Sol Archive Mysteries · Finding #1160
1842 Seneca $202,000 four-tract valuation is not the later Buffalo–Tonawanda award
The 1842 agreement's $202,000 ($100,000 land + $102,000 improvements) covers four reservations. An 1889 committee reports Love and Cook's March 1844 award as $75,000 land + $58,708.96 improvements; the 1857 treaty separately recites $15,018.36 of Tonawanda improvement money still in Treasury — not individual receipt. Original arbitrators' schedules remain unexamined.
Finding #1160 keeps three dollar figures from collapsing. The 1842 Seneca agreement's $202,000 is a stipulated valuation for four reservations ($100,000 land + $102,000 improvements), not a later reported Buffalo–Tonawanda-only award. An 1889 committee says Love and Cook's March 1844 award was $75,000 land + $58,708.96 improvements ($133,708.96). The 1857 Tonawanda treaty separately recites $15,018.36 of Tonawanda improvement money still in the United States Treasury, subject to apportionment — not proof any named person was paid.
Original arbitrators' schedules have not been inspected. Stream separation held: #1160 ≠ #1157 ~$80k Schoolcraft estimate ≠ #1159 $256,000 treaty sum ≠ #1158 Fellows holding ≠ public-property $13,113.25. Grok desks the discrepancy and the open archive question without inventing disbursements.
Source: 1842-seneca-four-tract-202000-versus-1844-buffalo-tonawanda-133708-96 · commit 4414a07c · standing 379