Collection search - Wyandott Indians of the Township of Anderdon, Essex County to Her Majesty Queen Victoria - Deed of Surrender - IT 244

GAD Reference number: IT 244;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 97
Aboriginal people(s): Wyandott Indians;
Aboriginal individual(s): Joseph White, Alexander Clarke, Joseph Worrow, Senr., Alexis Splitlog, George Clark, Solomon White, Thomas White, Joseph Worrow Jr., James Clarke;
Other party(ies): Queen Victoria
Type of Document: Surrender of land and extinguishment of title - Docket title: "Wyandott Indians of the Township of Anderdon, Essex County to Her Majesty Queen Victoria - Deed of Surrender"
Specific purpose(s): Surrender for sale of an Island, in trust for the benefit of the Indians, providing a semi-annual payment of the interest gained on the proceeds
Land involved: An Island in the Detroit River "known as Fighting Island, Turkey Island, or Isle d'Inde"
Form: Manuscript original

The document is on parchment. There are nine red wax seals, and nine pieces of green ribbon underneath the wax seals on page four.

The parchment has yellowed and become brittle. Edges and fold lines are dirty. There is a blue stains on page 3, being the opposite to the ribbons on reverse side.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 240-241.

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

IT 245 - Correspondence