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Mississauga Surrender of Islands in Bay of Quinte and St. Lawrence
Mississauga Surrender of Islands in Bay of Quinte and St. Lawrence
Mississauga Surrender of Islands in Bay of Quinte and St. Lawrence
A surrender of all islands in the Bay of Quinte, on Lake Ontario, Weller's Bay, and the St. Lawrence River, including islands claimed by the Mississauga Tribes, except their territory in the Township of Alnwick. The interest from the sale of the islands are to be paid to the Indians on an annual basis.
First Nation surrendering lands
Treaty document
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paper, ink, wax
8 doodemag
Description of Land Sold:
The Chiefs and Principal Men of the Mississauga Tribe of Indians formerly living on Grape Island in Lake Ontario, but now settled in the Township of Alnwick, in the Newcastle District, do voluntarily surrender unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria, all those Islands lying in the Bay of Quinte, on Lake Ontario, Weller's Bay and in the River St. Lawrence, and also all points and parcels of land claimed by them on the mainland which have not heretofore been ceded to the Crown, excepting the land claimed and now occupied by the the Tribe. The principal of the sales of those lands are to be put in a fund, and the interest of which will be paid to the Tribe on an annual basis.
Witnesses:
John S. Grafton
John Storm
Thomas Marsden
John Rice, Interpreter
Crown Signatories:
T.G. Anderson, S.I.A.
First Nation's Signatories:
John Sunday
John Simpson
Jacob Sunday
John Pigeon
Joseph Skunk
Thomas Frasure
James Indian
Date document signed
Provenance
Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 205-206.
About This GRASAC Record
19 June 1856, Mississauga Surrender of Islands in Bay of Quinte and St. Lawrence, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT 194, http://grasac.org/gks (heritage item id no. 3177, 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).
43.3, -78.1
Location of treaty lands