parchment, wax, ink,

4 doodemag

Description of Land Sold:

Bond Head proposes that the Sauking Indians should surrender to the King the Sauking Territory presently occupied by them, and that they should move to the part of their territory which lies on the north of Owen Sound, upon which proper houses shall be built, and proper assistance given to enable them to become civilized.

Witnesses:

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

Joseph Stinson, Genl. Supt. Of Weslayan Missions

Adam Elliot

James Evans

F.L. Ingall, Lieut. 15th Regt. Commandg. Detacht.

Talfourd W. Field, Dist. Agent.

First Nation’s Signatories:

F.B. Head

Metiewabe

Alexander Kaquta Bunevairear

Kowgisawis

Mettawansh

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 113.

9 August 1836, Surrender of Saugeen Peninsula, Lake Huron, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1844, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 121, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 2866, 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).