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Description of Land Sold:

The Sachems and Principal Chiefs of the Huron or Wyandott Tribe of Indians, inhabiting and residing on the Huron Reserve, near Fort Amherstburg, in the Province of Upper Canada, in consideration of the trust and confidence by us reposed in His Most Gracious Majesty King William the Fourth, and in order that His Majesty, His heirs and successors, may grant and dispose of the lands and hereditaments hereinafter comprised and described for the benefit of the said Huron or Wyandott Tribe of Indians in such manner and form and at such price or prices as to His said Majesty, His heirs or successors, shall seem best, have remised, released, surrendered, quitted claim and yielded up, and by these presents do remise, release, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto His said Most Gracious Majesty King William the Fourth, His heirs and successors, all those parcels or tracts of land lying and being situate in the said Huron Reserve, and are butted and bounded or may be known as follows, that is to say: the east parts of lots numbers one and two, and lots numbers three, four, five, six, and seven, in the first concession are thus described:

Commencing on the River Detroit in the limit between lots numbers seven and eight, and at the north-west angle of the said lot number seven; then south eighty-seven degrees and thirty-seven minutes east eighty-seven chains, to the line on the west side of the stone quarry; then south two degrees and twenty-three minutes west twenty chains, to the northern limit of lot number five; then south eighty-seven degrees and thirty seven minutes east nineteen chains fifty links, to the allowance for road in the rear of the first concession; then south two degrees and twenty-three minutes west fifty chains, to the allowance for road between the said Huron Reserve and the Township of Malden; then north eighty-seven degrees and thirty-seven minutes west fifty-seven chains forty-seven links, to the Military Reserve; then north two degrees and twenty-three minutes east twenty-two chains seventy-three links; then north eighty-seven degrees and thirty-seven minutes west forty chains sixty-eight links, to the River Detroit; then northerly along the water’s edge to the place of beginning.

Also, lots numbers thirty, thirty-one, and thirty-two, fronting the River Canard; lots thirty-three and thirty-four, fronting on the main traveled road; and lots numbers thirty-seven, thirty-nine, and forty-two, fronting on the River Detroit; all in the first concession and containing together nine hundred and eighty-seven acres.

Also lots numbers one and two in the second concession, with the exception of twelve and a half acres off of the north-west corner of the said lot number two joining the stone quarry, being the three hundred and eighty-seven and a half acres. Also lots numbers one, two, and three in the third concession, containing together six hundred acres; also lots numbers one, two, and three in the fourth concession, six hundred acres; also lots numbers one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and nine in the fifth concession, one thousand eight hundred acres; also lots numbers one, two, three, four, five, six, nine and ten in the sixth concession, one thousand six hundred acres; also lots numbers one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine and the south half of ten in the seventh concession, one thousand nine hundred acres; also lots numbers one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and nine in the eighth concession, one thousand eight hundred acres – commencing at the north-west angle of each of the said lots respectively; then south two degrees and twenty-three minutes west thirty chains, to the south-west angle of each of the said lots; then south eighty-seven degrees and thirty-seven minutes east sixty-six chains sixty-seven links, to the south-east angle of each of the said lots; then north two degrees and twenty-three minutes east thirty chains, to the north-east angle of each of the said lots; then north eighty-seven degrees and thirty-seven minutes, west sixty-six chains sixty-seven links, to the place of beginning.

Witnesses:

Wm. Duff, J.P. W.D.

Charles Fortier, J.P. W.D.

George Ironside, S.I.A.

Witnesses (Warriors of the Hurons):

Alex Clarke

Thomas McKee

William Clarke

Isaac Driver

John Hunt

Anthony Cotter

Peter Clarke

Francis Cotter

Peter Hunt

F. Cotter

First Nation’s Signatories:

Adam Brown

Joseph Warrow

John Gold

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 103-104.

2 February 1836, Wyandott Land Surrender, Huron Reserve, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1843, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT 114, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 2863, 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).