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After the land sale that required the treaty fell through, the US negotiated a new treaty, which the Senate ratified in 1842. At the same time late in 1842, the land company established by David A. Ogden found buyers for a 5,000 acre portion of the Buffalo Creek Reservation; these were members of the Ebenezer Society , and their leader ...
Seneca is a census-designated place (CDP) in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census , the CDP population was 1,010. This was a decline of 5.1% from the census conducted in 2010.
Cornplanter promptly opened up his plot to native settlement, and within two years, 400 Seneca were living on the tract. [2] In 1918, most of Cornplanter's descendants were killed in the 1918 flu pandemic , [ 3 ] and Jesse Cornplanter , the last direct male heir, died in 1957 without having children, [ 4 ] with the land in the tract divided ...
The company finished selling its New York lands in 1839 and its Pennsylvania lands in 1849, and the company was liquidated in 1858. [7] Company lawyer David A. Ogden purchased the pre-emption rights for the remaining Seneca reservation lands from the Holland Land Company in 1810 and established another unincorporated syndicate, the Ogden Land ...
A substantial portion of the Seneca economy revolves around retail sales. From gas stations, smokeshops, and sports apparel, candles and artwork to traditional crafts, the wide range of products for sale on Seneca Nation Territories reflect the diverse interests of Seneca Nation citizens.
The Wenrohronon or Wenro people were an Iroquoian indigenous nation of North America, originally residing in present-day western New York (and possibly fringe portions of northern & northwestern Pennsylvania), who were conquered by the Confederation of the Five Nations of the Iroquois in two decisive wars between 1638–1639 [1] and 1643.
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The Erie Triangle is a roughly 300-square-mile (780-square-kilometre) tract of land that was the subject of several competing colonial-era claims.It was eventually acquired by the U.S. federal government and sold to Pennsylvania so that the state would have access to a freshwater port on Lake Erie.