2012

Dr. Robert Venables While William Johnson did have a claim to the lands around Onondaga Lake, this claim was nullified by the Patriots during the American Revolution. 1750: The French proposed a fort at Onondaga. On August 18, 1750, William Johnson wrote to Governor George Clinton: “I yesterday received a piece of News from Lieutenant Lindesay [sic], that an Onondaga … [Read more...] about William Johnson’s Claim to Lands Around Onondaga Lake

Dr. Robert Venables On the afternoon of October 28, 1794, the United States commissioner, Colonel Timothy Pickering, made a speech carefully detailing the terms of the Treaty of Canandaigua to the Haudenosaunee gathered in council at Canandaigua. The Quaker William Savery was present at this meeting.  Savery recorded in his journal what Colonel Pickering told the … [Read more...] about Haudenosaunee Hunting Rights Described By Colonel Timothy Pickering in 1794