Collection search - Surrender - Tootoominaie to Her Majesty the Queen - One Mile Square at Gros Cap Michipiceton - IT183

GAD Reference number: IT 183;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 75
Aboriginal people(s): Band or Tribe at Gros Cap;
Aboriginal individual(s): Chief Tootoominaie;
Other party(ies): Queen Victoria
Type of Document: Surrender of land. Docket title: "Surrender Tootoominaie to Her Majesty the Queen One Mile Square at Gros Cap Michipiceton"
Specific purpose(s): A surrender of land to be sold and the proceeds to be invested for the use and benefit of the Indians
Land involved: The whole of Gros Cap being on the north shore of Lake Superior and extending as for Northward as may be necessary to produce the said Square Mile or Six hundred and forty Acres of land
Form: Manuscript original

The document has one doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) signature and two red wax seals.

The document is laminated with tissue. It is worn along fold lines. The top right corner and central piece are missing. There is also yellow staining on reverse. Two small holes in top left corner were used to bind document to the Order in Council.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 199-200.

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

IT 184 - Order in Council