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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  Peace 
  was 
  not 
  made 
  at 
  once, 
  Brant 
  and 
  Governor 
  Simcoe 
  

   opposing 
  it, 
  but 
  the 
  Indians 
  at 
  last 
  grew 
  weary 
  and 
  made 
  peace 
  

   with 
  Wayne 
  on 
  his 
  own 
  terms. 
  In 
  1795 
  the 
  difficulties 
  between 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  Great 
  Britain 
  were 
  settled, 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  

   no 
  longer 
  aided 
  the 
  Indians. 
  

  

  About 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  century, 
  before 
  and 
  after, 
  there 
  were 
  

   many 
  Iroquois 
  land 
  sales 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  all 
  described 
  in 
  The 
  

   Indian 
  Problem 
  of 
  1889. 
  That 
  of 
  1784 
  was 
  a 
  treaty 
  with 
  the 
  

   United 
  States, 
  in 
  which 
  a 
  boundary 
  line 
  was 
  drawn 
  : 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  a 
  creek 
  about 
  four 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Niagara, 
  

   called 
  Oyonwayea, 
  or 
  Johnston's 
  landing 
  place, 
  upon 
  the 
  lake 
  

   named 
  by 
  the 
  Indians 
  Oswego, 
  and 
  by 
  us 
  Ontario 
  ; 
  from 
  thence 
  

   southerly 
  in 
  a 
  direction 
  always 
  four 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  carrying 
  

   path 
  between 
  Lakes 
  Erie 
  and 
  Ontario, 
  to 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  Teho- 
  

   seroron, 
  or 
  Buffalo 
  creek, 
  on 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  ; 
  thence 
  south 
  to 
  the 
  

   north 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Pennsylvania; 
  thence 
  west 
  to 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  north 
  boundary; 
  thence 
  south 
  along 
  the 
  west 
  

   boundary 
  of 
  the 
  said 
  State 
  to 
  the 
  river 
  Ohio 
  ; 
  the 
  said 
  line 
  from 
  

   the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Oyonwayea 
  to 
  the 
  Ohio 
  shall 
  be 
  the 
  western 
  

   boundary 
  of 
  the 
  lands 
  of 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations. 
  

  

  This 
  outside 
  territory 
  had 
  been 
  gained 
  by 
  conquest 
  and 
  was 
  

   practically 
  lost 
  by 
  war. 
  The 
  lands 
  west 
  of 
  this 
  line 
  were 
  sur- 
  

   rendered 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  those 
  east 
  and 
  north 
  were 
  

   reserved 
  for 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  except 
  6 
  miles 
  square 
  about 
  the 
  

   fort 
  at 
  Oswego. 
  This 
  was 
  reaffirmed 
  at 
  the 
  treaty 
  of 
  Fort 
  Har- 
  

   mar, 
  June 
  5, 
  1789, 
  but 
  the 
  Mohawks 
  were 
  left 
  out 
  and 
  the 
  Onei- 
  

   das 
  and 
  Tuscaroras 
  were 
  confirmed 
  in 
  their 
  land 
  titles. 
  Crim- 
  

   inal 
  offenses 
  would 
  be 
  punished 
  by 
  state 
  law, 
  but 
  much 
  was 
  left 
  

   to 
  the 
  Indians 
  themselves. 
  In 
  Judge 
  Marshall's 
  words 
  they 
  were 
  

   interior 
  dependent 
  nations. 
  

  

  The 
  treaty 
  of 
  Jan. 
  21, 
  1795, 
  acknowledged 
  the 
  Oneida, 
  Onon- 
  

   daga, 
  and 
  Cayuga 
  reservations 
  and 
  specified 
  the 
  Seneca 
  boun- 
  

   daries, 
  besides 
  securing 
  a 
  right 
  of 
  passage. 
  A 
  special 
  treaty 
  was 
  

   made 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  with 
  the 
  Oneida, 
  Tuscarora 
  and 
  Stock- 
  

   bridge 
  Indians, 
  recompensing 
  them 
  for 
  losses 
  in 
  the 
  war, 
  pro- 
  

   viding 
  mills, 
  and 
  " 
  $1000, 
  to 
  be 
  applied 
  in 
  building 
  a 
  convenient 
  

   church 
  at 
  Oneida, 
  in 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  one 
  which 
  was 
  burnt 
  by 
  the 
  

   enemy 
  in 
  the 
  late 
  war." 
  

  

  