parchment, brown ink, ribbon, wax

34 doodemag

Description of Land Sold:

A certain tract of land beginning at the mouth of Catfish Creek, commonly called Riviere au Chaudiere on the north side of Lake Erie being the western extremity of a tract purchased by his Majesty from the Messagey Indians in the year 1784, running along the border of Lake Erie and up the straight to the mouth of a river known as Channail Earte, and up the main branch of the said Channail to the first fork on the south side, then a due east line until it intersects the Riviere a la Tranche, and up to the northwest corner of the said cession granted to the King in 1784. The tract then follows the Western boundary of the tract until it strikes the mouth of Catfish Creek. The British are to pay the Indians in valuable wares and merchandise worth 1200 pounds currency.

First Nations Signatories:

Pottowatomies:

Sko-neque

E-sha-ha

Met-te-no-chin

Pe-nash

She-bense

Key-way-te-nan

Hurons:

Sas-ta-bit-sie

Ta-hou-ne-ha-wie-tie

Ska-hou-mat

Mon-do-ao

Te-ha-tow-rence

Son-din-ou

Dow-yet-tet

Ted-y-a-ta

Tren-you-maing

She-hou-wa-te-mon

Meng-da-hai

Tsough-ka-rats-y-wa

Rou-nia-hy-ra

Chippewas:

Was-son

Ti-e-cami-go-se

Essebance

Ouit-a-nis-sa

Cha-bou-quai

Wa-ban-di-oais

Mush-qui-ga-boui

Ottawas:

Egouch-e-ouay

Wa-wish-key

Ni-a-ne-go

Ki-wich-e-ouan

At-ta-wa-kie

O-na-gan

En-dah-in

Maug-gic-a-way

Witnesses:

Pat Murray, Major Commanding at Detroit

Richard Porter, Captain 60th Regiment

John J. Buller, Captain 60th Regiment

Charles Ingram, Captain 60th Regiment

I. Hesselberg, Lieutenant, 60th Regiment

John Robertson, Lieutenant, 60th Regiment

David Meredith, Lieutenant R.R. Artillery

E. Cartwright, Lieutenant, 60th Regiment

J.B. Jordan, Lieutenant, 60th Regiment

Samuel Gibbs, Ens. 60th Regiment

G. Westphal, Adjt. 60th Regiment

Jas. Henderson, Surgeon

A. Grant

Alex. Harrow, Lt. Comm. Nl. Dept.

P. Frichette, Ptre. Miss.,

Adhemar St. Martin

Gregor McGregor, Major of Detroit Militia

John Martin, Ensg. Militia

Frans. Baby, Ensg. Militia

William Robertson,

T. Smith, Lieut. Militia

Thomas Reynolds, Asst. Coms. And Storekeeper

Henry Hay, Ensign

William Harffy.

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 1-5.

19 May 1790, Grant from the Indians to the Crown: District of Hesse, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1840, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT003, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3254, 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).