Treaties of Buffalo Creek

The Treaty of Buffalo Creek, also known as the "Treaty with the Indians of New York, 1838 ", was signed on 15 January 1838. The official announcement was on April 4, 1840. The treaty was an agreement between the Indian peoples of the Seneca, Mohawk, Tuscarora, Onondaga, Cayuga and Oneida with the United States.

Under the terms of the Agreement, the last four remaining reserves should be sold. These were as follows:

• The Buffalo Creek Reservation
• The Tonawanda Reservation
• The Cattaraugus Reservation
• And the Allegany Reservation

In addition, arrangements have been made to resettle the people of Seneca in an area west of Missouri. In a paragraph of the contract was determined that the Ogden Land Company should become shareholders of the four reserves, in which the Senecas lived.

1842, the contract was amended, as the Ogden Land Company only two of the four reserves wanted, including the Tonawanda Reservation.

However, as the chiefs of the Seneca claimed that they had never signed such contracts, the people to leave the Tonawanda Reservation refused. The Senecas of Tonawanda, who were not present during the contract negotiations raised objections in this regard. In a further contract of 1857 they bought back their country.