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Description of Land Sold:

In compensation for the sufferings and losses suffered by their Sachem and Chief Joseph Brant, the Chiefs of the Six Nations agree to surrender a tract of land to His Majesty, in the hope of securing the same to Brant’s children, Jemima Stewart and Sarah Ruggles. The surrendered tract of land is described as follows:

Commencing on the south side of the Grand River at the easterly angle of lands owned by Elizabeth Clench at the water’s edge; then south sixty-five degrees west one hundred and six chains; then south twenty-seven degrees west one hundred and sixty chains; then south sixty-two degrees and thirty minutes east one hundred and twenty chains; then north twenty-seven degrees and thirty minutes east one hundred and sixty chains; then north sixty-five degrees east sixty-two chains, to the said Grand River; then up the said river against the stream, its several courses and windings to the place of beginning. The total size of the grant is approximately 1400 acres.

Witnesses:

W. Claus, Deputy Superintendent General of Indian Affairs

Benjamin Fairchild, Indian Department

J.B. Clench, Clerk of Indian Affairs

D. Mackay, Captain 70th Foot, Comg.

Thomas Handcock, Assistant Chaplain to the Forces

A. Garrett, Lieutenant H.P. 49th Regt. Bark Master

First Nation’s Signatories:

Oghnawera

Deyonhergweh

Orehregowah

Skayonwiyoh

Sakayenkwaraghton

Awennaras

Kaweneaseronton

Otgodagenton

Skanawatih

Kaneayahreore

Anayeh

Jorohyoron

Deheanakarine

Skabiwatih

Dekaeayonh

Ojakehte

Onwanekorhawih

Nihahseanaah

Dewadiron

Thanatharea

Atyaseronne

Tharontekha

Tsinondaweron

Date treaty signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 69-71.

4 August 1826, Six Nations Surrender of Land on Grand River Reserve, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1843, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 090, http://grasac.org/gks (heritage item id no. 2775, 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).