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The Chiefs and Principal Men of the Wyandot Indians residing in the Township of Anderdon do hereby surrender and yield up unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria, all their right to a tract of land situated near the Township of Sandwich, commencing at the water's edge on the River Detroit and on the northerly limit of Detroit Street; then running north-easterly along the water's edge against the stream thirty chains thirty-nine links, to the westerly limit of the Huron Church line; then south twenty-eight degrees east along the westerly limit of the Huron church line forty-two chains eighty-seven links, to the land patented in the year 1810 to Thomas Pagot, and being the limit between the Huron Reserve and park lot lettered "H"; then north sixty-eight degrees west forty chains thirty-four links, to the River Detroit and place of beginning, containing sixty acres and one quarter. The land is surrendered to Her Majesty for the purpose of sale, with the monies arising therefrom to be appropriated to the use and benefit of the Indians.

This tract of land was previously granted to the Wyandot Indians in 1790 by George III, executed by the principal village and war Chiefs of the Ottawa, Chippewa, Pottawatomie, and Huron Indians of Detroit.

Witnesses:

William Clarke, Interpreter

Thomas Horsman

J.B. Clench, V.S.I.A.

First Nation's Signatories:

Joseph White

William Clarke

Alex Clarke

James Clarke

Joseph Warrow

Francis Park

A.M. Splitlog

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 200-201.

28 April 1854, Wyandot Surrender of a Portion of their Reserve, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT185, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3168, 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).