Proclamation to Protect Mississauga Fishing/Burial Grounds

Proclamation to Protect Mississauga Fishing/Burial Grounds

Proclamation to Protect Mississauga Fishing/Burial Grounds

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Introduction

This proclamation of the government of Upper Canada states that British subjects in Upper Canada who commit depredations upon Mississauga fisheries or burial grounds will be "proceeded against with the utmost severity," as such actions are "in violation of the friendship existing between His Majesty and the Mississauga Indians."

Nation of Maker: None
Nation of Origin

In Document: Mississagas

Place of Origin: Toronto, ON
Date Made or Date Range: 1797-12-14
Techniques or Format

Ink on paper

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Date given in document.

Current Location: Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: in E.A. Cruikshank, (ed.) The Correspondence of the Honourable Peter Russell (Toronto: Historical Society, 1935) Volume 2, p.41.
Date Relative was First Removed or Collected from its Community Context: 0
GKS Reference Number: 568
How to Cite this Item

in E.A. Cruikshank, (ed.) The Correspondence of the Honourable Peter Russell (Toronto: Historical Society, 1935) Volume 2, p.41.

Record Creation Context

Created by Research Assistant Aaron Mills during the first summer of the SSHRC Aboriginal Research Grant 2007 to 2010

Approximate Place of Origin

43.6511, -79.347

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