JoHN SWANSTON,

CG. T. Hon. Hud. Bay Co.,
GEORGE JOHNSTON,

Interpreter,
T. W. KEATING.

Recorded in the office of the Provincial}
Registrar this 93rd day of November +
oa bale Ge Miscellaneous,” Fol. 7, &e.]
R. A. TUCKER,
Registrar.

No. 61.

Tris AGREEMENT. made and entered into this ni
of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, at

nth day of September, in the year
Sault St. Marie, 1 the Provine2
of the one part, on
igoching, Keokouse,
Mishequonga, Tagawinini, Windawtegowinini,
Shawenakeshick, Namassin, Naoquagabo,
ainse, Wagemake, Pamequonaishumeg, Chiefs, and John Bell,
kyash, Idowekesis, Waquacomiek, Ocheek, Metigomin, Watachewana, Minwawapen-
asse, Shenaoquom, Ouingegun, Panaissy, Papasainse, Ashewasega, Kageshewawetung,
‘Shawonebin, and also Chief Maisquaso (also Chiefs Muckata, Mishoquet and Mekis),
and Mishoquetto, and Asa Waswanay and Pawiss, Principal Men of the Ojibiway

Indians inhabiting and claiming the eastern and northern shores of Lake Huron
Sault Ste. Marie, and thence to Batchewanaung Bay on the

northern shore of Lake Superior, together with the islands in the said lakes opposite
1 ig ) which separates the territory

to the shores thereof,
covered by the charter of the Honorab

as all unconceded lands within the limits o
claim, of the other. part, Witnesseth: that
thousand pounds of goo
and for the further perpetual

le Hudson’s Bay Company from Canada, as well
f Canada West to which they have any just
for and in consideration of the sum of two
pper Canada to them in hand paid,

annuity of six hundred pounds of like money, the same

to be paid and delivered to the said Chiefs and their tribes at a convenient season of
each year, of which due notice will be given, at such places as may be appointed for

that purpose; they the said Chiefs and Principal Men, on behalf of their respective
fully, freely and voluntarily surrender, cede, grant and

j r heirs and successors for ever, all their right, title and
he whole of the territory above described, save and except the

reservations set forth in the schedule hereunto annexed, which reservations shall be
for thelr own use

held and occupied by the
and benefit; and should the said Chiefs and their respective tribes at any time desire
to dispose of any part of such reserv

ductions thereon, the same will be so
ral other officer having

» best advantage. And the said
of the first part, on behalf of Her Majesty and the
hereby promises and agrees to make or cause to
and further, to allow the said Chiefs
to hunt over the territory now
as they have heretofore been in the
habit of doing, saving and e? ing said territory as ™ay from
time to time be so ivi : ies of individuals and occupied
by them with the consent of the

ma part further promise and agree that they w
onsent of the Superintendent General

any portion of their reservat
‘ty, being first had and obtained; nor

of Indian Affairs, or other officer of like authority,
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will they at any time hinder or pre
minerals or other valuable produe
Her Majesty as before mentioned.

vent persons from exploring or searching for
tions in any part of the territory hereby ceded to

The parties of the second part also agree that in
case the Government of this Province should, before the date of this agreement, have

sold, or bargained to sell. any mining locations or other property on the portions of
the territory hereby reserved for their use, then and in that case such gale or promise
of sale shall be perfected by the Government, if the parties claiming it shall have *
fulfilled all the conditions upon which such locations were made, and the amount iH
accruing therefrom shall be paid to the tribe to whom the reservation belongs. ““he | —
said William Benjamin Robinson, on behalf of Her Majesty, Who desires to des! }>er-

ally and justly with all Her subjects, further promises and agrees that should > :er- ft x
ritory hereby ceded by the parties of the second part at any future period produce such
an amount as will enable the Government of this Province, without incurring lus, to
increase the annuity hereby secured to them, then and in that case the same shall be

augmented from time to time, provided that the amount paid to each individual shall | q
not exceed the sum of one pound Provinci

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to claim the full benefit thereof; and 5
two-thirds of fourteen hundred and twenty-two

diminished in proportion to their actual numbers.

