Indian collection, 1788-1955.

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Indian collection, 1788-1955.

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Materials collected by the Buffalo Historical Society concerning Native Americans of Western New York, primarily the Seneca Nation. Includes speeches of Native American leaders (including Red Jacket) and U.S. representatives, treaties and letters concerning land sales, leases, and annuity grants; recollections and signatures of famous Native Americans; letters of Ely S. and Nicholson Parker; notes on Native American legends, customs and artifacts; and records of various mission schools and churches, including papers of Asher Wright of the Upper Mission Church of the Cattaraugus reservaton, and a survey of Indian schools in New York State.

(1.0 linear ft.)

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7364181

Buffalo History Museum, Research Library

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Cattaraugus Indian Reservation.

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Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895

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Seneca sachem born at Indian Falls, Genesee County, N.Y. in 1828; raised on the Tonawanda Reservation. Studied law and civil engineering; appointed superintendant of government works at Galena, Ill. in 1857, where he became a friend of Ulysses S. Grant. Served during the Civil War as Gen. Grant's secretary. Appointed U. S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs by President Grant. Died at Fairfield, Conn. in 1895. From the description of Ely S. Parker correspondence and paper on the Iroquois...

Parker, Nicholson H. (Nicholson Henry), 1819-1892.

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Wright, Asher, 1803-1875

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Born in Hanover, N. H.; graduated from Andover Seminary. Served as missionary to the Seneca Indians on the Buffalo Creek Reservation from 1831 to 1846, and on the Cattaraugus Reservation from 1846 until his death in 1875. He established the Mission Press which published texts in the Seneca language. From the description of Asher and Laura M. Wright letters, 1850-1871. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 181085057 ...

Red Jacket, Seneca chief, approximately 1756-1830

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David Thompson was the postmaster, contractor's agent and commissary at Fort Niagara Garrison, New York, 1797-1804. From the description of Red Jacket's speech : Buffalo Creek manuscript 1802-1804 Sept. 28, 1803. (Tulsa City-County Library). WorldCat record id: 262845953 Red Jacket was a Seneca chief who was born ca. 1756 at or near Canoga, Seneca County, New York. He remained faithful to the British during the Revolutionary War. In 1792 he visited P...