This treaty was negotiated at Buffalo Creek (modern-day Buffalo, New York), the center of Iroquois, or Six Nations, cultural and diplomatic life after the Revolutionary War. Under the agreement, the Seneca Nation sold to three prominent land speculators a two-square mile tract of land along the Genesee River known as Little Beard’s Reservation. Although Congress prohibited private individuals from making treaties with Native Nations, the Buffalo Creek Treaty was negotiated under the supervision of Federal treaty commissioner John Tayler.
Ultimately, the accord was ratified by the U.S. Senate and approved by President Thomas Jefferson, whose signature is at the bottom. Among the Iroquois signatories were Cornplanter, Red Jacket, Young King, and Captain Pollard.
