Lot 208
1845 (Jun. 18) Letter Signed by Two Indian Chiefs of the Cayuga and Seneca Nations, business letter to the New York State Comptroller, A.C. Flagg at Albany N.Y., postmarked with fancy "Buffalo, N.Y., June 19" oval postmark with matching "Paid" handstamp and red manuscript "18¾" cent rating, interesting combination letter with William King, Seneca Chief writing "Some days since the Cayuga Chiefs gave Peter Wilson an Indian of our tribe a paper authorizing him to transact some business for them with the Comptroller… to take up from the State the principle of our annuity this was not contemplated and must not be paid to him he is irresponsible and there would be great danger of our loosing the amount altogether… I beseech you not to pay the money to him", signed with an "X" as his mark, below is a short paragraph stating his affirmation of Mr. King's statement and is signed Thomas S. Harris as Seneca Chief, Very Fine and interesting Indian document.Estimate $500 - 750.
The Cayuga and Seneca tribes were part of the Iroquois, which was a confederation of tribes living in Canada and New York around Lake Ontario, speaking dialects of the same language. These tribes were the Tuscarora, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca, known collectively as the Iroquois Confederacy or the Six Nations.
Realized: $400