parchment, ink, wax

Description of Land Sold:

Parcels of land located on the Ouse or Grand River Running into Lake Erie given to the people of the Six Nations from His Majesty King George III, which have been leased or rented out by the late Captain Joseph Brant, shall be surrendered to the Crown in trust, for the intent and purpose that His Majesty King William IV shall and may forthwith command and direct that free grants by His Majesty’s Most Gracious Letters Patent under the Great Seal of this Province shall be made to the holders of such leases obtained under such fair and equitable circumstances as aforesaid of the several tracts or parcels of land therein respectively comprised and intended to be thereby leased as aforesaid (tracts of land measure approximately 48,000 acres). Letter accompanies the treaty from William Hepburn (Trustee of the six Nation Indians) dated 28th April 1835, requesting that Lieut. Col. Rowan registers the treaty at the Secretary’s Office as soon as possible.

Witnesses:

W.R. Smith,
John Smith,
Jas. Winniet, Superintendent of Indian Affairs

First Nations Signatories:

Henry Brant
Isaac Lewis
Jacob Martin
John Johnson
Oneida Joseph
Peter Green
Joseph Doxtater
John Tayekawehhe
Cornels Shakokaryas
Thomas Skanuwatih
Jacob Johnson
Joseph Snow
Joseph Kironhyontye
William Alvis
Jacob Dewaenennote

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 94-96.

26 March 1835, Surrender of Six Nation's land on the Grand River, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1843, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 108, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 2840, accessed [date]).

This record was created under the direction of Heidi Bohaker as part of a larger research project funded by an Aboriginal Research Grant titled ““Braiding Knowledges: Anishinaabe Heritage in Community Perspective”from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).