ribbon, black ink, parchment

Great seal of Canada

Description of Land Sold:

Tract of land granted to the Six Nations begins at the mouth of the Grand River (at that time called the River Ouse), where it empties into Lake Erie, and runs along the bank for the space of six miles on each side of the said river. It then continues along the Grand River to a place called the Name of the Forks, and from there it continues along the main stream of the said river for a space of six miles on each side.

Crown Signatories:

William Jarvis, Secretary

Witnesses:

John Graves Simcoe, Lieutenant Governor

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1891), 1: 9-10.

14 January 1793, Crown Grant to Six Nations for Grand River, Library and Archives Canada, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1840, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 009, http://grasac.org/gks (heritage item id no. 2307, 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).