Dollars 2300.

EXHIBIT 289.

Receipt for Payment of 1826.

We the Chiefs and Warriors of the Cayuga Nation of Indians do acknowledge to have received of 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 1795.

Witness our hands at Buffalo this second day of June 1826.

Signed duplicate in presence of

CHAS. F. COLT

TALL CHIEF X his mark
CAPTAIN SMITH X his mark
THOMAS DOCTOR X his mark
JOHN SMITH

CONNEWADDEA X his mark
STUTTERING JOHN X his mark

H. JONES, JR.

JELLIS CLUTE

HORATION JONES

State of New York County of Erie, ss:

Be it remembered that on the 2d day of June 1826 before me, S. G. Austin, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Jellis Clute, one of the subscribing witnesses to the within instrument in writing and made oath that he saw the sum of money mentioned in the said receipt paid to the persons within named and that the said receipt was signed and executed in his presence for the uses and purposes within mentioned and that he at the same time subscribed his name as a witness thereto.

S. G. AUSTIN, Justice Peace.

Ontario County, ss:

Received for record 10th June 1826 at 11 o'clock A. M. and recorded in Liber C. of Miscellaneous Records at folio 492 and examined.

ENDORSEMENT.

RALPH LESTER, Clerk.

Cayuga Nation Receipt $2300.00. June 2d 1826.

AFFIDAVITS SHOWING INDIAN CUSTOMS AND

GOVERNMENT.

EXHIBIT 290.

Affidavit of Alexander John.

United States of America State of New York County of Monroe, ss: In the Matter of the Cayuga Indians of Grand River before the Arbitration of Pecuniary Claims, etc.

I, ALEXANDER JOHN, being first duly sworn, do depose and say: I am by blood a Cayuga Indian, having a Cayuga mother, and my mother and my ancestors before her have always lived in the State of New York, to the best of my knowledge and belief. I am 66 years of age and was born on the Cattaraugus Reservation of the Seneca Indians in the State of New York, and have always resided there, and have always been a member of the Cuyaga Nation of Indians known as the Cuyaga Nation of the United States or of the State of New York. I have been a Chief of said Nation at various times, in the aggregate for some twenty years, and was elected a Chief in June of the year 1912. It is one of the duties of the office of Chief, of whom there are three, to assist in the preparation of a tribal roll, and such roll is the basis for the divison of all annuity moneys received from the State of New York.

Never within my knowledge, nor to the best of my belief, did any Cuyaga Indian since the time of which I am old enough to remember, whose residence was in Canada, ever have his or her name carried on the roll of the New York Cayugas, nor was such an Indian ever permitted to participate in the division of the annuities paid by the State of New York after such annuities had been received by the authorized representatives of th tribe; nor to my knowledge or the best of my belief did the State of New York dur

ing the period referred to, ever pay directly to any such Indian any moneys on account of annuities due from the State of New York.

Never to my knowledge or to the best of my belief was the name of any Cayuga Indian residing in the United States and especially of any Cayuga Indian a member of the tribe or nation of New York Cayugas, and who resided in the United States, ever have his or her name carried on any roll of the Cayugas, or of the Six Nations resident in Canada, nor was any such Indian ever permitted by the Cayuga Indians, or the Six Nation Indians resident in Canada, to share in any annuities payable to Six Nation Indians by Great Britain; nor to my knowledge and to the best of my belief did any such Indian ever receive directly from the officials of the Dominion Government or of the Province of Ontario, any moneys on account of annuities due from Great Britain to Indians of the Six Nations resident in Canada.

During my lifetime the Indians of the Six Nations resident in Canada, and the Indians of the Six Nations resident in the United States, and especially those resident in the State of New York have been wholly and completely separated as to all matters of annuities die from the respective governments of which they are dependents, and as to rights in lands.

ALEXANDER JOHN.

Subscribed and sworn to before me at the City of Rochester in the County of Monroe, N. Y. on this 13th day of September 1913. JOHN H. DAILEY, Notary Public.

