Materials

blue paper, ink, wax

Motifs and Patterns

7 doodemag

Description of Writing/Text

Description of Land Sold:

The Chiefs and Principal Men of the Tribe of Chippewa Indians occupying and claiming to be the sold possessors of a certain tract of land in the Township of Sarnia, in the County of Lambton and Province of Canada, known and described as the Upper Reserve on the River St. Clair, in consideration of the sum of 2,400 pounds currency, do surrender unto Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, all our claim, right, and title to several pieces of land described on the map hereunto annexed, containing 24.5 acres of land, including 10 water lots fronting the River St. Clair, to the end and purpose that Her Majesty may be pleased to order and direct that the land and water lots shall be sold to the Great Western Railway Company of Canada, their heirs and assigns forever.

Witnesses:

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

H.P. Chase, I.I.D.

David B. Wawanosh

First Nations Signatories:

Joshua Wawanosh

Andrew Nageesheigk

Jackson Wupagass

William Pomussang

Gordon Corning

George Ashgwonabie

Thomas Nayonnquodt

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 mm

Condition: bottom right corner missing, dirty, pieces missing along fold lines, edges worn and torn.

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. 175

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: 193-194.

GKS Reference Number: 1285

How to Cite this Item

10 May 1854, Surrender of Land to Great Western Railway Co. of Canada, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT175, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3127, 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).