parchment, wax, ink

8 seals of First Nation's singnatories

Description of Land Sold:

The Mohawk Indian’s of Tyendinaga, in the County of Hastings and Midland District of the Province of Upper Canada, in consideration of the trust and confidence by them reposed in His Most Gracious Majesty King William the Fourth, and in order that His said Majesty, His heirs and successors may grant and dispose of the lands and hereditaments hereinafter described for the benefit of the said Indians in such manner and form and at such price or prices as to His Majesty, His heirs and successors shall seem best, do remise, release, surrender, quit, claim and yield up unto His said Most Gracious Majesty King William the Fourth, His heirs and successors, all and singular that parcel or tract of land situate, laying and being in the Township of Tyendinaga, in the County of Hastings, in the Midland District, in the Province of Upper Canada, and butted and bounded as follows:

Commencing on the western boundary line of the said township in the centre of the fourth concession; then north sixteen degrees west four hundred and sixty-three chains sixty-seven links, to the north-west angle of the township; then north seventy-four degrees east five hundred and fifty-one chains, to the Mohawk Reserve; then south sixteen degrees east five hundred and ninety-eight chains twenty-three links, to the centre of the fourth concession, then south eighty-two degrees thirty minutes west five hundred and sixty chains, twenty-six links, to the place of beginning, containing by measurement twenty-seven thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven acres of land to be the same more or less. To the end, intent and purpose that the said lands and premises shall and may be granted and disposed of by His said Majesty, His heirs or successors, in trust for the benefit of the said Indians and upon and for no other use, trust and intent or purpose whatsoever.

Witnesses:

J.B. Clench, Superintendent of Indian Affairs

Charles W. Warren

William Delany

First Nation’s Signatories:

Brant Brant

Joseph Smart

Powles Clause

Joseph Pinn

John Culbertson

Laurence Clause

John Hill

Henry Loft

Seth Powles

Jacob Green

William Maracle Jr.

Thomas Green

John Green

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 100-101.

23 December 1835, Six Nations Surrender of Land for Sale in Bay of Quinte Area, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1843, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 112, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 2855, 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).