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Description of Land Sold:

In consideration of five shillings of lawful money of Upper Canada, the to the Sachems or Chiefs of the Six Nation Indians residing on the Grand River in the Districts of Gore and Niagara, agree to surrender to the King of England all that parcel or tract of land lying and being situate on the Grand River, in the County of Haldimand, in the District of Niagara, and is composed of what is now called the Township of Dunn, and part of the Townships of Moulton, Canborough, and Cayuga, and containing by estimation 50,212 acres, including the waters of the Grand River, and is butted and bounded as follows: commencing where a post has been planted in the line on the east side of the allowance for road between the Townships of Canborough and Cayuga, and on the north side of the allowance for road between the first and second concessions of the Township of Cayuga, and at the south-east angle of that parcel of land surrendered to the King by the said Six Nation Indians on the 19th day of April, 1831; then south seventy-three degrees west nine hundred and five chains twenty-six links, to the western limit of the lands of the Six Nation Indians; then south sixty-two degrees thirty minutes east eight hundred and seventeen chains twenty-six links, to the original corner tree or south-west angle of the lands of the said Six Nation Indians, on the north shore of Lake Erie; then easterly along the shore of Lake Erie in front of the Townships of Cayuga and Dunn to the east side of the mouth of the Grand River; then northerly and westerly along the east side of the Grand River, about four hundred and fifty chains to where a stake has been planted between the town plot of Dunnville and that portion of the said tract of land situate in the township of Moulton; then north thirty degrees east seventy-nine chains, to where a post has been planted in the Township of Moulton; then north sixty-two degrees thirty minutes west one hundred and forty chains seventy-nine links, to where a post has been planted in the township of Canborough; then south fifty-one degrees thirty minutes west sixty-six chains thirty-six links, to where a post has been planted on the east shore of the Grand River a few chains west of the mouth of Morden’s Creek; then north-westerly along the original margin of the Grand River about 250 chains to the line on the east side of the allowance for road between the Townships of Canborough and Cayuga; then north two hundred and thirteen chains, to the place of beginning.

Witnesses:

Jas. Winniet, Supt. Indian Affairs

Lewis Burwell

Uriah Tarrant

First Nation’s Signatories:

Henry Brant

Awennaras

Oneida Joseph Dewaserake

Otatselite

Tayekawerhe

Joseph Takahnystontye

Shohvadowava

Jacob Martin

John Onakaronton

Kanouhgwenigoton

Skahnehdatih

Odigwahdonah

Shakokasyahs

Ohnawera

John Johnson

Kanouhgendawihis

Kahnehdakeh

Laurence Davids

William Alvis

Skayentaken

Jacob Johnson

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 91-94.

8 February 1834, Surrender of Land on Grand River Reserve, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1843, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 107, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 2839, 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).