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prised and described for the benefit of the said Indians in such manner and form and
at such price, or prices as to His said Majesty, His heirs or successors, shall seem best,
have remised, released, surrendered, quitted claim and yielded up, and by these presents
do remise, release, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto His said Most Gracious —
Majesty King William the Fourth, His heirs jand successors, all those several lots,
pieces or parcels of land situate on Wolfe Lake, in the Township of Bedford, in the —
Midland District of the said Province (that is to say), lots eighteen, nineteen, twenty, —
twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five and twenty-six, in the ninth con- ©
cession of the said township. Also, lots eighteen, nineteen, twenty-one, twenty-two,
twenty-three, twenty-five, twenty-six and twenty-eight in the tenth concession of the |
same township. And also, lots twenty-two, twenty-three and twenty-four in the eleventh
concession of the said township, and containing in the whole two thousand six hundred —
and eighty acres, or thereabouts, to the end, intent and purpose that the said lands and ©
premises shall and may be granted and.disposed of by His said Majesty, His heirs and
successors, in trust for the benefit of the said Mississagua Tribe of Indians, of Kings-
ton and the Bay of Quinté, and upon and for no other use, trust, end, intent or purpose
whatsoever. (

Ix WitNESs WHEREOF, we the said Sachems or Principal Chiefs of the said Indians ll
have hereunto set our hands and seals at the Rice Lake this twenty-fifth day of May, in
the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six.

Signed and sealed in the] © (totem) [1L.8.]
presence of . JoHN SuNpbAy (totem) [L.8.]
CHARLES ANDERSON, : (totem) [L.8.]

JOHN TURNER, .- (totem) [1L.8.]
TxHos. B, BENEDICT. (totem) [L.S.]

No. 45,
My CHILDREN :

Seventy snow seasons have now passed away since we met in Council at the
crooked place (Niagara), at which time and place your Great Father, the King, and
the Indians of North America tied their hands together by the wampum of friendship.

Since that period various circumstances have occurred to separate from your Great
Father many of his red. children, and as an unavoidable increase of white population,
as well as the progress of cultivation, have had the natural effect of impoverishing your
hunting grounds it has become necessary that new, arrangements should be entered into
for the purpose of protecting you from the encroachments of the whites.

Tn all parts of the world farmers seek for uncultivated land as eagerly as you, my
red children, hunt in your forest for game. If you would cultivate your land it would
then be considered your own property, in the,same way as your dogs are considered
among yourselves to belong to those who have reared them; but uncultivated land is like
wild animals, and your Great Father, who has hitherto protected you, has now great
difficulty in securing it for you from the whites, who are hunting to cultivate it.

Under these circumstances, I have been obliged to consider what is best to be done
for the red children of the forest, and I now tell you my thoughts.

It appears that these islands on which we are now assembled in Council are, as
well as all those on the north shore of Lake Huron, alike claimed by the English, the
Ottawas and the Chippewas.

T consider that from their facilities and from their being surrounded by innumer-
able fishing islands, they might be made a most desirable place of residence for many In-
dians who wish to be civilized, as well as to be totally separated from the whites; and I
now tell you.that your Great Father will withdraw his claim to these islands and allow
them to be applied for that purpose. :

Are you, therefore, the Ottawas and Chippewas, willing to relinquish your respec-
tive claims to these islands and make them the property (under your Great Father's
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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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