General note:
GAD reference number: IT 488;
Indian Affairs consecutive number: 1081
Indigenous peoples: Mississauga tribe (bands at Rice Lake, Mud Lake, Scugog Lake and Alderville);
Indigenous individual(s): Robert Franklin, Chief D.E. Whetung, Geo. Paudash, Thos. Marsden, and others.
Other party(ies): Commissioner Angus Seymour Williams, Department of Indian Affairs solicitor for the Dominion of Canada; and Robert Victor Sinclair and Uriah McFadden for the Province of Ontario.
Type of document: Treaty involving extinguishment of aboriginal title and surrender of land. Docket title: "Mississauga Indians of Rice, Mud and Scugog Lakes and Alderville - Treaty".
Specific purpose(s): An agreement to a number of terms and conditions, such as a payment of money, recognition of fishing, hunting and trapping rights, release of lands (except reserves), etc. - See document.
Land involved: 17,600 square miles south of the Parry Sound and Sudbury district boundaries being one parcel; 2,500 square miles being parts of the counties of Northumberland, Durham, Ontario and York - See document.
Form: Manuscript original.
Source of title:
Alternative designation: title supplied from contents.
Physical description note:
Cardboard sheets; cover sheets of a woven material and heavy paper or possibly cardboard; 2 brass paper fasteners used to hold all sheets together; black ink calligraphy; red ink underlining and border; blue ink signatures on pages 21, 23, 25 and 27; 9 red paper seals on page 21; 12 seals on page 23; 10 seals on page 25; 13 seals on page 27; 8-sided red- and-white sticker on page 1, lower left corner.
Note on the state of conservation:
Sheets are worn and dirty, especially the edges; 4 holes on the left edge of each sheet; cover and bottom sheets especially worn and dirty, edges torn, pieces missing; white reinforcement circles on pages 1-2 in 2 locations.
Availability of other formats note:
This document is also available on microfilm reel T-9941.
Dates of creation note:
1923/11/14 - at Mud Lake; 1923/11/14 - at Alderville; 1923/11/14 - at Rice Lake; 1923/11/14 - at Scugog Lake.
Exhibitions note:
Exhibition Title: Betwixt & Between: An Untold Tom Thomson Story. Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Owen Sound, Ontario; 2018.01.27 - 2018.03.18, Treaty Recognition Week - 1 day display. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario; 2018.10.08 - 2018.10.08., Exhibition title: 2019 Canada Memory of the World Register submissions from Library and Archives Canada to honour Indigenous languages and cultures. Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; 2019.02.26.
Related material:
IT 483 - Treaty with Chippewa Tribe, IT 487 - Agreement between Ontario and Canada, IT 489 - Mud Lake Band minutes, IT 490 - Rice Lake minutes, IT 491 - Alnwick Band minutes, IT 492 - Scugog Band minutes, IT 493 - correspondence
