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Description of Lands:

In consideration of the sum of five shillings, George Herchmer Markland and William Hepburn surrender unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria a certain tract of land situated in the Township of Otonobee, in the County of Northumberland, in the District of Newcastle, being composed of township lot number nine, in the tenth concession of the Township of Otonobee, containing 200 acres of land.

Commencing where a post has been planted at the south-east angle of the east half of the said lot; then north sixteen degrees forty minutes west thirty chains, to where a post has been planted at the north-east angle of the east half of the said lot; then south seventy-four degrees five minutes west thirty-three chains thirty-three links and a half, to the centre of the said concession; then south sixteen degrees forty minutes east thirty chains to the southern limit of the east half of the said lot; then north seventy-four degrees five minutes east thirty-three chains thirty-three links and a half, to the place of beginning.

Commencing also where a post has been planted at the south-west angle of the west half of the said lot; then north sixteen degrees forty minutes west thirty chains, to where a post has been planted at the north-west angle of the west half of the said lot; then north seventy-four degrees five minutes east thirty-three chains thirty-three links, to the centre of the said concession; then south sixteen degrees forty minutes east thirty chains, to the southern limit of the west half of the said lot; then south seventy-four degrees five minutes west thirty-three chains thirty-three links and a half, to the place of beginning, containing two hundred acres of land as aforesaid, together with the appurtenances thereto belonging.

The aforesaid lands were previously granted to Markland, Hepburn, and John Henry Dunn on April 9, 1836 upon trust for the Mississauga Tribe of Indians residing at the Rice and Mud Lakes.

Witnesses:

W.A. Geddes

Signatories:

George H. Markland

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 201-202.

31 January 1856, Markland's and Hepburn's Surrender of Land in Otonabee Township, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT186, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3171, 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).