Recherche dans la collection - The Chiefs of the Chippawa Nation to His Majesty George III - Lease of 250,000 Acres of land for a year - IT 047

GAD Reference number: IT 047;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 16
Aboriginal people(s): Chippawa Nation of Indians;
Aboriginal individual(s): Kinaybicoinini, Aisaince and Misquuckkey;
Other party(ies): King George III
Type of Document: Lease Agreement - Docket title: "The Chiefs of the Chippawa Nation to His Majesty George III - Lease of 250,000 Acres of land for a year"
Specific purpose(s): Indenture to lease a parcel of land for the term of one year in consideration of "5 shillings a piece"
Land involved: 250,000 acres of land between Kempenfell Bay upon Lake Simcoe and Lake Huron in the Home District (Simcoe County) - See document
Form: Manuscript original or duplicate

The document has three doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) signatures and three covered seals.

The document is laminated with tissue. There is a patch on page three where the text is missing. Small holes are present, especially along fold lines. There is also ink smears near the doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) signatures.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 42-43.

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

IT 048 - original or duplicate, IT 049 - original surrender, IT 050 - duplicate surrender