parchment, ink, wax

Description of Land Sold:

Chiefs and Warriors of the Wyandot Tribe of Indians inhabiting the tract of hunting ground known as the Huron Reserve, in the Township of Malden, County of Essex, are desirous to sell a portion of the reserve, which has become highly valuable to the Whites. The Chiefs also desire to receive an annual amount of interest from the proceeds of the sale and subsequent industry, which will take place upon the land. The Wyandot wish to surrender the southern third of the reserve for the general expenses of the Indians, and ask that the Crown sell the Northern third paying to the tribe an annual sum taken from the proceeds of the land. The stone quarry upon which they currently reside will be retained for the use of the Indians.

Witnesses:

George Ironside, S.I.A.

Jas. Gordon

W.A. Cuthbert, Capt. 15th Regt. Commanding Detachment

N. Rudgurd, Lt. 15th Regt.

W. Wallace, M.D., Asst. Surg. 15th Regt.

First Nation’s Signatories:

Thomas Clarke

Adam Brown

Joseph Warrow

Peter Gold

Henry Hunt

Nicholas Safira

Thomas McKee

William Clarke

Peter Clark

Francis Parke

John Baptiste

F. Cotter

Crown Signatories:

Francis Bond Head, Lt. Governor

The Undersigned were not present at the original signing, but had agreed to the terms of the treaty after the fact, and put their marks on paper:

Witnesses:

George Ironside, S.I.A.

W.A. Cuthbert, Capt. 15th Regt. Commanding Detachment

N. Rudgurd, Lt. 15th Regt.

William Jones, Asst. Supt. Ind. Dept.

First Nation’s Signatories:

Anthony Cotter

Isaac P. Driver

Francis Cotter

Peter Hunt

Nicholas Cotter

Matthew Grey Eyes

Matthew Brown

The undersigned were responsible for gathering together the Chiefs and Warriors who did not attend the original Council (dated 20 September 1836), and for explaining to them the terms of the agreement. The Warriors then signed the document (see item IT122).

Crown Signatories:

George Ironside, S.I.A.

J. Joseph, Esquire, Secretary to His Excellency Sir Francis B. Head

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 113-115.

20 September 1836, Wyandot Surrender of Part of Huron Reserve, Malden, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1844, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 122, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 2867, accessed [date]).

This record was created under the direction of Heidi Bohaker as part of a larger research project funded by an Aboriginal Research Grant titled ““Braiding Knowledges: Anishinaabe Heritage in Community Perspective”from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).