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Description of Land Sold:

The Chiefs and the Principal Men of the Wyandott Indians residing in the Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex and Province of Canada, do hereby surrender and yield up unto Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, all their right, title, interest, claim, and demand to a certain piece of land situated, lying and being in or adjoining to the town of Sandwich commencing on Detroit street and running along the River Detroit to the Huron Church line, and then along a small rivulet to a bridge in the Queen’s Highway to Detroit street; then along Detroit street to the place of beginning; to the end and purpose that Her said Majesty may be graciously pleased to order and direct that the said parcel of land be first valued and then disposed of by bargain and sale, and the monies arising therefrom to be appropriated to the use and benefit of the said Indians and for no other purpose whatsoever. This parcel of land was previously granted to the said Indians by His Late Majesty King George III in 1790.

Witnesses:

Thomsas King, Schoolmaster

William Clarke, Interpreter

First Nations Signatories:

Joseph White

Matthew Gray Eyes

William Clarke

Alexander Clarke

James Clarke

Joseph Warrow

Francis Park

Alexis Matthias Splitlog

Crown Signatories:

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

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 192-193.

19 July 1853, Surrender of Reservation Land Previously Granted in the Treaty of 1790, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT172, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3126, 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).