.50 April 7th to attendance all day 40/.. 5.00 $16.75 Canandaigua June 13th 1837 Recd Payt of E. Parrish A.G. Bristol A.G. Bristol 14 June 1837

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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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Date: n.d.
Text: An address made by Thomas Jefferson (bearing his signature) while President, to the chiefs of the Seneca, Oneida, and Onondagua Indians who went to Washington in 1803 regarding a disputed murder trial involving an Indian at Buffalo Creek, N. Y.

Date: 1757-12-08
Text: Daws I have seen ye Trustees & have got there consent to out down ye Timber that was valued at Gringley. I shall bring down with me their approbation signed by them, to shew ye Purchaser, on ye recet of this I would have you go to Gringley & sell to ye person that I described to have ye refusal, but not under 500 I would have you ask 500 Guineas & that ye Timber shall be cleared in two years, if he agrees to this I would have his get ye articles ready as soon as possible, that I...
Show moreDaws I have seen ye Trustees & have got there consent to out down ye Timber that was valued at Gringley. I shall bring down with me their approbation signed by them, to shew ye Purchaser, on ye recet of this I would have you go to Gringley & sell to ye person that I described to have ye refusal, but not under 500 I would have you ask 500 Guineas & that ye Timber shall be cleared in two years, if he agrees to this I would have his get ye articles ready as soon as possible, that I may sign them as soon as I come down, I also expect ye money to' be paid at signing of y articles, if he objects to any part of this, I would have you look out for another purchaser if he talks of interest for ye two years tell him I take (?) ye 25 for that purpose ---— Byron London Dec r ye 8. 1757 P. S. You may shew Him this letter if it is requisite that He may see it is my orders you take no help - -
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Creator: Irvin, Callender
Date: 1803-05-18
Text: Presque Jule May 18th 1803 Dear Sir, I arrived here the next after I parted with you, more fatigued than my horse, I just in time to send you six hundred dollars by W. Reed, who sets out tomorrow for Canadaigua. Two Hundred of this you will pay W. Follet taking his rec. therefore, specifying it as the first payment of a contract entered into by said Follet for erecting a mill at the Tuscaraora Village, be good enough to acknowledge the rec of the whole sum, as soon as you conveniently can...
Show morePresque Jule May 18th 1803 Dear Sir, I arrived here the next after I parted with you, more fatigued than my horse, I just in time to send you six hundred dollars by W. Reed, who sets out tomorrow for Canadaigua. Two Hundred of this you will pay W. Follet taking his rec. therefore, specifying it as the first payment of a contract entered into by said Follet for erecting a mill at the Tuscaraora Village, be good enough to acknowledge the rec of the whole sum, as soon as you conveniently can send me a return of the different Nations of Indians and their relative situations, I hope you found all well on your arrival at home. Yours Sincerely, Callender Irwin P.S. I will send you more when I hear from the War Department, don't forget Mayor Rogers Ind. Shoes- as so good an opportunity may not occur shortly, I have strained 200 more making $800 in all, I will trust to providence for moreThere is not a sheet of paper in all this Town, I cut this out of my Book C. Irwin
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Creator: Morris, Thomas
Date: 1796-08-22
Text: Canadaguai August, 1790 Sir You will cause the Troop to be notified by the non commissioned officers to meet at Canadaguai on the 8th day of September next at 10 OClock. I enclose to you a list of those who are still considered as belonging to the Troop and who I believe are equipped. If any out of them should to your knowledge have withdrawn or are not equipped It will be needless to have them notified, and you will return their names to me that their places may be filled up by those who...
Show moreCanadaguai August, 1790 Sir You will cause the Troop to be notified by the non commissioned officers to meet at Canadaguai on the 8th day of September next at 10 OClock. I enclose to you a list of those who are still considered as belonging to the Troop and who I believe are equipped. If any out of them should to your knowledge have withdrawn or are not equipped It will be needless to have them notified, and you will return their names to me that their places may be filled up by those who will be more ready to do duty, I also send you your commission you will take some opportunity of qualifying before Judge Hosmer Judge Hull or Judge Williamson before the meeting of the Troop. I am yours Thomas MorrisCapt Morris Letter 1796
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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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Creator: Morris, Thomas
Date: 1809-06-07
Text: Canadagua June 7th, 1809 Sir It having been represented to me by you that the Standard presented to the Ontario Troop of horse formerly commanded by me, was claimed by both the Canadagua & Bloomfield Troops, and that my Opinion on the Subject was wish'd for by the officers of both Troops, I can have no hesitation in saying that I consider the Standard in question as having been presented by Capt Johnston to the Canadagua Troop to whom in my opinion it now belongs. I am with regard...
Show moreCanadagua June 7th, 1809 Sir It having been represented to me by you that the Standard presented to the Ontario Troop of horse formerly commanded by me, was claimed by both the Canadagua & Bloomfield Troops, and that my Opinion on the Subject was wish'd for by the officers of both Troops, I can have no hesitation in saying that I consider the Standard in question as having been presented by Capt Johnston to the Canadagua Troop to whom in my opinion it now belongs. I am with regard Yours Thomas Morris Capt Parrish
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Creator: Chapin, Israel
Date: 1796
Text: To the Chiefs and Warriors, Brothers- Soon after I arrived home I found M. Parrish was at Canandaigua and I did not no any agreement that was made respecting the Sachems receiving their clothing which I found they wished to receive the at Genesee River. B- I sent you a speech to be explained to you by Mr. Ransome who I found afterwards was at Geneseo- I .. the a have speech by an Indian who also took 13 quarts of whiskey in order to … some … on the death of my much .. friend (Fish carrier) B....
