- Queen's University Archives
- Algonquins of Golden Lake Claim collection
- Primary Documents PD137-PD186
- William MacKay, Montreal to Lt. Colonel Couper, Military Secretary
William MacKay, Montreal to Lt. Colonel Couper, Military Secretary
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- Queen's University Archives via Queen's University Archives
- Dates
- 20 Apr 1830 (indexed as 1830)
- Level
- item
- Extent
- 1 item of textual record
- Scope & content
- Letter: re his of the 10th. Recommends the area around Lake Nipissing as the most eligible for the settlement of the Indians. Suggests that the tribes should be kept together and each man should be given a farm - 500 acres each for the Chiefs and 200 acres each for the others. States he does not feel qualified to state the tenure with which these lands should be held. Recommends that a resident Agent be appointed to conduct their affairs and to run the schools together with the Priests. States that his life has been spent mostly among the Western Indian Tribes and he is not acquainted with those around Montreal.
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- Language
- English
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