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On a report from the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, submitting two deeds of surrender for approval executed by the Chippewas of the River St. Clair, yielding up their right to an island called Keshebahahnelegoo Menesha, in the River St. Clair, and another island called Peach Island at the upper part of the River Detroit. The Superintendent General wishes that these islands should not come into the hands of any other than British subjects. The committee then recommends that the surrenders be approved.

Witnesses:

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: 222.

21 July 1857, Order in Council Regarding Peach Island & St. Clair River Island Surrender, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT 218, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3196, 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).