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The Crown does give and grant unto the New England Company, all that parcel or tract of lands situated in the Township of Smith, in the County of Northumberland, in the District of Newcastle, containing by meansurement 1,600 acres, being composed of lots no's. 16, 17, 18, and the north part of broken lot no. 19, in the 12th concession; the broken lots no. 17, 18, 19, 20, and north parts of broken lots no.'s 21, 22, 23, in the 13th Concession; and broken lots no.'s 18, 19, 20, lot no. 21, broken lot no. 22 and so much of broken lots no.'s 23, and 24 as lie south of the Little Lake in the 14th Concession of the said Township of Smith, together with all the woods and waters thereon lying and being under the reservations, limitations, and conditions expressed: Commencing on Buck Horn Lake, in the southern limit of allowance for road between the 14th and 15th Concessions; then north 74 degrees east 76 chains, to the limit between lots no. 22 and 23; then south 16 degrees east 44 chains, to Little Lake; then south-westerly, easterly, northerly, and easterly round a point of land; then south-westerly into Mud Lake; then south-westerly following the north shore of Mud Lake round a point of land into Buck Horn Lake; then along the eastern shore of Buck Horn Lake following the several turnings and windings of the same to the place of beginning.

One chain of road between the 12th and 13th lots and one chain between the 13th and 14th concessions, with free access to the beach shall be reserved. As well, all mines of gold and silver, and white pine trees that shall grow now or hereafter, will be granted to the Crown for their indefinite use. 228 acres will also be reserved for the maintenance of a Protestant Clergy. This allotment shall come from lots no. 33, and 40 in the 15th Concession of the said Township of Smith.

Witnesses:

F.B. Head, K.C.B. and Lt. Governor

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 117-118.

3 April 1837, Grant of Land to The Company for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1844, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 127, http://grasac.org/gks (heritage item id no. 2909, 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).