oct 22, 1784 - Treaty of Port Stanwix
Description:
A treaty finalized between the US and Native Americans from the six nations of the Iroquois League.The Iroquois Confederacy ceded parts of the northwestern territory (hence beginning of development with the Northwest Ordinance) + expansion of New York, bought territory to individual nations -> Iroquois limited to a few scattered reservations in upstate New York by the end of the 1790s.
Added to timeline:
Date:
oct 22, 1784
Now
~ 241 years ago