Mississauga Surrender of Land in Northumberland County, Ontario

Mississauga Surrender of Land in Northumberland County, Ontario

Mississauga Surrender of Land in Northumberland County, Ontario

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Surrender of land, in trust, to be leased to the benefit of the band and payment to be made from a portion of rents collected "to the individual Indians to whom the respective portions have been or may hereafter be allotted". Approximately 1,500 acres of the reserve in the Township of Alnwick, County of Northumberland to be surrendered.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

First Nation surrendering lands

Date Made or Date Range: 1875-09-30
Seasonal time
English: Fall
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Treaty document

Materials

parchment, ink, pink ribbon, black and orange paper seals

Motifs and Patterns

5 circular seals

Description of Writing/Text

Description of Surrendered Land:

The Chiefs and Principal men of the Alnwick Band of Mississauga Indians surrendered unto Her Majesty The Queen, all those certain parcels of land situated in the their reserve in the Township of Alnwick, in the County of Northumberland, containing fifteen hundred acres, described as follows:

All those portions of lots nos. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, and 19 in the 1st Concession, and nos. 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17 in the 2nd Concession of the Township of Alnwick, which were cleared and deemed fit for cultivation.

The money received as rents for the lands shall be paid to the individual Indians to whom respective portions had been previously allotted.

Witnesses:

Wm. Plummer, Supt. and Com. Indian Affairs

R. Brooking, Missionary, Witness

First Nations Signatories:

John Sunday, Chief

George Blaker

Peter Crow

Mitchell Chebb

John Bears

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 mm
Condition: paper edges torn and dirty, fold lines dirty and torn, ink faded, brownish stains
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Date document signed

Current Location: Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Government Archives Division Reference Indian Treaty Number 293
Link to Institution's Collections Database: www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
Publication History

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 2: 26-28.

GKS Reference Number: 1216
How to Cite this Item

30 September 1875, Mississauga Surrender of Land in Northumberland County Ontario, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1847, Reel T-9940, GAD REF IT293, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3339, 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

45.6426, -85.036

Source of Information about Places

Location of treaty lands

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