The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-22
CGYUGGS APPEAL TO STATE
UOJLD LINE U LEISF PRICE
THEIR LAMBS RROI GHT.
Three survivors Of Tri'Ic Visit AlbaNy
Their Ncres brought ~ sO !DOsb anil
we're B'rSmptlS IgcbOugIIt 10y Very
McN Who Acted Ns the states Agents.


ALBASN. Do. 20. Three dus<.. aaa
lately took The tga'l from AXE Erie to the
old t~grstirg isoc 40 Fort O~range-On-the-
Hudson they waited on tho COmmissn,R-
erS Of the State laud Onice ana said they
rers 'ay3lc'~ core fOr Justice. The
Northumberland a. chairman Of tile
LH,i B,gv4. exchanged anbassadorial
greeting witt the chiefs and hen listened
aJ'eptiveiy.
The t,ihe risks tho state t)'confeas that
il sold the tHyuRaS' lands. - soon as the
treaty covering tho se'Ond cessiOn was
made, for S.iO.Oo, aud four or five times
more than he state Paid it's Indian wards.
h WAS in the rear 1916. The Cayugas
do NOT want the money, but AJAX to he paid
the yearly Interest on ID. To do that they
awaited the psychological moment when
they needed tire interest badly and the
state could well afford 60 ray. They said
the State ought not to leave them with an
sS anhuity for another century and actually
der endent ON the Sonecas, when the State
has thriven 40 we'll, aided by the profits IT
the Cayu0a land SPECULATION
The Land Board in looking mp the records
has been confronted with figures proving
The sac .OOoT roft. The records also showed
Wv ltu q inc MINUS HI Tue NtINP y dttt1lpn
sale. Thas throws an Interesting side light
on how Strte officials 100 years ago could
deal with tire Indians for me state and then
deal with the State for themselves. OF
tho farms Of Isl acres each sold M auction
eleven went 10 John Cautine. six TO David
RrookS. two TO John Richardson and sixteen
to Jose9h Amin. Canine. Brooks and
Richa. JsJ, were Oh the commission To
negotiate Inc Purchase 10y the state and
Amin and tsntine were employed TO survey
the lands by the state Engineer. The latter
afterwaTd conducted the auction.
The commissioners were authorized to
represent TO the Cayugas thai Il was in tbs
Cayug7s' interest to continue unlimited
confidence in the whites and to cede 10 the
state the balance cf their lands. Then
the CaylIgas would no longer he annoyed
bv white sIGntters. That was plain. he
Causa then the Cayug1s would have nothing
for sIiaftcrs TO SIuat on. u il safe TO
ASSUME t'iat these commissioners acted
on their authority AZ to the proper repre-
sensations 10 make 10 the red men. Tbs
eagernrss 30 get the land AZ the auction
prices displayed nv such good Judges now
raises a White mans suspicious that the
farms went dirt cheap 40 the sale. But
the Cay'Igas make no complaint of that.
They OTer oven to treat as "A bygOne the
matter Of O.O00 acres obtained from them
bv the State under the earlier cession 81
1870 at one cent an acre. In that treaty
the State baited the Indians with concession
Of the right to- hunt and fab forever On
that extensive tract. so soon to he cleared
and settled. The indian did not exact any
written promise that the State would pre-
serve the tract for game. The whites would
no doubt also nave conceded il necessary ths
perpetual right to thirsty Indians To- drink
freely Of the waters Of Cayuga Lake.
But the Indians signed. content with
the hunting privilege. which the treaty
said their pOsterity should always enjoy.
and in the prospects Of the mysterious
annuity 90 he harvested without labor
from the money to he planted for them
by the State. The CayugaS say that every
other tribe OF New York lndians still has
enough land left for homes.
State Game Commissioner Whipple il
wondering what he can do about il If the
chiefs on their way back to C~attaraugus
camp at the lake and kill n few Of his Mon
golian pheasants for breakfast. Toe Stats
board IL struggling automatically for such
a %solutiOn Of the matter as will he salts
actoTy and honorable.