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GAD Reference number:
IT 005
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.:
3
Volume:
1840
Province:
Ontario
Date:
1792/12/07
Aboriginal people(s):
Messissague Nation
Aboriginal individual(s):
Wabakanyne, Wabanip, Kautabus, Wabaniship, Mattotow
Other party(ies):
John Graves Simcoe, Lieutenant Governor for King George III
Type of Document:
Surrender of land and extinguishment of title (indenture) - Docket title: "Deed of Feoffment"
Specific purpose(s):
A more precise description of the boundaries of land surrendered in 1784/05/22 including "woods, ways, paths waters, watercourses and appurtenances thereunto belonging" and the Mississauga nation will allow roads to be built, navigation on rivers and lakes and free trade to be carried out unmolested through their country
Land involved:
Tract of land between Lakes Ontario and Erie in Lincoln, Brant, Oxford, Elgin, Erellington, Middlesex, Norfolk, Haldimand and Welland Counties - See document
Form:
Manuscript original
Contents:
1 sheet; 61 x 48 cm (24" x 19"); pp. [1-2] (possibly sheet was folded in half which created 2 leaves prior to document being laminated)
Reference:
RG10, Indian Affairs, D-10-a
Microfilm reel number:
T-9938
ISN Number:
5
