[Native American] United States. Congress. Committee on Indian Affairs

[drop-title] In Senate of the United States. February 19, 1847. Submitted, and Ordered to be Printed. Mr. Bagby Made the Following Report: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom were Referred Sundry Petitions and Memorial from Citizens of New York, and Others, Praying that the Tonawanda Band of the Seneca Tribe of Indians may be Exempted from he Operations of the Treaty of the 20th May, 1842, Report

[Washington]: Ritchie & Heiss, printers, 1847. Disbound. Good binding. Item #8836

Octavo. 127, [1] pp. Removed from volume. First page with ink numeral in the upper margin; tear and early mend to the final leaf, touching a small amount of text, but not affecting legibility.

The report begins, "the object of the petitioners is to permit the Tonawanda band of Indians to remain on the lands on which they now reside, notwithstanding the provisions and stipulations of the treaty of the 20th May, 1842." Of interest are the accompanying documents containing hundreds of signatures (in type) of cheifs and warriors of the Seneca nation, as well as Cayugas, Oneidas, Onondagas, Tuscaroras, etc., showing either the English names only, the Indian names only (with English translations or transliterations), or both the English and Indian names. Also contains census figures of the several reservations in western New York.

Price: $75.00