Collection search - Surrender by the Chiefs of the Six Nations Indians of certain Lands to Her Majesty In Trust for the use of their Tribes - IT 129

GAD Reference number: IT 129;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 50
Aboriginal people(s): Six Nations Indians;
Aboriginal individual(s): Mohawk Chiefs John Smoke Johnson, Peter Green, Peter Fish Carrier, Thomas Echo and Moses Walker, John S. Johnson, Skanawate, Kanokaretini, John Whitecoat, Peter Green
Other party(ies): "Her Majesty's Government"
Type of Document: Surrender of land - Docket title: "Surrender by the Chiefs of the Six Nations Indians of certain Lands to Her Majesty In Trust for the use of their Tribes"
Specific purpose(s): A surrender of land to be disposed of for the benefit of the Indians
Land involved: Situated along the Grand River and formerly reserved for the Six Nations
Form: Manuscript original

The document has two red wax seals, situated on top corners of first and last page. Possible remains/stains from at least five wax seals are opposite Indian signatories marks and signatures. A faded pink ribbon, in three pieces, was probably used to bind sheets together through three holes along folded edge.

The document is laminated with tissue. The tissue is worn along folded edges. The document's edges are worn and dirty. Pieces have been replaced by conservation. Other small pieces are missing. There are also stains and ink smears throughout.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 120-123.

This document is also available on microfilm reel T-9938.

Dated to January 18, 1841; including correspondence of January 5, 1841 and January 15, 1841.

IT 130 - copy