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Indian treaties and surrenders
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CANADA. INDIAN TREATIES SURRENDERS. FROM 1680 TO 1890-IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II. v OTTAWA : PRINTED BY BROWN CHAMBERLIN, PRINTER TO Tl EXCELLENT MAJESTY. 1S91. QUEEN'S MOST of us snail, inter* the d No. 140. Know all Men by these Presents that we the undersigned Chiefs and Principal Men of the Band of Indians owning the Garden River Indian Reserve, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of our people, do hereby remise, release, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her fieirs and successors forever, all and singular those several portions of land forming pai-t of said Garden River Indian Reserve, and which, portions of the said Garden River Reserve may be known and described as follows— that is to say: Firstly:—That parcel of land lying parallel with, and about a mile north of St. Mary River, and enclosed in the territory bounded on the east by Echo River and on the west by Garden River, containing four hundred acres, with right of way from the location to the banks of St. Mary River, together with reasonable dock and shipping privilege. Secondly:—Commencing at a point about sixty chains north of the St. Mary River and on a line with the east line of fence of Chief Augustin's garden, and running north far enough to take in the first range of hills north of the St. Mary River, thence running due east, thence due south, thence due west to the place of beginning, containing four hundred acres. Thirdly:—Commencing at a point fifty chains north of the St. Mary River, and running north on a line with the east line of the tract of land described. Fourthly:—Thence due north far enough to take in the first range of hills north of the St. Mary River, thence due east, thence due south, thence due west to the place of beginning, containing four hundred acres. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular those certain parcels or tracts of land as above described, in trust to sell and convey the same, and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada shall or may deem most conducive to the interest of us the said Chiefs and Principal Men and oar people in all time to come. And upon the further condition that the monies received from the sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expense of management, be placed at * interest, and that the interest money so accruing from such investment shall be annually or semi-annually. to us and our descendants in all time to come sver. And we the said Chiefs and Principal Men of the Band aforesaid do, on behalf of people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm whatever the Government [lis Dominion of Canada may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with disposal and sale of the said lands. In Witness TYhereof, we the said Chiefs and Principal Men, have set our hand and.have affixed our seals unto this Instrument at Garden River Indian Reserve, in the said Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada aforesaid, this twenty-fifth day of November, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. Augustin x Shingwack, [L.S.] Joseph x Bell, [L.S.] mark. mark. his his Pjsquetchenene X [L.S.] Francois x Recollect, [L.S.] mark. mark. his his George x Shingwack:, [L.S.] Michelle x Cadotte, ]L.S.] mark. mark. his his Peter x Bell, [L.S.] Frank x Perrault, [L.S.] mark 1 mark. his Nahquin Jizik, x mark, his Shebahkizik, X mark, his John x Wegwoos, mark. his MlZIGUN, X mark. Jarius Amgister, his [L.S.] Michelle x Obequock, [L.S.J mark, his [L.S.] Joseph x Lisage, Jr., [L.S.] mark. his [L.S.] Louissaent X Sateb, [L.S.] mark, his [L.S.] Joachim x Biron, [L.S.] mark. his ThEOPHILE X BOISSINAULT, mark, Charles Biron, his Joseph x Biron, mark. his FRANCOIS X BOISSINAULT, [L.S.] mark. [L.S.] [L.S] [L.S.] [L;S.] [LS.] [L.S.] Louisson Shingwack, his Peter x Jones, mark, his William x Shebahkizik mark. Having been first read and explained, signed, sealed, and delivered in the presence of Wm, Yan Abbott, Indian Agent j Sault Ste. Marie. J And we hereby, on oath, certify before the Honorable Walter McCrea, Judge of Her Majesty's District Court for the District of Algoma, Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada aforesaid, that the annexed release or surrender was assented to and executed by the Chiefs and Principal Men of the Band of Indians therein mentioned, assembled at a meeting of such Band and tribe summoned for that purpose, and who were entitled to vote thereat. WM. YAN ABBOTT, his AUGUSTIN x SHINGWACK. mark Sworn before me at Sault Saint Marie in the "1 District of Algoma and Province of I Ontario, this twenty-sixth day of) November, in the vear of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. Walter McCrea, Judge, District of Algoma. Recorded 18th February, 1875. Liber S, Folio 215. R. W. Scott, Secretary of State and Registrar General of Canada. No. 141. Know all Men by these Presents, that we the undersigned Chiefs and Warriors of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon, being a majority of members of the said Wyandott Indians of Anderdon, for ourselves and for and on the behalf of the whole of the members of the said Wyandott Indians, do hereby remise, release, surrender, quit claim and yield up, unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her successors and assigns forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and territory, situated on the River Detroit, in the Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex and Province of Ontario, known as " Little Turkey Island," together with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging. To have and to hold the same, unto Her 3fajesty Our Sovereign Lady the Queen Her successors and assigns forever, in trust, nevertheless, to sell and convey the same at the best price, and upon such terms as may appear most conducive to the interests of the said Wyandott Indians, and to invest the proceeds arising therefrom on the best possible terms and rate of interest, on the behalf and for the benefit of the said Wyandott Indians and their descendants. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our ^hands and seals this twenty- seventh day of November, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. gned, sealed and delivered in the presence of Robt. Mackenzie, V.S. & C. S.White. Joseph x White, Chief, Alex. Clark, Joseph Warrow, James Clark, Thos. B. White, Peter D. Clark, Tho3Ias Warrow, Joseph Clark, S.White, Randolph Clark, Peter White, Israel J. Splitlog, Joseph J. Clark, iH IL.S. X.S. 'L.S. L.S. L.S. "L.S.' 'l.s: 'l.s: j'L.S." 'l.s; 'l.s: We, Robert Mackenzie, Yisiting Superintendent and Commissioner, and Solomon White, one of the Chiefs of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon, hereby certify that the above surrender was freely assented to by a large majority of the said Band of Indians present at a Council summoned for that purpose, on the day of the date above expressed. Taken and sworn before me at Sandwich, in the County of Essex, this 28th day of November, A.D., 1874, G. W. Leggatt, Co. Essex. J Recorded 12th February, 1875. ") Lib. S. Folio 211. j R. W. Scott, Secretary of State and Registrar-General of Canada. ROBT. MACKENZIE, Y. S. & C. S. WHITE. No. 142. This Indenture made this seventh day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, between William Ives, of the town and County of Pictou, in the Province of Nova Scotia, merchant, and Christianna Ives, his wife, of the one part, and Her Majesty Queen Yictoria, represented herein by the Minister of the Interior of the Dominion of Canada, of the other part. Whereas, Her said Majesty Queen Yictoria, represented as aforesaid, has agreed with the.said William Ives to purchase the lot of land hereinafter described for the use and benefit of the Micmac Indians in the County of Pictou aforesaid, for the price or sum hereinafter mentioned. Now, therefore, this Indenture witnesseth that the said William Ives and Christianna Ives his wife, in consideration of the sum of one thousand one hundred and fifty seven dollars of lawful money of Canada to the said William Ives, in hand well r paid by Her said Majesty, represented herein as aforesaid, at or befon iling and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknow lave and each of them hatl remised, conveyed andcontir nt, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff. Yictoria, represente sold, aliened, enfeoffed, . by these presents do and each of them remise, convey and confirm unto Her id, Her heirs and successors, to. lying and being at Fisher's Grant, that is to i certain lot and pi in the said County of Pictou, and deic Beginning on the north shore of Boat Harbour, at the south-east corner of lands owned by James G. Sproull, and running thence north thirty-seven degrees forty-five minutes west by the magnet of June. 1ST3. along the east line of said Sproull's land seventv-four chains, thence north fifty-two degrees fifteen minutes east by the magnet aforesaid, along the south line of lands owned by the said William Ives, eleven chains and thirty-five links to the west line of Edwin Sproull's land, thence south thirtv-seven degrees and forty-five minutes east by the magnet aforesaid, along the last mentioned Tine and west line of lands owned by James G. Sproull aforesaid and William Powell the elder sixty-one chains and eighty-five links to the waters of Boat Harbour aforesaid, thence south-eastwardly, southwardly and westwardly, and by the various courses of the shore of said Boat Harbour to the place of beginning, containing eighty-nine acres, more or less. Together with all and singular the houses, outhouses, barns, buildings, ways, waters^watercourses. easements, privileges and appurtenances to the same, belonging or in anv wise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remain- yders, rents, issues and profits thereof, and also all the estate, right, title, interest, claim, property and demand, both at law and in equity of them, the said William Ives and Christianna Ives, his wife. of. in, to or out of the same or any part thereof, To have and to hold the said land and premises with the appurtences and every part thereof unto Her said Majesty Queen Yictoria. represented as aforesaid, Her heirs and successors, to Her and their sole use benefit, and behoof forever. And the said William Ives doth hereby for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators, grant, covenant, promise, and. agree to and with Her said Majesty Queen Yictoria, represented as aforesaid. Her heirs ana successors, in manner following, that is to say: That it shall and may be lawful for Her said Majesty, represented as aforesaid Her heirs and successors, from time to time and at all times hereafter, peaceably and quietly to enter into the said land and premises, and to have, hold, occupy, possess and enjoy the same without the lawful let, suit, hindrance, eviction, denial or disturbance of, from or by the said William Ives or Christianna Ives, his wife, or any person or persons whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the same. And also, that the said William Ives and Christianna Ives, his wife, or one of them, have a good sure perfect and indefeasible estate of inheritance in fee simple in the said land and premises, and have good right, full power and lawful authority to sell and convey the same in manner and form as they are hereby sold and con- his heirs, the sai ^ueen Yictoria, ful claims of all i id and premises, esented as afore- >ns whomsoever, 1 by these preser ess Whereof, th aflaxed on the ds preser Danie G. H. i and delivered ice of L F. Ives, Elliot. y and year ents hs i writU i hereto their hands and WILLTAM IVES, CHRISTIANNA IVI [L.S.] James &j5foroul{ <fi p y X «#3W/t J/ji6 mW93t' ASvJcKfyjzarcAain* Wit/tarn J#e* '•ft § Ttftiiieim jPei4*eli jStrsi* 7/7///g€//t Jve* X\ i 7?it*ic*ffi *J 4 3 JFttwin jSforvuli TPMifam J^cweii s&en- ~W~4i{ictm,2btveiZ/¥«n e JFfixrd&ur ,Q i =5° VC**'^©' «^^ Ct/i-€XJC*'Z*' *- ** r/ £<BV**t*<eC) '&£&. c&&£cLe> ci/eu e\m%^c ifZ^ ^t^yvrl* Province of Nova Scotia, ) Halifax, S. S. J Be it remembered that on this seventh day of Dec hundred and seventy-four, before me the subscriber per: Christianna Ives, wife of William Ives, mentioned in th< having been by me examined separate and apart from he and acknowledge that she executed the said Indenture a without fear, threat or compulsion, of from or by her s release of all her claims to the land therein described. G. Barr Recorded 3rd M!areh, 1S75. ' Lib. S. Folio 217. R. W. Scott, Secretary of State and Registrar General of Canada. n> or e th b ?1 c g In act and deed nd for a full EI JL tot. vei • ar d mtai •y Public. No. 143. Know all Men by these Presents that we, the Chiefs, Principal Men and Warriors of the Chippewa Indians, of Sarnia, owning and residing on the Indian Reserve at Sarnia, being this day assembled with our people in general council, and acting for and on behalf of the whole membership of our said Band, and with the free consent of a majority thereof, as expressed in our said council summoned for that purpose, in presence of the Honourable the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs and of Robert Mackenzie, our local Superintendent, have agreed to surrender and yield up, and do hereby surrender and yield up unto our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors, in trust, to be sold for the benefit of ourselves and our children, all that certain portion of our said reserve, containing about one hundred and fifty-four acres, be the same more or less, which may be described as follows, namely: Lots numbers forty-five,forty-six, forty-seven, forty-eight, forty- nine and fifty of the front range of our said reserve, as shown on the map of the