In Witness WHEREOF, the parties have hereunto set their hands and seals on
the day first above mentioned, in Kingston aforesaid.

Signed, sealed and delivered in the JOHN FERGUSON, [L.S.]
presence of: on behalf of the Crown,
D. WASHBURN, PAPIWOM, [L.S.]
HENRY MURNEY, W OBEKENENSE, [L.8.]
BENJAMIN FAIRFIELD, Jr., NonGoNsEway, [L.S.]
KETCHEGOM, [L.S.]
KOMONJEVEWENY, [L.8.]
SHEBESHE, [L.S.]
NaKAWAGAN, [L.8.]
WABOSEK, pS.
NawacaMIco, [L.8.]
ANTENEWAYWAY, [L.8.]
JTAWOBENON, [L.8.]
KABIATSIWAYBEGEBE, [L.S.]
WoBUEEEK, (L.S.]
SHIWITAGON, [L.8.]
KATOUCHE, PS
NAWAKESHECOM, [L.8.]
SHAWONDAISE, [L.S.]
KIWAISHE, [L.8.]
NITINOWININ, [L.S.]
KAKEKIJICK, [L.S.]
Mississaguas of Bay de Quinté.. .. .. .. .. 159 persons, $1,590
do GEMM SLOT ls. esis sane a. 98.0 980
eae ae Gee es, ol at 00s.,,£0642, 10s,,

Province currency.
(A true copy.)
ALEX. McDONELL,
Asst. Secy., I.A.

No. 274.

Tus INDENTURE, made the twenty-eighth day of November, in the year of Our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, between Nawacamigo, Anteneway-
way, Kabratsiwaybiyebe, Wabakeek, Shewitagan, Kotanche, Nawakeshecom, Shaw-
andais, Kiwaishe, Nibinowinin, Kakekijick, Papewaun, Wabekenense, Naganseway,
Ketchegam, Kamenjonweney, Shebeshe, Nacawagan and Wabasek, the Chiefs and
Principal Men of the Mississagua Nation of Indians inhabiting and claiming the tract
of land hereinafter mentioned, of the first part, His most Gracious Majesty George
the Fourth, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
King, Defender of the Faith, of the second part, and the Honorable William Claus,
of the Town of Niagara, in the District of Niagara, Deputy Superintendent General
of Indian Affairs in the Province of Upper Canada, of the third part: Whereas by a

certain provisional agreement entered into the thirty-first day of May, in the year of
“Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, between John Ferguson, of the
Town of Kingston, in the County of Frontenac, in the Midland District of the Pro-
vince of Upper Canada aforesaid, acting on behalf of His late Majesty King George
the Third, of Blessed Memory, of the one part, and the said Nawacamigo, Anteniway-
way, Kabratsiwaybiyebe, Wabakeek, Shewitagan, Kotanche, Nawakeshecom, Shaw-
andais, Kiwaishe, Nibinowinin, Kakekijick, Papewaun, Wabekenense, Naganseway,
Ketchegam, Kamenjonweney, Shebeshe, Nacawagan and Wabasek, the Chiefs and
Principal Men of the said Mississagua Nation of the other part, it was agreed that in
consideration of an annuity of two pounds and ten shillings of lawful money of the

Provinee aforesaid, payable in goods at the Montreal price, to be well and truly paid
by His said late Majesty, His heirs and successors, to each man, woman and child of
the said Mississagua Nation and to their posterity forever, provided the number of
annuitants at any time should not exceed two hundred and fifty-seven, being the num- —
ber of persons then composing the said Nation claiming and inhabiting the said tract
of land, the said Nawacamigo, Anteniwayway, Kabratsiwaybiyebe, Wabakeek, Shewit-
agan, Kotanche, Nawakeshecom, Shawandais, Kiwaishe, Nibinowinin, Kakekijick,
Papewaun, Wabekenense, Naganseway, Ketchegam, Kamenjonweney, Shebeshe, Naca-
wagan and Wabesek, the Chiefs and Principal Men of the Mississagua Nation afore-
said, as well for themselves as for the said Mississagua Nation of Indians inhabiting ~
and claiming the said tract of land, did freely and voluntarily agree to surrender and
convey a certain tract of land hereinafter more particularly mentioned and described,
containing about two million seven hundred and forty-eight thousand acres, more or
less, unto His said Majesty, His heirs and successors.

