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ENTRY	YEAR	MONTH	DAY	NO.	FIRSTNATIONSURRENDERING	OTHERSURRENDERER	LOCATIONNAME	COUNTY	INDEXTEXT	PAGE	VOLUME
25	1818	10	28	19	MISSISSAGUA		ALBION TOWNSHIP	PEEL	BY MISSISSAGUA INDIANS. PROVISIONAL SURRENDER. THE TOWNSHIP	47	I
164	1818	10	28	19	MISSISSAGUA		CALEDON TOWNSHIP	PEEL	BY MISSISSAGUA INDIANS. PROVISIONAL SURRENDER. THE TOWNSHIP	47	I
233	1818	10	28	19	MISSISSAGUA		CHINGUACOUSY TOWNSHIP	PEEL	BY MISSISSAGUA INDIANS. PROVISIONAL SURRENDER. PART OF TOWNSHIP	47
515	1818	10	28	19	MISSISSAGUA		ERAMOSA TOWNSHIP	WELLINGTON	BY MISSISSAGUA INDIANS. PROVISIONAL SURRENDER. THE TOWNSHIP	47	I
518	1818	10	28	19	MISSISSAGUA		ERIN TOWNSHIP	WELLINGTON	BY MISSISSAGUA INDIANS. PROVISIONAL SURRENDER. THE TOWNSHIP	47	I
519	1818	10	28	19	MISSISSAGUA		ESQUESING TOWNSHIP	HALTON	BY MISSISSAGUA INDIANS. PROVISIONAL SURRENDER. THE TOWNSHIP	47	I
535	1818	10	28	19	MISSISSAGUA		GARAFRAXA TOWNSHIP, EAST	DUFFERIN	BY MISSISSAGUA INDIANS. PROVISIONAL SURRENDER. THE TOWNSHIP	47	I
536	1818	10	28	19	MISSISSAGUA		GARAFRAXA TOWNSHIP, WEST	WELLINGTON	BY MISSISSAGUA INDIANS. PROVISIONAL SURRENDER. THE TOWNSHIP	47	I
822	1818	10	28	19	MISSISSAGUA		WEST GARAFRAXA; ERAMOSA; ERIN; EAST GARAFRAXA; CALEDON; ALBION; CHINGUACOUSY; GORE; TORONTO; ESQUESING; NASAGAWEYA; NELSON; TRAFALGAR TOWNSHIPS	WELLINGTON; DUFFERIN; PEEL; HALTON	PROVISIONAL SURRENDER. WEST GARAFRAXA, ERAMOSA AND ERIN TOWNSHIPS, WELLINGTON COUNTY; EAST GARAFRAXA TOWNSHIP, DUFFERIN COUNTY; CALEDON AND ALBION TOWNSHIPS, PART OF CHINGUACOUSY, GORE AND PART OF TORONTO TOWNSHIP, PEEL COUNTY; ESQUESING AND NASAGAWEYA TOWNSHIPS, AND PARTS OF NELSON AND TRAFALGAR, HALTON COUNTY	47	I
902	1818	10	28	19	MISSISSAGUA		NASSAGAWEYA TOWNSHIP	HALTON COUNTY	PROVISIONAL SURRENDER. THE TOWNSHIP	47	I
908	1818	10	21	19	MISSISSAGUA		NELSON TOWNSHIP	HALTON COUNTY	PROVISIONAL SURRENDER. PART OF TOWNSHIP	47	I
1243	1818	10	28	19	MISSISSAGUA		TORONTO TOWNSHIP	PEEL REGION	BY MISSISSAGUA INDIANS. PROVISIONAL SURRENDER. PART OF TOWNSHIP AND THE GORE	48	I
1252	1818	10	28	19	MISSISSAGUA		TRAFALGAR TOWNSHIP	HALTON COUNTY	BY MISSISSAGUA INDIANS. PROVISIONAL SURRENDER. PART OF TOWNSHIP	47	I

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Date: 1818/10/28

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No. 19.

Articles Of Provisional Agreement, entered into on Wednesday, the twenty-eighth day of October, 1818, between the Honourable William Claus, Deputy Superintendent General of Indian Affairs on behalf of His Majesty, of the one part, and Adjutant, Chief of the Eagle Tribe, Weggishigomin of the Eagle Tribe, Kawwahbkitahqubi of the Otter Tribe, Cabibonike of the Otter Tribe, and Pagitaniquatoibe of the Otter Tribe, Principal Men of the Mississagua Nation of Indians inhabiting the River Credit, Twelve and Sixteen Mile Creeks, on the north shore of Lake Ontario, within the Home District, of the other part, Witnesseth: that for and in consideration of the yearly sum of five hundred and twenty-two pounds ten shillings Province currency in goods at the Montreal price to be well and truly paid yearly and every year by His said Majesty to the said Mississagua Nation inhabiting and claiming the said tract, which may be otherwise known as follows: “A tract of land in the Home District, called the Mississagua tract,” bounded southerly by the purchase made in 1806; on the east by the Townships of Etobicoke, Vaughan and King; on the southwest by the Indian purchase, extending from the outlet at Burlington Bay, north forty-five degrees west fifty miles, and from thence north seventy-four degrees east or thereabout to the north-west angle of the Township of King, containing by computation six hundred and forty-eight thousand acres; and the said Adjutant, Weggishigomin, Cabibonike, Pagitaniquatoibe and Kawwahbkitahqubi, as well for themselves as for the Mississagua Nation inhabiting and claiming the said tract of land as above described, do freely, fully and voluntarily surrender and convey the same to His Majesty without reservation or limitation in perpetuity. And the said William Claus, on behalf of His Majesty does hereby, promise and agree to pay to the said Nation of Indians inhabiting as above mentioned, yearly and every year forever the said sum of five hundred and twenty-two pounds ten shillings currency in goods at the Montreal price, which sum the said Principal Chiefs and people, parties hereunto, acknowledge as a full consideration for the lands hereby sold and conveyed to His Majesty.

In Witness Whereof, the parties have hereunto set their hands and seals on the day first above mentioned in the Township of Toronto.

Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of:

J. Givins, Supt Indian Affairs

Wm. Hanns, Jr., Clerk Indian Dept.

Wm. Gruet, Intr. Indian Dept.

W. Claus, D.S.G. on behalf of the Crown [L.S.]

Adjutant (totem) [L.S.]

Weggishgomin (totem) [L.S.]

Cabibonike (totem) [L.S.]

Pagitaniquatoibe (totem) [L.S.]

Kawwahbkitahqubi (totem) [L.S.]