Collection search - Surrender by the Chippewas of Lakes Huron and Simcoe of land on 'Christian Island' - IT 193

GAD Reference number: IT 193;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 76 (does not directly relate to I.A. no. 76 but is numbered 76).
Aboriginal people(s): Chippewas;
Aboriginal individual(s): Peter Kenese, William Yellow Head and others;
Other party(ies): Queen Victoria
Type of Document: Surrender of land and extinguishment of title
Specific purpose(s): Surrender of land to be sold for the benefit of the Indians, the land to be utilized in conjunction with the adjacent lighthouse
Land involved: 10 acres of land adjoining a light house situated on "Christian Island" in Georgian Bay on Lake Huron
Form: Manuscript original

Title supplied from contents.

The document has 15 doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) signatures, in two columns under pencil writing "Each Totem under", and 15 covered seals. Red ink is used for underlining.

The document is laminated with tissue. The fold lines are worn, and dirty. The edges are also worn. This document does not appear in Coles and does not relate directly to I.A. no. 76 but is numbered 76 on back in pencil.

Does not appear in Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint).

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

The document is dated with only the year.

IT 188 - Original surrender, IT 189 - Duplicate surrender, IT 190 - Listing of Islands, IT 191 - Report of SGIA, IT 192 - Order in Council