Appeal to the Christian Community on the Condition and Prospects of the New-York Indians

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Excerpt from Appeal to the Christian Community on the Condition and Prospects of the New-York Indians: In Answer to a Book, Entitled the Case of the New-York Indians, and Other Publications of the Society of Friends The subject of emigration is not new to the new-york Indians. The advancing settlements of the whites, more than thirty years since admonished them of the necessity of that measure, and long before the existence of what is called the Ogden Company, led them, as the result of their own calm deliberations, to resolve on securing a seat among their red brethren of the west. Being encouraged in these views by thethen president, their attention was first directed to the acqui~ sition of a tract on the White River of Indiana, but that tract being included in a treaty soon afterwards made with the Indian occupants by the government, that attempt of course failed. Subsequently, and as early as 1821, it was renewed under the like encouragement, and a purchase was then made from the Menominee and Winnebago tribes by the Six Nations, the St. Regis, Stockbridge, and Munsee tribes, (composing all the Indians in this state, ) of a tract onthe Fox River, emptying into Green Bay which purchase was confirmed by the government, and was in the following year greatly enlarged. This acqui sition soon proved to be 'so important, that the Menominees, under the in¿uence of the white inhabitants of the territory of which it then formed a part, Were induced to deny the validity of the bargain - disputes and bad feeling followed, and before these could be allayed, the United States purchased from the Menominees the most valuable part of this tract. The N ew York tribes remonstrated against this purchase, and the senate after investigating their complaints, in the year 1832 ratified the Menominee treaty, on condition that a tract of acres should be set apart for the use of the new-york tribes, to be held under the same title by which they held their lands in this state. A portion of the Oneidas and the whole of the Stock bridge and Brothertown Indians removed to, and now reside on that tract - but the arrangement was not satisfactory to others of the N ew-york tribes, who have been since much divided as to the course best for them to pursue, the greater portion of the Christian party among the Seneca tribe and most of the educated and respectable chiefs, being decidedly in favour of emigration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.