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Description of Land Sold:

In consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful money of the Province of Canada by Her said Majesty to the said Principal Chiefs and Warriors of the Indian tribes commonly known as the Chippewas of Lakes Huron and Simcoe well and truly paid at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof they do hereby acknowledge, and for in consideration of the further condition and trust hereinafter contained and expressed, the Chiefs of the Chippewas of Lake Huron and Simcoe hath granted, bargained, sold, released, and surrendered all that piece of land 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 2, 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 line 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 center of the 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 township line between the Townships of Orillia and Medonte; then north thirty 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.

Witnesses:

Adam Paterson, Commissioner Queen’s Bench,

John Simpson

Joseph Nanegishkung, Interpreter

Certified,

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

Witness to the signature of James Aissance:

W.B. Hamilton

John Simpson

Witness to the signature of John Jones:

Charles Keeshick, Interpreter

John Simpson

Witness to the signature of Peter Gadahgegwun:

Fred. C.M. Fraser

John Simpson

First Nations Signatories:

Chief William Yellowhead

Chief Thomas Naningishkung

Chief James Bigwind

Chief George Young

Chief Joseph Snake

Chief John Aissance

Chief James Aissance

Chief John Jones

Peter Gadahgegwun

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 167-168.

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, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT160, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3096, 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).