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Copy of a Petition in English and French: stating that they have always been in possession of lands bordering on both sides of the Ottawa River along with the privilege of hunting on same. State that for some time the Iroquois and Abenaquois and others are und…
Letter: advising of his intention to discuss the complaints of the Mississaugas with the Indians of Caughnawaga and the whole of the Indians in the District informing them that offenders will be prosecuted and the whole tribe will have the King's bounty discon…
Letter with attachment: advising that the Iroquois had received as their allotment the St. Lawrence River, on the islands of which they have their settlements and from which they even get monies from the Americans for the said lands. States that the Algonquins…
Letter: submitting petition of the Algonquins and Nipissings regarding their land claims which requests that Commissioners be appointed to investigate and report upon how much land was taken from them and to establish the amount of compensation due. Writer ref…
Council Notes: Chiefs responded to the complaints of the Mississaugas by stating that only three individuals of their tribe hunted during the last year and they confmed their excursion to the Ottawa Branch of the Madawaska River which has always been considere…
Meeting: Chiefs advised the Superintendent that Indians of Caughnawaga and Lake of the Two Mountains having exhausted their own hunting grounds, were encroaching on theirs and that war between them was imminent. They also complained that some white people were…
Letter: transmitting proceedings of Council held on June 11 with the Mississaugas of Rice Lake, Mud Lake and Crow River.
Letter: re his of the 14th. Advises that the Algonquin and Nipissing Chiefs are complaining of traders who are inducing strangers to hunt beaver and other furs on their hunting grounds. The Indians advise that they had been refraining from hunting on certain p…
Letter: sanctioning the granting of a pension of $100 to Chief Amable Chevalier for services during the war.
Round trip memo: (response, July 20, 1827) instructing him to issue annual presents at Lake of Two Mountains, noting the number and condition of the Algonquins, Nipissings and Iroquois of that place. Requests an investigation and report into a trader named Bar…
Letter: enclosing extract from his instructions to the resident at Lake of Two Mountains re issuing presents. Also encloses a copy of Mr. Hughes' report concerning the conduct of Barnet Lyons, a trader at that village.
Letter: refers to Council of Oct 5, 1827; minutes of which he encloses with this letter. Re complaints by Chippewas of encroachment on their grounds by Indians of the Lake of the Two Mountains, Darling advises that the four intruders named have been recalled f…
Letter: advising that the Commander of the Forces wishes the Chiefs of the Algonquin and Nipissing Indians of the Lake of Two Mountains together with the Iroquois Chiefs of Sault St. Louis, St. Francis and the British Chiefs from St Regis to assemble in Montre…
Minutes of Conference: requesting response to their petition. State that the Iroquois have been hunting on their lands under the shelter of the present regulation. Advise that they will become like beggars if they are deprived of their hunting grounds as they …
OC: refusing to issue a proclamation as prescribed by Mr. Tachereau. A family named Ferguson was murdered eight years earlier supposedly by an Indian named Stanislas and his wife (now dead). The Council states that issuing a proclamation would only instill fea…
Petition, with affidavit dated Feb. 19 1827: requesting compensation for the lands taken from them by the government which they estimated to be one-third of their hunting grounds on the Ottawa River, between Hawkesbury and Lake Nipissing.
Transcript of Gen. Darling's address and Indian Chiefs' replies: Darling acknowledges that the Iroquois and Abenti.quois are the chief offenders of violating territories. Instructs the tribes to confme themselves to the lands which have long been assigned to e…
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