paper, brown ink, wax

6 doodemag, 1 crown seal

Description of Lands Sold:

Tract of land is situated at the head of Lake Ontario. It begins at the north bank of Burlington Bay in them limit between the lands purchased from the Mississauga’s and the lands intended to be purchased from the Mississauga’s for Captain Joseph Brant, that being the south-eastern angle of the purchase line, 288 chains more or less; then north 45 degrees east 120 chains; then sourth 45 degrees east to the mouth of a small creek (which empties into Lake Ontario) called by the Indians Lamabinicon; then westerly along the shore of Lake Ontario to where the Sandy Beach joins to the mainland; then along the eastern shore of the said beach to the outlet from the Little Lake or Burlington Bay as aforesaid; and then north 45 degrees west to the place of beginning, containing 3,450 acres may there be more or less. Included in the land are all the waters and woods situated within the area. The land is sold to William Claus, Esquire, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, on behalf of King George III. The purchase price is 75 pounds, 2 shillings, and sixpence Quebec currency, paid in the value of goods to the Mississauga’s.

Crown Signatories:

Witnesses:

William Claus, Esquire, Superintendent of Indian Affairs

Robert Nelles

George Chisholm

Howard Douglas

John Bronhead

W. Johnson Chew

J.B. Rousseaux

First Nation’s Signatories:

Wabamp

Quanibbenon

Potaquan

Okemabenasse

Wabanoseh

Tabandon

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 22-23.

21 August 1797, Sale of Lands at the Head of Lake Ontario in Upper Canada, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1840, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 029, http://grasac.org/gks (heritage item id no. 2481, 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).