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This is the deed for the Cattaraugus Reservation.
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GENESEE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE
Batavia, NY
Liber 1, page 58.

This Indenture made the thirteenth 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 William Willink, Peter Van Eeghan, Hendrick Vallenhoven,
W. Willink the younger, J. Willink the younger (son of Jan) Jan Gabriel Vanstaphorst, Roclof Vanstaphorst the younger, Cornelis
Vallenhoven and Hendrik Saye 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 Buffalo Creek in the
County of Ontario and State of New York on the Day of the Date of these present by the honorable John Taylor Esquire a
Commissioner appointed by the President of the United States to hold the same in Pursuance of the Constitution and of this 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 William Willink, Peter Van Eeghan,
Hendrick Vallenhoven, W. Willink the younger, J. Willink the younger (son of Jan) Jan Gabriel Vanstaphorst, Roclof Vanstaphorst
the younger, Cornelis Vallenhoven and Hendrik Saye by the said Joseph Ellicott the 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 herein after described do
hereby so change 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 1797 in the Words following viz.

Beginning at the Mouth of the Eighteen Mile or Koghauawgu 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 the Cattaraugus Creek thence a Line or Lines extending twelve Miles 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 Cattaraugus Beginning at the Shore of Lake Erie on the South Side of Cattaraugus Creek at a Distance of one
Mile from the Mouth thereof, thence running 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 willfully appear. Together with all & Singular - the Rights, Privileges, Aercotainents and
Appurtenances there unto 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. To have and to hold all and
singular the said granted premises with the Appurtenances to the said Parties of the second Part their Heirs and Assigns to their
only proper Use, Benefit and Behalf forever.

And in Consideration of the said Lands described and ceded as aforesaid the said Parties of the second Part of Joseph Ellicott their
Agent and Attorney as aforesaid do hereby exchange, cede release and quitclaim to the said Parties of the first Part and their Nation
the said Parties of the second Part reserving to themselves the right of Pre-emption, all that certain Tract or Parcel of Land Situate as
aforesaid

Beginning at a Post marked N°- 0 standing on the Bank of Lake Erie at the Mouth of Cattaraugus Creek and on the North Bank thereof,
Thence along the Shore of Said Lake N 11° E 21 Chains, N 13° E 45 Chains. N 19°E 14 Chains 65 Links to a Post, Thence East one
hundred and nineteen Chains to a Post Thence South fourteen Chains twenty seven Links to a Post, Thence East six hundred and
forty Chains to a Post standing in the Meridian between the 8th and 9th Ranges, Thence along said Meridian South six hundred and
seventeen Chains seventy five Links to a Post standing on the south Bank of Cattaraugus Creek, Thence West one hundred and sixty
Chains to a Post Thence North two hundred and ninety Chains twenty five Links to a Post, Thence West four hundred and eighty two
Chains thirty one Links to a Post, Thence North two hundred and nineteen Chains fifty Links to a Post standing on the North Bank of
Cattaraugus Creek, Thence down the same and along the several Meanders thereof to the Place of Beginning.

To hold to the said Parties of the first Part in the same Manner and by the same Tenure as the Lands reserved by the said Parties of the
first Part in and by the said Treaty or Convention entered into on Genesee River the 15th Day of September 1797 as aforesaid were
intended to be held.

In Testimony whereof the Parties to these Present have hereunto, and to two other Indentures of the same Tenor and Date, one to
remain with the United States, one to remain with the said Parties of the first Part, and one other to remain with the said Parties of the
second Part, interchangeably set their Hands and Seals the Day and Year first above written.

Con-nca-tau his Mark X
Koc-en-twah-ka or Corn Planter his Mark X
Won-don-goohk-ta his Mark X
Ta-kon-non-du his Mark X
Te-ki-ain-dau his Mark X
Sa-goo-yes his Mark X
Towyo-cau-na or Blue Sky his Mark X
Koying-quant-tah or Young King his Mark X
Ka-cun-doo-wand, or Pollard his Mark X
Con-na-wau-dcan his Mark X
Soo-no-you his Mark X
Au-wea-nau-sa his Mark X
Soo-goo-ya-wau-tau or Red Jacket his Mark X
Cosh-ou-tough his Mark X
Te-yo-kai-hos-sa his Mark X
Ona-ya-wos or Farmers Brother his Mark X
So-naw-goi-es his Mark X
Gish-ka-ka or Little Billy his Mark X
Sus-sa-so-wau his Mark X

Sealed and Delivered
in the Presence of
The Words "Thence North
two hundred and nineteen
Chains fifty Links to a Post"
between the 77th and 78th lines
from the Top interlined before
Signing.
Jn' Thomson
Israel Chaplin
James W. Stevens
Horatio Jones }
Jasper Parrish } Interpreters

William Willink, Peter Van Eeghan, Hendrick Vallenhoven, W. Willink the younger, J. Willink the
younger (son of Jan) Jan Gabriel Vanstaphorst, Roclof Vanstaphorst the younger, Cornelis
Vallenhoven and Hendrik Saye by their Attorney
Joseph Ellicott



Done at a full and general Treaty of the Seneca Nation of Indians held at Buffalo Creek in the
County of Ontario and State of New York on the thirteenth Day of June in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and two under the Authority of the United States. In Testimony whereof
I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the Day and year aforesaid.
John Taylor

Genesee County ss} I Benjamin Ellicott one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Genesee do hereby
certify that on the 12th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and four before me came James W.
Stevens known to me who on oath before me made did depose and say that he saw the Parties within mentioned execute the within
Deed, and that the Deponent and Israel Chapin, Horatio Jones and Jasper Parish subscribed their Names as Witnesses thereto, that
the deponent knew Joseph Ellicott within mentioned and that the Seneca Indians whose Names are within written were pointed out
to the said Deponent by one of the Interpreters present as the Persons known by the said several Names, and that they were the
same persons described in and who executed the said Deed; all which is to me satisfactory Evidence of the Facts so sworn to, and
there being no material Interlineations or Erasures (Except those noted) I allow it to be recorded.
Benj'a Ellicott


Recorded, Examined and Compared with the original on the 15th Day of November A.D. 1804 at 5 o'clock p.m.
James W. Stevens Clk.