Collection search - Surrender of Reserve Land in District of London by Chippewa Indians - IT 105

GAD Reference number: IT 105;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 37
Aboriginal people(s): Tribe of Chippewa Indians;
Aboriginal individual(s): Kanotang, John Tamicoo, Muskokomon, Yawbass, Chicken, John Riley, Masquononja, Charlo, John Mundiway;
Other party(ies): King William IV
Type of Document: Surrender of reserve land - Docket title: "Surrender"
Specific purpose(s): In consideration of a payment of 5 shillings to each signator, a surrender of a parcel of land except 40 acres to be selected by the Surveyor-General for use by the Indians
Land involved: A tract of land which is part of the Indian Reserve in the District of London - See document
Form: Manuscript original

Title supplied from contents.

The document is on parchment and has a decoratively cut top edge. Red ink is used for border and decoration. The document has nine doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) signatures and nine red wax seals which are stamped with two people on a seesaw. Nine white ribbons are woven through parchment with the wax seals attached. Additionally, there is a pink ribbon, probably used to attach map, situated in the top left corner.

Parts of the document are dirty and yellowed. The ink is also faded.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 90-91.

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

IT 106 - map