Collection search - Provisional Agreement with the Rice Lake Chiefs for the surrender of 1,951,000 Acres of Land - IT 061

GAD Reference number: IT 061;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 20
Aboriginal people(s): Chippawa Nation;
Aboriginal individual(s): Chiefs Buckquaquit, Pishikinse, Pahtosh, Cahgahkishinse, Cahgagewin, and Pininse;
Other party(ies): Wm. Claus DSGIA for Her Majesty
Type of Document: Provisional Agreement to surrender lands - Docket title: "Provisional Agreement with the Rice Lake Chiefs [?] for the surrender of 1,951,000 Acres of Land"
Specific purpose(s): In consideration of the yearly payment of 740 pounds currency in goods agree to surrender certain lands
Land involved: 1,951,000 acres of land between Lake Simcoe and Rice Lake - See document
Form: Manuscript original

The document has six doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) signatures and seven seals. One is a red wax seal while the other six seals are covered.

The document is laminated with tissue. The top right corner, in a rectangular shape, is missing. The bottom right corner is also torn away. There are small holes along fold lines. The document is dirty and there is a large ink smear beside docket title.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 48-49.

This document is also available on microfilm reel T-9938.