paper, ink, wax

10 doodemag (reproduced by copyist), 10 diamond shapes (to represent seals with covers)

Description of Land Sold:

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

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 206-207.

24 June 1856, Mississauga Surrender of Rice Lake Islands, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT 197, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3180, 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).