186 TRADITIONAL HISTORY OF

the same time, for the Indians, the extensive peninsula,
lying between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay, North
of Owen’s Sound, and supposed to contain four hundred
and fifty thousand acres.

CHIPPEWAS OF BIG BAY, IN OWEN'S SOUND, LAKE
HURON. .

JOHN JONES & WAH-BAH-DEICK, CHIEFS.

These Indians were formerly either wanderers in
the Sangeeng tract, surrendered by Sir Francis Head, or
lived in scattered wigwams on the shores of Big Bay.
An agreement was then made with them, by which it
was proposed that they should either repair to Maniton-
lin, or to that part of their former territory which lies
North of Owen’s Sound ; upon complying with which,
it was promised, ¢that houses should be built for them,
and proper assistance given to enable them to become
civilized and cultivate the land.”

CHIPPEWAS AND OTHERS, IN THE TOWNSHIP OF
BEDFORD.

Within a few years previous to 1842, some strag-
glers from the Rice Lake tribe had settled in the town-
ship of Bedford, about twenty-five miles North of the