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Second Treaty of Buffalo Creek

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The Second Treaty of Buffalo Creek, also known as the Treaty with the New York Indians, 1838 was a treaty between Native Americans and the United States. The Natives in the treaty were the Seneca, Mohawk, Cayuga , Oneida , Onondaga and Tuscarora. New York Indians gave up lands. The Seneca would give up (Buffalo Creek Reservation, Tonawanda Reservation, Oil Springs Reservation, Cattaraugus Reservation, and Allegany Reservation for reservations in Kansas and Missouri.[1][2] The third and fourth Treaties of Buffalo's Creek were just changes of the second treaty.

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  1. Laurence M. Hauptman, Conspiracy of Interests: Iroquois Dispossession and the Rise of New York State (2001).
  2. Encyclopedia of American Indian Removal. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood. 2011. pp. 241–243. ISBN 978-0-313-36041-1.