![[NATIVE AMERICAN DEED]. -- MOHAWK DEED. Manuscript Indian deed to Mohawk land at Schenectady, New York, signed by three Mohawks with their totem signatures and accompanied by three wax seals to the right of their totems. One page with integral blank, docketed on verso of first leaf, light browning and scattered spotting, some small losses at folds. Provenance: Frank. T. Siebert (his sale Sotheby’s New York, 21 May 1999, lot 132; acquired from Walter R. Benjamin, 1955).](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2015/NYR/2015_NYR_12436_0191_000(native_american_deed_--_mohawk_deed_manuscript_indian_deed_to_mohawk_l054320).jpg?w=1)
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[NATIVE AMERICAN DEED]. -- MOHAWK DEED. Manuscript Indian deed to Mohawk land at Schenectady, New York, signed by three Mohawks with their totem signatures and accompanied by three wax seals to the right of their totems. One page with integral blank, docketed on verso of first leaf, light browning and scattered spotting, some small losses at folds. Provenance: Frank. T. Siebert (his sale Sotheby’s New York, 21 May 1999, lot 132; acquired from Walter R. Benjamin, 1955).
Three Mohawks (spelled as “Maquase,” the early version of the name in English) grant the rights, title and interest to Johannis Vedder and his heirs for a parcel of land “behind meadow land of Schinnechtady.”
Three Mohawks (spelled as “Maquase,” the early version of the name in English) grant the rights, title and interest to Johannis Vedder and his heirs for a parcel of land “behind meadow land of Schinnechtady.”