parchment, ink, red ribbon

Description of Land Sold:

In consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful money of Upper Canada, the Sachems and Chiefs of the Six Nation’s agree to surrender the following tract of land to His Majesty the King, His heirs and assigns:

Commencing where a stake has been planted at the north-east angle of the said parcel or tract of land on the limit between the Township of Canborough and the lands of the said Six Nation’s of Indians, and three chains sixty-six links north of Oswego Creek; then south seventy-three degrees west eleven hundred and sixty-six chains forty-five links, to where a stake has been planted at the north-west angle of the said parcel or tract of land, and six chains seventy-five links south-easterly from the corner between lots number twenty-two and twenty-three in the tenth concession of the Township of Walpole, in the said District of Niagara; then south sixty-two degrees thirty minutes east two hundred and ninety chains, along the limit between the lands of the said Six Nation’s of Indians and the Townships of Walpole and Ruinham to where a stake has been planted at the south-west angle of the said parcel or tract of land; then north seventy-three degrees east eight hundred and ninety chains thirty-five links, to where a stake has been planted at the south-east angle of the said parcel or tract of land, and on the limit between the lands of the said Six Nation’s of Indians and the said Township of Canborough; then north two hundred and eleven chains five links, to the place of beginning, containing approximately twenty thousand six hundred and seventy acres and eight tenths.

Witnesses:

J. Brant, Superintendent of Six Nation’s

William Holme, J.P.

M. Willson

Lewis Burwell

First Nation’s Signatories:

Jacob Ayonhwahtha

Henry Brant

Sharenhowane

Joseph Hess

Sharonteuhtha

Teghennakarison

Shohsgoharowane

Aghsigwarisere

Dewatasaryaks

Dekayonwageh

Dewaserageh

Kanongwenya

Dekayennensere

Waderiyohs

Deyohagwente

Kanyenqotonh

Teyoahtighgon

Tehayahgwaeh

Onakaronqouh

Skayentaken

Skanawatigh

Tehaweryahsa

Soap

Tehonatahgwen

Tehatkahthohs

Katagwarason

Kanouhgeridawi

Kahnehtageh

Nikarondasa

Ioronhyoron

Shawenhatih

Karotshera

Kayonanoron

Deyoronhyogoh

Tekarahgwanh

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 79-80.

19 April 1831, Surrender of 20,670 Acres in Haldimand County, Niagara District, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1843, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT096, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3305, 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).