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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  Ogden 
  Company 
  released 
  and 
  handed 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  Senecas 
  

   the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  Allegany 
  reservation 
  and 
  the 
  Cattaraugus 
  reser- 
  

   vation, 
  and 
  the 
  Senecas 
  gave 
  up 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  Buffalo 
  creek 
  

   and 
  the 
  Tonawanda 
  reservations, 
  the 
  Ogden 
  Company 
  retaining 
  

   the 
  preemptive 
  right 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  reservations 
  surrendered 
  to 
  the 
  

   Indians. 
  

  

  The 
  Tonawandas 
  were 
  not 
  satisfied 
  with 
  this, 
  and 
  forcibly 
  

   held 
  possession 
  till 
  1857, 
  when 
  a 
  new 
  treaty 
  was 
  made, 
  and 
  most 
  

   of 
  the 
  reservation 
  was 
  bought 
  and 
  restored 
  to 
  the 
  Indians 
  in 
  

   1863. 
  At 
  one 
  time 
  their 
  friends 
  thought 
  all 
  would 
  have 
  to 
  leave 
  

   the 
  State. 
  The 
  matter 
  rests 
  thus. 
  The 
  Indians 
  hold 
  their 
  lands 
  

   with 
  no 
  intention 
  of 
  selling 
  them, 
  but 
  no 
  one 
  can 
  buy 
  the 
  Seneca 
  

   lands 
  except 
  the 
  Ogden 
  Company. 
  

  

  Out 
  of 
  various 
  treaties 
  and 
  transfers 
  grew 
  the 
  claim 
  of 
  the 
  

   Six 
  Nations 
  to 
  Kansas 
  lands, 
  deeded 
  to 
  them 
  but 
  opened 
  and 
  

   sold 
  to 
  settlers 
  in 
  i860. 
  In 
  1880 
  active 
  measures 
  were 
  taken 
  to 
  

   recover 
  the 
  price 
  of 
  1,824,000 
  acres, 
  and 
  in 
  1900 
  the 
  Indians 
  

   gained 
  their 
  case 
  and 
  an 
  award 
  of 
  $1,998,744. 
  Payment 
  of 
  this 
  

   three 
  years 
  later, 
  was 
  delayed 
  by 
  questions 
  on 
  distribution, 
  raised 
  

   by 
  the 
  Indians 
  themselves, 
  some 
  who 
  had 
  left 
  New 
  York 
  claim- 
  

   ing 
  a 
  share. 
  

  

  In 
  1890 
  there 
  were 
  106 
  Oneidas 
  living 
  in 
  Oneida 
  and 
  Madison 
  

   counties, 
  but 
  they 
  had 
  no 
  reservation. 
  The 
  Onondaga 
  reserva- 
  

   tion, 
  about 
  5 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  Syracuse, 
  is 
  a 
  rectangle, 
  

   4 
  miles 
  long 
  by 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  2.3 
  wide, 
  containing 
  about 
  6100 
  acres. 
  

  

  Tonawanda 
  reservation 
  originally 
  had 
  71 
  square 
  miles, 
  and 
  has 
  

   now 
  but 
  6549.73 
  acres. 
  It 
  is 
  irregular 
  in 
  form 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  counties 
  

   of 
  Niagara, 
  Genesee 
  and 
  Erie. 
  Like 
  the 
  four 
  following, 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  

   Seneca 
  reserve. 
  Allegany 
  reservation, 
  in 
  Cattaraugus 
  county, 
  is 
  

   irregular 
  in 
  form, 
  from 
  being 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  Allegheny 
  river. 
  It 
  

   is 
  nearly 
  35 
  miles 
  long, 
  following 
  that 
  stream, 
  and 
  contains 
  30,469 
  

   acres. 
  Oil 
  Spring 
  reservation, 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  county, 
  is 
  a 
  mile 
  

   square. 
  Cornplanter 
  reservation, 
  in 
  Pennsylvania, 
  is 
  half 
  a 
  mile 
  

   wide 
  and 
  2 
  miles 
  long. 
  Cattaraugus 
  reservation 
  is 
  in 
  Cattaraugus, 
  

   Chautauqua 
  and 
  Erie 
  counties, 
  on 
  both 
  sides 
  of 
  Cattaraugus 
  creek. 
  

   It 
  is 
  9.5 
  miles 
  long, 
  east 
  and 
  west, 
  and 
  about 
  3 
  miles 
  wide 
  in 
  the 
  

   center. 
  It 
  is 
  irregular 
  in 
  form 
  and 
  contains 
  21,680 
  acres. 
  

  

  