Now vHis INDENTURE, Witnesseth, that in pursuance of the said agreement, and
as well in consideration of the said annuity of two pounds and ten shillings, payable
in merchandise at the Montreal price, during the life of each annuitant, to each man,
woman or child of the said Mississagua Nation of Indians, who at the time of entering
into the said agreement claimed and were inhabiting the. tract of land hereinafter
described and intended to be hereby surrendered to His said Majesty, and to their
posterity for ever as aforesaid, as of the sum of five shillings of lawful money of the
Province aforesaid to each of them the said Nawacamigo, Anteniwayway, Kabratsi-
waybiyebe, “Wabakeek, Shewitagan, Kotanche, Nawakescom, Shawandais, Kiwaishe,
Nibinowinin, Kakekijick, Papewaun, Wabekenense, Naganseway, Ketchegam, Kamen-
jonweney, Shebeshe, Nacawagan and Wabasek, in hand well and truly paid by His
said Majesty, at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt
whereof the said Nawacamigo, Anteniwayway, Kabratsiwaybiyebe, Wabakeek,
Shewitagan, Kotanche, Nawakeshecom, Shawandais, Kiwaishe, Nibinowinin, Kakek-
ijick, Papewaun, Wabekenense, Naganseway, Ketchegam, Kamenjonweney, Shebeshe,
Nacawagan and Wabasek do hereby acknowledge; they the said Nawacamigo,
Anteniwayway, Kabratsiwaybiyebe, Wabakeek, Shewitagan, Kotanche, Newakeshecom,
Shawandais, Kiwaishe, Nibinowinin, Kekekijick, Papewaun, Wabekenense, Nagan-
seway, Ketchegam, Kamenjonweney, Shebeshe, Nacawagan and ‘Wabasek have
and each of them hath granted, bargained, sold, released, surrendered, and for
ever yielded up, and by these presents do and each of them doth grant, bargain, sell,
velease, surrender and for ever yield up unto His said Majesty, His heirs and suc-
cessors, all that parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the Midland and
Johnstown Districts of the Province aforesaid, containing by admeasurement two mil-
lion seven hundred and forty-eight thousand acres, be the same more or less, which said
parcel or tract of land is butted and bounded, or may be otherwise known as follows,
that is to say: Commencing at the north-west angle of the T ownship of Rawdon; then
along the division line between the Midland and Newcastle Districts north sixteen
degrees west thirty-three miles; then north seventy-four degrees east sixty-one miles,
more or less, to a division line produced north sixteen degrees west from the north-
east angle of the Township of Bedford; then north sixteen degrees west to the Ottawa
or Grand River; then down the said river to the north-west angle of the Township
of Nepean; then south sixteen degrees east fifteen miles, more or less, to the north-
cast angle of: the Township of Marlborough ; then south fifty-four degrees west to —
the north-west angle of the Township of Crosby ; then south seventy-four degrees
west sixty-one miles, more or less, to the place of beginning; together with all woods
and waters thereon, and all and singular the rights, privileges, easements, henefits
and appurtenances thereunto belonging, and the reversion and reversions, remainder
and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereto belonging, or in any wise apper-
taining; and all the estate, right, title, trust, interest, use, claim and demand what-
soever, both at law and in equity, of the said Mississagua Nation of Indians inhabiting
and claiming the said parcel or tract of land. To have and to hold the said parcel

