parchment, ink, wax

Description of Land Sold:

The Sachems and Chief Warriors of the Mississauga Tribe of Indians of the Bay of Quinte in consideration of the trust and confidence in His Most Gracious Majesty King William the Fourth, and in order that His said Most Gracious 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 Majesty, His heirs and successors, shall deem best, do remise, release, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto His Majesty King William the Fourth, His heirs and successors, all and singular those certain pieces or parcels of land known and described by the Surveyor General of the said Province as lots twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, and thirty-one on the Bay of Quinte, in front of the first concession of the Tonwship of Thurlow, in the County of Hastings, Midland District, of the said Province, 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 Indians, and upon and for no other use, trust, end, intent or purpose whatsoever.

Witnesses:

J.B. Clench, Superintendent of Indian Affairs

Silvester Hurlburt

Charles W. Warren

First Nation’s Signatories:

John Sunday

Jacob Pathegezhick

Jacob Sunday

James Sahgahnahquothoabe

Jacob Pahbewun

James Nahwahquashkum

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 99-100.

15 December 1835, Mississauga Surrender of Land on the Bay of Quinté, Ontario, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1843, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 111, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 2854, 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).