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Description of Surrendered Land:

The Chiefs and members of the Thessalon River Band of Indians do surrender unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria, the whole of the land reserved for them under the Treaty of 1850, on the following conditions:

1.) Land is to be sold for the benefit of the Indians, and the interest accruing from the invested proceeds of such sales to be annually divided among them.

2.) The sum of 500 dollars to be divided among them

3.) Indians agreed to remove to the Garden River Reserve, where each family shall receive forty acres.

4.) The Indians have the privilege of purchasing a lot of 80 acres at the upset price.

5.) Those who have made improvements on the reserve shall receive the value of those improvements.

Witnesses:

R.T. Pennefather, Superintendent General

George Ironside, Indian Affairs

Robert Law Ogilvy

F. Assikinack, Interpreter

First Nations Signatories:

Ahyakwahkwahmig

Kezhegut

Ahzhahwegezhig

Joseph Babahmesay

Penashe

Nayahnahgwud

Jahchegwa

Ahssinahbikokwa

Nebenagezhegokwa

Nahahgahmeekwa

Ekwawish

Pejewekwa

Odahyaundaubekwa

Wanoogezhig

Ahshaugashee

Nahmawishkish

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 231-232.

11 June 1859, Thessalon River Land Surrender, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT 231, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3215, 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).