Report of the Executive Council
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Report of the Executive Council
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Report of the Executive Council
Type of document:
Report
Summary of the data:
This extract of a Report of the Executive Council outlines information regarding the upcoming treaty negotiations between William Benjamin Robinson and the Native Bands in the Lake Huron and Lake Superior regions. The Report notes a number of provisions of which the Commissioner of Crown Lands was to communicate to Robinson.
Firstly, the excerpt indicates that the total amount available for the negotiations was £7500. Additionally, the Capital sum available was £25, 000, which would allow for an interest payment of £1500 yearly in the form of a perpetual annuity. Secondly, the exctract stipulates that the number of claimants must not fall below 600 or a deduction of £2.10.00 a head would be required. This compensation would be provided in exchange for the surrender of Native claims to the North and Northeastern coasts of Lake Huron and Superior, or as many miles inland from the coasts as possible. According to the extract, the most important territory was Mica Bay and Michipicoten as this was where the Quebec Mining Company had begun operations.
Finally, the excerpt specifies that it would be the preference of the Executive Council that the compensation be distributed in the form of monies rather than presents and Robinson should “carefully abstain from expressing any opinion on a subject with which Her Majesty’s Imperial Government can alone deal” (4).
(To see information regarding the resulting treaty, please see the Robinson-Superior Treaty, 1850 page).
Important dates mentioned in the document:
April 16, 1850: Date of the report.
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Specific location(s) mentioned in the document (if applicable):
Mica Bay, Ontario
Michipicoten, Ontario
Non-specific location(s) mentioned in the document (if applicable):
North and North-Eastern Shores of Lake Superior, Ontario-Minnesota-Wisconsin-Michigan
North and North-Eastern Shore of Lake Huron, Ontario
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Relevant citations:
Gale, Alison. "Robinson Treaty Métis: Historical Report." Claims Research and Assessment Directorate Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. (1998). Print.
Library and Archives Canada, RG. 10, "Extract of a Report of the Executive Council," volume 266, 16 April 1850, pp. 1631633-66, microfilm reel C-12652.
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