Materials

paper, wax, ink

Motifs and Patterns

12 doodemag, 12 red wax seals (with possibly and "s" stamp)

Description of Writing/Text

Description of Land Sold:

The Chiefs of the Chippewa Tribe of Indians residing at Saugeen and at Owen Sound, have surrendered and do hereby surrender unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria, all and singular that certain tract or parcel of land and premises situated, in the Counties of Grey and Bruce, in the Province of Canada, and composed at the southerly part of the lands commonly called and known by the name of the Saugeen Tract, which is bounded on the south by Lake Huron and the Huron District, and on the north by the Georgian Bay, and comprised within the following limits: commencing on the present southern limit of said Indian tract at the intersection thereof by the easterly side of the allowance for road between the forth and fifth concessions of the Township of Derby, being about three miles westerly from the Indian Village of Neywash; then north nine degrees west forty chains, statute measure, to a post to be planted; then south seventy-six degrees fifteen minutes west, or parallel with the said southerly line of limit of the said Indian lands, twelve hundred chains, or to within about two miles of the Indian Village of Saugeen; then south nine degrees east forty chains to the said southern present limit of the said Indian lands; then north seventy-six degrees and fifteen minutes east twelve hundred chains to the place of beginning, containing four thousand and eight hundred acres of land. This land is surrendered to Her Majesty in trust for the purpose of being sold to the best advantage, and the proceeds thereof to be invested in such a fund or funds as the Governor General or other person administering the Government of Canada for the time being may direct, for the benefit of the said tribe and their posterity.

Witnesses:

C. Rankine, D.P.S.

John Frost

Francis Assikinnek, Interpreter

David Sawyer, Interpreter

First Nations Signatories:

Jacob Metegob

Alex Madwayosh

John Kewayuahwon

John Manedowob

John Wahsageyhig

Joseph R. James

John T. Wabbabdick

John Jones

Thomas Wahbahdick

John Snake

George Ryerson

George Arthur Tabegum

Crown Signatories:

T.G. Anderson, S.I.A.

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 mm

Condition: torn along fold lines, small pieces missing, small brown circular stains, edges worn and dirty

Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Date document signed

Current Location: Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Government Archives Division Reference Indian Treaty No. 162

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: 169.

GKS Reference Number: 1254

How to Cite this Item

2 September 1851, Saugeen Tract Surrender, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT162, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3098, 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).