paper, wax, ink

The marks of four First Nations signatories

Description of Land Sold:

John Natty and Frederick Fisher, Chiefs of he Band of Chippewa Indians of the Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex, and Western District of the Province of Canada, in Council assembled, to hereby surrender and yield up unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria, all our rights, title, interest, claim, property, and demand in and to that tract or parcel of land situated in Block C of the township, county, district and province aforesaid, being composed of lot number five in the fourth concession, and the north half of lot number four in the fourth concession of the said township, containing 300 acres. To the end and purpose that Her said Majesty, may be graciously pleased to order and direct that the said 300 acres of land be disposed of by bargain and sale, and the monies arising therefrom to be applied in the erection of buildings and the purchase of working oxen, farming implements, seed grain, and such other articles as may be required for the settlement of the said band of Indians on Walpole Island in the Western District aforesaid.

Witnesses:

V.W. Taylor, Major R.C.R. Regt.

J.W. Peto, Lieut. R.C.R. Regt.

Thomas Alex Clark, Interpreter, Indian Dept.

First Nations Signatories:

John Natty

Frederick Fisher

Tawa-ke Shecase

Edward Natty

Crown Signatories:

J.B. Clench V.S.I.A.

I.G. Campbell, Major Secretary

R.A. Tucker, Registrar

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 160-161.

18 January 1848, Surrender of Land in Anderdon Township, Essex County, Ontario, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, GAD REF IT 154, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3066, 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).