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- "Report of the Proceedings of a Grand Council, Held at the Village of Caughnawaga, on Monday the 5th day of July 1830..."
"Report of the Proceedings of a Grand Council, Held at the Village of Caughnawaga, on Monday the 5th day of July 1830..."
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- Dates
- 7 Jul 1830 (indexed as 1830)
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- 1 item of textual record
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- Report: Grand Council attended by Iroquois, Nipissings, Algonquin and Abenaquois [Abenakis] Tribes. Listing reasons for assembly: to investigate the claim of the Abenaquois Indians of St. Francis to an equal right with the Algonquins of Tirree Riven to hunt upon the north bank of the SL Lawrence River; and to investigate the claim of the Chiefs of the British Iroquois Indians of St. Regis. Quoting addresses made to council by various representatives. Abenaquois Chief denying that Algonquins have exclusive right to hunt on north side of St. Lawrence, considering it to be free and open to any tribe. Same individual stating that he has often "seen the Algonquins hunting on the South side of the River SL Lawrence, and if any of them meet me there again, I will be very happy to share such fare, as I may happen to have with them. I never heard of any particular Tract or District, being allotted to one Tribe of Indians to the exclusion of any other, always considering the right of Hunting Common to all Indians, as granted to them by the late Sir William Johnson's Proclamation in 1763." Algonquin Chief replying to above statements by indicating that they had always rmderstood that they had exclusive right to hunt on north bank of St Lawrence and that south side was allotted to Abenaquois. Stating that Abenaquois have leased out most of their v.ild lands and want to hunt on Algonquin groundswhich are their [Algonquins'] only means of subsistence. Asking that Governor maintain them on their claim to the exclusive right to their hunting grounds, or allot them seigniories, as gov't has given to other tribes. Majority in Council decided that the right of hunting on the north side of the St. Lawrence should be open to Abenaquois and all other Indians, but that they request Governor to grant a "certain Portion of Lands to the Algonquins from which they would derive means of support for themselves and their Children ...", and to give them a permanent place to live.
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