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Description of Surrendered Land:

The Principal village and war Chiefs of the Ottawa and Chippewa Nations of Detroit, in consideration of the goodwill, friendship, and affection which they had for Alexander McKee who served with them during the late war, have granted unto His Majesty George III a certain tract of land situated on the south side of the Detroit River, beginning at the line granted on the 7th day of June 1784, by the Ottawas and Hurons to Indian officers, and running an easterly course along said line until it arrives at the end of seven English miles; from there a northerly course bearing always in breadth seven English miles from the said River Detroit till it strikes the most northerly branch of the River Canard; then down the said branch and River Canard to the mouth thereof, and from thence down the River Detroit to the place of beginning. Also an island in the mouth of the River Detroit, commonly known by the name of Bois Blanc.

Witnesses:

Thos. Williams

John Clarke

Daniel Fields

First Nations Signatories:

Eqcesrawa, Bear Tribe

Hiquelow, Bear Tribe

Kensavanse, Wolf Tribe

Pandiac

Assinowa

Shaboqui, Chippewa, Eagle Tribe

Hawquosseau, Chippewa, Eagle Tribe

Misquieawpawn

Tickoouoegossow

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 272-273.

15 May 1786, Ottawa Surrender of Land in Lambton County, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1846, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT 252, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3235, 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).