paper, ink, wax

6 doodemag, 1 crown seal

Description of Land Sold:

In consideration of a yearly sum of 740 pounds province currency in goods at the Montreal price to be well and truly paid yearly, by His Majesty to the Chippewa Nation, the Indians agree to surrender the following tract:

A tract of land situated between the western boundary line of the Home District, and extending northerly to a bay at the northern entrance of Lake Simcoe, in the Home District, commencing in the western division link of the Midland District at the north-west angle of the Township of Rawdon; then north sixteen degrees west thirty-three miles, or until it strikes the line forty-five; then along said line to a bay at the northern entrance of Lake Simcoe; then southerly along the water’s edge to the entrance of Talbot River; then up Talbot River to the eastern boundary line of the Home District; then along said boundary line south sixteen degrees east to the north-west angle of the township of Darlington; then along the northern boundary line of the townships of Darlington, Clark, Hope and Hamilton to the Rice Lake; then along the southern shore of the said lake and of the River Trent to the western division line of the Midland District; then north sixteen degrees west to the place of beginning, containing about 1,951,000 acres. The Chippewa Nation was called together to have the payment method explained to them at a later date. Every man, woman, and child would receive a yearly payment of 10 pounds currency until their death.

Witnesses:

J. Givins, S.I.A.

Wm. Hands, Sen., Clerk, Indian Department

Wm. Gruet, Interpreter, Indian Department

Crown Signatories:

W. Claus, Deputy Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, on behalf of the Crown

First Nation’s Signatories:

Buckquaquet

Pishikinse

Cahgahkishinse

Cahgagewin

Pininse

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 48-49.

5 November 1818, Lake Simcoe to Rice Lake Surrender, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1842, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 061, http://grasac.org/gks (heritage item id no. 2621, 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).