Collection search - Surrender of the Long Wood Tract - 580,000 acres - IT 079

GAD Reference number: IT 079;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 25
Aboriginal people(s): Chippawa Nation of Indians;
Aboriginal individual(s): Tummago, Metwichewin, Sagawsonai, Maquamiss, Tecumagawsie, Pemekunawassigai, Quekijick, Pawbetang, Wawialliso, Pemiseh, Sagetch, Canotung;
Other party(ies): King George IV and Hon. Wm. Claus, DSGIA
Type of Document: Surrender of land and extinguishment of title - Docket title: "Surrender of the Long Wood Tract 580000 acres"
Specific purpose(s): Further to the provisional agreement of 1820/05/09, a surrender of lands including all woods and waters for an annual payment of 2 pounds 10 shillings in goods to each eligible person
Land involved: 580000 acres on the northerly side of the River Thames in the London and Western Districts - See document and map
Form: Manuscript original or duplicate
Map: top left corner of page 1; 20 x 31 cm (8" x 12");

The document is on parchment. It has 12 doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) signatures and 13 red wax seals on top of three white ribbons woven through the parchment. The seals are visible on page two. There is a map in the top left corner of page one which is coloured yellow and red. The document is triple-lined border on three sides of page one.

There is slight fading of ink and page two is dirty.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 58-60.

Scale: 1:316 800 (5 miles to one inch).

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

Exhibition title: Longwoods Treaty No. 25. Museum Strathroy Caradoc , Strathroy, Ontario; 2022.09.23 - 2022.10.25.

IT 065 - Provisional agreement of 1819/03/09, IT 080 - Surrender of 1822/07/08 - Original or duplicate, IT 368 - Provisional agreement of 1820/05/09 - Typescript "true copy"