What the records say
- When
- 15 Sep 1797
- Kind
- Treaty
- Coordinates
- 42.80° N, 77.81° W
- Description
- contract between Robert Morris and the Seneca people, sanctioned by the government of the United States
Treaty of Big Tree
1797 treaty between the United States and Seneca
The Treaty of Big Tree was a treaty signed in 1797 between the Seneca Nation and the United States, in which the Seneca relinquished their rights to nearly all of their traditional homeland in New York State—nearly 3.5 million acres. In the 1788 Phelps and Gorham Purchase, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) had previously sold rights to their land between Seneca Lake and the Genesee River.
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