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or tract of land, hereditaments and premises hereby surrendered and yielded up, or
intended so to be, with their and every of their rights, members and appurtenances,
unto His said Majesty King George the Fourth, His heirs and successors, to the
only proper use, benefit and behoof of His said Majesty, His heirs and successors
forever. And the said William Claus, Deputy Superintendent General of Indian
Affairs, as aforesaid, on behalf of our said Lord the King, His heirs and successors
doth hereby for himself and his successors in the said office covenant, promise and
agree to and with the said Nawacamigo. Anteniwayway, Kabratsiwaybiyebe,
Wabakeek, Shewitagan, Kotanche, Nawakeshecom, Shawandais, Kiwaishe, Nibino-
winin, Kakekijick, Papewaun, Wabekenense, Naganseway, Ketchegam, Kamenjon-
weney, Shebeshe, Nacawagan and Wabasek, that he, the said William Claus, and his
successors in the said office, shall and will well and truly pay, or cause to be paid,
untv each man, woman and child of the said Mississagua Nation of Indians who at
the time of entering into the said agreement inhabited and claimed the said tract of
land, and to their descendants and posterity forever, an annuity of two pounds and
ten shillings of lawful money of Upper Canada, in goods and merchandise at the
Montreal price, provided always that the number of persons entitled to receive the
same shall in no case exceed two hundred and fifty-seven persons, that being the
number of persons claiming and inhabiting the said tract at the time of concluding
the provisional agreement hereinbefore mentioned.

Ix Witness Wuereor, the parties to these presents have hereunto set their
hands and seals the day and year first above written. The Indians not knowing how
to write, have made their marks against their respective seals.

Signed, sealed and delivered in ret NawacaMico, (totem) . [L.8.]
presence of: ANTENEWAYWAY, (totem) [L.8.]
J. P. HAwEINs, KABRATSIWAYBIYEBE (totem)  [L.8.]
Major 68th Regt. and Lt.-Col., WABAKEEK, (totem) [L.8.]
Wm. Smytu, Lieut. 68th Regt., SHEWITAGAN, (totem) [L.8.]
Joun Ferquson, I.1.D. NAWAQUARKECOM, (totem) [L.8.]
, SHAWANDAIS, (totem) [L.S.]
PEJEHEJECK, (totem) fis. ]
PAPEWAN, (totem) oes,
WABECKENEME, (totem) [L.8.]
NAGANASAWAY, (totem) [L.8.]
SHEBESHEE, (totem) [L.8.]
NAIQUAKAN, (totem) (cS:
WABANZICK, (totem) PRES]

No. 2°74.

ProvisioNAL AGREEMENT made and entered into at Amherstburg, in the Western
District of the Province of Upper Canada, this 26th day of April, in the year of Our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, between James Givins, Esquire,
Superintendent of Indian Affairs, in behalf of His Majesty George the Fourth, by the
Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Treland, King, Defender
of the Faith, &., &c., &c., of the first part, and Way-way-nosh Osali-a-wip, Shau-
squa-ge-wan, Scho-quo-na, Puck-a-nonee, Ne-gig, Oge-bick-in, Macada-gick-o, Mich-i-
ke-ha-bick, Ani-mick-ence, Petaw-wick, Wa-pa-gace, Shaw-wi-ni-penance, Shaw-gi-
nosh, Ano-ta-win, Penece-o-quin, Cha-o-ge-man, Chi-ka-ta-yan, Mo-ke-ge-wan and
Equoc-ke-gan, Chiefs and Principal Men of that part of the Chippawa Nation of In-
dians inhabiting and claiming the territory or tract of land hereinafter described, of
the second part, Witnesseth: that for and in consideration of the yearly sum of eleven
hundred pounds lawful money of the said Province to be paid as hereinafter mentioned,
and subject to the conditions hereinafter expressed, the said party of the second part
have freely, fully and voluntarily consented to surrender and conyey, and by these pre-

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