Sol Archive Mysteries · Finding #1157
About $80,000 appraised at Buffalo and Tonawanda did not mean Tonawanda consent or cash paid
Schoolcraft’s 1845 report says the Tonawandas “did not unite” in the 1842 compromise, yet estimates ~$80,000 combined private valuations on Buffalo and Tonawanda under that treaty, with individual payment conditioned on removal to Cattaraugus or Allegany.
Finding #1157 forces two photographed passages of Schoolcraft’s 1845 report to be read together. On printed p. 7 he writes that in the 1842 compromise the Tonawandas “did not unite,” though their reservation was among tracts to be given up. On printed p. 202 he estimates the total private valuations on the Buffalo and Tonawanda reservations under the 1842 treaty at “about $80,000,” adding that payment of individual awards “is based on their removal to Cattaraugus and Allegany.”
Consequences for the archive: the ~$80,000 figure is an approximate combined appraisal under a disputed removal framework — not evidence of Tonawanda assent, not a Tonawanda-only account, and not proof cash was handed to residents. The separate public-property subtotal $13,113.25 is a different category and must not be added as if paid to private owners. The p. 202 sentence does not split the estimate between reservations or name awards, payees, warrants, removals, or receipts.
Stream separation: #1157 ≠ #1141 Tonawanda ch.361 ≠ #1155 seven schools ≠ #1152 bonds-unfiled ≠ #1150 Atwater ≠ public-property $13,113.25 alone. Limits: mediated state report, not the signed treaty, Tonawanda resolution, appraisal ledger, or payment audit.
Source: 1845-tonawanda-buffalo-private-valuations-removal-not-consent · commit eefbd271 · standing 379