The Chippewa Indians to Her Majesty - Surrender of Stag Island in the River St. Clair - IT 205

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The Chippewa Indians to Her Majesty - Surrender of Stag Island in the River St. Clair - IT 205

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Treaties, surrenders and agreements

Treaties and surrenders

The Chippewa Indians to Her Majesty - Surrender of Stag Island in the River St. Clair - IT 205
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The Chippewa Indians to Her Majesty - Surrender of Stag Island in the River St. Clair - IT 205

Date:

[between 1857-1869].

Reference:

RG10, Volume number: 1845/IT205, Microfilm reel number: T-9939

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Subset of Collections and Fonds:

Treaties, Surrenders and Agreements

Item ID number:

3970895

Date(s):

[between 1857-1869].

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

1 sheet folded in half = 2 leaves; each leaf 27 x 42 cm (10-1/2" x 16-1/2").

Language of material:

English

Additional information:

General note:

GAD Reference number: IT 205;
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 Ashguawonabie;
Other party(ies): Governor General in Council and Queen Victoria
Type of Document: Surrender of land and Order in Council - Docket title: "The Chippewa Indians to Her Majesty Surrender of Stag Island in the River St. Clair"
Specific purpose(s): The surrender of an island to the Queen in order that it be granted to a specified person and the resulting acceptance of the surrender by Order in Council
Land involved: Stag Island composed of 60 acres located in the St. Clair River
Form: Manuscript "true and faithful copy"

Physical description note:

The document has five doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) signatures which were reproduced by a copyist.

Note on the state of conservation:

The document is laminated with tissue. The edges and corners are dirty. There are six small tears.

Citation/reference note:

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

Availability of other formats note:

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

Dates of creation note:

Dated to August 19, 1869 - copied and recorded; January 19, 1857 - date of surrender.

Related material:

IT 203 - Surrender, IT 204 - Copy of Order in Council

Container note(s):

T-9939 : Copies sur microfilm (vols. 1840-1853B) Copy No. 1
T-9939 : Copies sur microfilm (vols. 1840-1853B) Copy No. 2
T-9939 : Microfilmed copies (vols. 1840-1853B) Copy No. 3
T-9939 : Copies sur microfilm (vols. 1840-1853B) Copy No. 4
T-9939 : Microfilmed copies (vols. 1840-1853B) Copy No. 5

Source:

Government

Former archival reference no.:

RG10

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