Cussetuh Haujo, Ochewee Tustunnuggee, TIMOTHY BARNARD, ALEXANDER CORNELLS Interpreters. JOSEPH ISLANDS, ALEXANDER MACOMB, jun. WILLIAM R. BOOTES, Captain 2d Regiment Infantry. T. BLACKBURN, Lieut. Com. Comp. D. JOHN B. BARNES, Lieut. United States A. WM. HILL, Ajt. C. D. NOW BE IT KNOWN, That I THоMAS JEFFERSON, President of the United States of America, having seen and considered the said treaty, do, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, accept, ratify, and confirm the same, and every clause and article thereof. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have caused the seal of the said (L. s.) United States to be hereunto affixed, and signed the same with my hand. Done at the city of Washington, the eleventh day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three, and of the independence of the United States the twenty-seventh. TH: JEFFERSON. By the President, JAMES MADISON, THOMAS JEFFERSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, To all to whom these presents shall come, GREETING: WHEREAS a treaty was held on the thirtieth day of June last, under the authority of the United States, with the Seneca nation of Indians, at Buffaloe creek, in the county of Ontario, and state of NewYork, and at the said treaty, in the presence of and with the approbation of John Tayler, esquire, a commissioner of the United States, appointed to hold the same, an indenture or agreement was entered into between the said nation of Indians, and Wilhem Willink and others hereinafter mentioned, which indenture or agreement is in the words following: THIS INDENTURE, made the thirtieth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two, between the Sachems, Chiefs, and Warriors of the Seneca nation of Indians, of the first part, and Wilhem Willink, Pieter Van Eeghen, Hendrik Vollenhoven, W. Willink the younger,I. Willink the younger (son of Jan)Jan Gabriel Van Staphorst, Roelof Van Staphorst, the younger, Cornelius Vollenhoven, and Hendrik Seye, all of the city of Amsterdam, and republic of Batavia, by Joseph Ellicott, esquire, their agent and attorney, of the second part. WHEREAS at a treaty held under the authority of the United States with the said Seneca nation of Indians, at Buffaloe creek, in the county of Ontario, and state of New-York, on the day of the date of these presents, by the honorable John Tayler, esquire, a commissioner appointed by the President of the United States to hold the same, in pursuance of the constitution, and of the act of the Congress of the United States, in such case made and provided, a convention was entered into in the presence and with the approbation of the said commissioner, between the said Seneca nation of Indians and the said Wilhem Willink, Pieter Van Eeghen, Hendrik Vollenhoven, W. Willink the younger, I. Willink the younger (son of Jan) Jan Gabriel Van Staphorst, Roelof Van Staphorst the younger, Cornelius Vollenhoven, and Hendrik Seye, by the said Joseph Ellicott, their agent and attorney, lawfully constituted and appointed for that purpose. NOW THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH, That the said parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the lands hereinafter described, do hereby exchange, cede, and forever quit claim to the said parties of the second part, their heirs and assigns, ALL those lands situate, lying and being in the county of Ontario, and state of New-York, being part of the lands described and reserved by the said parties of the first part, in a treaty or convention held by the honorable Jeremiah Wadsworth, esquire, under the authority of the United States on the Genesee river the 15th day of September, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, in words following, viz. "BEGINNING at the mouth of the eighteen mile or Kogh-quaw-gu creek, thence a line or lines to be drawn parallel to lake Erie, at the distance of one mile from the lake,to the mouth of Cataraugos creek, 'thence a line or lines extending twelvemiles up the north side of said creek, at the distance of one mile therefrom, thence a direct line to the said creek, thence down the said creek to lake Erie, thence along the lake, to the first mentioned creek, and thence to the place of beginning. Also one other piece at Cataraugos, beginning at the shore of lake Erie, on the south side of Cataraugos creek, at the distance of one mile from the mouth thereof, thence running one mile from the lake, thence on a line parallel thereto, to a point within one mile from the Con-non-dau-we-gea creek, thence up the said creek one mile on a line parallel thereto, thence on a direct line to the said creek, thence down the same to lake Erie, thence along the lake to the place of beginning;" reference being thereunto had will fully appear. TOGETHER with all and singular the rights, privileges, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in any wise appertaining. AND all the estate, right, title, and interest whatsoever, of them, the said parties of the first part, and their nation, of, in and to the said tracts of land, above described, |