Show moreTo the Chiefs and Warriors, Brothers- Soon after I arrived home I found M. Parrish was at Canandaigua and I did not no any agreement that was made respecting the Sachems receiving their clothing which I found they wished to receive the at Genesee River. B- I sent you a speech to be explained to you by Mr. Ransome who I found afterwards was at Geneseo- I .. the a have speech by an Indian who also took 13 quarts of whiskey in order to … some … on the death of my much .. friend (Fish carrier) B.- I now inform you again I wish to meet you with the clothing for you at the time and plan that will be desirable to you. I have just heard from Mr. Phelps and believe the money due to you from hi will be ready in about thrifty days from this time for the last year and this year. B.- If we can agree to have your receive your clothing and money at once it will be best and saw trouble of meeting again. The company who are about making B-settlement on Lake Erie will be here in about `18 days I have persuaded them it is best for them to hold a conference with you on the business- which they agreed to do- Brothers- The reason to be offered on this Business I shall say nothing about until I see you which will not probably be long before we can talk to each other and then the matter must be fairly and only taken up and you will therefore make your minds easy as I hope all matters will be rightly managed. B- You will agree on business with Mr. Parrish in regard to the [thing] and other things and he can inform me so that I hope we shall understand each other and what ever I scan do on my port I shall cheerfully do it I am Brothers your friend, Israel ChapinTo the head Chiefs Sachems and Warriors at Buffaloe CreekCapt. Chapin letter to the Ind. at Buffaloe
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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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Date: 1819-05-18
Text: Know all men by these presents that we Jacob Dockstader called in the Oneida language Jacob Towah hagalaquon son of Capt Honjury To onwenloloquon of the Revolutionary army an Oneida Indian, and William Lacohalasee son of Lieut John Lacohalasee of the said army also an Oneida Indian, and Taneka alea-tuns-than, widow of Lieut Cornelius Ca-herkitoloon, of the same army, and Abraham John, son of Capt. John Ota-aweeh-ttoon of the same army, and Anna. Ja-co-ta-loon-ho grand daughter of Lieut....
Show moreKnow all men by these presents that we Jacob Dockstader called in the Oneida language Jacob Towah hagalaquon son of Capt Honjury To onwenloloquon of the Revolutionary army an Oneida Indian, and William Lacohalasee son of Lieut John Lacohalasee of the said army also an Oneida Indian, and Taneka alea-tuns-than, widow of Lieut Cornelius Ca-herkitoloon, of the same army, and Abraham John, son of Capt. John Ota-aweeh-ttoon of the same army, and Anna. Ja-co-ta-loon-ho grand daughter of Lieut. Cornelius Oqui-ontaa of the Same army and David O Coon-tatekha, son of Lieut Henjost To-we-sa-quol-hoon of the same army, do hereby and severally appoint & each for himself and herself appoints Capt Jasper Parish of Canandaigua in the county of Ontario & State of New York his & her attorney to ask for, demand & receive at the proper department of the Government of the United States for our respective use & benefit & for that of the other heirs of the Officers above named the customary assurance for the lands due to the said Officers for their respective services in the Revolutionary War and to do all acts necessary for procuring such assurance the same as we would do were we personally present. In witness whereof we have respectively set our hands and seal to these presents this 25th day of September 1824. Jacob Towah hagalaquon William Lacohalasee Tanekalea tunstha Anna Ja-co-ta-loon Abraham John Atonine Kiketote David Oloontatchkha Signed & sealed in presence of Saml Dakin Atty for O. IndiansAlso the following persons have signed those premises - Elisabeth Kawanayale Margarett Skeaundo The above is signed & sealed in presents of Charles G. Eggleston Oneida Sept. 27 - 1824Oneida Sept 27 Paid 37 1/2 Capt Parrish Indian Agent Canandagua
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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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Date: 1803-02-15
Text: War Department 15th February 1803 Sir With this you will receive a commission constituting you a Sub-Agent of the United States to the six Nations, now under the general superintendence of Callendar Irvine Esquire. Until more ample instructions on the subject of your agency, and various duties connected with it can be furnished, you will govern yourself by such directions as you may receive from Mr. Irvine in all matters, in relation to which you are not particularly instructed by this...
Show moreWar Department 15th February 1803 Sir With this you will receive a commission constituting you a Sub-Agent of the United States to the six Nations, now under the general superintendence of Callendar Irvine Esquire. Until more ample instructions on the subject of your agency, and various duties connected with it can be furnished, you will govern yourself by such directions as you may receive from Mr. Irvine in all matters, in relation to which you are not particularly instructed by this department. It will be your duty to spend at least three months in each year, during the warm season, within the tribes of the Oneidas, Cayugas, Stockbridge, Onondagas, and those Indians who inhabit the banks of the Genesee river. Of your proceedings while among the Indians, you will keep a correct journal,noting and remarking such circumstances as in your judgment are important to the United States, a copy of which you will forward to Mr. Irvine, at least once a year. You will endeavor to obtain and confirm the good will and affection of the Indian; to introduce the arts of civilization, domestic manufactures, and agriculture. To dissuade from and discountenance the use of ardent spirits among them, and in all matters and things conduct yourself in such manner as shall be best calculate to affect the benevolent designs and views of the General Government towards their Indian brethren. You will be careful and vigilant in reporting every circumstance and event which may occur that is important to the government of the United States to be made acquainted with. The place of your residence will for the present be Canandaigua. I am, Sir, Yr obt Servant N. Dearborn Jasper Parrish Esqr.War Department Jasper Parrish Esq.Letter of Instructions from N. Dearborn Esqr, Feby 15, 1803
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Date: 1791-07-15
Text: Ontario ss. The People of the state of New York by the grace of God free and Independent - To all whom these presents shall come, send Greeting - That we have caused diligent search to be made in the records and remembrances in the office of our Country of Ontario & do there find record of the following Instrument in words & figures, to wit - "To all People to whom these presents shall come WE the Sachems, Chiefs & Warriors of the Seneka Nation of Indians, send Greeting -...
