Native American Seneca orator and chief of the Wolf clan (c.1758-1830) whose Indian name was Sagoyewatha. Very rare manuscript DS, one page, 8 x 10, June 15, 1824. Annuity receipt issued by the chiefs of the Seneca Nation, in full: "We the chiefs of the Seneca Nation of Indians do acknowledge to have received of the people of the State of New York by the hands of Jasper Parrish Five hundred dollars in full for the annuity due for the present year, agreeable to a certain writing or agreement made at a Treaty held at Buffalo in the State of New York by Daniel D. Tompkins Governor of said State on the 13th day of September 1815." Red Jacket signs with his "X" mark below his printed name, as do ten other Seneca chiefs, including: Young King, Captain Pollard, Black Snake, Jim Robinson, Charles O’Bail, Little Beard, Peter King, Jimmy Hudson, Canada, and Young Chief Welincor. Three witnesses have signed the document on the left side: E. C. Hickson, Charles Norton, and former Indian captive and interpreter Horatio Jones. In fine condition.