The said William Benjamin Robinson, of the first part, further agrees on the

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this treaty the further sum of one hundred and sixty pounds Provj
shall be paid in addition

SCHEDULE of. resery
Principal Men :—

Ist. Pamequonaisheung and his band, a tract of land to commence seven miles

from the mouth of the River Maganetawang and extending six miles east and west
by three miles north.

2nd. Wagemake and his band, a tract of land to commence at a place called

Nehickshegeshing, six miles ‘from east to west by three miles in depth.

5th. Namassin and Naoquagabo and their bands, a tract of land commencing
near La Cloche, at the Hudson Bay Company’s boundary; thence westerly to the
mouth of Spanish River; then four miles up the south bank of said river and across
to the place of beginning. |

6th. Shawinakeshick and his band, a tract of land now occupied by them and
contained between two rivers called White Fish River and Wanabitasebe, seven
miles inland.

7th. Windawtegowinini and his band, the peninsula east of Serpent River and
formed by it, now occupied by them.

8th. Ponekeosh and his band, the land contained between the River Mississaga
and the River Penebewabecong, up to the first rapids.

9th. Dokis and his band, three miles square at Wanabeyakoknun, near Lake
Nipissing, and the island near the fal] of Okickendawt.

10th. Shabokishick and his band, from their present planting grounds on Lake
Nipissing to the Hudson’s Bay Company’s Post, six miles in depth.
11th. Tagawinini and his band, two miles’ square at Wanabitibing—a place

about forty miles inland, near Lake Nipissing.
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12th. Keokonse and his band, four miles from Thessalon River eastward by

four miles inland.
13th. Mishequanga and his band, two miles on the lake shore, east and west of

Ogawaminang, by one mile inland.
14th. For Shinguacouse and his band, a tract of land extending from Maski-

nongé Bay, inclusive, to Partridge Point, above Garden River, on the front, and inland
ten miles throughout the whole distance, and also Squirrel Island.

15th. For Nebenaigoching and his band, a tract of land (extending from Wana-
bekinegunning west of Gros Cap to the boundary of the lands ceded by the Chiefs
of Lake Superior and snland ten miles throughout the whole distance, including
Batchewanaung Bay), and also the small island at Sault Ste. Marie used by them as

a fishing station.

Sioned, sealed and delivered at Sault SHINGUAKOUCE, xX [8.1
Ste. Marie, the day and year first NEBENAIGOCHING, X i.e |
above written, in presence of KEOKONSE, X [L.8.]

Astiey P. Cooper, MISHEQUONGA, X (Sel
Capt. R. Bde., TAGAWININI, X [L.8.]

GEORGE JRONSIDE, SHABOKESHUK, X LS]
S. I. Affatrs, Dokis, xX [L.S.]

T. M. BaLrour, PONEKEOSH, X [L.8.]
ond Lt. Rifle Bde., WINDAWTEGOWININI, X eS.

ALLAN MACDONELL, SHAWENAKESHICK, X piss]
F Gro. JOHNSTON, INAMASSIN, X [L.S.]
Interpreter, ~—Muckata MISHAQUET, X Ess

Louis Cavor, =-<-MEKIS, X [L.8.]
J. B. ASSIKINOCK, Matsquaso, X (L.8.]
T. W. KEATING, NaoquaGabo, X [L.8.]
Fos. WILSON, WABOKEKIK, X [L.8.]

PENETANGUISHENE, 16th Sept. 1850. K1TCHIPOSSEGUN,

Witness to the signatures of by PAPASAINSE, cae

Muckata MISHAQUET, WAGEMAKE, X [L.8.]

MEKIS, MISHOQUETTE, PAMEQUONAISHCUNG, X [L.8.]

Asa Waswanay and PAwis, JOHN BELL, X (5.4

T. G. Anperson, S. I. A., PaQWATCHININI, X [L.8.]

_W. B. Hamitton, MASHEKYASH, X Bess

W. SIMPSON, IDOWE-KESIS, X [L.8.]

Atrrep A. THOMPSON. WaAQUACOMIEK, X iS EE.Sal

~- JMISHOQUETTO, X a S3]

~~ Asa WASWANAY, X [L.8.]

— Pawiss, X [L.8.]

W. B. Rosinson, EES

OCHEEK, X [L.8.]

METIGOMIN, X ELS]

’ WATACHEWANA, X [L.S.]

MIMEWAWAPENASSE, X [L.S.]

