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GAD Reference number:
IT 263
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.:
125
Volume:
1846
Province:
Manitoba, Saskatchewan
Date:
1871/08/21
Aboriginal people(s):
Chippewa Tribe of Indians
Aboriginal individual(s):
Sou-Sonse (Little Long Ears), Ma-sah-kee-yash (He who flies to the bottom), Richard Woodhouse (Ke-wee-tah-quun-na-yash or He who flies around the feathers), François (Broken Fingers), Mekis (The Eagle or Giroux)
Other party(ies):
Commissioner Wemyss M. Simpson, on behalf of Queen Victoria
Type of Document:
Treaty involving extinguishment of aboriginal title and surrender of land - Docket title: "Treaty (No. 2) made at Manitoba Post"
Specific purpose(s):
Surrender of land in consideration of reserves to be laid out in proportion to 160 acres for each family of 5 persons, and one time payment of $3.00 per person, schools, and an annual cash payment and/or supplies etc - See document
Land involved:
"Tract of Country lying partly to the North and partly to the West of a tract of land ceded" by Treaty No. 1 - See document
Form:
Manuscript original
Contents:
2 sheets; 21 x 34 cm (8-1/2" x 13"); pp. [1,2,23,24]
5 sheets folded in half = 10 leaves; each leaf 21 x 34 cm (8-1/2" x 13"); pp. [3-22]
5 sheets folded in half = 10 leaves; each leaf 21 x 34 cm (8-1/2" x 13"); pp. [3-22]
Reference:
RG10, Indian Affairs, D-10-a
Microfilm reel number:
T-9939
ISN Number:
263
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