Show moreOntario ss. The People of the state of New York by the grace of God free and Independent - To all whom these presents shall come, send Greeting - That we have caused diligent search to be made in the records and remembrances in the office of our Country of Ontario & do there find record of the following Instrument in words & figures, to wit - "To all People to whom these presents shall come WE the Sachems, Chiefs & Warriors of the Seneka Nation of Indians, send Greeting - Whereas by the custom of our Nation from the earliest times of our forefathers to the present day, every person born of a Seneka woman has been and is considered as one of the said Nation, & thence as having an equal right with every other person in the Nation to the lands belonging to the Nation - AND Whereas Ky-en-da-nent han, named in English Sally, one of our sisters has had two daughters born of her body by our brother Jen-uh-sheo, named in English Ebenezer Allen; Allen & Chloe Allen - and Whereas our said brother Jen-uh-sheo, the father of the said Mary & Chloe has expressed to Us, his desire to have the share of the Seneka lands to which the said Mary & Chloe (whom we consider as our - children) are entitled, set off to them in severalty that they may enjoy the same as their separate proportion - Now Know ye that we the Sachems, Chiefs & Warriors of the Said Whole Nation, whom, according to our ancient custom, in like cases, we represent, and in consideration of the right of the said Mary & Chloe as children & members of the Seneka Nations, & of our love & affection for them DO hereby set off & assign to them the said Mary & Chloe & to their heirs and assigns a tract of land, on part of which the said Jen-uh-sheo our brother now dwells upon the waters of the Jenuhsheo river in the county of Ontario in Elm Tree standing in the forks of the Jenusheo river, the boundary between our lands and the lands we sold to Oliver Phelps & Mr. Gorham & running from thence due south four miles, thence due west four miles, thence due north four miles & thence due east four miles until the line strikes the said elm tree with the appurtenances to have and to hold the said tract of land with the appurtenances to them the said Mary Allen and Chloe & to their heirs & assigns as tenants in common to their use forever provided nevertheless & we the said Sachems, Chiefs & Warriors declare that it is our desire & intention that from this day until the third day of March in the year Annoa Domini one thousand eight hundred & three, during which time both the said Mary & Chloe will be minors; the said Ebenezer Allen his executor & administrators shall take care of, occupy & improve the whole of the said tract of land & receive the rents & profits thereof without accounting to the said children therefore saving that therewith he, his executors & administrators shall make provision for the decent & suitable maintenance & for the instruction of the said Mary & Chloe & cause them to be instructed in reading & writing sewing & other useful arts according to the custom of the white people - provided that if the said Mary shall mary before the age of twenty one years, then immediately on her marriage, the said Ebenezer, his executors or administrators shall deliver to her the possession of her one equal third part in quality & quantity of said tract of land; & if the said Chloe shall mary before the age of twenty one years, then immediately on her marriage, the said Ebenezer, his executors or administrators shall deliver to her the possession of her one equal third part in quality & quantity of said tract of land; & thence forward the said Mary & Chloe, respectively & their respective heirs, executors; administrators and assigns shall receive the rents & profits of their respective third parts of said tract of land; & the said Ebenezer Allen shall continue in the possession of the remaining third part of said tract of land & receive the rents & profits thereof during his natural life to his own use, & after his death his present wife, Lucy, if she survives him shall hold possession of the same third part & receive the rents and profits thereof to her own use so long as she shall remain his widow immediately after which the said Mary & Chloe, their heirs & assigns shall receive & have the entire possession of the whole said tract of land forever - and we the Sachems, Chiefs & Warriors do further declare that the tract of land so set off to them the said Mary & Chloe is & forever shall be in full of their share & interest in all the lands belonging to our said nation, & of all claims of property of every kind wether monies or goods for lands sold or received as presents which have been or shall be received by our nation - provided further & it is our meaning to reserve to the Indians families now dwelling on said tract of land, the liberty of remaining there so long as they shall think fit with the liberty of planting so much corn as shall be necessary for their own use - provided further that our sister the said Ky-en-da-nent-han shall be entitled to comfortable and competent maintenance our of the rents & profits of said tract of land, during her natural life or as long as she remains unjoined to another companion- In Witness whereof we the Sachems & Chiefs of the Seneka Nation, according to the ancient custom of our nation have hereunto set out hands & seals the fifteenth day of July in the ear one thousand seven hundred & ninety one - and of the Independence of the United States, the sixteenth Sealed & delivered in the presence of us Presents, tracts of equal in fist sheet- to his own use in 2d leaf interlined done before sealing - The word children in the 5th line of first leaf erased- said delivery being also first interlined - Nonde-yewas or Farmers Brother Shek-wi-un dunkwe or Little Beard Kden-do-waw-ra or Big Tree Honey-sanguish or Young Kings Oo-na-sot-ck-hau or Fire in the mountain The boundary between our lands & the lands we sold to Oliver Phelps & Mr. Gorham the decent & suitable maintenance & for being also interlined By the fifteen Chiefs Sachems in the right hand column of seals Ebenezer Bowman Joseph Smith Jasper Parish Horation Jones Oliver Phelps And by the Chiefs