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 130

GAD Reference number: IT 130;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 50
Aboriginal people(s): Six Nations Indians;
Aboriginal individual(s): Mohawk Chiefs John Smoke Johnston, 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 "True copy"

The document is laminated with tissue. The tissue is worn along the folded edges. The document's edges are dirty and there is yellow staining on page 16. A single hole in the top corner was probably used for binding the document.

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 129 - original