September 23 1787 Treaty – Sir John Johnson of the British Indian Department and Deputy Surveyor General John Collins meet Mississauga chiefs Wabikane, Neace, and Pakquan at Carrying Place (Kenté) on the Bay of Quinte. Johnson agrees to pay the Ojibwa £1,700 ($8,500, or about $200,000 in current dollars), for a tract of land covering 101,528 hectares (250,880 acres), virtually all the land now covered by Toronto. The Toronto Purchase, ratified later, includes a small amount of cash and 149 barrels of goods, including axes, cloth, gunpowder, 2,000 gun flints, 24 brass kettles, 10 dozen mirrors, 2 dozen laced hats, a bale of flowered flannel, and 96 gallons of rum. Governor Guy Carleton also wanted land on the Bay of Quinte (near the current city of Belleville). The land is…
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