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Mississauga Surrender of Islands in Eastern Ontario
Mississauga Surrender of Islands in Eastern Ontario
Mississauga Surrender of Islands in Eastern Ontario
The Mississaugas located in the Township of Alnwick, in the District of Newcastle agree to surrender to the Crown, a tract of land known as Wahboose Island, containing approximately 600 acres. The Indians desire that the Crown will sell the land and secure the proceeds to be given to the tribe as required.
First Nation surrendering lands
Treaty document.
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The Sachems and Chief Warriors of the Mississauga Tribe of Indians, now settled in the Township of Alnwick, in the District of Newcastle, surrender to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, all that tract of land situated in the Midland District, known as Wahboose Island, containing approximately 600 acres. The Mississaugas declare that they wish and desire that the money arising from the sale of this land should be invested in good and safe Government or other securities at legal interest, which interest to be paid to them as they should require so.
Witnesses:
Charles Anderson
Silvester Hurlburt
First Nations Signatories:
John Sunday
Jacob Sunday
Jacob Pazhegezhick
James Sahgahnaquottwabe
Jacob Pahbewun
James Nah-wah-quash-kum
Date document signed
Provenance
Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 119.
About This GRASAC Record
15 June 1838, Mississauga Surrender of Islands in Eastern Ontario, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1844, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 128, http://grasac.org/gks (heritage item id no. 2911, 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).
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Location of treaty lands