Collection search - Release of Indian Reserve on the River Credit - IT 072

GAD Reference number: IT 072;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 23
Aboriginal people(s): Mississagua Nation;
Aboriginal individual(s): Acheton, Newoiquequah, Woiqueshequome, Paushetaunoquitoke, and Wabakagigo;
Other party(ies): King George III
Type of Document: Surrender of reserve lands - Docket title: "Release of Indian Reserve on the River Credit"
Specific purpose(s): In consideration of a one time payment of 50 pounds, an agreement to surrender a parcel of land on the Indian Reserve on the River Credit, including all woods and waters
Land involved: 2000 acres of land as described on the River Credit in the Township of Toronto, County of York
Form: Manuscript duplicate

The document is on parchment. The top edge is scalloped. There is red-lined border and underling. The document has five doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) signatures on each side and seven red wax seals covering a light blue ribbon which is woven through the parchment.

The document is brittle and there is some yellowing of the parchment. There is also a stain along the bottom edge.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 53-54.

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

Exhibition Title: Treasured Memories 2: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition. [125th Anniversary of the National Archives]. Curator: Martin Tétreault, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1998.06.15 - 1998.09.30 (Indian Treaty - IT 072 - RG10 - vol. 1842 - February 28, 1820), Exhibition Title: Treasured Memories 3: A National Archives of Canada Exhibition. [125th Anniversary of the National Archives]. Curator: Martin Tétreault, National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 1998.11.10 - 1999.11.30 (Indian Treaty - IT 072 - RG10 - vol. 1842 - February 28, 1820)

IT 071 - original surrender, IT 073 - contemporary copy of surrender, IT 074 - copy of surrender, IT 075 - map copy