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fronting- on the Detroit River, formed part of the ancient possessions of the 

 Wyandottes and was confirmed to them at the general partition of lands by 

 the different tribes in the year 1791. In 1833 the reserve was surrendered in 

 trust to the Government in order that a portion of it might be sold for their 

 benefit. In 1836 two-thirds of the reserve was again ceded on the following 

 conditions: — 



Block A, containing- 7,550 acres, to be sold for the benefit of the Tribe; 

 Block C, containing 7,070 acres, for the benefit of Indians generally; Block B, 

 containing 7,770 acres, was retained for a reserve for the "Wyandotte Band. 



The following surrenders were subsequently made of this reserve: — 



20th Sept., 1836. Part of Anderdon Township, Essex County. 



19th July, 1853. Part of W. Sandwich Township, Essex County. 



28th April, 1854. Part of Town of Sarnia and part of West Sandwich, 

 Essex County (60% acres). 



27th Feb., 1863. Fighting Island, Detroit River. 



20th Aug., 1875. Lots 6, 7, 8, 9 and south Va of 10, in Con. 6, 7 and 8, 

 Anderdon Township, Essex County. 



21st Dec, 1877. 'Southerly 2-3 of Lot 13, Con. 1, and south 1/2 of Lot 8, 

 Con. 3, for Solomon White; south % of south % of Lot 7, Con. 3, for Mary 

 L. White; Indian marsh, for Chief Joseph White; Anderdon Township, Essex 

 County. 



7th May, 1879. Water lot in front of southerly 2-3 of Lot 13, Con. 1., 

 Anderdon Township, Essex County, for Solomon White. 



7th May, 1879. South-east quarter of Lot 6, Con. 3, for Victoria Maguire; 

 south-west % of Lot 9, Con. 4, for Christine Ramon; north-west % of Lot 8, 

 Con. 2, for Catherine Bernard; south.west % of Lot 6, Con. 3, for Charlotte 

 Marsh, Anderdon Township, Essex County. 



27th April, 1880. Water lot in front of Lot 18, Con. 1, Anderdon Town- 

 ship, Essex County. 



25th April, 1882. Gore in rear of south % of Lot 19, Con. 1, Anderdon 

 Township, Essex County. (6 27-100 acres.) For Lewis Warrow. 



16th Dec, 1886. North % of south % of Lot 7, Con. 3, Anderdon Township, 

 Essex County. 



26th June, 1889. Gore in rear of Lot 17, Con. 1, Anderdon Township, 

 Essex County. 



In the year 1876 application was made by the Band to be enfranchised 

 under the terms of the Indian Act. The application was approved and the 

 probationary term having been served the Indians were granted enfranchise- 

 ment in the years 1880 and 1881, in all 41 heads of families received en- 

 franchisement. 



The only remaining unenfranchised member of the Band is Mrs. Catherine 

 Maiville, née Laforet. This woman who is now 85 years of age, was married 

 to Peter Maiville, a white man, in 1846, whose death occurred in 1852. The 

 last Indian Chiefs of the Wyandotte Band were Joseph White and Alexander 

 Clarke. 



Yours truly, 



(SigTied) FRANK PEDLEY, 



y*' Deputy Superintendent General of Indian Affairs. 



SOME WORKS OF REFERENCE ON THE HURONS AND THEIR 

 DESTRUCTION BY THE IROQUOIS. 



Jesuit Relations (edition published by The Burrows Brothers Company, of 

 Cleveland, Ohio). The letters and journals of the Jesuit Fathers are to be 

 found in nearly every one of volumes VII to XLVI inclusive, covering the 

 years 1634 to 1661. 



iSagard. Le Grand Voyage du Pays des Hurons, par Fr. Gabriel Sagard, 

 Recollect de St. Francois. This was first published at Paris in 1632. In 1865 

 a new edition was issued at Paris by Librairie Tross in two volumes. As the 

 date indicates, this description was written just prior to the time of the 

 Jesuit mission. 



