Collection search - Surrender of the Naywash Reserve To Her Majesty the Queen - IT 208

GAD Reference number: IT 208;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 82
Aboriginal people(s): Nawash Band of Chippewa Indians;
Aboriginal individual(s): Sachem Chiefs Peter Jones Kegedance and George A. Tabegwun, and John Thomas Wobatick, John Snake, Abner Elliott, John Johnson and Charles Keeshick;
Other party(ies): Queen Victoria
Type of Document: Surrender of land - Docket title: "Surrender of the Naywash Reserve To Her Majesty the Queen"
Specific purpose(s): Surrender of reserve land to be sold for the benefit of the Band subject to deductions for the expense of survey and the management of the land sales. In addition, 4 conditions to be fulfilled - See document
Land involved: Nawash Reserve, lying to the west of Owen Sound on Georgian Bay, Township of Sarawak containing 10,000 acres - See document
Form: Manuscript original

The document is on parchment. Red ink is used for a double-lined border. There are nine red wax seals and three dark green ribbons, with the wax seals located on top.

The document is dirty and worn along fold lines. Ink is faded randomly and there is some yellowing.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 213-214.

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

IT 209 - Order in Council