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The Chiefs and Warriors of the Six Nations Indians upon the Grand River have agreed to set aside a tract of land to be sold on their behalf by Her Majesty's Government. A tract of land called the Johnson Settlement, shall be set aside for the Indians themselves, and Her Majesty's Government shall not sell any portion of this land without the assent of the Six Nation's Indians. This decision comes from a proposal made to the Six Nation's Indians by Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Samuel P. Jarvis (dated the 5th and 15th January 1841).

Witnesses:

Jacob Martin, I.I. Department

Jas. Winniett, S.I.A.

John W. Gwynne

First Nation's Signatories:

Moses Walker

John S. Johnson

Skanawate

Kanokaretini

John Whitecoat

Peter Green

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 122-123.

18 January 1841, Six Nations Surrender, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1844, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 130, http://grasac.org/gks (heritage item id no. 2914, 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).