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1600 acres in the township of Smith, made to the New Eng- land Company for their benefit, in April, 1837, of which about 200 acres are in cultivation. These Indians were for some time under the management of the late Mr. Scott, agent for the the New England Company, and belong to the VVesleyan Me- thodist Church. A chapel is in the course of erection at the village, Where there is already a mission house and a school. NOGEE, IRON,

Chiqfie. McKUE, S

9. CHIPPEWAS AT BALSAM LAKE.

The Balsam Lake Indians, ninety in number, are at present settled within the Township of Bexley, 011 a point of land jut- ting out into Lake Balsam, which is the most northerly of the chain of lakes, running northwest across the back Townships ofthe district of New Castle. The reserve which was granted to them by the Crown, is 1206 acres in extent. Of this they have about 200 acres in cultivation. Their village contains twelve houses, a barn, and a commodious school-house, in which divine service is performed by a resident Methodist mis- sionary. But Within the present year, (1843,) these Indians having become dissatified with the climate and the quality of the land at the Balsam Lake, have purchased six hundred acres on the banks of Lake Scugog, to be paid out of their share of their annuity, and are making preparations for removing from their former settlement. Their improvements will be sold for their benefit. Their reason for removing evinces their desire to advance in the pursuit of agriculture.

CRANE, Chief 10. CHIPPEWAS or RAMA.

These Indians formerly occupied the lands about Lake Sim- coe, Holland River, and the unsettled country in the rear of the Home District. General Darling reported of them in 1828,that they had expressed a strong desire to be admitted to Christian- ity, and to adopt the habits of civilized life; and that in these respects they might be classed with the Mississagas of the Bay