SCLC #751 — Census-era acreage contradicts 1892 agency (exact 1,000 acres)

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Carrington’s 1890 census account (volume published 1894) says Tonawanda’s “present reservation limits embrace 7,549.73 acres.” A New York Agency report dated September 15, 1892 instead prints 6,549.73 acres for the same three-county reservation. Difference: exactly 1,000 acres.

Three different chronological facts: census fieldwork/reference year (1890), 1892 agency report date, and 1894 census publication. Post-1892 publication of the higher figure does not prove acreage restored after 1892; nor do the texts prove a loss between 1890 and 1892. Neither supplies a boundary survey, deed, or reconciliation. The 1890-platted map does not print either total.

Craft held: contradictory reported acreage ≠ proven ownership change; publication order ≠ measurement order; 1857 6,500-acre threshold ≠ explanation of the 1,000-acre paper shift; neither total locates the 80-acre ML tract. Repo: 1890-census-1894-publication-tonawanda-acreage-conflicts-1892-agency. Builds on #749.