Maris Bryant Pierce was born in 1811 on the
Allegany Indian Reservation in
Cattaraugus County, New York. He attended the Quaker school
Fredonia Academy, and a few boarding schools in New York state, and in
Thetford,
Vermont. Pierce attended Moor's Indian Charity School (which later became
Dartmouth College), from 1836 to 1840. After graduation in 1840, he settled in the
Buffalo Creek Reservation. == Career ==