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Description of Treaty Document:

The Chiefs and Principal Men of the Chippewa and Munsee Bands agreed to surrender unto the Crown for the purpose of being sold for their benefit, all the oak, elm, rock and walnut timber now standing within the limits of the said reserve. The following conditions were set:

1. One half of the bonus obtained at the sale of the timber to be distributed among the band as soon as it was received

2. The remainder of the bonus and sum realizing to be invested for the benefit of the said band and the interest distributed half yearly

3. The dues to be paid on the timber in addition to the bonus, to be the same as collected on Government timber in Quebec.

Witnesses:

Wm. Spragge, D.S.I.A.

Froome Talfourd, V.S.I.D.

First Nations Signatories:

John Tomego

Capt. Thomas

Thos. Snake

Thos. Fisher

Nelson Beaver

George Miskokomon

John Wampum

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 238.

26 September 1862, Timber Surrender Caradoc Township, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1846, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT 239, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3224, 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).