Collection search - The Chiefs of the Chippawa Nation to His Majesty George III - Lease of 250,000 Acres of land for a year - IT 048

GAD Reference number: IT 048;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 16
Aboriginal people(s): Chippawaw Nation of Indians;
Aboriginal individual(s): Kinaybicoinini, Aisaince and Misquuckkey;
Other party(ies): King George III
Type of Document: Lease Agreement
Specific purpose(s): Indenture to lease a parcel of land for the term of one year in consideration of 5 shillings a piece
Land involved: 250,000 acres of land between Kempenfell Bay upon Lake Simcoe and Lake Huron in the Home District (Simcoe County) - See document
Form: Manuscript original or duplicate

The document has three doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) signatures and three covered seals.

The document is laminated with tissue. There are small holes throughout the document and evidence of tears. Ink smears are present near the doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) signatures. There is also some discolouration, possibly from conservation techniques.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 42-43.

This document is also available on microfilm reel T-9938.

IT 047 - original or duplicate, IT 049 - original surrender, IT 050 - duplicate surrender