Richardson agents authorized by and in behalf of the People of the State of New York with the Cayugas on the twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, as witness our hands at Buffalo this 29 day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred twelve. OLIVER FORWARD, Jus. Peace WM. B. GRANT Niagara County, ss: TALL X CHIEF JOHN X CAYUGA May 27, 1812. Personally appeared before me Erastus Granger, one of the Judges of the Court of Com Pleas for the County of Niagara, Oliver Forward, Esq., one of the Justices of the Peace for said County, and a subscribing witness to the foreoging instrument of writing, and being duly sworn made oath that he was present at the signing the above script by the Indian Chiefs whose names are thereunto annexed and for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. Ontario, ss: ERASTUS GRANGER. Received for record 2 June 1812 at 12 o'clock M. and recorded in Lib. 17 of deeds at fol. 220 and examined. INDORSEMENT. Cayuga Nation's Rect. $2300. JAMES B. MOWER, Clk. EXHIBIT 276. Receipt for Payment of 1813. We the Cayuga Nations do acknowledge to have received from the People of the State of New York by the hands of Jasper Parrish the sum of two thousand three hundred dollars in full for the several annuities mentioned in a certain writing on agreement made at a Treaty held at the Cayuga Ferry in the State of New York by Philip Schuyler, John Contine, David Brooks and John Richardson agents authorized by and on behalf of the People of the State of New York with the said Tribe or Nations of Indians called the Cayugas on the twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, as witness our hands at Buffalo May the 24 one thousand eight hundred and thirteen. Be it remembered that on the twenty-fourth day of May 1813 personally came before me Samuel Tupper first Judge of Common Pleas for Niagara County, Oliver Forward, Esquire, one of the Justices of the Peace for said County who on oath duly administered did depose and say that he saw the Indian Sachems or Chiefs affix their signatures to the within acknowledgement or receipt and that he the said deponent did at the same time subscribe his name thereto as a witness and that he saw Horatio Jones and Vincent Grant subscribe their names as witnesses to the said receipt also all of which is to me satisfactory evidence of the parts so sworn to and there being no interlineations or erasures said receipt, I so allow it to be recorded. SAMUEL TUPPER. Ontario, ss: Received for record 28th May, 1813 and recorded in Lib. B. of Miscellaneous Records at fol. 257 and examined. ENDORSEMENT. MYRON HOLLEY, Clk. Cayuga Sachems from State of New York Receipt of Annuity. EXHIBIT 277. Receipt for Payment of 1814. We the Cayuga Nation do acknowledge to have received from the People of the State of New York by the hand of Jasper Parrish the sum of two thousand three hundred dollars in full for the several annuities mentioned in a certain writing or agreement made at a Treaty held at the Cayuga Ferry in the State of New York by Philip Schuyler, John Cantine, David Brooks and John Richardson agents authorized by and in behalf of the People of the State of New York with the said Tribe or Nation of Indians called the Cayugas on the twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred ninety-five, as witness our hands at Buffalo this twenty-ninth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen. In Presence of OLIVER FORWARD, J. P. ISAAC DAVIS Niagara County, ss: TALL CAYUGA CHIEF his mark X. DAVID KING his mark X. I Oliver Forward one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Niagara do hereby certify that the within named Indian Chiefs in my presence subscribed the within receipt for the purpose therein mentioned this 29th day of May, 1814. Ontario, ss: OLIVER FORWARD. Judge of the Common Pleas. Received for record 31 May 1814 and recorded in Lib. C. of Miscellaneous Records at fol. 18 and examined. ENDORSEMENT. Cayuga Nations Receipt. MYRON HOLLEY, Clerk.. EXHIBIT 278. Receipt for Payment of 1815. We the Cayuga Nation do acknowledge to have received from the People of the State of New York, by the hands of Jasper Parrish, Esq., the sum of two thousand three hundred dollars in full for the several annuities mentioned in a certain writing or agreement made at a Treaty held at the Cayuga Ferry in the State of New York by Phillip Schuyler, John Contine, David Brooks and John Richardson, Agents authorized by and in behalf of the People of the State of New York with the said Tribe or Nation of Indians, called the Cayugas, on the twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five. As witness our hands at Buffalo this 6th day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen. In Presence of ONEANDA his X mark. OLIVER FORWARD, Justice of the Peace VINCENT GRANT W. B. GRANT JOS. STOCKING Niagara County, ss: On the sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, personally came before me Oliver Forward, one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the County of Niagara, the within named Chiefs of the Cayuga Nation of Indians and subscribed the within receipt for the purposes therein mentioned. Ontario, ss: OLIVER FORWARD. Received for record 12th May, 1815, and recorded in Lib. C. of Miscellaneous Records at fol. 60, and examined. HU. MCNAIR, Clk. ENDORSEMENT. The Receipt of the Cayuga nation for $2,300. being for the Annuity from the State of New York for the year 1815. $2300. EXHIBIT 279. Receipt for Payment of 1816. We the Cayuga Nation do acknowledge to have received from the People of the State of New York by the hands of Jasper Parrish the sum of two thousand three hundred dollars, in full for the several annuities mentioned in a certain writing or agreement made at a Treaty held at the Cayuga Ferry in the State of New York, by Philip Schuyler, John Cantine, David Brooks and John Richardson, agents authorized by and in behalf of the People of the State of New York with the said Tribe or Nation of Indians called the Cayugas, on the twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninetyfive, as witness our hands at Buffalo this 26 day of April 1816. TALL CHIEF his X mark. In Presence of HORATIO JONES State of New York, Niagara County, ss: On the twenty-sixth day of April one thousand eight hundred and sixteen personally came before me Oliver Forward one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for Niagara County Horatio Jones and made oath that he witnessed the above receipt and saw it subscribed for the purposes therein mentioned. OLIVER FORWARD. Ontario, ss: Recd. for record 6th May 1816 at 2 o'clock P. M. and recorded in Lib. C. of the Miscellaneous Records of said county at of 127 and examined. HU. MCNAIR, Clerk. ENDORSEMENT. Receipt of the Chiefs of the Cayuga Nation of Indians of the annuity due sd. Nation 20th April 1816. |