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Description of Surrendered Land:

The Chiefs and Principal Men of the Wyandott Indians resident in the Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex, on the Detroit River, surrendered unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria a certain parcel of land situated in the Province of Canada being the island in the Detroit River known as Fighting Island, Turkey Island or Ile d'Inde. A portion of the moneys received from the sale of the land was to be set aside for the benefit of the Indians

Witnesses:

G.W. Leggatt, Judge County Court, County of Essex

Froome Talfourd, V.S.I.A.

First Nations Signatories:

Joseph White

Alex Clarke

Joseph Warrow Sr.

Alexis M. Splitlog

George Clarke

P. White

Thos. B. White

Joseph Warrow Jr.

James Clarke

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 240.

27 February 1863, Wyandott Surrender of Detroit River Island, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1846, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT 244, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3227, 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).