Chief John Blacksmith, Do-ne-ho-go-wa

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Chief John Blacksmith, Do-ne-ho-go-wa

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Birthplace: Tonawanda Indian Reservation, Genesee County, New York, United States
Death: after 1857
Tonawanda Indian Reservation, Genesee County, New York, United States
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Father of Julia Ann Abrams

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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

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Chief John Blacksmith, Do-ne-ho-go-wa's Timeline

1786
1786
Tonawanda Indian Reservation, Genesee County, New York, United States
1814
1814
Tonawanda Indian Reservation, Genesee County, New York, United States
1857
1857
Age 71
Tonawanda Indian Reservation, Genesee County, New York, United States