survey thereof made by P. S. Donnelly in the year 1855. To the End, that the said described piece of land, including the beach and water privileges in front of the same, may be re-surveyed and sold in such manner, and on such terms, as the Honourable the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs may judge to be best for our advantage: and that the proceeds of the said land, as the same may be realized, shall be properly invested, and the interest to be derived therefrom paid over to ourselves, our people and children, at the same times in each year as it is customary to pay our annuity and interest monies. Subject, nevertheless. to the following stipulations and conditions, namely: That the improvements, rents and other advantages of the present occupants of all the above-described lots of land shall be faithfully valued, and the full and fair value of the same, together with all necessary and reasonable expenses of removal, paid to the said occupants, their heirs or assigns, or invested for their benefit in providing new dwellings and other necessary improvements on other portions of the said reserve to be alio in lieu of the lands to be by them vacated. And further, th any improvements made by other parties on lots on which it may be found desiral to locate the parties to be removed shall be granted. All to be'paid from the pro-. ceeds of the sale of the above surrendered lands; and also that from and out of the first monies to be received for the sale of the said lands there shall be a distribution made of four dollars to each individual member of the Band. In Witness to all which covenants and conditions, we the said Chiefs, Principal Men, and Warriors, have set our hands and seals to this surrender, executed in duplicate, and dated at Sarnia, in the County of Lambton. Province of Ontario, and o the said par compensatioi Dom thou n of Canada, this fourteenth day of January, in the year of Our Lord one I eight hundred and seventy-five. William Wawanosh, John Sumner, his Nicholas Plain, x. mark. James Manass, Wilson Jacobs, [L.S.] Luke Papahmegonce, [L.S.] [L.S.] Elijah George, [L.S.] his [L.S.] Daniel Nahmabin, x [L.S.] mark. his Antoine Rodd, Sr., x mark, his Andrew Neyesheck, x mark. [L.S.] [L.S.] his John Halfday, x mark, his James Halfday, x mark. Willlam Jackson, James Plain, his his George Ashquaquonaby, x [L.S.] Peter Menass, x mark. mark, his his Thomas Nayahmehquodt, x [L.S.] Moses Henry, x mark. mark. his his John Kabayah, x [L.S.] John Walker, x mark. mark. bis Willlam Jacobs, Daniel Pelahna, x [L.S.] Francis Rogers, Solomon Nageshig, Robert Isaac, Benjamin "White, his Josiah Williams, x mark. [L.S.] Albert Rodd, x FL.s.i mark. his John Thomas, x FL.S/| mark. Alex. R. Nuwang, [L.S.] his Peter Gray, x |-L.S.l mark. his Wm. Kachenoding, x | L.S.| mark his William Collroll, x [I,S.| marl his Jabez Nahmabin, x mark. LLS.J his Henry Oliver, x fL.S.1 mark. his Isaac Stone, x jL.S.j mark. Jabez Jackson, fL.S.1 Jno. Nayaunquodt, [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.J |L.S.T tL.S.1 tL.S.j William Shabenais, x [L.S.] mark. -"• ^C his Solomon Jackson, x [L.S.] mark, his Elijah David, x . [L.S.] . mark, his Pail Rodd, x [L.S.] mark. his Solomon Adam, x [L.S.] mark, his Peter Williams, x [L.S.] V mark, his Joseph Pepeseda, x [L.S.] mark, his Francis Collroll, x [L.S.] Jacob Madwayah, x [L.S.]. mark. Alexander Rogers, [L.S.] Silas Wahbemong, [L.S.J Ephraim Jackson, [L.S.] Ro James Manass, Jr., hi John Williams, [L.S.] Signed and sealed in the ) presence of j David Laird, Minister of Interior. Robt. Mackenzie, V. Supt. and Comr. mark. We, Robert Mackenzie. Local Superintendent and Commissioner, and William Wawanosh, Chief and Interpreter to the Chippewa Indians of Sarnia, do hereby affirm and certify' that the following surrender was freely assented to at a full gener|| council of the said Band, summoned for that purpose on the date therein mentioned, and that the said assent was given all but unanimously, there being but six dissenters therefrom. ROBT. MACKENZIE, V. S. & C. ■ WILLIAM WAWANOSHr Sworn before me at the Town of Sarnia. "} in the County of Lambton, this fifteenth day of January, A.D. 1875. Charles Robinson, Judge County Court, County of Lambton. Recorded 18th February, 1875. Liber S, Folio 212. R. W. Scott, Secretary of State and Registrar General of Canada. No. 144. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the Chiefs, Principal Men and Warriors of the Chippewa and Pottowatomie Indians of Walpole Island, being this day assembled in our council house to the number of about two hundred, in presence of our Visiting Superintendent, have agreed to surrender, and do hereby surrender audi yield up unto our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her successors and assigns, all that. J certain portion of land and marsh, forming the lower or southern portion of our said' island, which may be described as follows, namely : All that is bounded on the west ^ by the St. Clair River, on the east by the Shewetagan Creek or Channel, and on the south by the Lake St. Clair, which portion is commonly known as Squirrel Island; thence from the southern mouth of the Shewetagan Channel or Creek along theI shore to the mouth of Johnson's Lake, and thence in a northerly direction to Goose Lake; from thence westerly along the eastern edge -of the swamp or marsh known as Grassy Bend until Shewetagan Channel is reached. To the End that the said described territory may be leased for sporting or shooting or shooting purposes, to such persons, and on such terms as the Honourable the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs for the Dominion of Canada may consider to be most for our benefit and advantage, and the preservation of our game from unlicensed trespassers—conditional, however, on the full reservation to ourselves and our people of the right to trap muskrat and take fish over the said described territory. And also, that the rental to be derived from the leasing of the same shall be distributed to us and our people, semi-annually, as an addition to our ordinary annuity and interest monies, in the following manner and proportion, namely: Three-foura^B to the Chippewas and one-fourth to the Pottowatomies of this Island. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals at Walpole Island, this seventeenth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five. Charles Kiyoshk, Joseph Isaac, x Alex. Johnson, x Ohaway, x Joseph Kowsod, x Padahgoshing x Jacob Kiyoshk, x Nahnahqua, x' Petme-ge-shig, X J. G. Bird, x Solomon Pattasug, x George Naggs, x James Osaugee. x Edward Nakdee, x John Chawmiee, x A. G. Hemy, x Wazahwegonaby, X pswamoo, x James Pahdakoung, x Thos. Eneme Keeorce, x Takoose, x Shawanoonce, x Wamitegozheens, X Alexander Greenbird, x Joseph Ah-dun, x James Pexasheens, x Weehoo, x John Riley, x Charles Nadin. x John Penance, x Jacob Nawindahsing, x John Dakahbun, x Hag on abe, x John Penance, x Pemahquadoonce, x William Edwards, x Ashkebee, x Mashkeyah, x QuEESHQUAn,X James Sedah, x Shuhnoo, x HODAH, X GWAHKOOHEMAH, ] QUAQUADAnSUNG, Dakonszha, X Philip Kiyoshk, : John Naggs, x. David Kiyoshk. : Samuel White, x gooshkemeg, x muh-kuh-d ape x a? John Mokewenai Joseph Kiyoshk, John La von, x Chahgahbee, x Nahwakodoo, x Ozahvib, x Nanahgahwah. 5 Mesuk, X Kenooshnahgun, Thomas Johnson, Abram James, x Peendenwon, x Chebeyah,x Alexander B. Bi Signed in presence of - Andrew Jamieson, Missionary, k Andrew Jacobs, JPotaicatamie School-teacher. J .V-;. ? > We, Robert Mackenzie, Visiting Superintendent and Commissioner, Kiyoshk, acting Interpreter, and one of the Chiefs of the Chippewas Island, hereby certify that the above surrender was freely assented to I unanimous vote, at a full council of the Chippewas and Pottowatomie= Island, duly summoned for the purpose expressed in the surrender or the date therein expressed. ROBT. MACKENZIE, V. S. an CHARLES KIYOSHK, Councillor and Inti Sworn before me at Sarnia, in the County ^ of Lambton, Province of Ontario, on ">- the eighteenth day of June, A.D. 1875. J Charles Robinson. Judge County Court, County of Lambton. Recorded 20th September, 1875.") Liber S., Folio 230. j L. A. Catellter, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. No. 145. Know all Men by these Presents, that we the undersigned Chiefs and Principal Men of the Band of Chippewas and and Sauteux Indians, owning the reserve at St. Peter's, in the Province of Manitoba and Dominion of Canada, acting for and on behalf of our said Band, and with the free consent of a majority thereof, as expressed in council summoned for the purpose, in the presence of Joseph Alfred Norbert Provencher, Indian Commissioner, do hereby surrender and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever in trust, all that parcel 01 tract of land in that part of the reserve situated on the south end of the Parish of St. Peter's, on the east side of the Red River, comprising the lots as shown on the plan of the said Parish of St. Peter's, being numbers 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245 and 246, inclusive, according to the tracing annexed to the present transfer, or so much of the said tract of land that forms part of the said Reserve. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty. Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land as above described, in trust, to be sold in such manner and on such terms as the Honourable the Superin- tendant-General of Indian Affairs shall or may deem to be most conducive to the interests of us, the said Chiefs and Principal Men, and our people in all time to come. And upon the further condition that the monies received from the sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be properly invested, and the interest money accruing therefrom shall be paid to us and our descendants in all time to come, in such a manner and at such times as the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs may direct. And we, the said Chiefs and Principal Men of the Band aforesaid do, on behalf of our people, and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm whatever the Honourable the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs may do, or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the disposal and sale of the said above described lands. In Witness Whereof, we the said Chiefs and Principal Men have set our hands and seals unto this Instrument at the Parish of St. Peter's, in the said Province of Manitoba and Dominion of Canada, this seventh day of August, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five. Executed and signed in presence of "j his J. A. N. Provencher, l Henry Prince, Chief, x Indian Commissioner. [ James F. Graham. J Ma-kwa- his John Prince, x Ma-ke-me-we- CA-KE-KE-TOOK, his [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] And we, Joseph Alfred Norbert Provencher, Indian Commissioner, and Henr Prince, Chief, do hereby affirm and certify that the foregoing surrender was assente to by. a majoritv of the Chief;* of the said Band of Indians, assembled at a meetin of the said Band summoned for that purpose. J. Sworn before me at Winnipeg, in the "| District of Selkirk, and Province of Manitoba, this eleventh day of I August, in the year of Our Lord j one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five. J J. Dubuc, A Commissioner for receivm A. N. PROVENCHER, Indian Comn HENRY x PRINCE. mark. 7 Affidar Sworn before me at Winnipeg, in the County of Selkirk, in the Province of Manitoba, this twenty- second day of September, in the year of Our Lord eighteen hun- j dred and seventy-five. J. C. McKeagney, Judge, Court Q. B., Manitoba. Recorded 2nd November, 1875. ) Liber S, Folio 243. J L. A. Catellier, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. if i No. 146. Know all Men by these Presents, t of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon, forn members of the said Band of Indians, being to the rules of our Band, in presence of Indian Affairs and of our local Visiting 5u; of ourselves, and for all the other member: der. and do hereby surrender and yield up. Queen, her Heirs and successors, all those composed of a portion of Block B, of our rt don, in the County of Essex and Province o that is to say: Lots numbers six, seven, ei: b.; lots numbers six, seven, e sion, and lots numbers six, s th concession of the said To^ seven hundred acres, be the thereto belonging. To have and to hold the same unto an Queen, her Heirs and successors; in trust, the said lands may be surveyed and sold most convenient speed practicable, and tha ereof shall or may be inv el le and descendants, or in si pon between ourselves and the Honourabl pr the time being, and subject to the cond hall be paid to each member of our said B rom the sale of "the said lands. In Witness Whereof, we the said ChieJ nd seals, in council assembled as aforesaid his twentieth day of August, in the year c sixth concessit -seventh conce: ten. in the eig] thousand and appurtenances iroi seh hat we the undersigned Chief and Warriors Ling and being a large majority of the male l this day assembled in council according Honourable the Superintendent-General of perintendent, and acting for and on behalf s of our said Band, have agreed to surren- andrelease unto Our Sovereign Lady the er'tain parcels, or tracts of land, being served lands, in the Township of Ander- Ontario, known and described as follows, lit, nine, and the south half of ten, in the ght, nine, and the south half of ten. in the wen, eight, nine, and the south half of nship of Anderdon, containing in all two same more or less, together with all the to the use of Our Sovereign Lady the nevertheless, to the end and intent that in the best terms obtainable, with the 1 the monies or proceeds to be derived led and applied for the benefit of our- ch manner as may hereafter be agreed Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs