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Description of Surrendered Land:

The Chiefs and Principal men of the Chippewa Indians residing on Walpole Island surrender unto Her Majesty the Queen a certain parcel of land lying at the upper part of the River Detroit, called Peach Island. The land is to be sold for the benefit of the Indians.

Witnesses:

Andrew Jamieson, Missionary

Peter Jacobs, Interpreter

W.R. Bartlett, Witness to the signatures of Mr. Pennefather and Mr. Worthington

Crown Signatories:

R.T. Pennefather, Superintendent General

Thomas Worthington, I.C.

Froome Talfourd, S.I.A.

First Nations Signatories:

Peter Wegezhig

Oshuk-wuh-noo

Kah-yah-ge-waush

Nawuh-je-gezhig

Thomas Buckwheat

Show Bogezhig

Pah-eence

Frederick Fisher

Pah-duh-sung

Meshuk-gwak-nuh-am

Na-tuk-waush

Kah-yaushk

Pa-shak-nuh-quodt

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 220-221.

21 July 1857, Peach Island Surrender, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT 217, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3195, 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).