The land of the Rideau River and the Ottawa once belonged exclusively to the Algonquin, though several other Anishinaabe traders would travel through the area as well.  But a price was paid for the land, and it was opened for white settlement.  Now, who bought and who sold the land, and for how much, represents the details in which the Devil might hide.  For more details about the two treaties that governed the Rideau Purchase, click here.