tion that a bonus of one hundred dollars ud out of the first monies to be received and Warriors have hereunto set our hands at our Council House, in our said reserve, Our Lord one thousand eight hundred 1J 'I sealed and delivered in the 1 David Laird, Supt. General. Robt. Mackenzie, V.S.andC. Wm. McGregor, M.P., Co. Essex. Joseph x White mark and seal. Alex. Clark, Joseph Warrow, Joseph Clarke, S. White, Thos. B. White, • Randolph Clarke, Alex. Clarke, Sr., Chief, [L.S.] L.S. L.S L.S L.S. L.S. ;l.s.1 x.s. Thomas M. Warrow, Joseph I. White, Jr., Peter White, Israel J. Splitlog, Lewis Warrow, Joseph J. Clarke, his William x Hunt, mark and seal. Alexander White. We, Robert McKenzie, Visiting Superintendent and Commissioner, ap receive the surrender above expressed, and Solomon White, one of the chie of the Wyandott Indians, and entitled to vote at their councils, hereby ee the aforesaid surrender was freely assented to by a large majority of the of Indians, at a council specially summoned for that purpose, in accordant. Act 31 Vic, cap. 42, sec. 8. ROBT. MACKENZIE, V. S. and S. WHITE. Sworn and subscribed before me ~\ this 21st day of August, 1875 V at Safidwich. J G. W. Leggatt, Judge Essex. Recorded 21st September, 1S75 Lib. S., Folio 232. L. A. Catellier, Deputy Registrar General of Canada. L. L. L, [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] pointed to | f members rtify that said Band e with the I Comr. ' No. 147. Surrender by the Chief and Band of the Ojibway Indians, residing on the Rama I Reserve, in the County of Ontario, Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, to Her Majesty Queen Yictoria, of certain portions of their land in the said Rama Reserve, for railway purposes, described below, to be sold for their benefit. Know all Men by these Presents, that we the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Rama Band of Ojibway Indians resident on our reserve at Rama, in the j County of Ontario, Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting onl behalf of the whole people of our said Band, do hereby remise, release, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and succelH sors forever,— All and singular those certain parcels or tracts of land, situated, lying and being in the said Rama Reserve, in the Township of Rama, in the County of Ontario, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada aforesaid, being composed of part of lots numbers five, six, seven, eight and nine and ten in the front range of lots on Lake Couchiching, in the said Township of Rama, commencing at the point of | intersection of the centre line of the Toronto, Simcoe and Muskoka Junction Rail- way with the division line between lots numbers four and five in the front range of lots | on Lake Couchiching in said Township of Rama, which said inters westerly, two thousand and seventy-five feet, more or less, measure division line from the westerly limit of the road allowance in rear o ing on Lake Couchiching in the said Township of Rama. Thence along the centre line of said railway on a course north six degrees and thirty minutes east, two thousand two hundred and ninety feet, with a width of sixty- six feet; thence still along the said centre line of said railway on the same course I . is distant, Qg the said . lots front- with a width of sixty-six feet, to the ii numbers ten and eleven in the said ran intersection is distant westerly two the less, measured along the said division Hi action of the division line between lots lots on Lake Couchiching, which said d five hundred and eighty feet, more or m the westerly limit of the allowance for said range of lots, saving and excepting from the hi at portion of the road allowance between lots numbers si: e, containing bv admeasurement seven acres and forty-two ieven sdths of ar Cou of tl divi Lak west fiaid rani mini tion oflc mor alio] thro acre. onL ) same more Alsoo: ihichir irts of lots numbers sixteen and seventeen in front range of lots on Lake in the said Township of Rama, commencing at the point of intersection line of the Toronto, Simcoe and Muskoka Junction Railway with the ?ion line between lots numbers sixteen and seventeen in said front range of lots on b Couchiching, in said Township of Rama, which said intersection is distant :erly one thousand four hundred and sixty feet more or less measured along the division line from the westerly limit of the allowance for road in rear of said re of lots; thence along cen're line of said railway north six degrees and thirty ufes. east, one thousand five hundred and forty feet, more or less, to the intersec- of the division line between lots numbers seventeen and eighteen in the said range its; which said intersection is distant westerly three hundred and sixty feet, e or less, measured along said division line from the westerly limit of the vance for road in rear of said range of lots with a width of three hundred feet ughout, containing by admeasurement ten acres and fifty-eight hundreths of an be the same more or less. Also of parts of lots numbers twenty-six and twenty-seven in front range of lots ike Couchiching, in said Township of Rama, commencing at the point of inter- n of the centre line of the Toronto, Simcoe and Muskoka Junction Railway the division line between lots numbers twenty-five and twenty-six in the front of lots on Lake Couchiching in said Township ofRama, which said intersec- p distant westerly twelve hundred and twenty-five feet, more or less, measured the said division line from the water's edge of Lake St. John; thence along mtre line of said railway on a course north five degrees east, fifteen hundred and ■four feet, more or less, to the intersection of the division line between lots num- wenty-seven and twenty-eight in the said range of lots which said intersection is tt westerly fourteen hundred and fifty feet, more or less, measured along the i vision line from the water's edge of Lake St. John, with a width of sixty-six throughout, containing by admeasurement two acres and thirty-four hund- s of an acre, be the same more or less. Llso of parts of lots numbers thirty-two and thirty-three in front range of lots on Couchiching, in the said Township of Rama, commencing at the point of inter- in of the centre line of the Toronto, Simcoe and Muskoka Junction Railway the division line between lots numbers thirty-one and thirty-two in the front i of lots on Lake Couchiching. in said Township of Rama, which said inter- in is distant easterly, six hundred and ninety feet, more or less, measured the said division line from the water's edge of Lake Couchiching; thence e line of said railway on a cour width of one hundred feet, thei same course seven hundred and nning of a curve; thence still a ight thousand five hundred an hundred and twenty-five feet, rd ween lots numbers thirty-three ■ the termination of said curve hundred and eighty feet, mo: >m the water's edge of Lake Co and thirty-nine hundredths of a e north five degrees east, one hun- :e still along the centre line of said ieven feet with a width of sixty-six ong the centre line of said railway ninety-four feet radius, curving to re or less, to the intersection of the nd thirty-four in said range of lots, which said intersection is distant ) or less, measured along the said chiching, containing by admeasure- acre, be the same more or less. ine of the said To ie between lots nu rly two hi Li Lake i Br and i Also of part of lot number forty-two in the front range of lots on Lai ing. in the Township of Rama aforesaid. Commencing at the point of intersection of the cei Simcoe and Muskoka Junction Railway, with thedivisi forty-one and forty-two in the front range of lots on Li Township of Rama, which said intersection is distant ea feet more or less, measured along said division line from the ws Couchiching; thence along the centreline of said railway on a ( degrees east, eight hundred and twenty feet more or less, to the southern limit of the road allowance between lots numbers forty-t which said intersection is distant easterly three hundred and tej measured along said limit of said road allowance from the wa Couchiching, with a width of sixty-six feet throughout, containing by ad moment one acre and twenty-four hundredths of an acre, be the same more or les And also of a part of lot number forty-six fronting on Lake Couchiching i said township, better known and described as a strip of land sixty-six feet wi< shewn on a plan of the Northern Extension Railway (Muskok; office of the Provincial Secretary of Ontario.) The line in strip may be described as follows, that is to say : commencing the southerly limit of said lot with centre of the present locate^ Extension Railwaj* (Muskoka Branch); thence northerly fo the said centre line on a curve of three thousand one hundre radius, four hundred and ten feet, more or less, to the southerly limit of a rottflj allowance reserved in the original grant from the Crown, and containing by admeasurement sixty-two hundredths of an acre, be the same more or less. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust, to sell and convey the same to such person or persons, 'and upun such terms as the Government of this Dominion may deem most con- ducive to the interests of us, the said Chief and Principal Men, and our people in all! time to come. An upon the further condition that the monies received for the sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual expense of management, be placed at interest, and the] interest money accruing from such investments, shall be paid annually or semiannually to us and our descendants. And we the said Chief and Principal Men of the Rama Band of'Ojibwav Indians aforesaid do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm whatever the Government of the said Dominion! may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the disposal and sale of sai<8 land. In Witness Whereof we the said Chief and Principal Men, have set our handjB and affixed our seals unto this instrument in the year and place stated below. Done at Rama, this twenty-sixth day of August, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three. Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of us, having been first read and i terpreted. William Plummer, Visiting Supt. and Comr. Indian Affair, W. Weake, Missionary. J. B.Nanegesiikung. Peter Jacobs, Isaac Yellowhead, hi John Simcoe, Jr. 3 Michael St. Germain John Williams, John Young, Gilbert Williams, 1 William Snake, V Joseph St. Germain, Chief [L.S.] L.S.] §] [L.S.] [L.S.] pur ]]v appeared before me William Plummer, of the city of Toronto, in the e.* Visiting Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and Joseph Benson Nanin- f the Township of Rama in the County and Province aforesaid, the Rama Band of Indians, who being duly sworn, severally depose and say, i said William Plummer for himself saith that the annexed Release or as assented to by the said Joseph Benson Naningeshkung, he being the f the said Tribe or body of Indians, assembled at a meeting or council summoned for that purpose, at the meeting or council was held in his presence; and he heard such at he was duly authorized to attend such council by the Minister of the said Joseph Benson Naningeshkung for himself saith: it he is a Chief and the only Chief of the Rama Band of Indians, and was ote at the council or meeting above mentioned, at the annexed release or surrender has been assented to by him. at such assent was given at a meeting or council summoned for that [rhich he was present, and also the other deponent, William Plummer. WILLIAM PLUMMER. J. B. NANEGESHKUXG. *e me by the said deponents," Plummer and Joseph Benson ?>hkun£. this 27th day of Au- 73. ■ J J. N. S. Robt. Gowan, Senior Judge, Co. Simcoe. I October, 1875. | Folio 234. L. A. Catellier, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. No. 14 To R< i key Lieutenant-General Sir John Colborne, G.C.B.. G.C.U., Governor a Committee of the Executive Council. Present: the Honorable Mr. i Chair; Mr. Cochran, Mr. Sheppard and Mr. Daly; on Your Excel- ce of the Petition from Mr. McXab and Mr. C. D. Morson relative to leased by them from the Indians. Exc J. Colborne. ving taken into consideration the petition of Mr, McNab and are humbly of opinion that the lease for ninety-nine years of ;u in the year 1818 by certain Indian chiefs to one Eleazar ly acquired by the petitioners, is null aud void, inasmuch as the ■ight to grant leases or dispose of the lands situated within their round* the claim of the petitioners they state that Lord Dalhousie, then , in declaring that "the Indian leases are good for nothing" had ^ added that Mr. Gillson will not be disturbed in his hold of them; but the do not think that this promise can be construed to permit Mr. Gillson to a lease which was stated to he good for nothing. The committee would, nevertheless, under the circumstances of the ci mend the petitioners to the favourable consideration of Your Excellency some compensation may be made to them from the rent which may hi thi von m given of; into the n Lower received for Kettle Island, or from such other funds arising the Ottawa as may be at the disposal of Your Excellency. The committee, however, are likewise of opinion that the leases late this island by an officer of the Indian Department to certain occupants is equally-: irregular and invalid, and that the island should be considered and treated as a part; of the waste lands of the Crown, and all intruders ousted who have not a title from the Crown. In considering the foregoing petition, together with the reports thereon of the Indian Department, the committee have been led to have reference to an Report of Council, dated 13th June, 1837, which enters at great length management, affairs and territorial claims of the Indian tribes resident in Canada, and from which the following extract is submitted fur Your