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control) of all Indians whom he shal] allow to reside on them; if so, affix your marks

to this my proposal.

MANITOWANING, 9th August, 1836. F..B. HEAp,

J. B. ASSEKINACK,
MoxKoMMUNISH, (totem),
TAWACKKUCK,

KIMEWEN (totem),
KITCHEMOKOMON (totem),
PESCIATAWICK (totem),
PAIMAUSEGAI (totem),
NAINAWMUTTEBE (totem),
MosunEKo (totem)
KEWUCKANCE (totem),
SHAWENAUSEWAY (totem),
ESPANIOLE (totem),
SNAKE (totem)
PAUTUNSEWAY (totem)
PAIMAUQUMESTCAM. (totem),
WAGEMAUQUIN (totem).

No. 454
T'o the Saukings:
My CHILDREN,

You have heard the proposal I have just made to the Chippewas and Ottawas,
by which it has been agreed between them and your Great Father that these islands
(Manatoulin), on which we are now assembled, should be made, in Council, the pro-
perty (under your Great Father’s control) of all Indians whom he shall allow to reside
on them.

T now propose to you that you should surrender to your Great Father the Sauking
Territery you at present occupy, and that you should repair either to this island or
to that part of your territory which lies on the north of Owen Sound, upon which
proper houses shall be built for you, and proper assistance given to enable you to be-
come civilized and to cultivate land, which your Great Father engages for ever to
protect for you from the encroachments of the whites.

Are you, therefore, the Sauking Indians, willing to accede to this arrangement; if

go, affix your marks to this my proposal.
MANITOWANING, 9th August, 1836.

Witness:
T. G. Anverson, S.J.A., BEB: HEAD;
Joseru Stinson, Genl. Supt. of Wes- METIEWABE (totem),
leyan Missions, ALEXANDER (totem) KaquTa BUNE-
ApAMm ELLIOT, VAIREAR,
JAMES EVANS, Koweisawis (totem),
F. L. Incatu, Lieut. 15th Regt. Com- METTAWANSH (totem).

mandg. Detacht.,
TaLtFourp W. Fietp, Dist. Agent.

No. 46.
AMHERSTBURG, 20th September, 1836.

We the undersigned Chiefs and Warriors, in the name and in behalf of the Wyan-
dot Tribe of Indians inhabiting the tract of hunting ground commonly known and
described as the Huron Reserve, in the Township of Malden, County of Essex, in
Upper Canada, being desirous to be permitted to sell a portion of our said hunting

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ground, or Huron Reserve, which from the industry of the whites has now become
highly valuable, and annually to receive the interest of the proceeds thereof without
any deductions whatsoever, do hereby this day, in Council at Amherstburg, propose —
to our Great Father to surrender to him for the general expenses of the Indians in ©
Upper Canada the south third part (C) of the said Huron Re-
serve, provided our Great Father will sell for us the north third —
part (A) of the said reserve, paying to us and to our tribe an-
nually, as before stated, the interest of the proceeds thereof,
without any deductions whatsoever, and provided the stone
quarry which we at present occupy be retained for the use of
the Wyandot Indians only.

North.

RIVER DETROIT.

his

Signed in presence of: 7 : Cues
Gro. Ironsipg, 8.1.A., HOMAS 2 ae
JAS. GORDON mark

5a fe Apam Brown,
W. A. Curupert, Capt. 15th Regt., his
Commanding Detachment, JOSEPH x WARROW,
N. Rupeurp, Lt. 15th Regt., mate
7, Watiace, M.D. . Surg., 1 =
W. h oe M.D., Asst. Surg., 15th Paver x Gor,
Ai mark
x Henry Hunt,
x NICHOLAS SAFIRA,
Tuomas McKEE,
WILLIAM CLARKE,
PETER CLARK,
x FRANCIS PARKE,

x JOHN BAPTISTE,
F, Correr.
J. Joseru, Secretary.

Approved,
FEF) Be HEAD

Lt. Governor.

We, the undersigned Warriors of the Wyandot Tribe of Indians residing on the
Huron Reserve. and who were aot present at the Council held at Amherstburg on
the 21st by His Excellency the Nieutenant Governor, for the purpose of disposing ot

part ot our !ands—-. 3
Do hereby make known our approval of the arrangements then entered into by

our Chiefs and Principal Men.

AMHERSTBURG, 26th September, 1536.
Signed in the presence of:

GEO. JronsipE, S.I.A., ANTHONY COTTER,
W. A. Curupert, Capt. 15th Regt. Isaac P. DRIVER,
Commanding Detachment. Francis COTTER,
N. Rupeurp, Lt. 15th Regt., PETER HUNT,
WituraM Jones, Asst. Supt. Ind. Dent. NICHOLAS COTTER,
his
MATTHEW x GREY EYES,
mark
his

MATTHEW x Brown.
mark.

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INDIAN DEPARTMENT,
AMUERSTBURG, 271TH Sept., 1836.

Sir,

T have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22nd inst., and
agreeably to the instructions therein contained, I lost no time in assembling the In-
dians of the Wyandot Tribe who were not present at the Council of the 21st. I then
explained to these people the nature of the agreement which was signed by their Chiefs
and brethren. They expressed their approbation of the arrangement in terms of high
satisfaction, and signed the enclosed document, which I have now the honor to trans-
mit through you to His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor.

I take this opportunity to remind you of the Proclamation which His Excellency
wus pleased to say he would cause to be sent up to prevent trespasses being committed
on the reserve.

T have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient
Humble servant,

GEO. IRONSIDE,

J, JosePH, Esquire, S. 1. A.
Secretary to His Excellency Sir Francis B. Head,

Toronto.

No. 47.

'JppeR CANADA.

We, the undersigned Chiefs and others of the Moravian Tribe of Indians occupy-
ing lands on the River Thames, in the Province of Upper Canada, having had three
several Councils at which we have considered the subject of giving up to our Great
Father the King all our interest in the lands occupied by us on the north side of the
said River Thames, do now voluntarily propose to relinquish and give up the same to
our Great Father the King in consideration of his paying to us an annuity of six
hundred dollars every year on the first day of April, and also a reasonable compensation
in money to such of our Tribe as have made improvements on our said lands, such com-
pensation to be paid as soon as the value of such improvements are ascertained, and
«n order to testify our consent to this proposal we do hereby affix our respective marks

this twenty-fifth day of October, in the year 1836.
his

ee, Toptas x (Chief),
J : mark.

Supt. Indian Affacrs, Joun Pever’s x mark (Chief),
NATHAN CORNWALL, JoHN HENRY’s x mark,
ERASMUS BRERETON, JoB SAMUEL’S x mark,

Davip SHERMAN, EpWARD’s x mark,
C. ARNOLD, GIDEON’S x mark,
JAMES. READ, GopFREY WHITEYE’S x mark,
JNO. VAN ALLEN. EuisHa KInQuopor’s x mark,

HeEnry’s x mark (Chief),
DANIEL’s x mark,
Tosias’s x mark @nd),
Noaw WHITEYE’S x mark,
BILL WILLSON’s x mark,
HUBBILL’s x mark,
JAMES ARMSTRONG’S x mark,
SAMUEL PETER’s x mark,
JOSEPH HENRY’s x mark,
i—-84 Leno’s x mark,