Materials

paper, wax, ink

Motifs and Patterns

6 doodemag, 6 wax lids with "Chief", and 1 lid with "Head Chief"

Description of Writing/Text

Description of Land Sold:

The Chippewas of the Upper Reserve on the River St. Clair, in the County of Lambton, Canada West, in consideration of the advantages, benefits and anticipated profits to arise from the sale of a portion of their reserved land, do hereby surrender unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria, that parcel of land and premises, being a portion of their reserve in the Township of Sarnia, in the County of Lambton and Province of Canada, adjoining the town of Port Sarnia, containing 189 acres, and which may be otherwise known as follows: commencing at the north-west corner of the said reserve, at the intersection of its northern boundary (as laid down on the diagram hereunto annexed) with the water’s edge of the River St. Clair and adjoining lot number seventy-six in the front concession of the said Township of Sarnia; then south eighty-nine degrees east along the said northern boundary of the reserve on hundred and forty chains, to the present eastern boundary of the reserve; then south one degree west along the said eastern boundary thirteen chains and thirty two links; then parallel to the northern boundary north eighty-nine degrees west one hundred and forty-five chains, to the River St. Clair; then northward along the River St. Clair to the place of beginning. The land shall be laid out into town and park lots and sold to the best advantage for the benefit of the said Chippewa Indians and their posterity.

Witnesses:

J.B. Clench, Superintendent and Commander of Indian Affairs

H.P. Chase, Interpreter, Indian Department

W.D. Paley, Sheriff

First Nations Signatories:

Joshua Wawanosh, Head Chief

James Mishebishee, Chief

Johnston Wapugass, Chief

William Pomossong, Chief

David Wawanosh, Chief

Peter Salt, Chief

Andrew Nagishizk, Chief

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 mm

Condition: ink smears and blots, small holes, yellowing, white bleach stains along fold lines, two holes on top left corner

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Date document signed

Current Location: Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Government Archives Division Reference Indian Treaty No. 168

Link to Institution's Collections Database: www.collectionscanada.gc.ca

Publication History

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 177-178.

GKS Reference Number: 1264

How to Cite this Item

25 August 1852, Surrender of Land in Sarnia Township Lambton County, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 168, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3123, accessed [date]).

Record Creation Context

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).