Excellences! information:— "The Iroquois, Algonquins and the Nipissingues, collected under the spiritual care of the priests of the Seminary of Montreal at the Lake of the Two 3IountaiaH and forming altogether a population of 864 souls, have no land in their actual posses-H sion, except about 260 acres of sterile soil, which they occupy by permission of the Seminary, the possessors of the seigniory. " The circumstances of these tribes appear to the committee to demand the peculiar attention of Government, having done good service in the field in aid of] His Majesty's arms, both during the former and the late war with the United States:.] they are now among the most helpless and destitute of the Indians of -Lower Canada;! *They have laid before Your Excellency a claim to be maintained in the enjoyment! of the residue of their hunting grounds on the Ottawa River, not as yet comprised! in settlements and townships, and to be compensated for that part which has been; taken from them for those purposes by the Crown. "The claim of these Indians (the Iriquois, Algonquins and Nipissingues of the Lake of the Two Mountains) comprises a tract of country on each side of the Ottawa! River, reaching from" the seigniorial grant for some hundred of miles upwards; and" they ask that besides compensation for that portion of this territory which the Crown has granted away or the white population has occupied they may be protected in the enjoyment of the remainder against further encroachment or grant. '• There appears no reason to doubt that under the French Government, the hunting grounds of these nations may have covered the whole extent which they ] now describe, and that their right so to use it was as little disputed and as wellJ defined as any of the territorial rights of the other Indian tribes. These petitiotffl now appeal to the terms of the Royal Proclamation of 1763, and it appears to tl committee that as that Act of State has been considered sufficient to «• uarantee I the Iroquois of St. Regis the possession of their present reservation, to whicl stated that they had no other right than as a part of their ancient hunting o-rj the Algonquins and Nipissingue tribes may have some grounds to complain if are deprived of the benefit of the same protection for their claims. The\7 brought forward their pretensions on various occasions, and it is to be inferred some of the documents which they produce in support of their application that to it is right to compensation w Dorchester. "The Indian trill to be resol from whic at >ast in oni nave from th instance distinctly admitted by Lord! nmittee, h( r, conceive that the claims of these, and indeed of all the in respect of their former territorial possessions, are at the present day into an equitable right to be compensated for the loss of the landsij former times they derived their subsidence, and which may have beenJ taken by Government for purpc of settlement, and that the measure of such com- pensation should be to place and maintain them in a condition of at least equal advantage with that which they would have enjoyed in their former state. Viewing in this manner the claim now made by the tribes in question, the committee recommend that a sufficient tract of land should be set apart in the rear of the present xan^e of townships on the Ottawa River, and that such of them as may from time to time be disposed to settle on land should be located there, and that both they and the rest of these tribes should continue to receivorsuch support, encouragement and assistance as may supply the place of their former means of subsistence, and at the same time prepare and lead them to a state of independence of further aid. "The committee assume that the Indians must continue to be as they have hitherto been; for whether under French or English dominion, they have been taught exclusively to look for paternal protection in compensations for the rights and independence which they have lost. Until circumstances render it expedient that they should be turned over to the Provincial Legislature and receive legislative provision and care, the committee conceive that all arrangements with respect to them must be made under the immediate directions of Her Majesty's Government, and carried into effect under the supervision of officers appointed by it." As the recommendations of this report tended not only to exclude the Indians from any participation in the management of their affairs, but negatived their right of property at the present day in the lands which they once held as hunting grounds, the committee respectfully suggest that the officers of the Indian Department be instructed to act in accordance with the tenor of the aforesaid report, it appearing to have been overlooked in recent orders given by Colonel Hughes, for leasing the islands in the Ottawa River, and of which the secretary, Colonel Napier, had no knowledge. All of which is respectfully submitted to Your Excellency's wisdom. By order, J. STEWART, Chairman. Council Chambers, 17th June, 1839. No. 149 A. . Articles of a Treaty made and concluded at Beren's River the 20th day of September, and at Norway House the 24th day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, between "Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen" of Great Britain and Ireland, by Her Commissioners the Honourable Alexander Morris, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Manitoba and the North-West Territories, and the Honourable James McKay, of the one part, and the Saulteaux and Swampy Cree tribes of Indians, inhabitants of the country within the limits hereinafter defined and described, by their Chiefs, chosen and named as hereinafter mentioned, of the other part. Whereas, the Indians inhabiting the said country have, pursuant to an appointment made by the said Commissioners, been convened at meetings at Beren's River and Norwav' House to deliberate upon certain matters of interest to Her Most Gracious Majesty, of the one part, and the said Indians of the other. And whereas the said Indians have been notified and informed by Her Majesty's said Commissioners that it is the desire of Her Majesty to open up for settlement, immigration and such other purposes as to Her Majesty may seem meet, a tract of country bounded and described as hereinafter mentioned, and to obtain the consent thereto of Her Indian subjects inhabiting the said tract, and to make a treaty and arrange with them, so that there may be peace and good will between them and Her Majesty, and that there may know and be assured of what allowance they are to count upon and receive from Her Majesty's bounty and benevolence. And whereas the Indians of said tract, duly convened in council as aforesaid, and being requested by Her Majesty's said Commissioners to name certain Chiefs and Headmen who should be authorized on their behalf to conduct such negotiations and sign any treaty to be founded thereon, and to become responsible to Her Majesty for the faithful performance by their respective bands of such obligations as shall be] assumed by them the said Indians, have thereupon named the following persons foa that purpose, that is to say: For the Indians within the Beren's River region and their several bands : Nah- wee-kee-sick-quah-yash, Chief; Kah-nah-wah-kee-wee-nin and Nah-kee-quan-nay-1 yash, Councillors, and Pee-wah-roo-wee-nin, of Poplar River, Councillor; for the;] Indians within the Norway House region and their several bands: David Bundle,:] Chief, James Cochrane, Harry Constatagand Charles Pisequinip, Councillorsj-JM Ta-pas-ta-num, or Donald William Sinclair Ross, Chief, James Garrioch and Proudl McKay, Councillors. And thereupon, in open council, the different bands having presented theill Chiefs to the said Commissioners as the Chiefs and Headmen for the purposes aforesaid of the respective Bands of Indians inhabiting the said district hereinafter described. ] And whereas the said Commissioners then and there received and acknowledged! the persons so presented as Chiefs and Headmen, for the purposes aforesaid, of thel respective Bands of Indians inhabiting the said district hereinafter described. And whereas the said Commissioners have proceeded to negotiate a treaty with the said Indians, and the same has been finally agreed upon and concluded as fbl-j lows, that is to say: The Saulteaux and Swampy Cree Tribes of Indians and all other the Indians inhabiting the district hereinafter described and defined, do hereby cede, release surrender and yield up to the Government of the Dominion of Canada, for Her Majesty the Queen and Her successors for ever, all their rights, titles and privileges whatsoever to the lands included within the following limits, that is to say:— Commencing at the north corner or junction of Treaties Nos. 1-and 3; thence easterly along the boundary of Treaty No. 3 to the "Height of Land," at the north-east corner of the said treaty limits, a point dividing the waters of the Albanye and Winnipeg Rivers; thence due north along the said " Height of Land " to al point intersected by the 53° of north latitude ; and thence north-westerly to | 11 Favourable Lake; " thence following the east shore of said lake to its northern:] limit; thence north-westerly to the north end of Lake Winnipegoosis ; thence 1 westerly to the " Height of Land " called " Robinson's Portage; " thence north-;- westerly to the east end of " Cross Lake ; " thence north-westerly crossing :: Foxes Lake ;" thence north-westerly to the north end of " Split Lake; " thence southwesterly to "Pipestone Lake," on "Burntwood River;" thence south-westerly to the western point of " John Scott's Lake; " thence south-westerly to the north shore-;] of "Beaver Lake;" thence south-westerly to the west^nd of "Cumberland Lake; I I thence due south to the " Saskatchewan River; " thence due south to the north-west .v corner of the northern limits of Treaty No. 4, including all territory within the- s'aid limits, and all islands on /all lakes within the said limits, as above described; I and it being also understood that in all cases where lakes form the treaty limits, - ten miles from the shore of the lake should be included in the treaty. And also all their rights, titles and privileges whatsoever to all other lands wherever situated in the North-West Territories or in any other Province or portion of Her Majesty's dominions situated and being within the Dominion of Canada; The tract comprised within the lines above described, embracing an area of one | hundred thousand square miles, be the same more or less; To have and to hold the same to Her Majesty the Queen, and Her successors " forever; And Her Majesty the Queen hereby agrees and undertakes to lay aside reserves for farming lands, due respect being had to lands at present cultivated by the said... Indians, and other reserves for the benefit of the said Indians, to be administered and dealt with for them by Her Majesty's Government of the Dominion of Canada, provided all such reserves shall not exceed in all one hundred and sixty acres for each family of five, or in that proportion for larger or smaller families—in manner';^ IS fit tc o-ra Chin ch o or ot her i Lakfl Wir sixn - acr imp] •oven Andi of tl e bai whei -e th asidt a re as to give it is to say: For the Band of "Saulteaux, in the Beren's River " region, r who may within two years settle therein, a reserve commencing at Beren's River into Lake Winnipeg, and extending along the shores of I up said river and into the interior behind said Take and river, so as id one hundred and sixty acres for each family of five, a reasonable ig. however, to be made b}- Her JM ajesty to the extent of the said he inclusion in the tract so reserved of swamp, but reserving the free r the said lake and river, and free access to the shores and waters [er Majesty and all Her subjects, and excepting thereout such land as m granted to or stipulated to be held by the "Hudson's Bay Company." land as Her Majesty or Her successors, may in Her good pleasure, see o the Mission established at or near Beren's River by the Methodist mad a, for a church, school-house, parsonage, burial ground and farm, ion purposes; and to the Indians residing at Poplar River, falling into eg north of Beren's River, a reserve not exceeding one hundred and :o each family of five, respecting, as much as possible, their present much as a number of the Indians nowresiding in and about Norway House •f whom David Rundle is Chief are desirous of removing to a locality can cultivate the soil, Her Majesty the Queen hereby agrees to lay ■e on the west side of Lake Winnipeg, in the vicinity of Fisher River, so ? hundred acres to each family of five, or in that proportion for larger rnilies, who shall remove to the said locality within "three years," it ted that ninety families or thereabout will remove within the said lat a reserve will be laid aside sufficient for that or the actual number; Ither agreed that those of the band who remain in the vicinity of use " shall retain for their own use their present gardens, buildings and first had and obtained, for their individual benefit, if any value can be regard to the Band of Wood Indians, of whom Ta-pas-ta-num, or Donald air Ross, is Chief, a reserve at Otter Island, on the west side of Cross lundred and sixtv acres for each familv of five or in that proportion for :es—reserving, however, to Her Majesty, Her successors and Her sub- lavigation of all lakes and rivers and free access to the shores thereof; -ever, that Her Majesty reserves the right to deal with any settlers mds of any lands reserved for any band as She shall deem fit, and also laid reserves of land or any interest therein may be sold or otherwise Her Majesty's Government for the use and benefit of the said Indians to, with their consent first had and obtained. i a view to show the satisfaction of Her Majesty with the behaviour iuct of Her