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Description of Land Sold:

In consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful money of the Province of Upper Canada, Pathekechick, John Agewains, Jacob Majequoinchcan, Joseph Skunk, James Indian, James Crawford, agree to surrender to His Majesty all that Island commonly known by the name of Big Island, situated in the Bay of Quinte, in the Midland District and Province of Upper Canada, together with all the woods and waters thereon lying and being and all and singular, the rights, privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging.

Witnesses:

Charles A. Clarke, A.C.G.

J. Barry, Lieut. 15th Regt.

G. Pinder, Lieut. 15th Regt.

Silvester Hurlburt

James Winniet, Supt. Indian Affairs

First Nation’s Signatories:

Pathekechick

John Agewains

Jacob Manjequoinchcan

Joseph Skunk

James Indian

James Crawford

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 89-90.

18 November 1833, Big Island Surrender, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1843, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 104, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 2836, 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).