Collection search - Adhesion to Western Treaty No. 3; Northwest Angle Treaty - IT 268

GAD Reference number: IT 268;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 131, 132
Aboriginal people(s): Possibly Salteaux Tribe of the Ojibbeway Indians;
Aboriginal individual(s): Pay-ba-ma-chas, Ke-ba-guin, Me-tas-so-que-ne-skank;
Other party(ies): S.J. Dawson, Commissioner on behalf of Queen Victoria
Type of Document: Adhesion to Treaty
Specific purpose(s): The extension of the articles and provisions of the Treaty indicated, to the Bands represented by the Indian signators
Land involved: That covered by the Treaty signed 1873/10/03
Form: Manuscript original

Alternative Designation. Title supplied from contents.

The document is laminated with tissue. The left edges are torn and pieces are missing. All edges are dirty. There is a brown stain on page 1, near the top left corner. A blue stain is visible on page three. On the top of page three is written "Treaty 133 Indian Office" which is an incorrect number. There are also six holes in the top left corner, probably used for binding documentation together.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 307-308.

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

Exhibition title: Exhibition of Treaty 3 documents. Lake of the Woods Museum, Kenora, Ontario; 2023.05.15 - 2023.10.31.

IT 266 - Western Treaty No. 3, IT 267 - Correspondence, IT 269 - Adhesion - 9 June 1874, IT 270 - Adhesion - 12 September 1875, IT 271 - Map copy