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Sketch and Copy of the Provisional Agreement for Penetanguishene
Sketch and Copy of the Provisional Agreement for Penetanguishene
Sketch and Copy of the Provisional Agreement for Penetanguishene
An agreement by the Chippewa Nation to surrender unto the Crown, a tract of land located in Penetanguishene upon the receipt of 100 pounds currency worth of goods to be paid to the Indians. See IT017 - Original Surrender Agreement, IT018 - Map, IT019 - Provisional Agreement.
First Nation surrendering land
Treaty document
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parchment, ink,
4 doodemag (reproduced by copyist), 3 toned map
Description of Agreement:
The Chiefs of the Chippewa Nation ceded unto the Crown lands described in a surrender of 1798, bounded by a line to be drawn from the head of Opetiquayawsing to Nottoway Sague Bay, including the harbour of Penetanguishene, running west twenty degrees north and coloured red. Goods to the amount of 100 pounds Quebec currency were to be given to the Indians.
Witnesses:
J. Givins, Lieut. 2nd Regt.
George Cown
Witnesses on the Part of the Province of Upper Canada:
Alex Aiken, D. Sy'r. U.C.
W. Johnson Chew
W. Kuper, I.D.
First Nations Signatories:
Chabondasheam
Kuwaycamekeshcam
Ningasam
Wabuninguan
Date document signed
Provenance
Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 16-17.
About This GRASAC Record
19 May 1795, Sketch and Copy of the Provisional Agreement for Penetanguishene, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1840, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT020, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3260, 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).
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Location of treaty lands