Collection search - Surrender by Chippewas of Walpole Island of Peach Island at the Upper part of River Detroit - IT 217

GAD Reference number: IT 217;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 85
Aboriginal people(s): Chippewa tribe of Indians;
Aboriginal individual(s): Peterwegezhig and others
Other party(ies): R.T. Pennefather, T. Worthington; and F. Talfourd, on behalf of the Indian Department for Queen Victoria
Type of Document: Surrender of land and extinguishment of title. Docket title: "Surrender by Chippewas of Walpole Island of Peach Island at the Upper part of River Detroit"
Specific purpose(s): Surrender of land to be sold for the benefit of the Indians
Land involved: "Peach Island" lying in the upper part of the Detroit River
Form: Manuscript original or duplicate

The document is in brown and black ink. It has 10 doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) signatures and a seal which is covered with a while lid. There are also eight diamond shapes, done in black ink.

The document is laminated with tissue. The fold lines are dirty, worn, and small pieces are missing. The edges are also dirty and worn.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 220-221.

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

IT 216 - Surrender, IT 218 - Copy of Order in Council