- Queen's University Archives
- Algonquins of Golden Lake Claim collection
- Primary Documents PD137-PD186
- James Hughes, Superintendent of the Indian Department to unknown [not addressed]
James Hughes, Superintendent of the Indian Department to unknown [not addressed]
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- Held by
- Queen's University Archives via Queen's University Archives
- Dates
- 20 Sep 1830 (indexed as 1830)
- Level
- item
- Extent
- 1 item of textual record
- Scope & content
- Letter: [very similar to French letter of same date to Ducharme. May be authority for Ducharme or report to superior. eg. Col. Napier.] Instructions that Ducharme will travel up the Ottawa River with Chawenabais, a Nipissing Chief and several other young men to report on accounts of trespass on the islands and banks of the Ottawa River which are claimed and acknowledged to be part of the hunting grounds of the Algonquin and Nipissing Tribes. This refers to all lands not taken, possessed and erected into Townships or conceded by Government forming part of the hunting grounds. Ducharme is to report the names of everyone settled there and fmd out by what authority they did so. Those with no authority may negotiate with the Chiefs to be granted leases of no more than four years at a rate of one shilling per acre per annum. All rents to be paid to Captain Ducharme or any other Officer of the Indian Dept or any two Chiefs of the Tribes who show authority from the Dept. at Montreal.
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- Language
- English
- Harvested
- 2026-10-18T11:46:29Z · source datestamp 2025-07-14T19:17:59Z · ead