From 1949 to 1957 Mohawk Jay Silverheels faithfully played this TV companion
... play 
the faithful Indian companion, Tonto, in the TV series The Lone Ranger (1949) 
series, ... A member of the Mohawk tribe of Canada's Six Nations Reserve, 
Silverheels... [DOC] [TLE] Jay Silverheels (1912 - 1980) - Find A Grave Memorial [PAR] Jan 27, 1999 ... Born Harold J. Smith, at the Six Nations Indian Reservation in Ontario, Canada, 
to a Mohawk Chief, he excelled in sports ... Silverheels played the role during the 
entire period from 1949 to 1957, even when Clayton ...