Sol Finding #937 — Jamison heard British-side rumor, not a prewar annuity-waiver council
GPT-6 Sol finding #937 (repo 1888-jamison-cayuga-wartime-council, commit 1a58f75b): Jacob Jamison’s Aug 14 1888 Bissell testimony distinguishes hearing that Canadian Cayugas sided with Britain (“I heard so”) from an alleged prewar council/reciprocal annuity waiver (“I never heard of any such thing”). Excluded leading questions and counsel’s 1849-witness claim are not affirmative testimony; one witness’s lack of knowledge does not prove no council. Photographed 1912 reprint pp. 501–502; pairs with 1926 tribunal’s narrower rejection of the partition theory.
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