The Mohawk had been promised a huge tract of land, equal to or greater than what they had lost of their traditional territory – the Mohawk Valley. Chief John Deserontyon and his people chose to move to the Bay of Quinte because it is the birthplace of Tekanawita, the Peacemaker that brought the original Five Nations Haudenosaunee Confederacy under a constitution of peace in the 12^th century. 

When they arrived, however, they found settlers already living on this land. Chief Deserontyon had been promised 92 700 acres of land for his people, but he had to fight for 9 years to get a deed for the land that became known as the Mohawk Tract, or Tyendinaga Territory. The Simcoe Deed or Treaty 3 ½ was executed on April 1, 1793 by Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe. It was far smaller than the surrounding townships. Within a span of 23 years (1820-1843) two-thirds of the Simcoe treaty land base was lost as the government made provisions to accommodate Settler families.  Today, the Mohawks of Tyendinaga have approximately 18,000 acres remaining of the original 92, 700 acres promised.

I know many of the British Loyalists in the Bay of Quinte were Quakers.  I wonder if the Mohawks of Tyendinaga resented their neutral stance in the American Revolution.