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forty-five degrees west fifty miles, and from thence north seventy-four degrees east
or thereabout to the north-west angle of the Township of. King, containing by com-
putation six hundred and forty-eight thousand acres; and the said Adjutant, Weggis-
higomin, Cabibonike, Pagitaniquatoibe and Kawahkitahquebi, as well for themselves
as for the Mississagua Nation inhabiting and claiming the said tract of land as above
described, do freely, fully and voluntarily surrender and convey the same to His
Majesty without reservation or limitation in perpetuity. And the said William Claus,
on behalf of His Majesty does hereby, promise and agree to pay to the said Nation of
Indians inhabiting as above mentionea, yearly and every year for ever the said sum
of five hundred and twenty-two pounds ten shillings currency in goods at the
Montreal price, which sum the said Principal Chiefs and people, parties hereunto,
acknowledge as a full consideration for the lands hereby sold and conveyed to His —
Majesty.

In Wirness Wuereor, the parties have hereunto set their hands and seals on the
day first above mentioned in the Township of Toronto.

Signed, sealed and delivered in the W. Cuaus. 058 (Gs
presence of on behalf of the Crown, [I1.8.]
J. GIvINs, ADJUTANT, (totem) [L.8.]
Supt. Indian Affairs. WEGGISHGOMIN, (totem) [L.S.]
Wm. Hanns, JR., CABIBONIKE, (totem) [L.8.]
Clerk Indian Dept. PAGITANIQUATOIBE, (totem) [.S.]
Wm. GRUET, KAWAHKITAHAQUIBE, (totem) [L.S.]

Intr. Indian Dept.

No. 20.

ARTICLES OF PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT entered into on Thursday, the fifth day .
of November, 1818, between the Honorable William Claus, Deputy Superintendent.
General of Indian Affairs, in behalf of His Majesty, of the one part, and Buckqua-
quet, Chief of the Eagle Tribe; Pishikinse, Chief of the Rein Deer Tribe; Pahtosh,
Chief of the Crane Tribe; Cahgahkishinse, Chief of the Pike Tribe; Cahgagewin,
of the Snake Tribe; and Pininse, of the White Oak Tribe, Principal Men of the
Chippewa Nation of Indians inhabiting the back parts of the New Castle District, :
of the other part, Witnesseth: that for and in consideration of the yearly sum of
seven hundred and forty pounds Province currency in goods at the Montreal price
to be well and truly paid yearly, and every year, by His said Majesty to the said
Chippewa Nation inhabiting and claiming the said tract which may be otherwise
known as follows: A tract of land situate between the western boundary line of the
Home District and extending northerly to a bay at the northern entrance of Lake
Simcoe, in the Home District, commencing on the western division line of the
Midland District at the north-west angle of the Township of Rawdon; then north
sixteen degrees west thirty-three miles, or until it strikes the line forty-five; then
along said line to a bay at the northern entrance of Lake Simcoe; then southerly
along the water’s edge to the entrance of Talbot River; then up Talbot River to the
eastern boundary line of the Home District; then along said boundary line south
sixteen degrees east to the north-west angle of the township of Darlington; then
along the northern boundary line of the townships of Darlington, Olarke, Hope and
Hamilton to the Rice Lake; then along the southern shore of said lake and of the
River Trent to the western division line of the Midland District; then north sixteen
degrees west to the place of beginning, containing about one million nine hundred
and fifty-one thousand acres. And the said Buckquaquet, Pishikinse, Pahtosh,
Cahgahkishinse, Cahgagewin and Pininse, as well for themselves as for the
Chippewa Nation inhabiting and claiming the said tract of land as above described,
do freely, fully and voluntarily surrender and convey the same to His Majesty with-
out reservation or limitation in perpetuity. And the said William Claus, in behalf
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of His Majesty, does hereoy promise and agree to pay to the said Nation of Indians

| inhabiting as above mentioned, yearly, and every year, fotever, the said sum of seven

| hundred and forty pounds currency in goods at the Montreal price, which sum the said

Chiefs and Principal People, parties hereunto, acknowledge as a full consideration for
the lands hereby sold and conveyed to His Majesty.

| In Wirxess Wuereor, the parties have hereunto set their hands and seals on the

| day first above mentioned in the Township of Hope, Smith’s Creek.

Signed, sealed and delivered in the W. Cuaus, Depy. Supt. Gen. I.A.,

presence of on behalf of the Crown. [L.8.]

J. Givins, 8.I.A. BUCKQUAQUET, (totem) ‘[L.S8.]
Wm. Hanps, Sen., Clerk Ind. Dept. PISHIKINSE, (totem) bere
Wm. Gruet, Interpreter, Ind. Dept. PAHTOSH, (totem) [L.S8.]J
CA¢HGAHKISHINSE, (totem) ES

CAHGAGEWIN, (totem) Sal

PININSE, (totem) (LE.S7

The manner in which the yearly payment was to have been made to you, for
the lands which you had ceded to the Crown on the fifth day of November, 1818,
not having been sufficiently explicit and defined in the Provisional Agreement : In
order to obviate any difficulty or misconstruction which -might hereafter arise I have
| called you together for the purpose of explaining to you the manner in which it is
intended that the payment shall be made and in order that you may subscribe your
names on the back of the Provisional Agreement as acquiescing and approving of the
same as follows. viz.:—Every man, woman and child to receive to the amount of ten
dollars in goods at the Montreal prices, so long as such man, woman or child shall
live, but such annuity to cease and be discontinued to be paid in right of any individual
who may have died between the respective periods of payment, and the several indi-
viduals then living, only, shall be considered as entitled to receive the yearly payment
of ten dollars in goods as above stated. F

No. 21.

ARTICLES OF PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT entered into on the ninth day of March, one
thousand eight hundred and nineteen, between John Aiken, Esquire, on behalf of
His Majesty of the one part, and Tommago, Weyawawenind, Nawbowe, Maytoyzewon,
Sawgawswy, Moquammiss, Tekummegawsay, Paymekawnawwassegay, Quoikkegick,
Pawbetang and Wahwejawtin, Principal men of the Chippewa Nation of Indians
inhabiting the tract of land hereinafter described, of the other part. Witnesseth:
That for and in consideration of the yearly sum of six hundred pounds Province
currency, one-half in specie and the other in goods at the Montreal price, to be well
and truly paid yearly and every year by His said Majesty to the said Chippewa Nation
inhabiting and claiming the said tract of land which may be otherwise known as
follows, viz. :—Commencing on the northerly side of the River Thames at the south-
west angle of the Township of London ; thence along the western boundary line o£
the Township of London in a course twenty-one degrees thirty minutes west twelve
miles to the north-west angle of the said township ; then on a course about south
sixty-two degrees thirty minutes west forty-eight miles more or less, until it intersects
a line on a course produced north two males from the north-east angle of the Shawanoe
Township ; then south two miles to the north-east angle of the said Shawanoe Town-
ship; then along the eastern boundary line of the said township twelve miles and
e-half, more or less, to the northern boundary line of the Township of Chatham ; then
east twenty-four miles, more or less, to the River Thames ; then along the water’s edge
ot the River Thames against the stream to the place of beginning, reserving a tract
ot land (colored red) on the plan accompanying this description situate on the norther-
ly side of the River Thames nearly opposite to the northerly angle of the Township
of Southwold and south-west angle of the Delaware Township, containing fifteen thou-

sand three hundred and sixty acres; also reserving two miles square distant about
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