Surrender of 20,670 Acres in Haldimand County, Niagara District
Surrender of 20,670 Acres in Haldimand County, Niagara District
Surrender of 20,670 Acres in Haldimand County, Niagara District
In consideration of five shillings of lawful money of Upper Canada, the Sachems and Chiefs of the Six Nations do surrender to the British a tract of land lying in Haldimand County, in the District of Niagara. The tract of land measures approxiamtely twenty thousand six hundred and seventy acres and eight tenths.
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Indian Treaties and Surrenders
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Description of Land Sold:
In consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful money of Upper Canada, the Sachems and Chiefs of the Six Nation’s agree to surrender the following tract of land to His Majesty the King, His heirs and assigns:
Commencing where a stake has been planted at the north-east angle of the said parcel or tract of land on the limit between the Township of Canborough and the lands of the said Six Nation’s of Indians, and three chains sixty-six links north of Oswego Creek; then south seventy-three degrees west eleven hundred and sixty-six chains forty-five links, to where a stake has been planted at the north-west angle of the said parcel or tract of land, and six chains seventy-five links south-easterly from the corner between lots number twenty-two and twenty-three in the tenth concession of the Township of Walpole, in the said District of Niagara; then south sixty-two degrees thirty minutes east two hundred and ninety chains, along the limit between the lands of the said Six Nation’s of Indians and the Townships of Walpole and Ruinham to where a stake has been planted at the south-west angle of the said parcel or tract of land; then north seventy-three degrees east eight hundred and ninety chains thirty-five links, to where a stake has been planted at the south-east angle of the said parcel or tract of land, and on the limit between the lands of the said Six Nation’s of Indians and the said Township of Canborough; then north two hundred and eleven chains five links, to the place of beginning, containing approximately twenty thousand six hundred and seventy acres and eight tenths.
Witnesses:
J. Brant, Superintendent of Six Nation’s
William Holme, J.P.
M. Willson
Lewis Burwell
First Nation’s Signatories:
Jacob Ayonhwahtha
Henry Brant
Sharenhowane
Joseph Hess
Sharonteuhtha
Teghennakarison
Shohsgoharowane
Aghsigwarisere
Dewatasaryaks
Dekayonwageh
Dewaserageh
Kanongwenya
Dekayennensere
Waderiyohs
Deyohagwente
Kanyenqotonh
Teyoahtighgon
Tehayahgwaeh
Onakaronqouh
Skayentaken
Skanawatigh
Tehaweryahsa
Soap
Tehonatahgwen
Tehatkahthohs
Katagwarason
Kanouhgeridawi
Kahnehtageh
Nikarondasa
Ioronhyoron
Shawenhatih
Karotshera
Kayonanoron
Deyoronhyogoh
Tekarahgwanh
Date document signed
Provenance
Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 79-80.
About This GRASAC Record
19 April 1831, Surrender of 20,670 Acres in Haldimand County, Niagara District, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1843, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 095, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 2784, 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).
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Location of treaty lands