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Description of Surrendered Land:

The Sachems and Chief Warriors of the Six Nations Indians, inhabiting the lands situated on the Grand or River Ouse, in the County of Haldimald unanimously determined to surrender unto His Majesty, to and for the use of William Claus, his heirs and assigns forever, a tract of land lying on the south side of the Grand River, containing fifteen thousand three hundred and sixty acres, and which is butted and bounded or may be known as follows, that is to say: commencing at a stake placed on the Indian line between lots twenty-two and twenty-three, in the Township of Walpole, about three chains, from the House of one Bellows, a settler in Walpole; then along the Indian line on the said Township of Walpole and Township of Rainham; south sixty-three degrees east five hundred and eighty chains; then north twenty-three degrees east or at right angles to the Indian line between the said townships, to the said Grand River, three hundred and twenty chains; then up the stream of the Grand River, the several courses and windings to a stake on the band of the said river; then south twenty-seven degrees west extending to the point of commencement.

Witnesses:

D. Mackay, Capt. 70th Foot Comg.

James Wickens, Dy. Asst. Com. G'l.

John Monroe, Asst. Staff Surgeon

A. Garrett, Lt. H. Co. 49th R. B. M'ter.

Thomas Handcock, A Chap'n to the F.

D. Cameron, Secy. and Registrar

J.B. Clench, Clerk Indian Affairs

Benjamin Fairchild, Interpreter, Indian Dept.

Alex Stewart

Crown Signatories:

W. Claus, Deputy Sup. Gen. of Indian Affairs

First Nations Signatories:

Ogh-na-we

Wa-te-wa-tha-sha-ge

De-yon-heag-weh

Ogh-wea-re-ko-wah

De-hea-na-ka-bi-ne

Sa-ka-yen-kwa-hagh-ton

Peter Ska-yon-wi-yogh

Skon-origh-tese

Ka-we-yan-ser-on-te

Deh-a-ya-gwa-ra

Ska-na-wa-tigh

Agh-righ-on

Ta-gwa-ragh-sent

Ot-go-ta-yen-ton

Sho-na-ka-ro-wa-ne

A-nongh-sagh-tha

Ka-nen-ga-ka-rea-ne

Jo-ragh-yo-ron

Ogh-we-ajn-ke-ho-ise

Ka-kai-ha

Kan-yon-go-tongh

En-negh-naks-gwa

Ate-no-gonghs

Tsi-non-dwa-wen-hon

De-hat-kah-wonts

Ka-kon-na-yen

De-karn-yon

Oja-keh-de

Sha-ko-yah-wat-ha

Tho-ron-yon-ro

Ad-on-da-hee-ho

De-yot-hareh-gweh

Sho-hear-ese

A-hats-dar-ahs

On-hat-orah

De-wa-tar-hon

Kan-at-oton

Oron-yake-tha

Dne-ayaks-ak-hon

Rat-sha-ton

Da-yek-owe-he

Ka-ris-da-no-ron

Ade-gwh-to-na

Sho-wen-han-ese

Ka-ron-yon-tye

A-ron-yen-de

Oja

Otsi-ja-de-kea

Ala-wen-teah

Win-on-shone

And three other Indians

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 241-244.

3 August 1826, Six Nations Surrender of 15000 Acres in Grand River Area, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1846, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT 247, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3229, 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).