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Description of Surrendered Land:

The Principal Chiefs of the Ojibewa Indians of the River St. Clair and Chenail Ecarte in the Province of Canada do surrender to Her Majesty the Queen a tract of land situated in the Western District of the Province of Canada, in the Township of Moore being one mile in extent along the edge of the river and extending four miles back and being bounded on the south by the town line between Sombra and Moore, known as the Lower Indian Reservem and containing two thousand six hundred and seventy-five acres, in trust for the the benefit of the said Indians, that it may be granted and disposed of as Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, may deem most advisable, and for no other use, trust, intent, or purpose whatsoever.

Witnesses:

Samuel P. Jarvis, Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs

T.W. Keating, A.S.I.A.

First Nations Signatories:

Cheogema

Shawanaw

Quay-qua-kebone

Petwegeshig

Kekanasawa

George Anse

Kyosh

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 128-129.

18 August 1843, Ojibwe of the River St. Clair Land Surrender, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1843, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT115, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3311, 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).