Indians, She hereby, through Her Commissioners, makes t of five dollars for each man, woman and child belonging to the presented-, in extinguishment of all claims heretofore preferred, her, Her Majesty agrees to maintain schools for instruction in such >y made as to Her Government of the Dominion of Canada may seem mever the Indians of the reserve shall desire it. sty further agrees with Her said Indians, that within the boundary of t force, or hereafter to be enacted, to preserve Her Indian subjects i reserves, or living elsewhere within Her North-West Territories, fro ence of the use of intoxicating liquors, shall be strictly enforced, esty further agrees with Her said Indians, that they, the said Indian *ht.to pursue their avocations of hunting and fishing throughout tl ered as hereinbefore described, subject to such regulations as mi time be made by Her Government of Her Dominion of Canada, ai 19' saving and excepting such tracts as may from time to time be required or taken up for settlement, mining, lumbering or other purposes, by Her said Government of- the Dominion of Canada, or by any of the subjects thereof duly authorized therefor by the said Government. - It is further agreed between Her Majesty and Her said Indians that such sections of the reserves above indicated as may at any time be required for publie.'fi works or buildings, of what nature soever, may be appropriated for that purpose*] by Her Majesty's Government of the Dominion of Canada, due compensation beinjl* made for the value of any improvements thereon. And further, that Her Majesty's Commissioners shall, as soon as possible after the execution of this treaty, cause to be taken an accurate census of all the Indians! inhabiting the tract above described, distributing them in families, and shall in : every year ensuing the date hereof, at some period in each year to be duly notified.": to the Indians, and at a place or places to be appointed for that purpose within the ' territory ceded, pa}- to eaeh Indian person the sum of five dollars per head yearly. It is further agreed between Her Majesty and the said Indians that the sum of five hundred dollars per annum shall be yearly and avery year expended by Her Majesty in the purchase of ammunition, and twine for nets, for the use of the said " Indians, in manner following, that is to say: in the reasonable discretion as regards the distribution thereof among the Indians inhabiting the several reserves or other-, wise included therein of Her Majesty's Indian Agent having the supervision of this treaty. It is further agreed between Her Majesty and the said Indians that the following articles shall be supplied to any band of the said Indians whot are now cultivating the soil, or who shall hereafter commence to cultivate the land, that is to say:: Two hoes for every family actually cultivating; also one spade per family as afore-1 said; one plough for every ten families as aforesaid; five harrows for every twentv farailies as aforesaid: one scythe for every family as aforesaid, and~aIso'one axe:— and also one cross-cut saw, one hand-saw, one pit-saw, the necessary files, one grind-tf stone, and one auger for each band; and also for each Chief, for the use of his band, I one chest of ordinary carpenter's tools; also for each band enough of wheat barlev, potatoes and oats to plant the land actually broken up for cultivation by such band;|| also for each band one yoke of oxen, one bull and four cows—all the aforesaiciP articles to be given once for all for the encouragement of the practice of agriculture among the Indians. It is further agreed between Her Majesty and the said Indians that each Chief duly recognized as such shall receive an annual salary of twenty-five dollars per annum, and each subordinate officer, not exceeding three for each band, shall receive: fifteen dollars per annum; and each such Chief and subordinate officer as aforesaid; shall also receive, once every three years, a suitable suit of clothing: and each Chief shall receive, in recognition of the closing of the treaty, a suitable fiao- and medal, i And the undersigned Chiefs, on their own behalf and on behalf of all other ] Indians inhabiting the tract within ceded, do hereby solemnly promise and enga^ejl to strictly observe this treaty, and also to conduct and behave themselves as Le>od and loyal subjects of Her Mejesty the Queen. .They promis.- and engage that they will, in all respects, obey and abide by the law, and they will maintain peace and I good order between each other, and also between themselves and other Tribes of Indians, and between themselves and others of Her Majesty's subjects whetheaB Indians or whites, now inhabiting or hereafter to inhabit any part of the said ceded1; ] tracts; and that they will not molest the person or property of any inhabitant of such ceded tracts, or the property of Her Majesty the Queen, or interfere with or J trouble any person passing or travelling through the said tracts, or any part thereof; and that they will aid and assist the officers of Her Majesty in bringing to justice., and punishment any Indian offending against the stipulations of this"treaty, or " infringing the laws in force in the country so ceded. In Witness Whereof, Her Majesty's said Commissioners and the said Indian. 1 Chiefs have hereunto subscribed and set their their hands at "Beren's River" this'; r, A.: month and year her* the Chiefs within n; u Drst ad med in presence of the following witnesses, the same having been first read and explained by the Honourable. James McKav: Thos. Howard, A. G. Jackes, M.D., Christine Morris, E. C. Morris, Elizabeth Young, William McKay, John McKay, Egerton Ryerson Young, 1 at Norway House on the twenty-fourth -e named. Alex. Morris, L. G., [L.S.] James McKay, [L.S.] Nah-wee-kee-sick-quah-yash, his otherwise, Jacob Berens, Chief, x mark. K.AH-NAH-WAH-KEE-WEE-NIN, his otherwise, Antoine Gouin, x mark, his Nah-kee-quan-nay-yash, X his "Pee-wah-roo-wee-nin, X mark. Councillors. Signed at Norway House by the Chief?^ Alex. Morris, L.G. id Councillors hereunto subscribing in the presence of the undersigned witnesses, the same having been first read and explained by the Honourable James McKay: Rodk. Ross, John H. Rcttan, Methodist Min., 0. Grinder. Methodist Minister, D. C. McTavish, Alex. Sinclair, L. C. McTavish, Christine Y. K. Morris, E. C Morris, AG. Jackes, M.D., Thos. Howard. [L.S.] |X.S.j James McKay, David Rundle, Chief. - his James Cochrane, x mark, his . Harry Constatag, x mark, his Charles Pisequinip, x mark. Councillors. Ta-pas-ta-num, or, Donald William his Sinclair Ross, Chief, x mark. George Garriock, his Proud McKay, x mark. ' Councillors. d of the Sauiteaux Tribe of Indians residing at the mouth of the ver, on both sides thereof, having had communication of the forego- y, and in consideration of the provisions of the said treaty being ransfer, surrender and relinquish to Her Majesty the Queen, Her >rs, to and for the use of the Government of Canada, all our right, title mtsoever, which we have or enjoy in the territory described in the ivery part thereof, to have and to* hold to the use of Her Majesty er heirs and successors forever. And Her Majesty agrees, through ioners, to assign a reserve of sufficient area to allow one hundred > each family of five, or in that proportion for larger or smaller eserve to be laid off and surveyed next year on the south side of the !i!l : ili I regard to the im tof the purposes with, and otherv v houses and gar abandon, Her m! them as have house wilding others. portance of the land where the said Indians are now )f the navigation of the said river and transport in ise, and in view of the fact that many of the said lens on the other side of the river and elsewhere ijesty agrees, through Her said Commissioners, to to the said Band to be paid in equitable propor- . to in removing their houses to the 21 And the said Indians, represented herein by their Chief and Councillors, presented as such by the Band, do hereby agree to accept the several provisions, payments and other benefits as stated in the said treaty, and solemnly promise and: engage to abide by, carry out and fulfil all the stipulations, obligations and conditions therein contained, on the part of the said Chiefs and Indians therein named, tofl observed and performed, and in all things to conform to the articles of the said treaty as if we ourselves had been originally contracting parties thereto. In Witness Whereof, Her Majesty's said Commissioners and the said Indiana Chief and Councillors have hereunto subscribed and set their hands, at the Grand. Rapids, this twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord oncthousnH eight hundred and seventy-five. Signed by the parties in the presence of ^ •the undersigned witnesses, the same having been first explained to the Indians by the Honorable James McKay : Thos. Howard, Rodk. Ross, , E. C. Morris, A. G. Jackes, M.D., Alex. Matheson, Joseph Houston, Christine V. K. Morris. Alex, JAME; Morris, McKay. L.G. mi Peter Beardy, Chief, x mark, his Joseph Atkinson, x mark, his Robert S, Anderson, x mark. Councillors. No. 149 B. MEMORANDU3I. The Queen's Indian Commissioners having met Thick-foot and a portion of the Islands Band of Indians at Wa-pang or Dog-head Island on the 28th day of SepteU ber, A. D. 1875, request him to notify the Island Indians and those of Jack-heade: Point to meet at Wa-pang an Indian Agent next summer to receive payments under the treaty which they have made with the Indians of Norway House, Beren's RiveH Grand Rapids and Lake Winnipeg, and in which they are included, at a time of - which they will be notified, and to be prepared then to designate their Chief and two Councillors. The Commissioners have agreed to give~some of the "Norway House" Indians a reserve at Fisher Creek, and they will give land to the Island Indians jM the same place. Given at Wa-pang this 28th day of September, A. D. 1875, under our hands. Alex. Morris, L.G. | . James McKay. I accept payments under the treaty for myself and those who may adhere to me, and accept the same and all its provisions as a Principal Indian, and agree to notify the Indians as above written. Wa-pang, September 28th, 1S75 Witness: Thos. Howard Rodk. Ross. Recorded 20th December, 1875. ) Lib. 31, Folio 62. j L. A. Catellier, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. Thick-foot x mark. Riv diaii and No. 140 C. We, the Band of Saulteaux Tribe of Indians residing at the month of Black br, on the east shore of Lake Winnipeg, having had communication of the treaty le and concluded at Beren's River the 20th day of September 1875, between Her t Gracious Majesty the Queen, bv Her Commissioners the Honourable Alexander ris, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Manitoba and the North-West Terries, and the Honourable James McKay, and the different tribes of Indians and ibitants of the country within the limits mentioned in the said treaty, hereby in consideration of the provisions of the said treaty being extended to us, isfer, surrender and relinquish to Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and succes- , to and for the use of the Government of Canada, all our rights, titles and privi- s whatsoever which we may have or enjoy in the territory descript in the said ty, and every part thereof—and to hold to the use of Her Majesty the Queen heirs and successors forever. And Her Majesty agrees through the Acting In- Snperintendent, to assign the reserve of sufficient area to allow one hundred sixty acres to each family of five, or in that proportion for smaller or larger [lies, on the banks of the said Black River. G • In witness whereof, the said Acting Indian Superintendent and the said Indians •esented by their Chief and Councillors, have hereunto subscript and.set their Is at Winnipeg, the seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thou- Witn J. A. N. Provencher, Jas. F. Graham, H. Martlneau, J. P. Wright. Recorded oth August, 1S7S. Liber 60, Folio 111. L. A. Catellier, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. ' his -JA3IE8 x Bird, mark. his Joseph x Sayer, mark, his John x Sayer. mark. I No. 140 D. Articles of Agreement and Adhesion to a Treaty made a Beren's River on the 20th day of September and at Norway House September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred a between Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen of Great Britain an« Commissioners, the Honourable Alexander Morris, Lieu tenant-Go vt! vince of Manitoba and the North-West Territories, and the Honourab] of the one part, and the Saulteaux and Swampy Cree Tribes of Indi of the country within the limits hereinafter defined and described. chosen and named as hereinafter mentioned, of the other part:— We, the Band of Saulteaux and Swampy Cree Indians, residing | the Saskatchewan River, Birch River, the Pas Mountain and File L as " The Pas Band ; " and at Cumberland Island, Sturgeon River, An« Bluff, Beaver Lake and the Rattv Country, and known as "The Curr and at Moose Lake and Cedar Lake, and known as "The Moose Lak had communication of the aforesaid treaty, of which a true cop\ nexed, hereby, and in consideration of the provisions of the said i tended to us, transfer, surrender and relinquish to Her Majesty the ( and successors, to and for the use of the Government of Canada, all and privileges whatsoever, which we have or enjoy in the territory said treaty" and every part thereof, to have and to hold to the use the Queen and Her heirs and successors forever. And Her Majesty agrees, through Her representative as herein; assign a reserve of sufficient area to allow one hundred and sixty acre of five, or in that proportion for larger or smaller families, such subject to the approval of Her Majesty's Government of the Dorni and to be laid off and surveyed as soon as may be found practicable lowing, that is to say: For