Recherche dans la collection - Deed of Sale of Lands at Chenail E'Carte in Upper Canada from the Chippewa Nation to Alexander McKee [Duplicate] - IT 027

GAD Reference number: IT 027;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 7
Aboriginal people(s): Chippawa Nation;
Aboriginal individual(s): Negig and others;
Other party(ies): Alexander McKee, Esq., DSGDIGIA, for King George III
Type of Document: Extinguishment of title and surrender of land - Docket Title: "Deed of Sale of Lands at Chenail E'Carte in Upper Canada from the Chippewa Nation to Alexander McKee Esq. DSGDIGIA for and on behalf of his Majesty "
Specific purpose(s): Surrender of a tract of land including woods and water as described upon receipt of goods in the value of 800 pounds Quebec currency
Land involved: Land lying on or near the River Chenail E'Carte in the Lambton and Kent Counties - See document
Form: Manuscript "Duplicate" of the original

The document has 13 seals covered with paper. Another five seals are missing or partially missing. Eleven doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) signatures are intact.

The document is laminated with tissue. There are at least six large holes plus additional tears. Pieces are missing and worn paper, especially along fold lines. A blue thread, laminated with the document, is located on the lower right corner.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 19-22.

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

IT 025 - original surrender, IT 026 - orignal map, IT 028 - duplicate map