Collection search - Surrender by the Chippewas of Sarnia of Stag Island in River St. Clair - IT 203

GAD Reference number: IT 203;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 80-1/2
Aboriginal people(s): Chippewa Indians;
Aboriginal individual(s): David Wawanosh, Joshua Wawanosh, Andrew Nageshig, Johnson Wapugais, William Pamussung, George Asquawonubie;
Other party(ies): Queen Victoria and David McCall
Type of Document: Surrender of land and extinguishment of title - Docket title: "Surrender by Chippewas of Sarnia of Stag Island in River St. Clair"
Specific purpose(s): A surrender of land in order that it may be granted to a specified individual
Land involved: 60 acres contained on Stag Island in the St. Clair River
Form: Manuscript original

The document has five doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) signatures and six seals covered with brown paper.

The document is laminated with tissue. It is worn, torn and dirty along edges and fold lines. The top right corner has a piece missing. The document possibly previously bound to a copy of the Order in Council.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, page 211.

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

IT 204 - Copy of Order in Council, IT 205 - Copy of Order in Council and surrender