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Description of Land Sold:

the Chiefs and Principal Men of the Tribe of the Chippewa Indians residing on the shores of Lakes Couchiching, Simcoe, and Huron, do hereby choose, select, and reserve for the use and behoof of their people the following islands lying in Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, namely, Esh-qua-quin-daig Island, Na-tow-wang-ga Island and Christian Island.

Witnesses:

David Laing Sanson

Adam Paterson

John Beattie

Thomas Shilling

Joseph Nanegeshkung, Interpreter

Crown Signatories:

T.G. Anderson, S.I.A.

First Nation's Signatories:

Thomas Nanegeshkung, by his son

Joseph Nanegeshkung

James Bigwind

George Young

Joseph Snake

John Aisence

Peter Gade-que-gunn

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 203-205.

5 June 1856, Chippewa Islands Reserve in Georgian Bay, Lake Huron, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT 190, http://grasac.org/gks (heritage item id no. 3175, 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).