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Manuscript Volume 1:3. Record of a council held upon the Tonawanda reservation January 1 and 2, 1846, and a letter from the chiefs and also from John Blacksmith to Lewis H. Morgan.
Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881
Manuscript Volume 1:2. Notes of a conversation with John Blacksmith and Jimmy Johnson at Rochester
Blacksmith, John
Manuscript Volume 1:1 Speeches at a council of the Iroquois held at Tonawanda, for the purpose of raising life sachems. Ely S. Parker, reporter (On the New Religion), October 4, 5, 6, and 7, 1848
Parker, Ely Samuel
Pages 1-46 (8"x 12 1/2"). 23 leaves written on both sides.
Manuscript Volume 1:2a. Council of the Six Nations at Tonawanda LaForts Speech. Medicine Men, October 1847
Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895
Also a newspaper clipping (October 1847?) titled, "Indian Council of the Six Nations at Tonawanda."
4 pages
Manuscript Volume 1:5. Notes of a visit to the Buffalo Creek and Tonawandeh reservations, etc., January, 1846. Red Jacket, Mary Jemison, et al.<br />
Pages 65-96 (5"x 8")
Manuscript Volume 1:6. Notes of an expedition to Onondaga castle, December 16, 1845 ... and also of an excursion up the valley of the Genesee, January 18 to 24, 1846<br />
Pages 97-116. 5"x8"
Manuscript Volume 1:7. Notes of a trip up the Genesee valley to Dansville, also to Tonawanda and Buffalo, February and March, 1846.
Pages 117-156 (5"x 8")
Manuscript Volume 1:8. Notes of an expedition to Washington (D.C.) to aid the Seneca nation in their efforts to procure relief against the treaties, January 15, 1838; May 20, 1842; April 3 to May 4, 1846.<br />
Pages 157-191 (5"x 8")
Manuscript Volume 1:9. Letter to Lewis Henry Morgan from Ely S. Parker, dated Washington, transmitting report of Morgan's initiation into the Senecas.
Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881
Page 194 (5"x 8")
Manuscript Volume 1:10. Record of a council of adoption at which Thomas Darling, Charles T. Porter, and L. H. Morgan were received by adoption into the Seneca nation.
Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895
Pages 195-208 (8"x 10")
Manuscript Volume 1:11. Notes of a conversation with John Morgan of Lima, 84 years of age, on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at my room. Rochester, May 26 and 27, 1846.<br />
Pages 209-222 (5"x 8")
Manuscript Volume 1:12. Description of an Indian council at Tonawanda by George Riley, October 1, 2, and 3, 1845<br />
Clipping from the Daily American, Rochester, v. 1 #249, (October 7, 1845).
Manuscript Volume 1:13. Observations upon the institutions of the Iroquois, August, 1845 <br />
Pages 225-240 (8"x 12")
Manuscript Volume 1:14. An address on the Indian trails of New York, with some observations on the joint occupation of the country of the white race and the red; by Skenandoah (L. H. Morgan),<br />
Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881
Pages 241-280 (8"x 10")
Manuscript Volume 1:15. Notes of an expedition to Tonawanda, Genesee county, New York, to attend a great council of the Six Nations which was held on the, 1, 2, and 3 days of October, 1845.
Morgan, Lewis Henry
Pages 281-298 (8"x 13")
Manuscript Volume 1:16. A translation of the speech made by Jimmy Johnson (69th year) at the Grand Council of the Confederacy of Iroquois, held at the Indian village of Tonawanda, October 12 and 13, 1845
Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895
Pages 299-312 (8"x 12")
Manuscript Volume 1:17. Notes on the Iroquois, their government and institutions. Rochester, L. H. Morgan
Pages 313-334 (8"x 12")
Manuscript Volume 1:19. Notes of a conversation with Ely Samuel Parker upon the Iroquois
Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895
pages 373-378. 2 leaves (8"x 12"); 1 leaf (8"x 8 3/4")
Manuscript Volume 1:18. Notes of an expedition to Tonawanda, Genesee county, New York, to attend a great council of the Six Nations of Indians which was held on the, 1, 2, and 3 days of October, 1845.<br />
The Oneidas, Onondagas, Tuscaroras, Cayugas, and Senecas were represented. Some 500 at the council of Indians.
Manuscript Volume 1:20. Notes of an expedition to the old fortifications near Geneva and to several other places in western New York, November, 1845.<br />
Pages 379-384 (8"x 12 1/2")
Manuscript Volume 1:21. Letter from Ely S. Parker to Lewis H. Morgan, Ellicottville, describing various Indian ceremonies, February 12, 1850.
Parker, Ely Samuel, 1828-1895
Pages 385-390 (8"x 12 1/2")
Manuscript Volume 1:22. Members of the New Confederacy of the Iroquois (total 241)
Pages 391-394 (8"x 12 1/2")
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