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Description of Land Sold:

In consideration of 20 shillings of lawful money of the Province of Upper Canada by His said Majesty, the primary Chiefs of the Mississauga Nation do surrender forever the following tracts of land:

Situated in the Township of Toronto, in the County of York, in the Home District and Province of Upper Canada and marked “D” on the plan of this indenture annexed, being the easterly part of the Mississauga Indian Reserve on the River Credit, in the said Township of Toronto, which said parcel or tract of land is butted and bounded or may be other wise known as follows, that is to say: Commencing on the southern boundary of the said reserve at a large white oak squared post, planed by Mr. Wilmot, Deputy Surveyor, in the year 1806, standing on the bank of Lake Ontario one mile south-westerly from the said river; then north 69 degrees west sixty-three chains thirty one links more or less, to where the said boundary line forms the first angle; then south sixty-four degrees west one hundred and ninety-one chains to where the said boundary line forms the second angle; then north forty-five degrees west twenty chains, more or less, to within the distance of fifty chains of the eastern limit of Dundas street; then north thirty-eight degrees east parallel to Dundas street three hundred chains, to the intersection of the said line with the northern boundary line of the said reserve, produced on a course north sixty-nine degrees west from a squire white oak post planted in the year 1806 by the Deputy Surveyor, piled with stone, near the bank of Lake Ontario, one mile from the River Credit, at right angles from the general course to the first bend of the said river, which is north sixty-nine degrees west; then along the said northern boundary line on a course south sixty-nine degrees east one hundred and eighty-five chains, to Lake Ontario at the last mentioned squared post; then along the waters edge of the said lake to the place of beginning, containing by measurement four thousand acres.

And also all that certain other parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the said Township of Toronto and marked “F” on the plan of this indenture annexed, being the western part of the Mississauga Indian Reserve on the River Credit in the aforesaid Township of Toronto, which said parcel or tract of land is butted and bounded, or maybe be otherwise known as follows, that is to say: commencing on the southern boundary of the said reserve at the distance of fifty chains, on a course north forty-five degrees west one hundred and fifty-one chains, to the eastern limit of the allowed for road in rear of the second concession north of Dundas Street, being the western boundary of the said reserve, then along the western boundary aforesaid on a course north thirty-eight degrees east parallel to Dundas Street, on hundred and sixty chains, to the northern boundary of the said reserve; then south forty-five degrees east one hundred and fifty-one chains, until it intersects a line produced on a course north thirty-eight degrees east parallel to Dundas street from the place of beginning, measuring 2,400 acres.

And also all that other certain parcel or tract of land situate lying and being in the Township of Trafalgar, in the County of Walton, in the District of Gore and Province of Upper Canada marked “B” in the plan to this indenture annexed, including the flats or low grounds in the second concession south of Dundas Street, being in the Mississauga Indian Reserve on the Sixteen Mile Creek in the aforesaid Township of Trafalgar, which said parct or tract of land is butted and bounded, or may be otherwise known as follows, that is to say: commencing on Lake Ontario on the northern boundary of the said reserve at a squared post marked “M.I.R., N. 45 degrees W.” planted by Mr. Wilmot, Deputy Surveyor, in the year 1806, about half a mile north-easterly of the mouth of the said creek; then north forty-five degrees west one hundred and eighteen chains, to the eastern limit of the allowed for road between the second and third concession, south of Dundas street being the northernly angle of the said reserve; then south thirty-eight degrees west seventy chains, to the flows or low grounds on the northerly side of the Sixteen Mile Creek; then following the northerly edge of the said flats or low grounds to the allowance for road between the first and second concessions, south of Dundas street; then south thirty-eight degrees west (crossing the said creek) ten chains, to the edge of the flats or low grounds on the southerly side of the said creek; then down the said creek along the southerly edge of the flats or low grounds aforesaid to the eastern limit of the allowance for road between the second and third concessions south of Dundas street; then south thirty-eight degrees west four chains, to the westerly angle of the Mississauga Indian Reserve on the said creek; then south forty-five degrees east along the southern boundary of the said reserve one hundred and twenty-three chains, to Lake Ontario at a black ash tree having two bodies from the same root, marked “M.I.R., N. 45 degrees W.”; then north-easterly along the shore of Lake Ontario to the place of beginning, containing by measurement 1,120 acres.

And also all that certain other parcel or tract of land situate, being and lying the Township of Trafalgar aforesaid and marked “G” on the plan to this indenture annexed including the flats or low grounds in the second concession south of Dundas street, being the Mississauga Indian Reserve on the Twelve Mile Creek in the aforesaid Township of Trafalgar, which said parcel or tract of land is butted and bounded, or may be otherwise known as follows, that is: commencing on Lake Ontario in the northern boundary of the said reserve at a squared oak post piled round with stone, marked “M.I.R., N. 66 degrees W.;” planted by Mr. Wilmot, Deputy Surveyor, in the year 1806, about half a mile north-easterly from the mouth of the said Creek; then north sixty-six degrees west one hundred and seven chains, more or less, to where the said boundary line forms the first angle; then north thirty-six degrees west fifty-seven chains, to the eastern limit of the allowance for road between the second and third concessions, south of Dundas street, where the said boundary line forms the second angle; then thirty-eight degrees west thirty-three chains more or less to the flats or low grounds on the northerly side of the said creek; then following the northerly edge of the said flats or low grounds to the allowance for road between the first and second concessions, south of Dundas street; then south thirty-eight degrees west crossing the Twelve Mile Creek ten chains, to the edge of the flots or low grounds on the southerly side of the said creek then down the said creek along the southerly-edge of the flats or low grounds aforesaid unto the eastern limit of the eastern lmit of the allowance for road between the second and third concessions, south of Dundas street; then south thirty-eight degrees west thirty-seven chains, to the westerly angle of the Mississauga Indian Reserve on the said creek; then south thirty-six degrees east fifty-seven chains, to where the said boundary line forms the first angle; then south sixty-six degrees east one hundred and seventeen chains, more or less to Lake Ontario, at a post squared and marked M.I.R., N. 66 degrees W.; then north-easterly along the shore of the said lake to the place of beginning; containing by measurement 1,420 acres.

Witnesses:

J. Givins, Supt. Indian Affairs
D. Cameron
N. Coffin
J.P. Catty, Lt. Royal Engineers Commanding
D.J. Skene, Lt. 68th Light Regiment
Arthur Mair, Ensign 68th Light Regiment
J.L. Tighe, H. Assist. Surg. To the Forces
Alex McDonnell, Asst. Secy., Indian Affairs
Wm. Gruet, Interpreter Indian Department

Crown Signatories:

W. Claus, Dy. S.G. of I.A., on behalf of the Crown

First Nation Signatories:

Acheton
Nevoiquequah
Weiquesquome
Paushetaunonquitohe
Wabakagigo

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 50-53.

22 January 1820, Map of Mississauga Surrender in Halton-Peel Ontario, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1842, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT070, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3292, 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).