paper, ink, wax

Report to the Executive Council from the Superintendent of Indian Affairs reporting a surrender by the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte to the Crown of certain lands in Tyendinaga, near Shannonville. The Mohawks surrendered 800 acres in Tyendinaga and 18 acres adjoining the town plot of Shannonville. The interest from the sale of these lands is to be paid to the tribe. The committee accepts the surrender.

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 212-213.

14 July 1856, Order in Council Regarding Mohawks of Tyendinaga Lot Surrender, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT 207, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3188, 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).