Provisional Agreement for Penetanguishene

Provisional Agreement for Penetanguishene

Provisional Agreement for Penetanguishene

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Introduction

An agreement by the Chippewa Nation to surrender unto the Crown, a tract of land located in Penetanguishene upon the receipt of 100 pounds currency worth of goods to be paid to the Indians. See IT017 - Original Surrender Agreement, IT018 - Map, IT020 - Copy of Provisional Agreement.

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

First Nation surrendering lands

Place of Origin: Toronto, ON
Date Made or Date Range: 1795-05-19
Seasonal time
English: Spring
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Treaty document.

Materials

black and brown ink, parchment, wax

Motifs and Patterns

4 doodemag

Description of Writing/Text

Description of Agreement:

The Chiefs of the Chippewa Nation ceded unto the Crown lands described in a surrender of 1798, bounded by a line to be drawn from the head of Opetiquayawsing to Nottoway Sague Bay, including the harbour of Penetanguishene, running west twenty degrees north and coloured red. Goods to the amount of 100 pounds Quebec currency were to be given to the Indians.

Witnesses:

J. Givins, Lieut. 2nd Regt.

George Cown

Witnesses on the Part of the Province of Upper Canada:

Alex Aiken, D. Sy'r. U.C.

W. Johnson Chew

W. Kuper, I.D.

First Nations Signatories:

Chabondasheam

Kuwaycamekeshcam

Ningasam

Wabuninguan

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 mm
Condition: edges worn and torn
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Date document signed

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Government Archives Division Reference Indian Treaty Number 019
Link to Institution's Collections Database: www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
Publication History

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 16-17.

GKS Reference Number: 1499
How to Cite this Item

19 May 1795, Provisional Agreement for Penetanguishene, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1840, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT019, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3259, accessed [date]).

Record Creation Context

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).

Approximate Place of Origin

43.6511, -79.347

Source of Information about Places

Location of treaty lands