Collection search - Surrender of land by the Blackfoot Indians - IT 329

GAD Reference number: IT 329;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 202
Aboriginal people(s): Blackfoot Indians;
Aboriginal individual(s): Head Chief Sapo-a Maxico (Crowfoot);
Other party(ies): Edgar Dewdney, Lt.-Gov., North West Territories for Her Majesty the Queen
Type of Document: Surrender of land
Specific purpose(s): Agreement to a previous treaty in surrendering certain lands
Land involved: Tracts of land along the Bow and South Saskatchewan Rivers - See document
Form: Manuscript original

Title supplied from contents.

The document has one red wax seal in the upper left corner of sheet one. Two pieces of bluish-green ribbon are affixed to the underside of the wax seal. One small piece of pink archival ribbon is visible underneath the wax seal and ribbon. Adjacent to signature block is a one five-sided piece of paper on which is a blue crest of a bull's head and the words "HOLD FAST".

The document is laminated with tissue. Edges are dirty and torn. A brownish stain is on the lower left corner, opposite the wax seal and ribbon.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. II, pages 128-129.

This document is also available on microfilm reel T-9940.

IT 330 - Amendment to Treaty