| Organization name | Ogden Land Company |
| Org type | review |
| Bio notes | The Ogden Land Company was founded by former Holland Land Company attorney David A. Ogden. Along with US Government representatives, it participated in the controversial Buffalo Creek Treaties. The first, in 1838, had the Seneca sell their four remaining reservations at Allegany, Cattaraugus, Tonawanda, and Buffalo Creek to the Company in exchange for territory in Wisconsin and Kansas. The Seneca resisted, but despite allegations of fraud on part of the Company’s negotiators, the treaty was pushed through Congress. In 1842, another treaty returned the Allegany and Tonawanda Reservations, and in 1857 the Tonawanda were allowed to repurchase parts of their land from the Ogden Company. |
| Citations | Encyclopedia of the Haudenosaunee; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaties_of_Buffalo_Creek |
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