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Description of Surrendered Lands:

The Chief and Band of the Ojibway Indians residing on the Rama Reserve surrendered unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria, the northerly portion of lot number sixteen, in the sixth Concession in the Township of Rama. The tract of land is described as follows:

Commencing at the north-east angle of the said lot sixteen in the sixth concession; then south-easterly following the line between lots fifteen and sixteen, forty-one chains and six links to the northerly bank of "Black River" then in a south-westerly direction following the said northern bank to the line between lots sixteen and seventeen; then north-westerly along the line between lots sixteen and seventeen; four chains to the aforesaid bank of river; then following the said bank of river in a northerly and westerly direction, twenty-four chains to the line between the said lots sixteen and seventeen; then following the said line twenty-three chains to the southern limit of the line between the sixth and seventh concessions; then easterly along said southern limit thirty chains to the place of beginning, containing one hundred and sixteen acres more or less.

The land was surrendered on the condition that the money received from the sale of the above described tract, shall be placed at interest, and the interest money accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants.

Witnesses:

William Plummer, Supt. Comr. I.A.

D.L. Sanson

J.B. Nanegeshkung, Chief

First Nations Signatories:

J.B. Nanegeshkung, Chief

Peter Jacobs

Elisha Sandy

George Snake

Joseph St. Germain

John Williams

Michael St. Germain

William Snake

John Simcoe, Jr.

Jacob Shilling

James Benson

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 2: 50-51.

10 February 1876, Rama Township Land Surrender, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1847, Reel T-9940, GAD REF IT306, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3340, 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).