Iroquois Nation Six Nations. Document signed with the holograph totems of 14 chiefs.
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02548 Author/Creator: Iroquois Nation Place Written: [Lancaster, Penn.?] Type: Document signed Date: 1769/07/28 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 31 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
A reciept acknowledging the final payment for land ceded by the Six Nations at the Treaty of Fort Stanwix.
With the loss of these lands the Six Nations eventually dispersed: the Mohawk and Cayuga to Canada, the Oneida to Wisconsin, while the Onondaga, Seneca and Tuscarora stayed in upstate New York.
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