Chippewa Land Surrender on the Thames River
Chippewa Land Surrender on the Thames River
Chippewa Land Surrender on the Thames River
Surrender of 58,000 acres on the northerly side of the River Thames in the London and Western Districts. The Chippewa Nation agrees to surrender and extinguish their title to the land in consideration of 2 pounds 10 shillings in goods to each eligible person.
First Nation surrendering land
Treaty document
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paper, ink, wax, ribbon
12 doodemag
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
Provenance
Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 58-60.
About This GRASAC Record
8 July 1822, Chippewa Land Surrender on the Thames River, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1842, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 079, http://grasac.org/gks (heritage item id no. 2688, 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).
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Location of treaty lands