KAH-GE-GA-GAH-BOWH. 151

of Quinte and Rice Lake, but were then in a more savage state. In 1830, Lieutenant-Governor Sir J. Colborne, collected them on a tract of land on the northwest shore of Lake Simcoe, of 9800 acres in extent, where they cleared a road between that lake and Lake Huron. They consisted of three tribes of Chip- pewas, under chiefs Yellowhead, Aisance, and Snake, and a band of Pottawatamies from Drummond island, their number was about 500, under the care of Mr. Anderson, now the Super- intendent at Manitoulin, who was appointed to take charge of their settlement and civilization; they made a rapid progress. The tribe under the chief Yellowhead, now settled at Rama, were located at the Narrows on Lake Simcoe; Aisance’s tribe, at present residing at Beausoleil, Matchadash Bay, was settled at Coldwater at the other extremity of the reserve, the distance between them being fourteen miles. YELLOWHEAD, NA-NAH-GE-SKUNG, Chiefs. BIG SHILLINGE,

11. CHIPPEWAS or BEAUSOLIEL ISLAND, l\TATCHADASH BAY, LAKE HURON.

This band, under the chief “Aisance,” is the same which was settled by Sir John Colborne, at Coldwater. Their present village, which is not very distant from the former settlement, was only commenced last year. It contains fourteen houses, and a barn; the number of the band is 232. They have about

100 acres under cultivation. The majority of these Indians are Roman Catholics. They

have not as yet any place of worship, or school. In the former settlement they were occasionally visited by the Roman Catho- lic priest, resident at Penetanguishene.

A1sAN CE . ’ Chiefs. J AMES KA-DAH-GE-QUON,

12. CHIPPEWAS or SNAKE TSLAND, LAKE SIMCOE.

This body of Indians was one of the three bands established at Cold water and the Narrows, and separated from them on the abandonment of those settlements. I‘ hey now occupy one of