the " Pas" Band, a reserve on bo Saskatchewan River at the " Pas;" but as the area of land fit for ci vicinity is very limited, and insufficient to allow of a reserve being the requirements of the Band, that the balance of such reserve shi River" and the "Pas Mountain;" for the "Cumberland Band" a r berland Island," and as the land fit for cultivation there is also lin cient to meet their requirements, that the balance of that rese point between the "Pine Bluff"" and " Lime Stoue Rock," on "Cum and for the "Moose Lake Band" a reserve at the north end of called Little Narrows—reserving, however, to Her Majesty, H sors, and Her subjects, the free navigation of all lakes and rivers, to the shores thereof, and excepting thereout such land as;may have or stipulated to be held by the Hudson's Bay Company at the Pi- land Island, and also such land as Her Majesty or Her successors m pleasure see fit to grant to the missions established at the "Pas" i Island by the Church Missionary Society, and the mission establishe Island by the Roman Catholic Church ; and provided Her Majesty successors, reserve the right to deal with any settlers within the boi reserved for any Band as She shall deem fit. And the said Indians, represented herein by their Chiefs and i sented as such by the Bands, do hereby agree to accept the several ments, and other benefits, as stated in the said treaty, and solemr engage to abide by, cany out and fulfil all stipulations, obligation; therein contained, on the part of the said Chiefs and Indiaus then observed and performed, and in all things to conform to the ar treaty, as if we ourselves had been originally contracting parties the In Witness Whereof, the Honourable Thomas Howard, actin* Majesty under special authority of the Honourable Alexander Mo Governor of Manitoba and of the North-West Territories, and Chiet at <:Birch; : at " Cum- ; id Lakefl ose Lake." granted toe- ;S 0f any lands n fo: , pre- ■ and itions to be 3 said r Her 5. L ieute mant- upei i-inte ndent of Indian Affairs for the Manitoba Superintendency, and the said Chiefs and Councillors, have hereunto subscribed and set their hands at the " Pas," on the Saskatchewan River, this seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six. enry ^ J i Signed by the Chiefs and Councillors ^ within named, in the presence of the j following witnesses, the treaty and ( this adhesion, having been first read and explained by the Rev. Henry Cochrane :— H. Bellanger, Henry Cochrane, Missionary, Charles D. Rickards, Charles Adams, C. Clk., H.B. Co., Walter R. Nursey, John Clemons, Thomas Nixon, Jr., Robert Ballendine, A. M. Muckle, J.P. Thos. Howard, [L.S.] John Constant, Chief, x mark, his James Cook, Sr., x mark, his John Bell, Jr., x his Peter Bell, x mark. mark. hi Donald Cook, Sr., x mark. Councillors. his John Cochrane, Chief, x mark. . his Peter Chapjian, x mark, his Albert Flett, x mark. Councillors. Ill his O-tin-ik-im-aw, Chief, X mark, his Ma-ik-wuh-e-ha-pow, X mark, his Wa-me-kwuw-uh-op, X mark, his Ka-cha-chuck-oos, X mark. Councillors. No. 149 E. Articles of Agreement and Adhesion to a Treaty made and concluded at Beren's River the 20th day of September, and at Norway House the 24th day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, between Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, by Her Commissioners, the Honourable Alexander Morris, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Manitoba and the North-West Territories, and the Honourable James McKay, of the one part, and the Saulteaux and Swampy Cree Tribes of Indians, inhabitants of the country within the limits hereinafter defined and described, by their Chiefs, chosen and uamed as hereinafter mentioned, of the other part. We, the Band of Salteaux Indians residing in the vicinity of the Grand Rapids of the Beren's River, having had communication of the aforesaid treaty, of which a true copy is hereunto annexed, hereby and in consideration of the provisions of the said treaty being extended to us, transfer, surrender and relinquish to Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs ai of Canada, all our rights, titles a the territory described in the hold to the use of Her Majesty tl And Her Majesty agrees, t to assign a reserve of sufficient ;aid treaty, and every e Queen, and Her heirs irough Her representati area to allow one hand pa large or sr P] idri family of five, or in that proportio laid off and surveyed as soon as may 01 Narrows of the Beren's River, on both side igation of the said river, and free access to the shores thereof, t' subjects. And the said Indians, represented herein by their Chief ai sented as such by the Band, do hereby agree to accept the sever ments and other benefits, as stated in the said treaty, and sole engage to abide by, carry out and fulfil all the stipulations, obli tions therein contained, on the part of the said Chief and Indians be observed and performed, and in all things to conform to the a treaty, as if we ourselves had been originally contracting parties 1 In Witness Whereof, the Honourable Thomas Howard, and; Esquire, acting herein for Her Majesty, under special authority Alexander Morris, Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and of the Nort and Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Manitoba Sup the said Chief and Councillor, have hereunto subscribed and set Beren's River, this fourth day of August, A. D. 1876. Thos. Howard, r n arned each ITti to be andy I *aj ;sty's 0 unci lor pre ms, pay- d c ondi- in n am ed, to 5 of the said Signed by the Chief and Councillor within named in the presence of the following witnesses, the treaty and this adhesion Having been first read and explained by the Rev. H. Cochrane : Henry Cochrane, Missionary, James Flett, Owen Hughes, Alexander Begg, A. M. Muckle, J. P., Geo. Coldee, Thomas Pratt, William McKay, Thomas Nixon, Jr. J. Lest Nah-wi :Ri Is at the am 'or JaU Berens, of Beren's River), C Nun-ak-ow-ah-nuk-wape, x Cauncilm No. 149 F. Articles of Agreement and Adhesion to a Treaty ma Beren's River the 20th day of September, and at Norway Ho September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight- hundr between Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen of Great Britain Commissioners, the Honourable Alexander Morris, Lieutenant-( vince of Manitoba and the North-West Territories, and the Honou of the one part, and the Salteaux and Swampy Cree Tribes of In the country within the limits hereinafter defined and descril chosen and named as hereinafter mentioned, of the other part: We, the Band of Salteaux Indians residing at or near the other islands in Lake Winnipeg, and also on the shores thereof, nication of the aforesaid treaty, of which a true copy is hereuri and in consideration of the provisions of the said treaty being exd surrender, and relinquish to Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs a for the use of the Government of Canada, ail our right, title a he 24 id se^ !ig Is eluded at th day of 'entv-five, id,bvHer r Chiefs, and the commu- I hereby, rs, to and es what- rfHer Majesty the Q es, through Her representatives as herei area to allow one hundred and sixty aci iter named, to to each family eserves to be cer named for In Indians, represented herein by their Chief and Councillors, by the Baud, do hereby agree to accept the several provisions, r benefits as stated in the said treaty, and solemnly promise and carry out and fnltil all the stipulations, obligations and conditions »n the part of the said Chief and Indians therein named, to be >rmed, and in all things to conform to the articles of the said selves had been originally contracting parties thereto. hereof, the Honourable Thomas Howard, and John Lestock Reid, Ala 2Stv. urn ape vithin named in the presence-ot -the allowing witnesses, treatv and this idhesion having been first read and Blained by the Rev. Henry Coch- W. W. Kirkby. Archdeacon of York, Henry Cochrane. Missionarv, Alexander Begg, William Leack, Thomas Nixon. Jr; A. M. Muckle. J. P. :-ial authority of the Honourable of Manitoba and of the North-West Terri- snt of Indian Affairs for the Manitoba Super in tendency, Mors, have hereunto subscribed and set their hands, at Winnipeg, this twenty-sixth clay of July, A.I). 1876. Councillors} Thos. Howard, ("L-S.] J. Lestock Reid, [L.S.j his Sa-ka-che-wayas, Chief, x (Blood Vein River.) his Ka-tuk-e-pin-ais or Hardisty, x mark. (Big Island.) his Thickfoot, X (Dog Head.) SANG-GWA-WA-KA-POW,Or JAMES SlN- his clair, x (Jack Head), mark. Councillors. I. tho Honourable Alexander Morris, Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and the North-West Territories, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the treaty of which it purports to be a copy. " Given under mv hand and seal at Fort Garry, this nineteenth day of July, A.D. 18-76. Alexander Morris, L.G. [L.S.] No. 150. iersigned Chiefs and Principal Men of the Alnwick Band of Mississi- r and on behalf of our whole Band in council assembled, do hereby ender unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors singular those certain parcels or tracts of land situated, lying and jrve in the Township of Alnwick, in the County of Northumberland, Ontario and Dominion of Canada, containing by admeasurement fifteen hundred acres, be the same more or les follows, that is to say, the lands contained in the In trust, to lease the same to such person or Government of this said Dominion may deem n and our people. And upon the condition that the moneys r( after deducting'the usual expenses of managemei to whom respective portions have been or may h Signed on behalf of the Band, in witness wh hands and seals this 20th day of September, 187c on annexed ind upon su hereto, ch terms as the ucive to th( i interest s of us s rent for 1 he same shall, cl to the ind be allotted ividuall ldnns mto affix 3d our In the presence of A Wm. Plummer, y Supt. and Com. Indian Affairs, j R. Brooking, Missionary, Witness: Wm. Plummer, Supt. and Com. Indian Affair John Sunday, Chief, George B'laker, Peter Crow, Mitchell Chebb, John Bears. Lands proposed to be surrendered by the Mississauguas of Alnwick, in order that the same may be leased for their benefit, viz.:— All those portions of lots Nos. 11, 12, 13,14, 15, 16, 18 and 10 in the 1st Concession, and Nos. 6. 7, S, 0. 11, 12, 13/14, 15, 16 and 17 in the 2nd Concession of the Township of Alnwick, which have been cleared and rendered fit for cultivation, comprising fifteen hundred acres, more or less. DOMINION OF CANADA,") Province of Ontario, V Countv of j v To Wit: Personally appeared before me William Plummer, of the city of Toronto, in the said Province, Visiting Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and John Sunday, of the Mississaugua Indian Reserve, of the Township of Alnwick and Province aforesaid, the Chief of the Mississaugua Indians, residing on the said reserve, who, being duly sworn, severally depose and say:— The said AVilliam Plummer, for himself, saith : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by the said John Sunday, he being the Chief of the said tribe or body of Indians, assembled at a meeting or council of the tribe summoned for that purpose. That such meeting or council was held in his presence, and he heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council by the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs. And the said John Sunday, for himself, saith: That he is the Chief of the Mississaugua Indians aforesaid, and was entitled to vote at the council or meeting above mentioned. That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and the Principal Men of the aforesaid tribe or body" of Indians. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the tribe, summoned for that purpose, at which he himself and the Principal Men aforesaid were present and also the said other deponent, William Plummer. WILLIAM PLUMMER, JOHN SUNDAY. Sworn to before me by the said deponents. "1 William Plummer and John Sunday, this > m^i.A~ thirtieth day of September, 1ST5. j G. M. Bosmelle, Judge County Court, Xorthumberland and Durham. Recorded 9th March, 1S76. ) Lib. S, Folio 323. j L. A. Catellier, *„£>' Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. No. 152 Nova Scotia S. S.. m. Hughes. To all to Whom these Presents shall come, Greeting : Know Ye, that I, Richard Hughes, Esquire. Lieutenant-Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty's" Province of Nova Scotia and its dependencies, &c, &c, &c. By virtue of the power and authority to me given by His present Majesty King George the Third, under the great seal of Great Britain, have given, gi anted and confirmed, and do by these presents, by and with the advice and consent of His Majesty's Council for the said Province, give, grant and confirm unto Michael Franck- lin, Esquire, Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Province aforesaid; Pierre Thomas, Chief Sachem; Francis Zavier or Xavier: Nicholas Ackmobishe; Francis Joseph Mezentwite; Francis Joseph La Belmite and Zackareen, Captains, in trust, for and in behalf of the Malecite Indians, inhabitants of the River St. Johns,—a tract of land situate, lying-and being: Beginning at the creek eastward of the burying ground of Ekougrahag, and to run south eleven degrees, west one hundred and twenty-five chains; thence north seventy-nine degrees, west forty chains; thence north eleven degrees, east till it meets the River St. John ; thence the course of the said river to the first mentioned bounds—containing five hundred acres. Also, the island commonly called Indian Island, lying in front of said tract, containing about two hundred acres. Also, a piece of ground at Ste. Ann's Point, containing about four acres, in which piece is comprehended the Indian burying ground and the grouud on which the chapel, and the priest's house formerly stood, containing in the whole by estimation seven hundred and four acres, more or less, with all and all manner of mines unopened, excepting mines of gold and silver, lead, copper and coals. To have and to hold the said granted premises, with all privileges, profits, commodities and appurtenances thereunto belonging, unto the said Michael Franck- lin, Pierre Thomas, Francis Zavier or Xavier, Nicholas Ackmobishe, Francis Joseph Mezentwite, Francis Joseph La Belmite, and Zackareen, their heirs and assigns, in trust, for and in behalf of the said Malecite Indians, inhabiting as aforesaid, their heirs forever, yielding and paying by the said grantees, and their heirs, which, by the acceptation hereof, they bind and oblige themselves and their heirs, to pay to His Majesty King George the Third, His heirs and successors, or to any person lawfully authorized to receive the same for His Majesty's use, a free yearly quit rent of one farthing per acre, for every acre so granted—the first payment of LAKES S/mCQ£ ajvd C\ roa the /ND/flN ' DEPflft7\r** 1856 SU.z££&sts m Ii m LAKES S/MCQE */vd CO(/CH/GH/NG £XAfif/NED /NO/EIN DEPARTMENT 1856 c *~^&~ / J) ATSf oil ■s?