Thessalon River Island Surrender
Thessalon River Island Surrender
Thessalon River Island Surrender
Surrender of reserve land by Thessalon River Band of Indians. Land to be sold on six conditions including an annual payment of interest, land allotments, compensation for improvements, etc.
First Nation surrendering lands
English: Spring
Treaty document
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paper, ink, wax
3 doodemag, reproduced by copyist
Description of Surrendered Land:
The Chiefs and members of the Thessalon River Band of Indians do surrender unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria, the whole of the land reserved for them under the Treaty of 1850, on the following conditions:
1.) Land is to be sold for the benefit of the Indians, and the interest accruing from the invested proceeds of such sales to be annually divided among them.
2.) The sum of 500 dollars to be divided among them
3.) Indians agreed to remove to the Garden River Reserve, where each family shall receive forty acres.
4.) The Indians have the privilege of purchasing a lot of 80 acres at the upset price.
5.) Those who have made improvements on the reserve shall receive the value of those improvements.
Witnesses:
R.T. Pennefather, Superintendent General
George Ironside, Indian Affairs
Robert Law Ogilvy
F. Assikinack, Interpreter
First Nations Signatories:
Ahyakwahkwahmig
Kezhegut
Ahzhahwegezhig
Joseph Babahmesay
Penashe
Nayahnahgwud
Jahchegwa
Ahssinahbikokwa
Nebenagezhegokwa
Nahahgahmeekwa
Ekwawish
Pejewekwa
Odahyaundaubekwa
Wanoogezhig
Ahshaugashee
Nahmawishkish
Date document signed
Provenance
Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 231-232.
About This GRASAC Record
11 June 1859, Thessalon River Land Surrender, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT 231, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3215, 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).
Location of treaty lands