underwritten in the presence of us To-ne-auh-to-waw Big Throat Kodge-a-gayonk Heap of Dogs Tish-ka-a-ga Little Billy Taen-daw-deesh or Black Chief Kon-ne-yoo-we-sut or Captain Lamp Kon-no-shaw-Koi-york or Old House Ne-en-daw-ko-waw or Great Tree Te-du-do-wanguey or Henmy Jameson Cy-a-su-to So-go-u-a-to or Red Jacket The two last Chiefs signed in presence of Jacob Hart Eben T. Bowman Timothy Pickering Commissioner By Timothy Pickering Esquire Commissioner for holding a treaty with the six nations of Indians- I certify that the Instrument of writing contained in this sheet & in the sheet of paper annexed to it (on which also I have written my name) being an assignment made by the Seneka Nation of Indians to their two children Mary Allen and Chloe Allen therein named of the tract of land therein described as their full share of the Senka Lands was yesterday particularly explained by mein public council of the said six nations & after I had explained the same & asked them if they understood it, the Sachems & Chiefs of the Seneka nation answered that the whole was well understood the instrument, having been then agreed to in public council was then signed, sealed and delivered in my presence by all the Sachems and Chiefs whose names appear in my hand writing, being the fifteen whose names are subscribed in the right hand column & one on the left hand column; saving that the Chief So-ne-au-do-waw only signed & sealed the Instrument in my presece - In Witness whereof I have hereto set m hand & seal at Newton in the county of Tioga in the State of New York, the sixteenth day of July in the year 1791 and of the Independence of the United State the sixteenth Timothy Pickering Be it remembered that on the 8 day of August 1791 before me Oliver Phelps one of the Judges of the Court of common pleas for the county of Ontario, came Joseph Smith one of the subscribing witnesses to this Indenture who made solemn oath that the several Sachems & War Chiefs whose names are set to this Instrument did in his presence make their marks, set their seals & deliver this deed as their voluntary act for the purposes & uses therein mentioned, & that the said Smith, Ebenezer Bowman, Jasper Parish, and Horatio Jones, signed their names as witnessesin presence of each other, and I having examined the same Finding no material erasures or interlinations, except those noted, have no objection to its being recorded " "Oliver Phelps" "I do herb certify the foregoing to be a true copy of the original, examined with the same the eighth day of August 1791. Nath Gorham Junr Clk"Copy of a deed of cession by the Seneca Nation to Mary Allen & Chloe Allen dated July 15th, 1791.
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Date: 1818-01-01
Text: that the United States had borrowed our money and paid us yearly Six thousand dollars - We should be grateful for information respecting the State of our money - We should rejoice when we hear from our Father again to hear that our money was again in the Bank -- Father, We hope that you will not be impatient at the multitude of our word our minds were uneasy, we could find no rest until we laid open our hearts to our Father - he will take pity on us, and see to all our interests - may the...
Show morethat the United States had borrowed our money and paid us yearly Six thousand dollars - We should be grateful for information respecting the State of our money - We should rejoice when we hear from our Father again to hear that our money was again in the Bank -- Father, We hope that you will not be impatient at the multitude of our word our minds were uneasy, we could find no rest until we laid open our hearts to our Father - he will take pity on us, and see to all our interests - may the Great Spirit preserve our father many years a blessing to all his children. Senecas of Buffalo Village Red Jacket Young King Capt Bille Capt Pollard Young Stevenson White Chief Twenty Canoes Seneca White Senecas of Cataraugey Chief Warrior Capt. Thompson Tonewanta Senecas Charle Blue Sky Big Kettle Stride Town Adjutant Peter George Onandagai Capt. Cole Capt. Fisher Caughneetaan Cayuga David King William KingI Amos Calender of Buffalo. Ceritfy that at the request of the above named Chiefs of the Six Nations of Indians I read to them the annexed talk throe Henry York one of their people from Battaraugh who interpreted the same and the above Chiefs declared through the same Interpreter that it was their unanimous Voice Amos Callender At Buffalo. Indian Village January 1. 1818 We the undersigned being present, Certify as above Jabez B. Hyde Eleazer Colburn We the undersigned further certify that the annexed Chiefs further requested that they wished to add to their talk as follows. viz. - that they wished to remind their Father the President of their readings in the late War with Great Britain to take up arms in the defense of their Common Country - Their father will claim to his confidence and protection Amos Callender Jabez B. Hyde Young King - would desire through his Father, the President of the United States to express his grateful acknowledgements to the Government for the Pension they were pleased to settle upon him in consequence of wounds received during the late War, that he has understood it was to be paid Quarterly - he would inform his Father that he has received only three Quarterly payments, that he nor any of his friends have been able to find the road by which he might avail himself of his Money in this way. He would thank his Father to point out a way in which he may in future receive his money, agreeable to the act of Government. At the Special request of Young King Amos Callender
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Date: 1797
Text: To All to whom these presents shall come - Greeting - Know Ye that we the Sachems, Chiefs, & Warriors of the Seneca Nation of Indians, in consideration of one dollar received to our full satisfaction of Horatio Jones, end in the further consideration of services rendered, and monies expended by the said Jones for us, and for our use and benefit, do hereby acknowledge full satisfaction for all damages sustained by us or any of us for the non performance of the condition of a certain bond...