- IP . **~^ </£/^ * -#**«** OF itn ^fxEDucED Copy .<£^ «-U ff] £&WA, CA^ Vv/nS P W* V 0 Saa2££&**s the same to bo made on Michaelmas Day next after the expiration e the date hereof; and so to continue payable yearly hereafter fore thereof this grant to be null and void. And provided also that no part of the lands hereby granted s hereafter be sold or disposed of in any manner or form, or foran; whatever, without the consent of the Governor or Cornrnander-in-C] had and obtained under the seal of the Province for that purpose said lands to become thereby forfeited to the King, and this grant of none effect. And provided further, that this grant shall be registered in the and docquet thereof entered at the Auditor's office withiu six month and the land hereby granted to become forfeited as aforesaid. In Witness Whereof, I have signed these presents, and causec Province to be hereunto affixed, at Halifax, this second day of Augu teenth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord, George the Third, I God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of th forth; and in the year of Our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and By command of the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice and . Majesty's Council. Nova Scotia., Halifax, S. S. ) Registered the 2nd day of August, 1779. j Lib. 6, Page 106. Arthur Goold, Registrar. Rd. Bulkley. Entered in the Auditor's Office, at Halifax, 5th August, 1779. Jno. Bbeynton, Deputy Auditor. No. 153. Know all Men byjthese Presents, that we the undersigned Chi Men of the Band of Indians owning Fox or Muskoka Island, in La! Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behj do hereby remise, release, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever—all and singu portion of land forming part of the Fox or Muskoka Island in Lak said; and which portion of the eaid Island may be known and desci —and as laid down on the annexed traced plan of the same; that i acres of the south-east point of the said Fox or Muskoka Island (on house and light-keeper s dwelling are erected), be the same more oi To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queer successors forever. All and singular that certain parcel or tract of land as above de: to sell and couvey the same for purposes in connection with the 1 the Island aforesaid, and upon such terms as the Government of the of Canada shall or may deem most conducive to the interests of us and Principal Men, and our people in all time to come. And upon the further conditions that the moneys received from shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expense of manageme interest; and that the interest money so accruing from such investm annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants in all time to cc ligh hiefsand Principal Men elves, hereby ratify and la may do or cause to ? the said lands. :of, we, the said Chiefs and Principal Men, have set our hand lawfully done in connection with r seals unto this Instrument at Georgina Island, in the said Prov- Dominion of Canada aforesaid, this 24th day of March, in the ie thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. t read and explained, ed and delivered, in \ his George McCcre, Chief, x [L.S.] tepresenc j ma his Jacob Charles, x rk. [L.S.] Charles Grylls, mark. JOB. on Teacher, Thomas Big Canoe. Charles Big Canoe, [L.S.] [L.S.] Wm. Plu: IMER hi; Sfur.t tJUJL'l. and Com. Ind. Affair James Snake, x mark. James Askquak. bis John Elliott, x mark. bis e^om Wm. Post, x mark, his James Post, x mark. his James Charles, x [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] 41111 by on oath certify before James Robert Gowan, Senior Judge of Her Court for the County of Simcoe, Province of Ontario and Dominion aid, that the annexed release or surrender was assented to and chiefs and Principal Men of the Band of Indians therein mentioned, jeting of such Band and Tribe summoned for that purpose, and who ote thereat. i at the Town of Barrie,") coe, in the Province of | venty-ninth day of July, V f Our Lord one thou- j idred and seventy-four, j WM. PLUMMER, GEORGE McCURE, Chief, x mark. BT. GOWAN, Senior Judge County Court, Co. of Simcoe. No. 154. by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chiefs and Prin- d of Chippewa Indians owning the Indian reserve on the River iship of Caradoc, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of id on behalf of our people, duly assembled for that purpose, in M N fel I1 accordance with the provisions of sub-sections 1 and 2 of section 26 of the Indian Act,of 1876, do herebv remise, release, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lndy the (Jueen, Her heirs and successors for ever, all and singular. thjS certain portion or parcel of land, containing by admeasurement one acre, moreaM less, forming part of the Indian reserve aforesaid, and which parcel of land may IjJ known and described as follows, and as laid down on the annexed traced plan of the same, that is to say: One acre of land situated on the south-easterly part of the north-west half of lot number eight, in the fourth range, south of the Long Wood Road, in the Township of Caradoc aforesaid. To have and to hold the same unto Her Majesty the Queen. Her heirs and successors forever, in trust, ail and singular that certain parcel or tract of land as I above described, for the purpose of leasing the same to the Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Huron, to be used as a burying-ground, and for the erection thereon of a church ; and for such other church purpose as the said Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Huron may deem necessary. Provided, however, and it is hereby understood, that if at any time subsequently to the making of this surrender the said Incorporated Synod of the Diocese of Huron shall, for the space of two years, consecutively, cease to use the said parcel of land for church purposes, then, and in that case, the parcel of land hereby surrendered shall revert and belong to the aforesaid Band of Chippewa Indians. And we, the said Chiefs and Principal Men of the Band aforesaid, do, on behalfj of our people and for ourselves, hereby agree to ratify and confirm whatever the Government of the Dominion of Canada may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the land hereby surrendered. In Witness Whereof, we, the said Chiefs and Principal Men. have set our hands| and affixed our seals unto this Instrument, at the Township of Caradoc, in the aforesaid Province and Dominion, this thirty-first day of August, in the year of Our L:>rd one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six. Signed, sealed and delivered 1 in presence of j Thomas Gordon, Edmlwd Baynes Reed. John Henry, Councillor, [L.S.] John French do Cl. ef [L.S.J Elijah Miskoko±on, Counc illor. [LS.J Nelson Beaver, his John Miskokomon, x [L.S.] [L.S.] mark. his Peter Brigham, x [L.S.] -mark. his Wm. French, x .m [LJ3.] mark. ^ his .5* George Miskokomon, x [L.S.] mark. his §' Jacob Henry, x [L.S.] mark. his Jas. Walker, x [L.S.] mark. his John Simon, x [L.S.] mark. - '."" We hereby, on oath, certify, before William Elliot, Esq.. the Judge of the' County Court of the County of Middlesex, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, that the preceding release or surrender was executed by the Chiefs and Principal Members of the Band of Indians therein mentioned, at a meeting of saidjf Band, assembled for that purpose in accordance with the provisions of the Act, and the section and subsections thereof referred to in the said preceding deed of surrender. Sworn before me at the City of London, in the Province of Ontario, this fifth day of September, in the year of Our Lord one X.J THOMAS GORDON, JOHN FRENCH, Chief. thousand eight hundred and seventy-; William Elliot, Judge, County of Middlesex. Recorded 6th November, 1876. Lib. S., Folio 377. L. A. Catellber, Dep. Registrar-General.of Canada. No. 155. Know all Men by These Presents, that we, the Chiefs, Principal Men and Warriors of the Mie-Mac Band of Indians, owning and residing on the Indian Reserve at Wagadmatcook, in the County of Yictoria, N. S., being this day assembled with our people in general council, and acting for and on behalf of the whole membership of our said Band, and with the free- consent of a majority thereof, as expressed in our said council, summoned for that purpose, in the presence of Joseph B. McDonald, Indian Agent for District No. 7, in the Province of Nova Scotia, and others, have agreed to surrender and yield up and do hereby surrender and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors, in trust, to be sold for the benefit of ourselves and our children, all that certain portion of our said reserve, containing .about sixty acres, more or less (60 acres, be the same more or less), which may be described as follows, viz.:-—Six small islands at the mouth of Middle River or Wagadmatcook Reserve aforesaid, numbered in the annexed plan 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and described as follows, that is to say :—No. 1 containing about 15 acres, No. 2 about 15 acres, No. 3 about 8 acres, No. 4 about 6 acres, No. 5 about 6* acres, and No. 6 about 7 acres, and three several small islets in close proximity to each of the islands numbered 4 and 5 and other accretions or late formations of earth added to or about tho said described premises, being part of Middle River Reserve, so called. To the end that the said described pieces of land, including the said late accretions or added formations of land may be sold in such manner and on such terms as the Honourable the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs may judge to be best for our advantage; and that the proceeds of the said land, as the same may be realized, shall be properly invested and the interest to be derived therefrom paid over to ourselves, our people and children, at the same times in each year as it is customary to pay our annuity and interest moneys. Subject, nevertheless, to the following stipulations and conditions, namely: that the improvements, rents, and other advantages of the present occupants of all the above described premises shall be faithfully valued, and the full and fair value of the same, together with all necessary^and reasonable expenses of removal, paid to the said occupants, their heirs or assigns, or invested for their benefit in providing new dwellings and other necessary improvements on other portions of the said reserve to be allotted to the said parties, in lieu of the lands to be by them vacated. And further, that fair compensation for any improvements made by other parties on lots on which it may be found desirable to locate the parties to be removed shall be granted, all to be paid from tho proceeds of the sale of the above If 1 SA/D/S7/Y ftE.SE.fi V£$ •7)2./- tz&w£r /f ac,^ Jtb.a. -7)5.-4- v Jn>. s. ~ 8 6 3 <&> {Sjjjfcfrl . ^ .^w. - e. m---; * . ;~. ^e- _^_ e,l~ -;_ &3ffifco surrendered lands; and also, that from and out of the first moneys to be received • from the sale of the said lands there shall be made a distribution of two dollars to each individual member of the Band residing at Wagadmatcook Reserve, aforesaid. In Witness to all which convenants and conditions we, the said Chiefs, Principal Men and Warriors, have set our hands and seals to this surrender, executed in duplicate, and dated at Middle River, in the County of Victoria, Province of Nova Scotia, and Dominion of Canada, this first day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six. Present: Jos. B. McDonald, Indian Agent, Dist. No. 7, N. S. -) h« L Newell x Lewis Addley, ( mark his [L.S.] Captain and Chief. [L.S.] John x Richard mark Captain and Chief. his Lewis x Newell, mark. One of the Principal Men. his [L.S.] cipal Mi [L.S.J Perro x Cremeans, mark. One of the Principal Men. Personally came and appeared before me at Baddeck, in the County of Victoria, in the Province of Nova Scotia and Dominion of Canada, Joseph B. McDonald, Indian Agent for District No. 7, in the said Province, and John Richard, Captain and Chief, whose name is subscribed as a party to the foregoing instrument, and made oath that they were present when the Band of Mic-Mac Indians, or a majority Of them, residing on the Reserve at Middle River, in said county, assented to the surrender of the above described premises, on the day and in the' year above men- I tioned, who were entitled to vote at a meeting called for that purpose agreeably to their rules. Sworn to at Baddeck this sixteenth day . Of September A.I>. 