﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  385 
  

  

  The 
  United 
  States 
  census 
  of 
  1890 
  was 
  naturally 
  more 
  accurate, 
  

   returning 
  fully 
  7387 
  Iroquois 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  8483 
  in 
  

   Canada, 
  with 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  15,870. 
  The 
  estimate 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  

   earlier 
  population 
  was 
  13,000 
  in 
  1682. 
  This 
  census 
  also 
  gave 
  

   5239 
  as 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  population 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  to 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  

   added 
  98 
  on 
  the 
  adjoining 
  Cornplanter 
  reservation 
  in 
  Pennsyl- 
  

   vania. 
  Including 
  this 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  census, 
  there 
  were 
  in 
  

   the 
  State 
  481 
  Onondagas, 
  212 
  Oneidas, 
  18 
  Mohawks, 
  183 
  Cay- 
  

   ugas, 
  2767 
  Senecas 
  and 
  408 
  Tuscaroras. 
  On 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  side 
  

   of 
  St 
  Regis 
  were 
  1129 
  Indians. 
  This 
  left 
  over 
  2000 
  Iroquois 
  in 
  

   other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  The 
  reported 
  increase 
  on 
  the 
  

   New 
  York 
  reservations 
  in 
  45 
  years 
  was 
  1753. 
  Reckoning 
  by 
  

   these 
  alone, 
  there 
  were 
  in 
  1890, 
  494 
  Onondaga, 
  561 
  Tonawanda, 
  

   880 
  Allegany, 
  1582 
  Cattaraugus, 
  459 
  Tuscarora 
  and 
  11 
  57 
  St 
  

   Regis 
  Indians. 
  As 
  many 
  more 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  were 
  on 
  the 
  Canada 
  

   side. 
  

  

  In 
  1819 
  the 
  Ogden 
  Land 
  Company 
  held 
  a 
  treaty 
  at 
  Buffalo, 
  

   desiring 
  to 
  secure 
  all 
  the 
  Seneca 
  reservations 
  or 
  have 
  them 
  con- 
  

   centrate 
  on 
  one. 
  Agents 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  Massachu- 
  

   setts 
  also 
  attended, 
  but 
  the 
  treaty 
  was 
  not 
  successful, 
  and 
  there 
  

   was 
  now 
  a 
  marked 
  religious 
  division 
  in 
  the 
  Seneca 
  nation. 
  Suc- 
  

   cessive 
  councils 
  were 
  held 
  till 
  1826, 
  when 
  the 
  Ogden 
  Company 
  

   had 
  more 
  success, 
  securing 
  several 
  small 
  reservations 
  in 
  the 
  

   Genesee 
  valley 
  and 
  parts 
  of 
  others. 
  

  

  In 
  1838 
  all 
  the 
  Seneca 
  lands 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  were 
  conveyed 
  to 
  

   the 
  company, 
  and 
  this 
  treaty 
  was 
  approved 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   Senate, 
  March 
  1840, 
  and 
  afterward 
  proclaimed 
  by 
  the 
  president. 
  

   All 
  this 
  involved 
  the 
  arrangements 
  about 
  western 
  lands 
  and 
  a 
  

   long 
  litigation, 
  recently 
  decided 
  in 
  favor 
  of 
  the 
  Indians. 
  The 
  

   Senecas 
  opposed 
  the 
  ratification 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  of 
  fraud, 
  and 
  it 
  

   was 
  agreed 
  that 
  improper 
  means 
  had 
  been 
  used, 
  the 
  case 
  creating 
  

   great 
  interest 
  and 
  sympathy 
  for 
  the 
  Indians. 
  The 
  Quakers 
  took 
  

   up 
  their 
  plea 
  and 
  a 
  compromise 
  treaty 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  1842, 
  legal 
  

   resort 
  proving 
  useless. 
  A 
  full 
  account 
  of 
  all 
  is 
  contained 
  in 
  the 
  

   report 
  on 
  The 
  Indian 
  Problem, 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  Legislature 
  of 
  New 
  

   York 
  in 
  1889, 
  the 
  compromise 
  being 
  this: 
  

  

  