Mississauga Land Surrender in Midland and Johnstown District

Mississauga Land Surrender in Midland and Johnstown District

Mississauga Land Surrender in Midland and Johnstown District

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In consideration of an annual payment of 2 pounds 10 shillings, the Mississauga Nation agrees to surrender to the British, a tract of land lying in the Midland and Johnstown Districts.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

First Nation surrendering lands

Date Made or Date Range: 1822-11-28
Seasonal time
English: Winter
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Treaty document

Materials

paper, ink, wax, ribbon

Motifs and Patterns

14 doodemag

Description of Writing/Text

Description of Land Sold:

It was agreed that in consideration of the yearly sum of 2 pounds 10 shillings of lawful money paid to each eligible member, the Mississauga Nation agrees to surrender to the British the following tract of land:

Commencing at the north-west angle of the Township of Rawdon; then along the division line between the Midland and Newcastle Districts north sixteen degrees west thirty-three miles; then north seventy-four degrees east sixty-one miles, to a division line produced north sixteen degrees west from the north-east angle of the Township of Bedford; then north sixteen degrees west to the Ottawa or Grand River; then down the said river to the north-west angle of the Township of Nepean; then south sixteen degrees east fifteen miles, to the north-east angle of the Township of Marlborough; then south fifty-four degrees west to the north-west angle of the Township of Crosby; then south seventy-four degrees west sixty-one miles, to the place of beginning; containing about 2,748,000 acres.

Witnesses:

J.P. Hawkins, Major 68th Regt., and Lt. Col.

Wm. Smyth, Lieut. 68th Regt.

John Ferguson, I., I.D.

First Nation’s Signatories:

Nawacamigo

Antenewayway

Kabratsiwaybiyebe

Wabakeek

Shewitagan

Nawaquarkecom

Shawandais

Pejehejeck

Papewan

Wabeckeneme

Naganabaway

Shebeshee

Naiquakan

Wabanzick

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 mm
Condition: paper brittle, yellowed, dirty, faded ink, small holes along fold lines, rips
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Date document signed

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Government Archives Division Reference Indian Treaty Number 085
Publication History

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 63-65.

GKS Reference Number: 1462
How to Cite this Item

28 November 1822, Mississauga Land Surrender in Midland and Johnstown District, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1843, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 085, http://grasac.org/gks (heritage item id no. 2689, 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

42.3314, -83.0458

Source of Information about Places

Location of treaty lands