Show moreTo All to whom these presents shall come - Greeting - Know Ye that we the Sachems, Chiefs, & Warriors of the Seneca Nation of Indians, in consideration of one dollar received to our full satisfaction of Horatio Jones, end in the further consideration of services rendered, and monies expended by the said Jones for us, and for our use and benefit, do hereby acknowledge full satisfaction for all damages sustained by us or any of us for the non performance of the condition of a certain bond given by Oliver Phelps and Horatio Jones to Israel Chapin, Superintendant of Indian affairs for the six nations of Indians & his successor in office, in the penal sum of four thousand dollars and dated the thirtieth da of June in the year one thousand eight hundred and two, the condition of the said bond being for the conveyance of twelve hundred & eighty acres of improvable land adjoining either the Tonnawanta, Buffalo Creek, Allegany or Cannedea Reservation to us the said Sachems, Chiefs & Warriors - and the said Jones is hereby fully discharged & exonerated from all obligation & liability arising from or in any manner growing out of the said bond either to us or to the said Israel Chapin or his successor in office, superintendent as aforesaid - and the said bond is hereby fully canceled, discharged and ennobled to all inerets & purposes - and we do hereby discharge & obligate ourselves to discontinue a certain suit commenced in the Supreme Court of Indicature of the State of New York for our benefit against the said Jones in the name of the said Israel Chapin and acquit the said Jones from the same & from all costs, & charges arising therefrom - And we do further acknowledge that we have received from the said Jones full satisfaction for all debts, demands, claim, actions & causes of action either b bond, covenant, note, amount or otherwise which we or either of us have against the said Jones either in law or equity - Signed in presents of Jasper Parrish W. K. Dana Jellis Clute Henry Obael Corn Planter Yong King Black Snake Capt. Pollard Blue Eyes Little Beard Seneka White Tanis Halftown Broad Head Twenty Cannons Charles Cornplanter Snow Tall Peter Docstater Jacob Blacksnake Barefoot John Snow Major Berry Red Jacket
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Date: 1799-06-01
Text: Survey of a highway, beginning on the west line of the Town of Canandaugua where the Road from the Genesee River & heading through Pitts Town interjects the Town line then South eighty-three and a half degrees East thirty two … fifty … then North Eighty=Eight Degrees East. Seventy nine chains. Fifty links - to a Stake in the Old Road by Joseph Van Norman ( the above are magnetic boules) June 11th 1799 ... Jasper Parrish Angel De Ferreire angle Deferreier: Sullivan Madison County .. parish...
Show moreSurvey of a highway, beginning on the west line of the Town of Canandaugua where the Road from the Genesee River & heading through Pitts Town interjects the Town line then South eighty-three and a half degrees East thirty two … fifty … then North Eighty=Eight Degrees East. Seventy nine chains. Fifty links - to a Stake in the Old Road by Joseph Van Norman ( the above are magnetic boules) June 11th 1799 ... Jasper Parrish Angel De Ferreire angle Deferreier: Sullivan Madison County .. parish Esq.
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Creator: Clinton, Dewitt
Date: n.d.
Text: With great esteem Your most Obedt Servt DeWitt Clinton Jasper Parrish Esqr

Date: [ca.1802]
Text: I certify that the Troops of the U. States under the Command of Genl. Alex. Smyth were by the orders of the Genl encamped at the mouth of Conjochatays Creek the latter part of November and the first days of Decr. 1812 apart of them on the farm of Jasper Parish Esqr. situated at the mouth of said Creek. - The season at that period was very inclement and stormy, and I am knowing to the Troops burring rails and fences on the said farm of Mr. Parish. - James Thomas Col & Q. M. Genl. of the...
Show moreI certify that the Troops of the U. States under the Command of Genl. Alex. Smyth were by the orders of the Genl encamped at the mouth of Conjochatays Creek the latter part of November and the first days of Decr. 1812 apart of them on the farm of Jasper Parish Esqr. situated at the mouth of said Creek. - The season at that period was very inclement and stormy, and I am knowing to the Troops burring rails and fences on the said farm of Mr. Parish. - James Thomas Col & Q. M. Genl. of the late U.S. Army Washington Jany 18th 1819.
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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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Date: n.d.

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

Creator: Trowbridge, Edward A.
Date: 1814-06-15
Text: Onondaga Hollow June 15th 1814 9 OClock A. M. D Sir, All the Oneida Warriors that arrived last evening at Manlius have arrived at this place there was 33 Men and Women. the Stockbridge and Brother Town Indians Started at 12 OClock Yesteray - 48 in number,- Jacob Dockstrader is expected today with his party Also Martinus White with his - the principal ones that are here is - Col. Lewey Capt. Henry Cornelius Dockstrater the others are young men - Yours with respect Edmund A. Trowbridge Indian...
Show moreOnondaga Hollow June 15th 1814 9 OClock A. M. D Sir, All the Oneida Warriors that arrived last evening at Manlius have arrived at this place there was 33 Men and Women. the Stockbridge and Brother Town Indians Started at 12 OClock Yesteray - 48 in number,- Jacob Dockstrader is expected today with his party Also Martinus White with his - the principal ones that are here is - Col. Lewey Capt. Henry Cornelius Dockstrater the others are young men - Yours with respect Edmund A. Trowbridge Indian Inspector Jasper Parish Esq. N. B. the Indians expect a visit from the Onondaga? or otherwise an invitation for them to call at their Village. E. A T.E. A. Trowbridg letter June 15 1814 Jasper Parish Esq. Indian Agent
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Creator: Parrish, Edward P.
Date: 1828-01-25
Text: No. 3 - Canandaigua 25 Jany 1828 To Jasper Parrish Esqr Sub Agent of the United States to the Six Nations of Indians Sir, Agreeable to your instructions I proceeded immediately to the Indian Village of St. Regis (on the St Lawrence) I then called a Council of the American Indiana also invited the British Indiana to attend, which invitation they accepted. I then read the Communication from Government made inquiries, agreeable to your instructions. I was not able to find that any depredations...
