Letter, 1870 July 2.

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Letter, 1870 July 2.

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Letter written at Syracuse, N.Y. to Governor John T. Hoffman. "In compliance with the Governors request, I herewith enclose all the facts that have come to my knowledge concerning the dispute between two Indian women about certain lands on the Onondaga Indian Reservation. By a custom as old as the Indian Nation, on the tenth day after the death of one of these people, the Tribe assembles to hold what they call 'the death feast.' At this council they dispose of the dead man's lands and goods, and forever after, the decision there made is positive and irrevocable." The matter referred to is a dispute between Cynthia Farmer and Louisa Farmer over the lands of William Farmer deceased.

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American Periodical Series I

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Hoffman, John T. (John Thompson), 1828-1888

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Gardner, Rowland H.

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New York (State). Governor (1869-1872 : Hoffman)

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