PublicAnimalNo9 wrote:
EyeBrock wrote:
The Mohawks are a local issue for me. Many people have no idea that they have been in Ontario since the 1780's and came with the UEL's. On a previous 'debate' with Donny he was totally unaware that many of the white settlers in southern Ontario had been there longer than the Mohawks. Minor point but it displays his fundamental lack of knowledge on the subject.
To be fair I used to live in the oldest known settlement in Ontario, a little village called Blair. It was settled loooooooooong before the Vikings even showed up in Labrador.
However, to help clear things up for Donny:
In 1795, the Grand River chiefs empowered Joseph Brant to sell large blocks of land in the northern section which the Aboriginals were not using. The terms desired were for no money down because they wanted to take their payment entirely in future years as annual interest.
The original tract of land stretched from the mouth of the Grand River on the shores of Lake Erie to the river's head, and for 10 km (6 mi) from either bank. Between 1795 and 1797 Joseph Brant sold 381,480 acres (1,543.8 km2) to land speculators comprising the northern half of the reserve for £85,332. This was the highest price ever paid to Aboriginals, up to this time, for wild undeveloped land. Simcoe opposed this sale. The interest on the annuity promised an income of £5,119 per year, far more than any other Iroquois people had received. The land speculators were unable to sell farm size lots to settlers fast enough and by 1801, all of the land speculators had fallen behind in their payments. Because of the lack of payments Brant was determined to sell more land to make up for the missing payments.
The land was sold fairly, by consensus of the Grand River Chiefs. Seller's remorse is NOT a valid reason to make outlandish land claims!
It's sad, but as Eyebrock has already stated, many of us have tried to enlighten poor Donny with history before (he actually knows very little about Canadian studies), but he rejects anything that does not further his sad, pitiful agenda. If Donny actually possessed a modicum of knowledge, he would've stopped with his bigoted nonsense long ago - but he's not about fact, he's about projection, denial and revisionism.
It's too bad that he torpedoed yet another thread as the article was quite interesting, insightful and relevant. I guess he had nothing on the "fact" front, so he resorted to fiction.
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"To be fair I used to live in the oldest known settlement in Ontario, a little village called Blair. It was settled loooooooooong before the Vikings even showed up in Labrador."
When was it settled?
Archaeologists claim the area was settled shortly after the last ice age.
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