You ought to hear and listen to what we women shall speak; for we are the owners of this land, AND IT IS OURS! - Seneca Women
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THE ERIE CANAL
The Erie Canal (1825), a monumental achievement, was ultimately made possible by Washington-Sullivan-Clinton’s ouster of the Iroqouis nations from the region...
LAND CALCULUS
Prior to European colonization the Iroquois exercised active dominion over most of what is now New York State. Of the 49,576 square miles of the state the Ir...
FINAL LAMENT
We are encircled, we are encompassed. The Evil Spirit rides the blast. The waters are disturbed. They rise. They press upon us and the waves settle over us. ...
WHAT IS TO BE DONE?
The land between Seneca and Cayuga Lakes appears good. Level and well-timbered; affording a sufficiency for twenty elegant townships which, in the process of...
PROMISE TO KEEP
The Indians shall see that we have malice enough in our hearts to destroy everything that contributes to their support. General John Sullivan Sullivan-Clint...