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Petition [French: translation appended]: asking for title to the islands in the Ottawa River so they may have authority to collect rents from the whites occupying them. Request that government remove squatters from Isle aux Allumettes.
Certificate: appointing Kiconse an Algonquin Chief.
Report of Committee of Executive Council: addressing the issue of possible discontinuance of presents and adopting some system of management of the Indians. Twenty-nine page report. (Some of it quite illegible.) Reference is made on page 325 to the Algonquins …
Letter: [French] enclosing petition re their hunting grounds claimed by the Mississaugas.
Petition: claiming all alnd from Point D'Orignal to Lake Nipissing; claiming the annuity of £642 10s paid to the Mississaugas for land that belongs to the Algonquins and Nipissings; claiming violation of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and request remuneration …
Petition: states their claim to hunting grounds as in previous petitions but in this petition they ask for reasonable indemnification for the lands on the north side of the Ottawa River cut from their hunting grounds tithout purchase or compensation. Copy encl…
Declaration: attesting that the Algonquin and Nipissing Tribes have from remotest antiquity, occupied, possessed and enjoyed the hunting grounds claimed by them on both banks of the Ottawa and Mattawa Rivers from Point D'Orignal to Lake Nipissing to the height…
Enclosure 17: [included with document dated 13 July 1837. Earl of Gosford to Lord Glenelg] Petition: [French] from the Seven Nations Indians assembled at Sault St. Louis indicating unhappiness with cancellation of "presents" to their children born after next M…
Letter: submitting petition of the Algnonquins and Nipissings of the Lake of the Two Mountains to Vol. 69 him for the consideration of the Governor.
Letter: re discontinuance of presents to the Indians. Advises that the Report of the Council is against the discontinuance and makes recommendations about changes in the kind of presents given as well as new regulations regarding their issuance. Recommends tha…
Letter: (French, English translation) instructions to accompany a deputation of the Algonquins and Nipissings of the Lake of the Two Mountains to report on trespasses and depredations committed by squatters and lumber men on the islands in the Ottawa River and…
Letter: advising that those of the Algonquin and Nipissing Tribes who were unable to get their presents in October 1837, had returned from their buntings grounds and received them during the months of June and July 1838 - transmits returns. Tells of council wh…
Letter: enclosing letter dated Aug. 22, 1837 addressed to Captain Ducharme advising him of the instructions of the Earl of Gosford. Advises that the reason he had brought up the matter of the petitions again was because the Indians themselves had begged him to…
Letter: referring to the Algonquin/Nipissing petition of June 6, 1835, to the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada re their htmting grounds in that Province and that it be submitted to the Governor General. Hughes adds his comments on petition's intent: advises…
Letter: transmitting the petition of Sept. 6th protesting the Mississauga surrender of their lands.
Letter: on request of the Algonquis and Nipissings of the Lake of the Two Mountains Captain Ducharme accompanies them up the Ottawa River to regularize relations with squatters on their lands. Rents to be paid in trust to Algonquins and Nipissings. Possession …
Letter: instructs him to inform the Algonquins and Nipissings that their petitions of Feb. 3 and Feb. 8, 1837, had been sent to England for the consideration of Her Majesty. Advises that His Excellency hopes to receive a reply shortly with respect to their cla…
Letter: transmitting copy of the petition of the Algonquin and Nipissing Chiefs to Sir J. Colbome on June 6, 1835, which the petitioners request be submitted to the Governor General. Refers to the two petitions from these Tribes which accompanied his letter of…
Letter: transmitting petition of Feb. 25, 1837 by Chiefs of the Algonquins and Nipissings and another by Indian Tribes in the District of Montreal asking for the continuation of presents. On behalf of His Excellency, requests that these applications be laid be…
Despatch: discussing instructions re the Executive Council's report of June 1837 outlining recommendations concerning the Indians generally. Refers to the Algonquin. Nipissing and Iroquois Tribes who are without land, recommending that reservations be made for…