Onondaga Nation v. Thacher
New York Supreme Court
Action to recover the possession of four wampum belts obtained by defendant through intermediate transfers from an Onondaga Indian.
1Opinion of the CourtHiscook, J.
The object of this action in brief is to have it adjudicated that the Indian League of Five Nations composed of the Onondagas, Oneidas, Mohawks, Senecas and Cayugas, and afterwards made Six Nations by the addition of the Tuscaroras, used wampum belts to commemorate important events; that these belts by an association of ideas 'with them served the purpose of a history; that there was an official of the league known as wampum keeper whose duty it was to preserve the wampums, and upon proper occasions to expound their meaning and signification; that the Onondaga Indian from whom defendant’s…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Gillet v. . RobertsNew York Court of Appeals · 1874
- Seneca Nation of Indians v. ChristieNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- McKinnon v. . BlissNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
- Strong v. WatermanNew York Court of Chancery · 1845
- Hovey v. BromleyNew York Supreme Court · 1895
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