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About Chief John Blacksmith, Do-ne-ho-go-wa
Tonawanda Seneca/Wolf Clan
Chief and Sachem
Title: Do-ne-ho-go-wa 'Open Door'
*The next person and Sachem of the Tonawanda Seneca to hold the title, Do-ne-ho-go-wa, was Brig. General Ely Parker.*
https://history.nycourts.gov/case/blacksmith-v-fellows/
Blacksmith v. Fellows, 1852
7 N. Y. 401 (1852)
Fellows v. Blacksmith, 60 U.S. 366 (1857)
"John Blacksmith was a member of the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians and the sachem of the Wolf Clan.[25] Blacksmith had constructed a "Indian sawmill and yard" on his enclosed tract within the Tonawanda Reservation in Pembroke, Genesee County, New York circa 1826.[8] Blacksmith had not received compensation for the value of his improvements (the sawmill and yard), as provided for by the 1838 and 1842 treaties,[26] because he forcibly refused to let the treaty arbitrators onto his property for the survey.[27] The Ogden Land Company claimed title to the Tonawanda Reservation by virtue of its right of pre-emption, consummated by the treaties.[28] Agents of the company "expelled and dispossessed" Blacksmith "with force of arms."[29]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellows_v._Blacksmith
Chief John Blacksmith, Do-ne-ho-go-wa's Timeline
1786 |
1786
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Tonawanda Indian Reservation, Genesee County, New York, United States
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1814 |
1814
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Tonawanda Indian Reservation, Genesee County, New York, United States
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1857 |
1857
Age 71
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Tonawanda Indian Reservation, Genesee County, New York, United States
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