parchment, wax, brown ink, red ink, ribbon

5 doodemag

Description of Land Sold:

The Sachems and Principal Chiefs of the Mississauga Tribe of Indians of Kingston and the Bay of Quinte, in the Province of Upper Canada, in consideration of the trust and confidence by us reposed in His Most Gracious Majesty, King William the Fourth, and in order that His Majesty, His heirs and successors, may grant and dispose of the lands and hereditaments hereinafter comprised and described for the benefit of the said Indians in such manner and form and at such price or prices as to His said Majesty, His heirs or successors, shall seem best, have remised, released, surrendered, quitted claim and yielded up, and by these presents do remise, release, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto His said Most Gracious Majesty King William the Fourth, His heirs and successors, all those several lots, pieces or parcels of land situated on Wolfe Lake, in the Township of Bedford, in the Midland District of the said Province (that is to say), lots eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five and twenty-six, in the ninth concession of the said township. Also lots eighteen, nineteen, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-five, twenty-six, and twenty-eight in the tenth concession of the same township. And also, lots twenty-two, twenty-three, and twenty-four in the eleventh concession of the said township, and containing in the whole two thousand six hundred and eighty acres, or thereabouts, to the end, intent and purpose that the said lands and premises shall and may be granted and disposed of by His said Majesty, His heirs and successors, in trust for the benefit of the said Mississauga Tribe of Indians.

Witnesses:

Charles Anderson

John Turner

Thos. B. Benedict

First Nation’s Signatories:

John Sunday

4 other doodemag

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 111-112.

25 May 1836, Mississauga Sale of Wolfe Lake Lands, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1844, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 119, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 2864, 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).