parchment, ink, red and yellow colouring, wax, ribbon

12 doodemag, 13 red wax seals

Description of Land Sold:

In consideration of 2 pounds 10 shillings per eligible person, the Chippewa Nation do agree to surrender and extinguish to the British, their title to a tract of land located on the Thames River in the London and Western Districts.

Commencing on the northerly side of the River Thames at the south-west angle of the Township of London; then along the western boundary line of the Township of London on a course north twenty-one degrees thirty minutes west twelve miles to the north-west angle of the said township; then on a course about south fifty-eight degrees west forty-eight miles, until it intersects a line on a course produced north two miles from the north-east angle of the Shawanese Township, now the Township of Sombra; then south two miles to the north-east angle of the said township; then along the eastern boundary lines of the said township twelve miles and a half, to the northern boundary line of the Township of Chatham; then east sixteen miles to the River Thames; thence following the water’s edge of the said River Thames against the stream to the place of beginning; containing a measurement of 58,000 acres.

Witnesses:

Thomas Vilett, Capt. And Bt. Major, 76th Regt., Commanding

Charles Eliot, Lieut. 70th Regt.

William Hands, Senior, Clk. Indian Dept.

George F. Rapp, I., Indian Department

First Nation’s Signatories:

Tummago

Metwetchewin

Sagawsonai

Maquamiss

Tecumagasaie

Pemegumawassigai

Quekijick

Pawbetang

Wawiattin

Pemuseh

Sagetch

Canotung

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 58-60.

8 July 1822, Chippewa Land Surrender on Thames River, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1842, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT080, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3299, 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).