Gros Cap Michipicoten Surrender

Gros Cap Michipicoten Surrender

Gros Cap Michipicoten Surrender

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A surrender of land by the Indians of Gros Cap to the Crown. the Indians have surrendered a tract of land being the whole of Gros Cap being on the north shore of Lake Superior and extending northward. The land is to be sold at the best price for the benefit of the Indians.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

First Nation surrendering lands

Place of Origin: Michipicoten, ON
Date Made or Date Range: 1855-04-10
Seasonal time
English: Spring
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Treaty document

Materials

paper, ink, wax

Motifs and Patterns

1 doodem, 2 red wax seals

Description of Writing/Text

Chief Tootomenie of the Tribe of Indians residing and holding lands at Gros Cap, on Lake Superior, near the Hudson's Bay Post of Michipicoton, has surrendered unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria, a tract of land situated on the north shore of Lake Superior, composed of an area of land equal to one square mile at Gros Cap, comprising the whole of the cap, and extending as far northward as may be necessary to produce the said square mile or 640 acres of land. The land is to be held in trust for the purpose of being sold to the best advantage, and the proceeds shall be invested in a fund for the use and benefit of the Indians of Gros Cap.

Witnesses:

Alexander Harvey

William Langskell

First Nation's Signatories:

Tootomunaie

John Mackerrie

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 mm
Condition: top right corner and central piece missing, worn along fold lines, yellow staining, small holes in top left corner used to bind document to Order in Council.
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Date document signed

Current Location: Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Government Archives Division Reference Indian Treaty Number 183
Link to Institution's Collections Database: www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
Publication History

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 199-200.

GKS Reference Number: 1290
How to Cite this Item

10 April 1855, Gros Cap Michipicoten Surrender, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 183, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3166, accessed [date]).

Record Creation Context

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).

Approximate Place of Origin

47.939590282301, -84.83765835

Source of Information about Places

Location of treaty lands

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