Receipt for land purchased from the Six Nations, 1769 | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Receipt for land purchased from the Six Nations, 1769 | | This document records that the representatives of the Six Nations, who signed using totems to designate individuals and tribes, received $10,000 as payment from the Penns for land the tribes had ceded in the Treaty of Fort Stanwix in 1768: Received from the honorable Thomas and Richard Penn Esqrs. true and absolute Proprietaries of Pennsylvania by the hands of the honorable Sir William Johnson Baronet the sum of ten thousand Dollars being the full consideration of the Lands lately sold to them by the Indians of the six Nations at the late Treaty of Fort Stanwix We say received this Twenty Eighth day of July—Anno Domini 1769—for ourselves and the other Indians of the six Nations and their confederates and dependant Tribes for whom we act and by whom we are appointed and empowered— The British authorities hoped to prevent further conflicts between White settlers and American Indians by forbidding the continued migration of White settlers and paying for lands they had already occupied. After giving up their land, the Six Nations dispersed, with some staying in western New York and others traveling north to Canada and west to Wisconsin. This dispossession of the Native American peoples was an integral part of the story of European colonization of the Americas, beginning with the first Spanish incursion in the late fifteenth century. A full transcript is available. Transcript Received from the honorable Thomas and Richard Penn Esqrs. true and absolute Proprietaries of Pennsylvania by the hands of the honorable Sir William Johnson Baronet the sum of ten thousand Dollars being the full consideration of the Lands lately sold to them by the Indians of the six Nations at the late Treaty of Fort Stanwix We say received this Twenty Eighth day of July—Anno Domini 1769—for ourselves and the other Indians of the six Nations and their confederates and dependant Tribes for whom we act and by whom we are appointed and empowered— Wittness Present Nord. MacLeod Henry Frey Justice Pat: Daly [holograph totem] Abraham, for the Mohawks Jacob K. Cook Justice [holograph totem] Anahgogare [holograph totem] Johannes Tekaridoge [holograph totem] Onoghranoron [holograph totem] Jonathan Kayeagwiregowa [holograph totem] Onughshiny [holograph totem] Joseph Thayeadanege [holograph totem] For the Cajuga Nation by the desire of the whole– [holograph totem] James Sussarowane— Lodowicke Aughsawata [holograph totem] Anaquadecka [holograph totem] Joseph Tagahwaron— [holograph totem] Serrehoana [holograph totem] [holograph totem] Sayuni [holograph totem] A Receipt from the Six Nations for ₤[1]000 Currcy or 10’000 Dollars.— */
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