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Lake Simcoe Treaty No. 16

THIS INDENTURE, made the seventeenth day of November, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, between Kinaybicoinini, Aisaince and Misquuckkey, the Principal Chiefs of the Chippawaw Nation of Indians, on behalf of themselves and their Nation of the one part, and his Majesty George the Third, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith, of the other part, Witnesseth: that the said Kinaybicoinini, Aisaince and Misquuckkey, in consideration of five shillings apiece of lawful money of Upper Canada to them in hand paid by His Majesty at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and for other good causes and considerations them the said Kinaybicoinini, Aisaince and Misquuckkey hereunto specially moving have bargain and sell unto His said Majesty, His heirs and successors, all that parcel or tract of land situate and lying between Kempenfelt Bay upon Lake Simcoe and the Lake Huron, in the Home District of the Province of Upper Canada, and containing by estimation two hundred and fifty thousand acres of land are butted and bounced or may be otherwise known as follows, that is to say: Commencing on the north shore of Kempenfelt Bay on Lake Simcoe where a stone boundary is to be fixed at the distance of twenty chains on a course north eighty-one degrees west or thereabouts, from the base of a point called Sand Point projecting itself about five chains and a half into the said bay; then from the said stone boundary north forty degrees west thirty-six miles and a quarter, more or less, to Lake Huron; then along the shore of the said lake and following the several turnings and windings of the same around sundry points of land and bays to the bottom of a bay called Nottawaysague Bay, being the north-western angle of the Penetangushine purchase in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight; thence along the south-western boundary of the said purchase on a course south seventy degrees east seven miles and a half, more or less, to a small bay called Opetequoyawsing, and being that south-easterly angle of the said Penetangushine purchase; thence northerly through a small strait and along the eastern shore thereof to Gloucester or Sturgeon Bay; from thence following the shore of said bay and also the shore of Matchedas Bay easterly, southerly and northerly according to the several windings thereof until it intersects a line at or near the mouth of a small lake, being the western boundary of a purchase said to have been made in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty five; thence south along the western limits of the said purchase eleven miles, more or less, till it intersects a line produced north seventy-eight degrees west from the waters of Lake Simcoe near the carrying place hereinafter mentioned; then south seventy-eight degrees east along the southern boundary line of the said last mentioned purchase to the waters of Lake Simcoe near to a carrying place leading to a small lake distant about three miles westerly and then south-westerly along the north-western shore of Lake Simcoe and Kempenfelt Bay, following the several windings and turnings of the same to the place of beginning, contained about two hundred and fifty thousand acres of land, be the same more or less. And the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, yearly and other rents, issues and profits thereof and of every part and parcel thereof, to have and to hold the said parcel or tract of land and all and singular other premises hereinbefore mentioned or intended to be bargained and sold and every part and parcel thereof, with their and every of their appurtenances unto His sais Majesty, His heirs and successors, from the day next before the day of the date of these presents, for and during and unto the full end and term of one whole year from thence next ensuing and fully to be completed and ended, yielding and paying therefor unto the said Kinaybicoinini, Aisaince and Misquuckkey the yearly rent of one Pepper Corn at the expiration of the said term if the same shall be lawfully demanded. To the intent and purpose that by virtue of these presents and of the statute made for transferring uses into possession His said Majesty may be in the actual possession of the premises and be thereby enabled to take and accept a grant and release of the freehold reversion and inheritance of the same premises and of every part and parcel thereof to Him His said Majesty, His heirs and successors, the uses to be declared by another indenture intended to bear date the next day after the day of the date hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEROF, the said parties first above named have to these presents set their hands and seals the day and year first within written.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us:
ELISHA BELMAN,}
HENRY PROCTER,} Commissioners on behalf of the Province.
W.M. COCHRANE,} Capt. Com. Lt. Infty.,
ALEX FERGUSON, Lieut. Ind. Dept.,
WILLIAM GRUET, Interpreter.
J. GIVINS, S.I.A., on behalf of the Crown. [L.S.]
KINAYBICOININI, (totem) [L.S.]
