parchment, ink, wax

6 doodemag

Description of Land Sold:

In consideration of the sum of 100 pounds good and lawful money, the Sachems, and Chief Warriors of the Mississauga Nation of Indians do grant unto the Crown a certain tract of land butted and bounded as follows: beginning at the outlet between Burlington Bay and Lake Ontario, and then extending down the said Lake on the north shore about one mile to a creek, falling into the said Lake, called by the Mississauga Indians Lamabinnecon; then running north forty five degrees west parallel with the former purchase line from the said outlet and carrying the full breadth between the said lines, full so far as to contain 3,450 acres.

Witnesses:

John Buller, Adjutant

R.H. Sheaffe, Captain 5th Regt.

J.M. Masor, Lieut. 5th Form

W.M. Gainfort, Ens. 15th Regt.

W. Johnson Chew, Indian Dept.

A. Jones, D.P.S.

First Nations Signatories:

Wabakanyne

Wabanip

Wanapenant

Tabandan

Okamapenes

Patopkquan

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 8-9.

24 October 1795, Captain Brant's Purchase Near the Outlet of Burlington Bay, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1840, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT008, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3257, 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).