Collection search - Surrender by Colpoy's Bay Band of 6000 acres in Keppel to Her Majesty in Trust to be sold for their benefits - IT 234

GAD Reference number: IT 234;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 93
Aboriginal people(s): "Colpoy's Bay band of Indians";
Aboriginal individual(s): Chiefs Joseph Jones and John Smith and others;
Other party(ies): Queen Victoria
Type of Document: Surrender of land. Docket title: "Surrender by Colpoy's Bay Band of 6000 acres in Keppel to Her Majesty in Trust to be sold for their benefits"
Specific purpose(s): Surrender of reserve land to be sold for the benefit of the Indians on two stated conditions which related to the survey and sale of the land and secondly, compensation - See document
Land involved: 6,000 acres in Grey County, Township of Keppel situated on the south east side of Colpoy's Bay being an Indian reserve
Form: Manuscript original

The document has seven doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) signatures and three red circular wax seals. Red ink is used to underline the notatnion along the left side.

The document is laminated with tissue. There are small holes along the fold lines and random ink blots. Two holes in top left corner were used to bind the document with the Order in Council.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 233-234.

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

IT 235 - Copy of Order in Council, IT 236 - Map