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John Henry Dunn and George Herchmer Markland, in consideration of the premises and also in the further consideration of the sum of five shillings to them in hand paid on behalf of Her said Most Excellent Majesty, the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge have granted, surrendered, yielded up, released and conveyed, and by these presents do grant, surrender, yield up, release and convey unto Her said Most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, all the estate, right, title, interest, property, claim and demand whatsoever, both at law, and in equity, which they the said John Henry Dunn and George Herchmer Markland now have by virtue of the said Indentures of bargain and sale, and of their said survivorship their former partner James Baby, in, to or out of the said lands, tenements and premises purchased, and by the said Indentures of bargain and sale so conveyed to them in 1831 by His Majesty George the Third. Dunn and Markland surrender this land to Queen Victoria, to be held in trust for the sole use, benefit and behoof of the Indians known as the Six Nations, settled upon the Ouse or Grand River, and to apply the monies arising from the sale of the said parcels or tracts of land, to the sold and only use, benefit and behoof of the said Indians.

Witnesses:

Thomas Kirkpatrick

J.J. Burrows

John H. Dunn

George H. Markland

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 125-128.

3 June 1844, Land To Six Nations In Trust Via Dunn and Markland, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1844, Reel T-9338, GAD REF IT 133, http://grasac.org/gks (heritage item id no. 2917, 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).