parchment, ink, wax

9 doodemag

Description of Land Sold:

Chippewa Nation wants to sell a certain island known by the name of the Island of St. Joseph and also by the name of Cariboux Island, and in the Chippewa language by the name of Payentanassin. This island is situated in the strait, which joins the Lakes Superior and Huron, and is by estimation one hundred and twenty miles in circumference. The island was turned over to Alexander McKee, Deputy Superintendent General and Deputy Inspector General of Indians and of their affairs. It was sold on behalf of His Majesty King George III. The island was purchased for 1200 pounds Quebec currency, but was paid for in goods and wares to the Indians.

Crown Signatories:

A. McKee

Witnesses:

Richard Pollard

David Cowan

Peter Drummond, Capt. 2nd Battalion, R.C.V., Commanding

William Fraser, Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, R.C.V.

William Dease, Ensign, 2nd Battalion, R.C.V.

George Landman, Lieutenant Royal Engineers

Guillaume LaMothe, Interpreter

C. Lanzlader

Peter Selby, Assistant Secretary

First Nation’s Signatories:

Okaw, Chippewa Chief

Wabakangewana, Chippewa Chief of Lake Superior

Meatoosawkee

Keequatakamsigishkam

Boanince

Ogoesque-Waiaune

Kaukonce

Sasang

Shawanapenisse

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 27-29.

30 June 1798, Deed of Conveyance of the Island of St. Joseph, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1841, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT036, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3272, 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).