AISAINCE, (totem) [L.S.]
MISQUUCKKEY, (totem) [L.S.]
THIS INDENTURE, made the eighteenth day of November, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, between Kinaybicoinini, Aisaince and Misquuckkey, the Principal Chiefs of the Chippawaw Nation of Indians, on behalf of themselves and their Nation of the one part, and his Majesty George the Third, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith, of the other part, Witnesseth: that for and in consideration of the sum of four thousand pounds lawful money of Upper Canada to the said Kinaybicoinini, Aisaince and Misquuckkey, in hand well and truly paid by His said Majesty at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof they, the said Kinaybicoinini, Aisaince and Misquuckkey do hereby acknowledge, and from the same and every part thereof do severally and respectively acquit, release and discharge His said Majesty, His heirs and successors for ever by these presents, they the said Kinaybicoinini, Aisaince and Misquuckkey have and every of them hath granted, bargained, sold, aliened, released and confirmed, and by these presents do and every of them doth grant, bargain, sell, alien, release and confirm unto His said Majesty (in His actual possession now being by virtue of a bargain and sale to him thereof made by the said Kinaybicoinini, Aisaince and Misquuckkey in consideration of five shillings apiece, by Indenture bearing date the day next before the day of date of these presents for the term of one whole year, commencing from the day next before the day of the date of the same Indenture of bargain and sale and by force of the statute made for transferring uses into possession), and to His heirs and successors, all that parcel or tract of land situate and lying between Kempenfelt Bay upon Lake Simcoe and the Lake Huron, in the Home District of the Province of Upper Canada, and containing by estimation two hundred and fifty-thousand acres of land, be the same or less, which said two hundred and fifty thousand acres of land are butted and bounced or may be otherwise known as follows, that is to say: Commencing on the north shore of Kempenfelt Bay on Lake Simcoe where a stone boundary is to be fixed at the distance of twenty chains on a course north eighty-one degrees west or thereabouts, from the base of a point called Sand Point projecting itself about five chains and a-half into the said bay; then from the said stone boundary north forty degrees west thirty-six miles and a-quarter, more or less, to Lake Huron; then along the shore of the said lake and following the several turnings and windings of the same around sundry points of land and bays to the bottom of a bay called Nottawaysague Bay, being the north-western angle of the Penetangushine purchase in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight; thence along the south-western boundary of the said purchase on a course south seventy degrees east seven miles and a-half, more or less, to a small bay called O-pe-te-quoy-aw-sing, and being that south-easterly angle of the said Penetangushine purchase; thence northerly through a small strait and along the eastern shore thereof to Gloucester or Sturgeon Bay; from thence following the shore of said bay and also the shore of Matchedas Bay easterly, southerly and northerly according to the several windings thereof until it intersects a line at or near the mouth of a small lake, being the western boundary of a purchase said to have been made in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty five; thence south along the western limits of the said purchase eleven miles, more or less, till it intersects a line produced north seventy-eight degrees west from the waters of Lake Simcoe near the carrying place hereinafter mentioned; then south seventy-eight degrees east along the southern boundary line of the said last mentioned purchase to the waters of Lake Simcoe near to a carrying place leading to a small lake distant about three miles westerly and then south-westerly along the north-western shore of Lake Simcoe and of Kempenfelt Bay, following the several windings and turnings of the same to the place of beginning, contained about two hundred and fifty thousand acres of land, be the same more or less. To have and to hold the said parcel or tract of land and all and singular other the premises mentioned to be hereby granted and released as aforesaid with their and every of their appurtenances unto His said Majesty, His heirs and successors, to the uses of His said Majesty, His heirs and successors for ever.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the said parties first above named have to these presents set their hands and seals the day and year first within written.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us:
ELISHA BELMAN,}
HENRY PROCTER,} Commissioners on behalf of the Province.
W.M. COCHRANE,} Capt. Com. Lt. Infty.,
ALEX FERGUSON, Lieut. Ind. Dept.,
WILLIAM GRUET, Interpreter.
J. GIVINS, S.I.A., on behalf of the Crown. [L.S.]
KINAYBICOININI, (totem) [L.S.]
AISAINCE, (totem) [L.S.]
MISQUUCKKEY, (totem) [L.S.]

 


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