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GAD Reference number: IT 073;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 23
Aboriginal people(s): Mississaga Nation;
Aboriginal individual(s): Acheton, Newoigueguah, Woiguesheguorne, Paushetawnoquitoke, and Wabakagigo;
Other party(ies): King George III
Type of Document: Surrender of reserve land - Docket title: "The Mississagua Nation of Indians to His Majesty Release of Indian Reserve on the River Credit"
Specific purpose(s): To surrender a parcel of reserve lands, including woods and waters in consideration of a payment of 50 pounds
Land involved: 2000 acres of the Indian Reserve situated on the River Credit, in the Township of Toronto, County of York - See document
Form: Manuscript contemporary copy

The document has five doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) signatures, reproduced by a copyist on each sheet.

The document is laminated with tissue. A red stain is in the centre of both sheets. Page four is dirty and yellowed.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 53-54.

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

IT 071 - original surrender, IT 072 - duplicate surrender, IT 074 - abbreviated copy of surrender, IT 075 - copy of map