Show moreNo. 3 - Canandaigua 25 Jany 1828 To Jasper Parrish Esqr Sub Agent of the United States to the Six Nations of Indians Sir, Agreeable to your instructions I proceeded immediately to the Indian Village of St. Regis (on the St Lawrence) I then called a Council of the American Indiana also invited the British Indiana to attend, which invitation they accepted. I then read the Communication from Government made inquiries, agreeable to your instructions. I was not able to find that any depredations or violence of any kind had been committed by one party of the Indiana against the other. The nature and extent of the outrage committed in June last by the American Indians, was their hoisting the flag of the United States in Canada (& this was done in the Indian Village, all of which is in Canada) No violence of any kind was used at, or since that time, by one party against the other. - I learnt upon my arrival at St Regis, that two lines had been run by the Commissioners, neither of which has yet been laid down as permanent - In this situation they are without any other boundary line than the old one. -This has been the cause (I fear) of most of the difficulties heretofore existing between them. Both parties are anxious that a boundary line should be fixed through their reservationsat present they differ as to the line that should be called the boundary. The American Indians informed me that the British Indians residing at St. Regis had told them that they must move into the United States in the Spring & leave their Houses &- improvements, most of which are in Canada. The population of the American Indians at St. Regis & within Canada, as near as I could learn is 350 & that of the British Indians 500 - I have endeavoured to enrol the Indians, claiming the protection of this Government, and herewith retort their names - I was well received by the Indians on both sides, and our Indians gave me assurances that they would obey the orders if the President of the United States, and would cultivate friendly feelings towards each other. I am respectfully Edward Parrish -Edward P. Parrish
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Creator: Paine, Edward
Date: 1798-05-26
Text: Scipio May 26, 1798 Sir Mr. Morrison has just Returned. I have seen him, but cannot prevail upon him to hire out. I wish you to assist Joel in the appraisal of the Cattle as he is unacquainted with the People in your Quarter, and will have the choosing of one Apprisor on which much depends. We have made search in the Office, and there is no such name on the Files as you mentioned in your letter. I am Sir yours sincerely Edward Paine Mr. Jasper Parrish Perhaps you and Porter can agree, if he...
Show moreScipio May 26, 1798 Sir Mr. Morrison has just Returned. I have seen him, but cannot prevail upon him to hire out. I wish you to assist Joel in the appraisal of the Cattle as he is unacquainted with the People in your Quarter, and will have the choosing of one Apprisor on which much depends. We have made search in the Office, and there is no such name on the Files as you mentioned in your letter. I am Sir yours sincerely Edward Paine Mr. Jasper Parrish Perhaps you and Porter can agree, if he will give as much as you think they will be apprised atMr. Jasper Parrish CanandaiguaGeneral Paine Letter May 26, 1798
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Creator: Benson, Egbert Jr.
Date: n.d.
Text: Egbert Benson Jrwill oblige me

Creator: Willett, Elbert
Date: 1806-02-27
Text: Junius February 27th, 1806 Sir Inclosed I send you an order on Mr. Holden for two barrels of Salt; which I presume you will receive on presenting it - I am with Respect Your most Obedient Elbert Willett Jun Capt Jasper ParrishCaptn Jasper Parish CandaiguaWillett

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: Webster, Ephraim
Date: n.d.
Text: Edm. A Trowbridge Indian Inspector Ephraim Webster Interpreter

Creator: Granger, Erastus
Date: 1806-04-14
Text: Buffaloe Creek April 15. - Fm E. Granger p. m. Jasper Parrish, EsquireE Granger Letter April 14, 1806Buffaloe Creek April 14th, 1806 Friend Parrish Having an opportunity this day to send to Allegany by the Prophet & his party, I have been under the necessity of fixing

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: Granger, Erastus
Date: 1815-07-20
Text: Buffalo July 20th. 1815 Dear Sir, I hear nothing from Washington. The distress of the Indians is so great, on account of provisions that they have called for the Phelps Money. - they have sent to the different Villages to be here in six days from this time. the Money in your hands will be wanted. --- I have now to relate a serious affair that has taken place. On Tuesday the 18th. Inst. the Chiefs were at my house in Council. - in the afternoon I went with them to Buffalo to complete the...
Show moreBuffalo July 20th. 1815 Dear Sir, I hear nothing from Washington. The distress of the Indians is so great, on account of provisions that they have called for the Phelps Money. - they have sent to the different Villages to be here in six days from this time. the Money in your hands will be wanted. --- I have now to relate a serious affair that has taken place. On Tuesday the 18th. Inst. the Chiefs were at my house in Council. - in the afternoon I went with them to Buffalo to complete the business. About sun an hour high, they started to go home - Young King and others - all perfectly sober except Jack Berry. ------- The same day, David Rus & two others had been mowing on the South Side of Buffalo Creek - on a clearing made by Old Mr. Meddow. they had recrossed the Creek - were returning home, and met with an Indian by the name of George - a Cayuga - rather a stupidfellow. - some altercation took place between Rus and George about a spear. Rus by repeated Blows knocked George down, and then kicked him in the fan until he bled freely - George, although sober, made no resistance, and did Not appear to provoke a quarrel. Young King & party, being on the return home, came up about the same time, and seeing the Manner in which George had been used by Rus, felt exasperated. - Young King having in his hand a light White pine stick, gave Rus a rap on the side of his head. - the effect of the blow was nothing. - Rus goes to a man, who had a new, heavy scythe in his hand - takes it from him - approaches Young King, who was sitting on his horse, and at one stroke with the scythe, cut off his left arm above the elbow. - that is, he cut off two thirds of the Muscular part of the arm, & the whole of the bone. - the arm was amputated yesterday Morning Near the Shoulder. ---------Young King is very low - the weather is hot, & we fear a fever & mortification. every attention is paid to him. ----- Rus is bound over to Court in a bond of $2,000. - with two sureties. ---- The Indians are incensed; & have sent runners to call a Council from all quarters - Jack Berry can not be depended on - he is drunk at every council. - No went in My agency has given me so much trouble. - If you can possibly leave home - come here in six days time. I have no Interpreter that I can rely on. My health is poor. ---- yours respectfully Erastus Granger J. Parrish, Esq.P. S. the Phelps money in my hands is in Treasury Notes, of that description which are to be funded at 7 Cent if your Bank will take them, you had better bring one the whole Sum of $500. in small Notes. E G N. B. our Wigwam is in trouble. - come and see us if you can. E. GrangerE. Granger Letter 20 July 1815
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Creator: Granger, Erastus
Date: 1816-08-29
Text: Buffalo August 29th 1816 Dear Sir, Your letter from the Eastward also the one from Canandaigua of the 27th Indians have been received. I returned yesterday from Tuscarora, have paid them their Money. The Chiefs at Buffalo (except Red Jacket) have come froward and received their Phelps Money. Jacket wanted the Money to go to the Westward, but they have used it all exec pet $100. They a have not informed me when they are a going- in fact they are divided about going. I shall call them together...