SHENAOQUM, X [L.S.]

; ONINGEGUN, X he.

=. PANAISSY, X LES:

PAPASINSE, X [L.8.]

3 ASHEWASEGA, X [L.8.]

SHAWONEBIN, X [L.8.]
‘4 KAGISHEWAWETUNG

by BaBONEUNG, ager es

Reservations continued :—
For Chief Mekis and his band, residing at Wasaguising (Sandy Island), a tract
of land at a place on the main shore opposite the ‘| island, being the place now

occupied by them for residence and cultivation, four miles square.
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For Chief Muckata Mishaquet and his band, a tract of land on the east side of
the River Naishecouteong, near Pointe aux Barils, three miles square, and also a smali
tract in Washanwenega Bay, now occupied by a part of the band, three miles square.

Recorded in the offiee, of the Provincial Registrar, this 22nd day of November,
in Lib. “ C. M. Miscellaneous,” Folio 1, &e.

R. A. TUCKER,
Registrar.

No. 65.

Tus INDENTURE, made at Niagara, in the District of Niagara, in the Province
of Upper Canada, this eighteenth day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-one, between John Johnson Claus, of Niagara aforesaid,
Esquire, Warren Claus, of the same place, Esquire, and Catherine Claus, of the same
place, widow, executors and executrix of the last will and testament of the late
Honorable William Claus, in his lifetime of Niagara aforesaid, a member of His
Majesty’s Legislative and Executive Council, and Deputy Superintendent General of
Indian Affairs in the said Province, of the one part, and the Honorable James Baby,
of the Town of York, in the Home District and Province aforesaid, Inspector General of
Public Provincial Accounts, the Honorable John Henry Dunn, of the same place,
Receiver General of His Majesty’s revenues in the said Province, and the Honorable
George Herehmer Markland, of the same place, a member of His Majesty’s Legislative
and Executive Councils, in the said Province, of the other part: Whereas, the late
Right Honorable Thomas Douglass, Earl of Selkirk, of St. Mary’s Isle, im North
Britain, by his Indenture bearing date the fifteenth day of January, in the forty-
eighth year of the reign of Our late Sovereign Lord King George the Third, by the
Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender
of the Faith, and in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight handred and
eight, after reciting as is therein recited, and in pursuance of an agreement
therein recited and referred to, and for and in consideration of the sum of
three thousand four hundred and seventy-five pounds of current money of the said
Province of Upper Canada, acknowledged by the said Thomas Douglass, Earl of
Selkirk, in the said Indenture, to be due and owing by him to the Six Nations
Indians mentioned and referred to in the said Indenture, and for the better securing
the payment of the said sum of money, and the interest thereon, and also in con-
sideration of the sum of five shillings of like current money to him, the said Thomas
Douglass, Earl of Selkirk, in hand well and truly paid by the said hereinbefore men-
tioned William Claus, the receipt whereof was by the said Indenture acknowledged,
he, the said Thomas Douglass, Earl of Selkirk, did grant, bargain, sell and demise,
and by the said Indenture did acknowledge to have granted, bargained and sold and
demised, unto the said William Claus, his executors, administrators and assigns, all
that parcel or tract of land situate on the Grand River, in the County of Haldimand,
in the District of Niagara, in the said Province of Upper. Canada, containing by
admeasurement thirty thousand and eight hundred acres, be the same more or less,
which said thirty thousand and eight hundred acres are by the said Indenture
declared to be butted and bounded, or to be otherwise known as follows, that is to
say : Commencing at a white oak tree marked, and standing at the south-west
angle of the reserve made by the Indians on the east side of the Grand River, below
Dick and Doe Creek; then along the southern boundary of the said reserve, north
thirty degrees east eighty chains, more or less, to the south-easternmost angle of
the said reserve; then north sixty-two degrees thirty minutes west along the
easternmost boundary of the said reserve sixty-seven chains, more or less; then
north thirty degrees east to the easternmost boundary of the Indian lands, four
hundred and four chains, more or less; then along the said boundary south sixty-
two degrees thirty minutes east three hundred and sixty chains, more or less;
then south thirty degrees east to a basswood tree upon the shore of Lake Erie,
near the mouth of a small creek, five hundred and fourteen chains, more or less;
then along the shore of Lake Erie towards the mouth of the Grand River to a