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Description of Surrendered Land:

The Chiefs of the Band of Chippewa Indians, of the Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex, have surrendered unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria a tract of land situated in block C, in the Township and County aforesaid, containing 300 acres. The land is surrendered so that it may be sold by the Crown in the interest of the Indians. The monies arising from the sale of the land was to be applied to the erection of buildings and the purchase of oxen, farming implements, seed grain, and such other articles as may be required for the settlement of the said band of Indians on Walpole Island.

Witnesses:

P.W. Taylor, Major R.C.R. Regt.

J.W. Peto, Lieut. R.C.R. Regt.

Thomas Alex Clark, Interpreter, Indian Dept.

First Nations Signatories:

John Natty, Chief

Frederick Fisher, Chief

Tawa-ke Shecase, Chief Warrior

Edward Natty, Chief Warrior

Crown Signatories:

P.P.S. Clench, V.S.I.A.

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 238.

18 January 1848, Chippewa Surrender of 300 Acres to Benefit Residents of Walpole Island, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1846, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT 242, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3225, 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).