OF

SENECA COUNTY:

CONTAINING

A DETAILED NARRATIVE

OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE ITS FIRST
SETTLEMENT DOWN TO THE PRESENT TIME;

A HISTORY OF THE INDIANS

THAT FORMERLY RESIDED WITHIN ITS LIMITS;

GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS,

EARLY CUSTOMS,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, &c. &c.

WITH AN

INTRODUCTION,

CONTAINING A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE STATE, FROM THE DISCOVERI
OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER DOWN TO THE YEAR 1817,

TO THE WHOLE OF WHICH IS ADDED

AN APPENDIX,

CONTAINING

STOR LIBRAM

NI

D. CAMPBELL & SONS, WATER STREET.

1848.

EW-YORK

DEDICATION.

TO

ROBERT G. PENNINGTON, ESQ.,

THESE UNPRETENDING PAGES

ARE INSCRIBED

WITH FEELINGS OF PROFOUND RESPECT,

BY

HIS HUMBLE AND FAITHFUL SERVANT,

CONSUL W. BUTTERFIELD.