Thessalon River Island Surrender

Thessalon River Island Surrender

Thessalon River Island Surrender

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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.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

First Nation surrendering lands

Place of Origin: Bruce Mines, ON
Date Made or Date Range: 1859-06-11
Seasonal time
English: Spring
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Treaty document

Materials

paper, ink, wax

Motifs and Patterns

3 doodemag, reproduced by copyist

Description of Writing/Text

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

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Condition: small holes along fold lines, random ink smears
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Date document signed

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Government Archives Division Reference Indian Treaty Number 231
Publication History

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 231-232.

GKS Reference Number: 1402
How to Cite this Item

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]).

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).

Approximate Place of Origin
Source of Information about Places

Location of treaty lands

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