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The Chiefs and Warriors belonging to the Chippewa Tribe of Indians of Lakes Huron and Simcoe do surrender to the Crown a tract of land on the road leading from Coldwater to the Narrows of Lake Simcoe, in consideration of the tribe receiving an annual payment of interest from 1/3 of the proceeds of the sale.

Witnesses:

J. Givins, C.S.I.A.

W.B. Robinson, M.P.P.

William Hepburn

First Nation's Signatories:

Yellow Head

John Aisance

Thomas Naineshunk

Wahbone Young

Shawgashe

Big Shilling

James Bigwing

Joseph Shilling

Benjamin Joseph

Henry Jones

Henry Stanour

John Pawgawaznine

Shawwenwabung

Crown Signatories:

F.B. Head, Lt. Governor

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 117.

26 November 1836, Provisional Surrender of Land in Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1844, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 126, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 2906, 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).