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Description of Land Surrendered:

The Chiefs and Principal Men of the Mississauga Tribe of Indians settled and inhabiting the borders of Rice Lake, Mud Lake and Scugog Lake, in the Newcastle and Colborne Districts, do surrender unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria, in trust to be sold to the advantage of the Indians, all and singular the islands and mainland lying in the Newcastle and Colborne Districts including the islands in Rice Lake, save and except the lands now occupied by the Tribe.

Witnesses:

Jno. Short

Luke T. Skye

M.G. Paudauh, Interpreter

John Fawn

James Schofield

William Marsden

Jacob Crane Jr.

Crown Signatories:

T.G. Anderson, S.I.A.

First Nation Signatories:

George Paudaush

John Crow

Robert Soper

Peter Nogee

John Bigman

Jacob Crane

James McCue

Peter Patchey

Isaac Irons

Joseph Muskrat

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

The Superintendent General of Indian Affairs submitted two deeds of surrender by the Mississauga Indians of Rice and Mud Lakes, and by the Mississaugas of Alnwick. Both surrenders carry one stipulation: that the monies arising from the sale of the lands may be invested for the benefits of the bands surrendering.

The Mississauga's of Mud and Rice Lake surrender islands in Rice Lake, and all the islands and mainland lying in the Newcastle and Colborne Districts (except the reservations on the shores of Rice, Mud and Scugog Lakes. There were some doubts as to whether these islands were not included in a former surrender.

The Mississauga's of Alnwick cede the islands belonging to them in the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario, Weller's Bay and the River St. Lawrence, and certain lands on the mainland (the ground on the mainland and the islands in the St. Lawrence are claimed by other parties however).

The S.G.I.A. suggests that it is advisable to insert a stipulation that the monies going to benefit the Mississauga's of Alnwick should be held binding only so far as the title of that band be found good.

Signatories:

William H. Lee, C.E.C.

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 205-208.

14 July 1856, Mississauga Surrender of Rice Lake Islands, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT199, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3316, 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).