Materials

paper, ink, wax

Motifs and Patterns

5 doodemag

Description of Writing/Text

Description of Land Surrendered:

The Chief and Principal men of the Tribe of Chippewa Indians, claiming to be the possessor of Stag Island in the River St. Clair, containing sixty acres, do hereby surrender unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria all their claim to the aforesaid Island. To the end that Her Majesty may be pleased to grant the said Stag Island unto David McCall, of the Town of Sarnia, in the County of Lambton.

Witnesses:

Froome Talfourd, S.I.D.

John S. Thornton

First Nations Signatories:

David Wawanosh

Joshua Wawanosh

Andrew Nageshig

Johnson Wapugais

William Pamussung

George Ashquawonabie

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 mm

Condition: top right corner has a piece missing, worn, torn, and dirty along edges and fold lines

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 Number 203

Publication History

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 211.

GKS Reference Number: 1230

How to Cite this Item

19 January 1857, Stag Island, St. Clair River Surrender, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT 203, http://grasac.org/gks (heritage item id no. 3184, 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).