Treaty of Canandaigua

The Treaty of Canandaigua was signed at Canandaigua, New York on November 11, 1794, by fifty sachems and war chiefs representing the Grand Council of the Six Nations of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy (including the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca and Tuscarora tribes), and by Timothy Pickering, official agent of President George Washington. The treaty established peace and friendship between the United States of America and the Six Nations, and affirmed Haudenosaunee land rights in the state of New York, and the boundaries established by the Phelps and Gorham Purchase of 1788. It was the second diplomatic agreement entered into by the United States of America under its current Constitution (the first was the Treaty of New York, made with the Creek Indians in 1790)Fact|date=March 2007. The treaty, also known as the Pickering Treaty and the Calico Treaty, is still actively recognized by the United States and the nations of the Haudenosaunee confederacy. The Six Nations in New York still receive Calico cloth as payment, while the Oneida of Wisconsin still receive an annuity check of $1,800.

ignatories

The treaty was signed by fifty Sachems and War Chiefs.cite web|title="Text of the Treaty"|url=http://canandaigua-treaty.org/The_Canandaigua_Treaty_of_1794.html|accessdate=2008-01-14] Notable signatories include:

* Ki-ant-whau-ka (Corn Planter)
* Kon-ne-at-or-tee-ooh (Handsome Lake)
* Se-quid-ong-guee (Little Beard)
* Sog-goo-ya-waut-hau (Red Jacket)

ee also

*List of treaties

References

ources

*Jemison, G. Peter (ed.), Schein, Anna M. (ed.) and Powless Jr., Irving (ed.). "Treaty of Canandaigua 1794: 200 Years of Treaty Relations Between the Iroquois Confederacy and the United States". Clear Light Publishing, 2000. ISBN 1-57416-052-4

External links

* [http://canandaigua-treaty.org/Treaty_Committee_Index.html 1794 Canandaigua Treaty Commemoration Committee]
* [http://crookedlakereview.com/articles/34_66/40july1991/40koch.html The Canandaigua Treaty of 1794: Events Leading up to the Treaty] by Robert G. Koch