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Acknowledgement of Wyandot Surrender
Acknowledgement of Wyandot Surrender
Acknowledgement of Wyandot Surrender
Correspondence acknowledging that the Wyandot Indians not included in the treaty to surrender a portion of the Huron Reserve in the Township of Malden (see IT 122), were assembled and made privy to the terms of the agreement.
Treaty acknowledged by Crown representative
Indian Treaties and Surrenders.
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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.
Provenance
Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 115.
About This GRASAC Record
27 September 1836, Acknowledgement of Wyandot Surrender, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1844, Reel T-9338, GAD REF IT 123, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 2868, 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).
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