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Description of Land Sold:

In consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful money by Her Majesty to the Chiefs and Principal men of the Chippewas of Lakes Huron and Simcoe, the said Indians do surrender to her Majesty all that certain piece or parcel of land and premises situated in the northern division of the Township of Orillia, in the County of Simcoe, and in the Province of Canada, being composed of part of lot number two in the first concession of the said northern division of the said Township of Orillia, and commencing at a post planted on the north side of said lot, being twenty-one chains and thirty-three links from the north-west angle of the said lot; then north sixty degrees east twelve chains to the centre of said first concession to a post there planted; then south thirty degrees east one chain forty links, to a post planted and forming the jog in the said north side line; then north sixty degrees east eight chains to a post there planted; then south thirty degrees east eight chains twenty-five links to a post there planted; then south sixty degrees west forty-one chains thirty-three links, to the township line between the Townships of Orillia and Medonte; then north thirty-three degrees west one chain; then north sixty degrees east twenty-one chains thirty-three links to a post there planted; then north thirty degrees west eight chains and sixty-five links, to the place of beginning; containing twenty acres and fifty perches of land. The land has been transferred to the Crown for the purpose of sale and the future benefit of the Indians.

Witnesses:

Adam Paterson, Comm’r Queen’s Bench

John Simpson

Joseph Naningeshkung, Interpreter

W.B. Hamilton, witness to the signature of:

James Aissance

John Simpson, witness to the signature of:

John Jones

Charles Keeshick, Interpreter

John Simpson, Frederick C.M. Fraser, witness to the signature of:

Peter Gadahgegwun

John Simpson

First Nations Signatories:

Chief William Yellowhead

Chief Thomas Naningeshkung

Chief James Bigwind

Chief George Young

Chief Joseph Snake

Chief John Aissance

Chief James Aissance

Chief John Jones

Peter Gadahgegwun

Crown Signatories:

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

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 159-160.

17 June 1852, Surrender of Land in North Orillia Township, Simcoe County, Ontario, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, GAD REF IT 153, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3065, 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).