Show moreBuffalo August 29th 1816 Dear Sir, Your letter from the Eastward also the one from Canandaigua of the 27th Indians have been received. I returned yesterday from Tuscarora, have paid them their Money. The Chiefs at Buffalo (except Red Jacket) have come froward and received their Phelps Money. Jacket wanted the Money to go to the Westward, but they have used it all exec pet $100. They a have not informed me when they are a going- in fact they are divided about going. I shall call them together tomorrow and let them know that the Indians at the eastward are waiting to hear from them. I have advised them to call on you to go with them. Will contact you again on the Subject. I have but a small sum in your Bank. The situations of the times are such at Buffalo that I must draw on the Ontario bank for the amount of the Phelps Money in your hands. - be so good as to place it there to my Credit, so as meet my draft; which will be called for next Monday. Yours with respect, Erastus Granger J. Parrish Esq.Buffalo E. Granger p.m. 30 Aug. Capt Jasper Parrish CanandaiguaE. Granger letter Aug. 29, 1816
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Creator: Granger, Erastus
Date: 1816-12-11
Text: Buffalo Deer* 11th* 1816* Dear Sir, I have reed •..your two letters since you returned home* - Red Jacket says you Must Not Make any communication of What took place at the Westward until he sees you - that a talk took place after you left them, which Must be added to what Hosmer took down* - 1 have received of Potter the amount of your Debt of Hawkins I have bought to Barrels of White fish at $80• pr* Barrell -have opened one for My own use, they are good* • You can have the other, but the...
Show moreBuffalo Deer* 11th* 1816* Dear Sir, I have reed •..your two letters since you returned home* - Red Jacket says you Must Not Make any communication of What took place at the Westward until he sees you - that a talk took place after you left them, which Must be added to what Hosmer took down* - 1 have received of Potter the amount of your Debt of Hawkins I have bought to Barrels of White fish at $80• pr* Barrell -have opened one for My own use, they are good* • You can have the other, but the rice is great* but few came down* - please write Me whether I shall send them to you* ~ I expect to he in Canandaigua about the 25th of this Month, and Shall Meet the Chiefs previous to Hy going - will endeavor to get a receipt for the Money paid for the prisoners taken Yours ko {Signed} 3 Granger J Parrish Bsqr*
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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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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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Creator: Parish, Jasper, 1767-1836
Date: 1803-03-15_1803-04-10
Text: United States To Jasper Parrish 1803 Sub Agent of Indians affairs - Dr To traveling expences to & from Washington on public business. March 25 to stage fare & expences from Canandaigua to Albany $18.75 27 to expences a Albany 2.50 to Stage fare & expences from Albany to New York 16.00 to expences in New York 3.50 April 2 to Stage fare & expences from New York to Philadelphia 11.75 to Stage fare & expences from Philadelphia to Baltimore 12.25 to expepnces in Baltimore 1.75...
Show moreUnited States To Jasper Parrish 1803 Sub Agent of Indians affairs - Dr To traveling expences to & from Washington on public business. March 25 to stage fare & expences from Canandaigua to Albany $18.75 27 to expences a Albany 2.50 to Stage fare & expences from Albany to New York 16.00 to expences in New York 3.50 April 2 to Stage fare & expences from New York to Philadelphia 11.75 to Stage fare & expences from Philadelphia to Baltimore 12.25 to expepnces in Baltimore 1.75 5 to Stage fare & expences from Baltimore to Washington 5.12 10 to expences at Washington 15.25 to Stage fare & expences from Washington to Canandaigua on my return 77.62 $160.49Copy of expences to & from Washington April 24, 1813 Paid in full
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Creator: Ridgeway, Fielder
Date: 1813-10-03
Text: Balls Tavern - Octr 3rd. 1813 Sir, If the Indians should arrive in Canandaigua this Evening - & I want provision you will be pleased to make the requisition as usual; & say to the Contractor I will Sign and requsion you may make for the U. States Indians, -When I am not Present, - I am Sir, respectfully Fielder Ridgeway Capt U. S. R Regt. Candg Recg Dist No 3 Capt Parrish U.S. Indian Agent Canandaigua (N.Y)

Creator: Delano, Frederic
Date: n.d.
Text: Your Friend & Huml. Sevt Frederic Delano

Creator: Dilano, Frederic
Date: 1806-03-23
Text: Around 23rd March 1806 Dear Sir/ I want to exchange about 25 or 30 bushels of flax seed for oil and not knowing who owned the oil mill in Canandaigua must trouble you with the buisness. I beg you to take the trouble to be informed while I can have the oil at any time when I find and if so on what terms and write me by the mail unless you have a very direct private opportunity as the expense and trouble would be too great to fund on uncertainties- My family are in health- Your friend Frederic...
