Sale of Lands at the Head of Lake Ontario in Upper Canada

Sale of Lands at the Head of Lake Ontario in Upper Canada

Sale of Lands at the Head of Lake Ontario in Upper Canada

top image
Images
Introduction

Sale of a tract of land on Lake Ontario including soil, woods, water and title upon receipt of 75 pounds 2 shillings 6 pence of Quebec currency in value of good

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

Sellers of treaty lands

Date Made or Date Range: 1797-08-21
Seasonal time
English: Summer
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Treaty document.

Materials

paper, brown ink, wax

Motifs and Patterns

6 doodemag, 1 crown seal

Description of Writing/Text

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

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 mm
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 029
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: 22-23.

GKS Reference Number: 1450
How to Cite this Item

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]).

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

43.3, -78.1

Source of Information about Places

Location of treaty lands