Collection search - Deed of Conveyance of the Island of St. Joseph from the Chippawa Nation to His Majesty - IT 035

GAD Reference number: IT 035;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 11
Aboriginal people(s): Chippawa Nation of Indians;
Aboriginal individual(s): Meatoosawkee and others;
Other party(ies): Alexander McKee, DSGIA for King George III
Type of Document: Surrender of land and extinguishment of title - Docket title: "Deed of Conveyance of the Island of St. Joseph from the Chippawa Nation to His Majesty".
Specific purpose(s): Surrender or release of land in consideration of the sum of 1200 pounds Quebec currency in value of goods
Land involved: Island of St. Joseph situated in the strait joining Lakes Huron and Superior being approximately 120 miles in circumference including all woods and water lying thereon
Form: Manuscript original or duplicate

The document has eight covered seals and nine doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) signatures on pages one and two, and two doodem signatures on page four. There is also a piece of green ribbon on the left side of page two. The main text of the document is written within a border.

The document is laminated with tissue. It was originally one sheet but probably tore along the horizontal fold line. Sheet one is the top portion and sheet two is the bottom portion. One doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) is divided on each sheet. The document's edges are torn, worn, small pieces are missing and the top left corner is missing.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 27-29.

This document is also available on microfilm reel T-9938.

IT 036 - original or duplicate