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EXHIBIT 291.

Second Affidavit of Alexander John.

United States of America, State of New York, County of Erie, ss: In re Cayuga Indians of Grand River before Arbitration Tribunal of Pecuniary Claims, etc.

I, Alexander John, being duly sworn, do depose and say; that I am the person who made a deposition in the above entitled matter verified at the City of Rochester, N. Y. on the 13th day of September 1913 before John H. Dailey, Esq., Notary Public; I now further depose and say that for a period as far back as I can remember the great majority of the Cayuga Indians resident in New York have lived on the Cattaraugus Reservation of the

Seneca Indians in that State, and that during said period the tribal councils of said Cayugas have been held on the Cattaraugus reservation, and that during ghat period the tribal councils of the said Cayugas and the tribal councils of the Senecas have been, wholly separate and distinct, and at said councils no member of the Seneca tribe has voted or participated in the tribal councils of the Cayugas, and likewise no member of the Cayuga Nation has participated in or voted at the tribal councils of the Senecas; moreover, the tribal councils of the Cayugas have not been held in the Council House of the Seneca Nation, but the Cayugas having no Council House of their own have always during said period held their councils at the residences of Cayugas living on said Cattaraugas Reservation.

ALEXANDER JOHN.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th day of November 1913, at the Town of West Collins in the County of Erie, New York.

C. A. TWICHELL, Notary Public.

EXHIBIT 292.

Affidavit of William C. Hoag.

United States of America, State of New York, County of Cattaraugus, ss:

In the matter of the Cayuga Indians of Grand River before the International Arbitration Court of Pecuniary Claims, etc.

I, William C. Hoag being duly sworn depose and say: I am by blood a Seneca Indian having a Seneca Indian mother who, as well as her ancestors have been here always, living in the State of New York to the best of my knowledge and belief.

I am fifty-three years of age and was born on the Allegheny Reservation of the Seneca Indians in the State of New York and have always resided there and have always been a member of the Seneca Nation of Indians of the State of New York.

I have held office in the Seneca Nation of New York Indians for thirty-two years. The greater part of that time as President, Treasurer or Secretary of the Nation and have been President more times and all together for a longer time than in any other one of the offices named.

At the present time, I am the duly elected and acting Treasurer of the Nation.

The Seneca Nation of Indians in the State of New York, occupy two reservations not far apart, known as the Cattaraugus and the Allegheny Reservations. These reservations are owned, held and occupied by the whole New York Nation of Seneca Indians under one organization and control and the jurisdiction, authorities, and duties of the President, Treasurer and Secretary of the said Nation extend over the whole territory and over all of the Indian people composing the said Nation. I am and have been familiar for a great many years with the business, properties, annuities under treaties and all interests of the said Nation and know personally from whence their incomes are derived and how paid. The annuities under treaties are paid through a Indian Agent appointed by the Government of the United States who makes and keeps a roll of member-ship of the Indians composing the said Seneca Nation of New York Indians and have for years been familiar with the roll and attended the payment of annuities by the various agents who have officiated as such and especially since I reached my majority.

Never within my knowledge nor to the best of my belief did any Seneca Indian since the time of which I was old enough to remember, whose residence was in Canada, have his or her name carried on the roll of the New York Senecas nor was such an Indian ever permitted to participate in the division of the annuities paid by the State of New York, after such annuities had been received by the authorized representatives of the Nation, nor to my knowledge or to the best of my belief, did the State of New York during the period referred to, ever pay directly or otherwise to any such Indian any money on account of annuity due from the State of New York.

Never to my knowledge or to the best of my belief, was the name of any Seneca Indian residing in the United States, placed on or carried on any roll of the Senecas or of the six Nations. resident in Canada, nor was any such Indian ever permitted by the Seneca Indians or by the six Nations of Indians resident in Canada, to share in any annuity payable to the six Nations of Indians by Great Britain, nor to my knowledge and to the best of my belief did any such Indian ever receive direct from the officers of the Dominion Government or of the Province of Ontario, any money