﻿HISTORY 
  OF 
  THE 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  IROQUOIS 
  387 
  

  

  The 
  Tuscarora 
  reservation 
  in 
  Niagara 
  county 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  Tus- 
  

   carora 
  people 
  by 
  donation 
  and 
  purchase. 
  It 
  is 
  irregular 
  in 
  form 
  

   and 
  includes 
  6249 
  acres. 
  The 
  St 
  Regis 
  reservation 
  lies 
  south 
  of 
  

   the 
  boundary 
  line, 
  in 
  St 
  Lawrence 
  and 
  Franklin 
  counties 
  and 
  on 
  

   the 
  St 
  Lawrence, 
  Raquette 
  and 
  St 
  Regis 
  rivers. 
  It 
  is 
  irregular 
  

   in 
  form, 
  about 
  7.3 
  miles 
  long 
  on 
  the 
  south 
  line, 
  and 
  about 
  3 
  miles 
  

   wide 
  ; 
  area 
  about 
  14,640 
  acres. 
  The 
  Canadian 
  half 
  is 
  about 
  equal 
  

   in 
  size 
  and 
  population. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  census 
  report 
  for 
  1890 
  are 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  special 
  agent, 
  

   Gen. 
  Henry 
  B. 
  Carrington, 
  and 
  of 
  Mr 
  T. 
  W. 
  Jackson, 
  United 
  

   States 
  agent 
  for 
  the 
  Six 
  Nations, 
  employed 
  as 
  enumerator. 
  This 
  

   and 
  the 
  Indian 
  Problem 
  are 
  among 
  the 
  most 
  valuable 
  works 
  on 
  

   the 
  Iroquois 
  lately 
  prepared, 
  though 
  having 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  historic 
  errors. 
  The 
  other 
  matter 
  is 
  good 
  and 
  carefully 
  

   prepared. 
  The 
  following 
  statements 
  are 
  summarized 
  from 
  those 
  

   made 
  by 
  General 
  Carrington. 
  

  

  He 
  found 
  that 
  many 
  late 
  reports 
  " 
  were 
  evidently 
  manufac- 
  

   tured 
  and 
  given 
  out 
  by 
  interested 
  parties 
  when 
  legislation 
  to 
  

   affect 
  these 
  Indians 
  was 
  pending." 
  On 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  reserva- 
  

   tions 
  were 
  intoxicating 
  liquors 
  sold, 
  nor 
  were 
  there 
  " 
  houses 
  for 
  

   immoral 
  purposes 
  nor 
  gambling 
  dens. 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  Six 
  Nations 
  

   are 
  in 
  most 
  danger 
  from 
  without." 
  They 
  have 
  generally 
  asked 
  

   to 
  be 
  let 
  alone. 
  He 
  adds 
  : 
  

  

  They 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  a 
  great 
  measure 
  let 
  alone 
  by 
  the 
  authorities, 
  

   and 
  the 
  result 
  is 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  self-sustaining 
  and 
  much 
  further 
  

   advanced 
  in 
  civilization 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  reservation 
  Indians 
  in 
  

   the 
  United 
  States, 
  and 
  as 
  much 
  so 
  as 
  an 
  average 
  number 
  of 
  white 
  

   people 
  in 
  many 
  localities. 
  . 
  . 
  Envious 
  Caucasians, 
  hungering 
  

   for 
  the 
  Indians' 
  landed 
  possessions 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State, 
  as 
  else- 
  

   where, 
  have 
  been 
  active 
  and 
  earnest 
  in 
  efforts 
  to 
  absorb 
  their 
  

   substance. 
  They 
  have 
  been 
  kept 
  from 
  doing 
  so 
  thus 
  far 
  through 
  

   the 
  efforts 
  of 
  earnest 
  and 
  active 
  fair-minded 
  people, 
  who 
  have 
  

   prevented 
  their 
  spoliation. 
  

  

  Crimes 
  were 
  few, 
  stealing 
  and 
  quarreling 
  rare. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  local 
  offenses 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  16 
  in 
  an 
  Indian 
  

   population 
  of 
  5133. 
  . 
  . 
  No 
  communities 
  elsewhere, 
  white 
  or 
  

   otherwise, 
  are 
  known 
  where 
  person 
  and 
  property 
  are 
  more 
  safe, 
  

   or 
  where 
  male 
  and 
  female 
  can 
  walk 
  unattended 
  at 
  night 
  with 
  

  

  