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Five Nations Agreement at Philadelphia (1792)

In 1792 the United States promised the Five Nations $1,500 a year for clothing, farm animals and tools, in one signed article.

Signed
April 23, 1792
Senate
Ratified
Promises
0 of 1 broken or only partly kept

What happened

This 1792 record is a single article, not a full treaty. It is dated 23 April 1792 at Philadelphia. Henry Knox, Secretary for the Department of War, signed it for the United States.

The article names the Five Nations as the Senecas, Oneidas and the Stockbridge Indians living with them, together with the Tuscaroras, Cayugas and Onondagas. It says the United States would, to promote their happiness, spend 1,500 dollars every year buying clothing, domestic animals and implements of husbandry (farming tools) for them. The money would also encourage skilled craftsmen, called artificers, to live in their villages.

The paper was made official in a particular way. President George Washington's document says the article was stipulated by Knox with the advice and consent of the Senate, and that he, having seen and considered it, did accept, ratify and confirm it. He signed it at Philadelphia on 23 April 1792, and Thomas Jefferson countersigned.

No Native signer appears on the transcript. It gives only the United States' pledge. The transcript does not show how the annual payment was carried out, and it does not mention any land.

What was promised, and what happened

  • Not known

    Spend 1,500 dollars each year on clothing, animals and farm tools for the Five Nations. (Article)

    will cause to be expended, annually, the amount of one thousand five hundred dollars treaties.okstate.edu

Summarized with AI assistance from 4 sources and checked against their words; not yet reviewed by historians or by the nations. Report an error

What the sources say, and how this was checked

Well supported by the sources below.

  1. will cause to be expended, annually, the amount of one thousand five hundred dollars, in purchasing for them clothing, domestic animalsAgreement with the Five Nations of Indians, 1792, Tribal Treaties Database
  2. being the Senecas, Oneidas, and the Stockbridge Indians, incorporated with them the Tuscaroras, Cayugas, and OnondagasAgreement with the Five Nations of Indians, 1792, Tribal Treaties Database
  3. do accept, ratify, and confirm the sameAgreement with the Five Nations of Indians, 1792, Tribal Treaties Database
  4. Given at the City of Philadelphia, the twenty-third day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-twoAgreement with the Five Nations of Indians, 1792, Tribal Treaties Database

Research notes. Whether and how the payments were made is not shown.

What happened next

Everything the record holds about this land and this treaty, in order: what earlier agreements said, what this one did, and what the United States, the courts and the nations did afterwards.

Who is doing the work today

The nations connected to this treaty come first, then groups returning land and defending treaty rights. Support goes directly to them.

Working with these nations

Native legal and land defense, nationally

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Sources

  1. treaties.okstate.edu/treaties/agreement-with-the-five-nations-of-indians-1792-1027reference work
    April 23, 1792. | American State Papers. Indian Affairs, Vol. 1, p. 232. / scan: 1027

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