Show moreAround 23rd March 1806 Dear Sir/ I want to exchange about 25 or 30 bushels of flax seed for oil and not knowing who owned the oil mill in Canandaigua must trouble you with the buisness. I beg you to take the trouble to be informed while I can have the oil at any time when I find and if so on what terms and write me by the mail unless you have a very direct private opportunity as the expense and trouble would be too great to fund on uncertainties- My family are in health- Your friend Frederic DilanoPaster Dilano letter 23, 1806
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Creator: Paine, Edward
Date: 1806-03-30
Text: Dear Sir Mr. Danforth has just arrived with accts from you. The message which he brought expecting many demands an immediate answer, which I hardly know hot to give. The inconvenience of doing without his assistance the enforcing season I could readily submit to provided I could be satisfied that it would be for his interest. He has now a tolerable common education, and for a person at his time of life and situated as he is, to continue at school a long time, and at a great expense when his...
Show moreDear Sir Mr. Danforth has just arrived with accts from you. The message which he brought expecting many demands an immediate answer, which I hardly know hot to give. The inconvenience of doing without his assistance the enforcing season I could readily submit to provided I could be satisfied that it would be for his interest. He has now a tolerable common education, and for a person at his time of life and situated as he is, to continue at school a long time, and at a great expense when his attentions elsewhere would answer a valuable purpose; and all this without any particular object in view, but leaving the advantages which may be denied from a well directed education to chance and return to rest and forget it on a farm would be money badly laid out and time misspent. I am extremely sorry that you could not have written lengthily and very particularly on the above subject, with your opinion thereon and Harry's views and intentions. It is true that is extremely difficult for any but those experienced in the sciences to pint out the advantages and disadvantages attaining them, which is out of my power to do, and which is nevertheless a necessary foundation on which to form a conclusion. From the above you may easily draw the proper inference, and will be enabled to judge whether it will be a real object for him to stay or not, if he is to stay it ought to be understood as laying a foundation for this purpose thro life, ini which cue he ought to send home his horse, to be as economical as possible, which puts me inmind of another circumstance which is the difficulty I should find in furnishing the supplies. I think in making the above statement I have adhered strictly to candor and reason, wish, you to take a deliberate and general view of the matter, and without weighing any local wish or circumstance decide upon it as may be for the best. Yet before I close my remarks I must again urge, "that there ought to be an object, great, than the common advantage of schooling to induce him at this time to continue longer at school. Accept my kindest wishes and affectionate love to Roxe, Lydia, Mary, the children, and the Doctor and Nancy if you see them. Yours affectionately Edward Paine Grand River March 30th 1806 Mr. Jasper Parrish- Edward & Mary} Paine cannot suffer this to pass without inserting their affectionate regard to all the persons above mentioned, and promise to write something before long, at present the messenger can wait for nothing more. Friends generally well. AdieuYour first message by Capt. Skinner did not arrive until after I had written to you on the above subject. E.P.Gen. Paine Letter March 30 1806 Mr. Jasper Parrish Erie Aft-1806 Canandaigua
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Creator: Schuyler, Philip
Date: [1795-07]
Text: John Richardson Esquire of Mr. Jasper Parish having submitted to us the subscribers an adjustment of the Dispute between the said parties, relative to the Lot which the said Jasper is entitled to a certificate, according to the law providing for the purchase and sale of the Cayuga Reservation, which shall secure to him the right of Preemption at the one … price at which the Land of the said reservation shall be sold, We the said subscribers having viewed the premises, I heard the allegations...
Show moreJohn Richardson Esquire of Mr. Jasper Parish having submitted to us the subscribers an adjustment of the Dispute between the said parties, relative to the Lot which the said Jasper is entitled to a certificate, according to the law providing for the purchase and sale of the Cayuga Reservation, which shall secure to him the right of Preemption at the one … price at which the Land of the said reservation shall be sold, We the said subscribers having viewed the premises, I heard the allegations of the said parties so conceived it to be the peculiar[?} province of the agents appointed buy the act above alluded so to Settle and adjust circumstances disputes likely this; and therefore have submitted for the information & satisfaction of the said agents, the following Statement of Facts. - That the said John Richardson by virtue of a preemptive right, to himself granted or adjudged by the said agents as a Late or former acceptant on some part of the Cayaga Reservation as he has declared to us; and also, .. having purchased of john Spaulding his prospect of obtaining Compensation; since his claim to a preemptive right has been rejected by the said agents; hath laid or wishes to lay, his said right on Lot No. 131 on the EAst side of the Cayuga lake. And the said Jasper Paris hath also laid, or wishes to lay, on the same Lot a preemptive right, granted or adjudged to him by the said Agents, by virtue of a purchase he made of the improvement of Elisha Durkee, as an occupant on and about said Lot. - Upon the view and evidence aforesaid, we find that between Lots N. 924 and 144 on the Lake Shore, there are no Claims of Preemption allowedallowed by the said Agents, in their general Certificate, excepting the Claim of Jasper Parish for the improvement of the said Elisha Durkee. That the Divisional Line between Lots no. 131 and 137 on the said East Side of the Cayuga Lake runs thro' the improvement of the said Elisha Durkee, diving the said improvement, and leaving the greater part there of, together with the remains of an old Log Hutton the south side of said Divisional Line. - That on the North Side of said Lot No. 131- there are about three acres of unimproved Land enclosed by a fence made by the said John Spaulding whose claim has been rejected as aforesaid. - Seth Phelps Ben. Ledyard Thomas [?] Mumford Bery Dey [?] Scipio December 5th 1795
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