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Deed of surrender transmitted to the Executive Council by the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs relating that the Chippewa Indians residing on the shores of Lakes Couchiching, Simcoe, and Huron had surrendered 1,150 acres of land, consisting of four islands; and stating the only conditions attached to the surrender are that a church shall be build out of the principal arising from sales, that they Tribe shall be provided with a copy of the treaty document, and that interest shall be paid annually to them. The Committee then recommended that the deed be accepted.

Signatories:

Wm. 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: 205.

5 June 1856, Report from Superintendent General of Indian Affairs in Regards to Island Surrender, Lakes Simcoe, Huron, and Couchiching, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT 191, http://grasac.org/gks (heritage item id no. 3176, 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).