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Seneca Tribe

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  1. Wikipedia: Seneca Nation
  2. Wikipedia: Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma
  3. Wikipedia:French and Iroquois Wars
  4. Official Site: Seneca Pow Wow
  5. Genealogy: Seneca Indian Tribe History
  6. Seneca Indians: Seneca Indians - Frequently Asked Questions
  7. Native Americans: Native Americans - Seneca

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  • 1645: Mohawks and Dutch sign treaty known as Two Row Wampum Treaty
  • 1667: French make peace with Mohawks
  • 1712: Tuscarora's of North Carolina become members of the Iroquois Confederacy
  • 1720, the Five Nations Iroquois Confederacy stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and the St. Lawrence River to the Tennessee River.
  • 1724: Tuscarora's join Iroquois Confederacy
  • 1741 King George II buys land surrounding Irondequoit Bay for 100 pounds from three Seneca sachems
  • 1744-48: The Covenant Chain weakened during the series of wars between the French and English. The English side won and the French and Iroquois were badly beaten during King George's War
  • 1750s, there were no white settlements past German Flats, now Herkimer, N.Y. Lands south into Pennsylvania, north, and west into Ohio Country were controlled by theSix Nations.
  • 1750's: Benjamin Franklin was inspired by the Iroquois League and copied it in his plans for the federation of States
  • 1754: The French and Indian War began and lasted seven years. After England took direct control of the covenant in 1755, the Iroquois still remained the strongest link in the chain.
  • 1777: British Col. John Butler first tried without success to get the Six Nations to side with the English for an invasion of New York from Oswego.
  • 1778. For Sagoyewatha services as a runner, the English gave him a red jacket and a new name, Red Jacket. He wore both with pride
  • The Axemakers (European and colonial soldiers) were horrified by how ferocious Indian Nation warriors were so ferocious in battle.
  • 1779: In retaliation for atrocities by the "Redskin-Redcoat menace," Commander George Washington sent 4,000 soldiers to destroy the heart of the Seneca Nation, particularly Little Beard's Town (near Avon) to force them to move to Canada. Washington was by profession a surveyor who had recorded the topography of wilderness areas where he later campaigned.
  • 1779-80 Indian Nation refugees who were totally dependent on the British for food, clothing and supplies, spent the winter in squalid camps near the Fort at Niagara. The British supplied desperate and angry warriors with food, guns and powder.
  • 1780: The largest portion of Indian Nation refugees who built homes along Buffalo Creek were displaced Seneca, Cayugas, Onondagas and Munsees.
  • 1780, Seneca fugitives relocated near the English alongBuffalo,Tonawanda andCattaraugusCreeks, Lake Erie and the Allegany River. Some Seneca returned to Canawaugus, Squawkie Hill, Big Tree and Caneadea
  • 1784: The Onondagas and the Oneidas ceded their lands to New York State.at a first treaty at Fort Stanwix (near Rome, N.Y.)
  • 1785: Population of Six Nations is 1600 Iroquois, 450 Mohawks, 380 Cayugas, 200 Onondagas,165 Oneidas, 125 Tuscaroras, 75 Senecas
  • 1789: Jan 9:Treaty with the Six Nations,at Treaty of Fort Harmar
  • 1797: After the Indian Nation domain west of the Genesee was sold at the Treaty of Big Tree, reservations allotted were:
  • Big Tree, two square miles;
  • Little Beard’s Town, two square miles;
  • Squawkie Hill, two square miles;
  • Gardeau, 17,000 acres;
  • Caneadea, 2 miles wide and eight miles long along the Genesee River;
  • Buffalo Creek, 130 square miles;
  • Tonawand, 70 square miles along Tonawanda Creek;
  • Cattaraugus, 17 miles along Cattaraugus Creek;
  • Allegany, a strip 40 miles long and a mile wide on either side of the Allegheny River;and Canadaway, a small tract along Lake Erie in Chatauqua County.
  • 1827: Protestant missionaries first build churches in Six Nations
  • 1900: Six Nations Establishes Board of Health
  • 1960: Tuscarora Nation accepts offer for $850,000 by New York State Power Authority for 459 acresof reservation land or $1717,17 per acre
  • 1977: New York State Museum publishes "IONTENWENNAWEIENSTAHKHWA" - Mohawk Spelling Dictionary" Bulletin 429
  • 1990: July 11th: Oka Crisis Begins, 78 day standoff between Police and Army



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