Collection search - Surrender - Chippewas of Sarnia to Her Majesty the Queen - Right of Way for the Great Western R.R. Co. - IT 175

GAD Reference number: IT 175;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 71-1/2
Aboriginal people(s): Tribe of Chippewa Indians;
Aboriginal individual(s): Joshua Waywanosh, Andrew Nageeshigk, Jackson Wopagass, William Paneosang, Gordon Corning, Joseph Ashgwagwonabie, Thomas Nayonnquott;
Other party(ies): Queen Victoria
Type of Document: Surrender of land - Docket title: "Surrender Chippewas of Sarnia to Her Majesty the Queen Right of Way for the Great Western R.R. Co."
Specific purpose(s): Surrender of land to be sold to the Great Western Railway Company of Canada in consideration of a payment of 2400 pounds currency
Land involved: 24-1/2 acres including 10 water lots fronting on the St. Clair River situated on the Upper Reserve in the Township of Sarnia, County of Lambton
Form: Manuscript original

The document has seven doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) signatures and seven covered seals with white lids. The document is on blue paper.

The document is laminated with tissue. It is dirty and pieces are missing along fold lines. The edges are worn and torn, with pieces missing. The bottom right corner is also missing.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 193-194.

This document is also available on microfilm reel T-9939.

IT 176 - Order in Council, IT 177 - map