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GAD Reference number: IT 128;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 49
Aboriginal people(s): Mississaga Tribe of Indians;
Aboriginal individual(s): John Sunday, Jacob Sunday, Jacob Pazhegezhick, James Sahgahnahquottwabe, Jacob Pahbewun, James Nahwahquashkum;
Other party(ies): Queen Victoria
Type of Document: Surrender of land and extinguishment of title - Docket title: "Original Deed - Surrender of Wahpoose Is'd"
Specific purpose(s): A surrender of land to be sold at the highest price for "the benefit and advantage" of the Indians, the interest arising from the investment of monies to be paid as they require it
Land involved: "Wahboose" Island containing 600 acres situated in the Midland District
Form: Manuscript original

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

The document is laminated with tissue. It is torn, dirty and the edges are worn. The fold lines have small pieces missing.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, page 119.

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