1876, before me, B. E. Tremaine, one of the Judges of the County Courts in Nova Scotia (contents being first read and explained.) Recorded 15th November, 1876. Lib. S., Folio 3S4. Joseph b. Mcdonald, JOHN x RICHARD, mark. Ind. Chief and Captain. L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. No. 156. Surrender by the Chief and Band of the Ojibway Indians residing on their Reserve - in the Township of Rama, in the County and Province of Ontario and Domi- . nion of Canada. W^^ Know all men by these Presents that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Rama Band of Ojibway Indians, resident on our Reserve in the Township 3 com Lak and Bange 34 in the County and Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and behalf of the whole people of our said Band, do hereby remise^ release, quit claim and yield up to our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and I forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of hind and premises tr bv admeasurement seventeen (17) acres, be the same more or less, being I of the rear parts of lots Nos. sixteen (16) and seventeen (17) fronting on cheching. in the Township .of Rama, in the County and Province of Ontario nion of Canada, and which said parcel or tract of land and premises may be ticularly known.and described as follows—that is to say: Commencing i limit between lots numbers seventeen (17) and eighteen (18) in the first the said Township intersects the western limit of the road in rear of the said range: thence in a south-easterly direction, following the said limit of the said road allowance, five hundred and fifty feet, more or less, to the water's edge of Lake St. John ; thence in a southerly direction following the water's edge of the said lake to the intersection of the division line between lots numbers fifteen (15) and sixteen (16) in the said front range; thence westerly following the said division line Between the said lots, eight hundred and fifty feet more or less, to the intersection of the eastern limit of the right of way of the Northern Rail- wav of Canada; thence northerly following the said limit of the said right of way titteen hundred and forty-five feet, more or less, to the division line between lots numbers seventeen and eighteen aforesaid; thence easterly following the said division line between the said lots two hundred feet more or less to the place of beginning. To have and to hold the same unto -Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever. In trust, to sell and convey the same to such person or persons and upon such terms and conditions as the Government of this Dominion aforesaid may deem most conducive to the interest of us and our people in all time to come. And upon the further condition that all money received from the sale or lease thereof shall, after deducting the usual expenses of management, be placed at interest, and the interest accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or semi- And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said Rama Band of Ojibway Indians do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government of this said Dominion may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the disposal and sale of said land. In Witness Whereof, we. the said Chief and Principal Men, have set our hands and affixed our seals unto this instrument at the time and place hereinafter mentioned. Executed at Rama this eighteenth day of January in the year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. ealed and , having been \ J. B. Nanegeshkung, "L.S.1 erpreted in presence of j Peter Jacobs, [L.S/J mer, Sup t. Comr. LA. ELisnA Sandy, 11 D. L. Sans ON, J.P. William Beatty, Joseph Venice, [L.S.1 "L.S." John Nangisiikung, Micheal St. Germain, L.S.] 'L.S.1 Joseph St. Germain, John Williams, x.s; Gilbert Williams. [l.s] If 35 Dominion of Canada, Pro- "| vince of Ontario, County of Simcoe. To Wit: Personally appeared before me, William Plummer, of the City the said Province, Visiting Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and Nanegeshkung, of the Township of Rama, in the County and Prov Chief of the Rama Band of Ojibway Indians, who being duly sworn s and say : And the said William Plummer for himself saith : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by IBenson Nanegeshkung, he being a Chief and the only Chief of th Body of Indians, assembled at a meeting or council of the Band sur purpose. That he was duly authorized to attend such council, by the General of Indian Affairs. That the meeting or council'was held in his presence and he h( given. And the said Joseph Benson Nanegeshkung for himself saith, That he is a Chief and the only Chief of the Rama Band of O .and was entitled to vote at the meeting or council above mentioned] That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him pal Men of the said Band of Indians. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said 1 summoned for that purpose, at which he was present, and alsc deponent, William Plummer. Sworn before me by the said deponents, ") • William Plummer and ' Joseph j Benson Nanegeshkung, this nine- | teenth day of January, 1S77. ^ Jas. Robt. Go wan, Senior Judge County Court, County of Simcoe. J Recorded 13th February, 1877. ) Lib. S, Fol. 408. } L. A. Catellier, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. WILLIAM PLUM J. B. XANEGES1L 4ER. vlNG No. 157 A. AlRticles of a Treaty made and concluded near Carlton on the 23rd < August and on the 28th day of said month respectively, and near Fort Pitt 9 th day of .September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundri seventy six, between Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen of Great Brita Ireland, by Her Commissioners, the Honourable Alexander Morris Lieut Governor of the Province of Manitoba and the North-West Territories an Honourable James McKay, and the Honourable William Joseph Christie, of tl part, and the Plain and Wood Cree and the other Tribes of Indians inhabits the country within the limits hereinafter defined and described bv their < chosen and named as hereinafter mentioned, of the other part. Whereas the Indians inhabiting the said country have, pursuant to an ap ment made by the said Commissioners, been convened at meetings at Fort C: 36 'itt and Battle River, to deliberate upon certain matters of interest to Her racinus Majesty, of the one party and the said Indians of the other, id whereas'the said Indians have been notified and informed by Her Majesty's [mmissioners that it is the desire of Her Majesty to open up for settlement, ration and such other purposes as to Her Majesty may seem meet, a tract of I bounded and described as hereinafter mentioned, and to obtain the consent of Her Indian subjects inhabiting the said tract, and to make a treaty and e with them, so that there may be peace and good will between them and Her i an 1 that they may know and be assured of what allowance they are to ipon and receive from Her Majesty's bounty and benevolence, [d whereas the Indians of the said tract, duly convened in council, as afore- ld being requested by Her Majesty's said Commissioners to name certain md Headmen, who should be authorized on their behalf to conduct such nego- , and sign any treaty to be founded thereon, and to become responsible to jesty for their faithful performance by their respective Bands of such obli- as shall be assumed by them, the said Indians have thereupon named for irpose. that is to say, representing tho Indians who make the treaty at , the several Chiefs and Councillors who have subscribed hereto, and re pre- I the Indians who make the treaty at Fort Pitt, the several Chiefs and Mrs who have subscribed hereto. id thereupon, in open council, the different Bands having presented their said Commissioners as the Chiefs and Headmen, for the purposes afore- respective Bands of Indians-inhabiting the said district hereinafter \mm ifll | the said Commissioners then and there received and acknow- qs so presented as Chiefs and Headmen, for the purposes afore.-aid, Bands of Indians inhabiting the said district hereinafter described, j the said Commissioners have proceeded to negotiate a treaty with md the same has been finally agreed upon and concluded, as follows, [id Wood Cree Tribes of Indians, and all other the Indians inhabit- hereinafter described and defined, do hereby cede, release, sur- up to the Government of the Dominion of Canada, for Her Majesty [r successors forever, all their rights, titles and privileges, whatso- included within the following limits, that is to say: at the mouth of the river emptying into the north-west angle ake; thence westerly up the said river to its sou: ce; thence on a resterly direction to the head of Green Lake; thence northerly to the •er River; thence down the said river northerly to a point twenty d elbow; thence in a westerly direction, keeping on a line gene: ally ! said Beaver River (above" the elbow), and about twenty miles I to the source of the said river; thence northerly to the north- Ihe south shore of Red Deer Lake, continuing westerly along the b western limit thereof; and thence due west to the Athabasca ) the said river, against the stream, to the Jaspar House, in the k; thence on a course south-eastwardly, following the easterly un tains, to the source of the main branch of the Red Deer River; said river, with the stream, to the junction therewith of the outlet g the outlet of the Buffalo Lake; thence due east twenty miles; jht line south-eastwardly to the mouth of the said Red Deer River inch of the Saskatchewan River; thence eastwardly and north- on the boundaries of the tracts conceded by the several treaties d five to the place of beginning. I their rights, titles and privileges whatsoever to all other lands :d in the North-West Territories, or in any other Province or -sty's Dominions, situated and being within the Dominion of The tract comprised within the lines above describe 121,000 square mile.-, be the same more or less. To have and to hold the same to Her Majesty the Qu forever. And Her Majesty the Queen hereby agrees and underta for farming lands, due respect being had to lands at presei Indians, and other reserves for the benefit of the said Ind and dealt with for them by Her Majesty's Government of t provided, all such reserves shall not exceed in all one squar five, or in that proportion for larger or smaller families, in to say: that the Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs shal able person to determine and set apart the reserves for eac with the Indians thereof as to the locality which may be f for them. Provided, however, that Her Majesty reserves the right within the bounds of any lands reserved for any Band as She s'r the aforesaid reserves of land, or any inte.-est therein, m; disposed of by Her Majesty's Government for the use and b entitled thereto, with their consent first had and obtained; the satisfaction of Her Majesty with the behaviour and gooc She hereby, through Her Commissioners, makes them a pre each man, woman and child belonging to the Bands here re ment of all claims heretofore preferred. And further, Her Majesty agrees to maintain schools reserves hereby made as to Her Government of the Dornin advisable, whenever the Indians of the reserve shall desire i Her Majesty further agrees with Her said Indians that Indian reserves, until otherwise determined by Her Govern Canada, no intoxicating liquor shall be allowed to be ini laws uow in force, or hereafter to be enacted, to preserve H iting the reserves or living elsewhere within Her North-W evil influence of the use of intoxicating liquors, shall be stri Her Majesty further agrees with Her said Indians thq shall have right to pursue their avocations of hunting and tract su. rendered as hereinbefore described, subject to sueh time to time be made by Her Government of Her Dorninio and excepting such tracts as may from time to time be r settlement, mining, lumbering or other purposes by Her Dominion of Canada, or by any of the subjects thereof duly the said Government. It is further agreed between Her Majesty and tionsofthe reserves above indicated as may at ai works or buildings, of what nature soever, may be i Her Majesty's Government of the Dominion of Cam for the value of any improvements thereon. And further, that Her Majesty's Commissioners sha the execution of this treaty, cause to be taken an accural inhabiting the tract above described, distributing thei eveiy year ensuing the date hereof, at some period in ea to the Indians, and at a place or places to be appointed t territory ceded, pay to each Indian person tho sum of S3 It is further agreed between Her Majesty and the sa S15 per annum shall be yearly and every year expem purchase of ammunition, and twine for nets, for the use nor following, that is to say: In the reasonable discrt bution thereof among the Indians inhabiting the seve included herein, of Her Majesty's Indian Agent having th He ap] of this tre: duly recogi It is further agreed between Her Majesty and the said Indians, that the follow- irticles shall be supplied to any Band of the said Indians who are now cultivat- he soil, or who shall hereafter commence to cultivate the land, that is to say: hoes for every family actually cultivating; also, two spades per family as afore- one plough for every three families, as aforesaid; one harrow for every three ties, as aforesaid ; two scythes and one whetstone, and two hay forks and two ing hooks, for every family as aforesaid, and also two axes; and also one cross- aw. one hand-saw, one pit-saw, the necessary files, one grindstone and one auger achBaud: and also for each Chief for the use of his Band, one chest of ordinary Inter's tools; also, for each Band, enough of wheat, barley, potatoes and oats to I the the land actually broken up for cultivation • by such Band ; also for each l four oxen, one bull and six cows; also, one boar and two sows, and one hand-mill i any Band shall raise sufficient grain therefor. All the aforesaid articles to be 1 once for all for the encouragement of the practice of agriculture among the ms. [t is further agreed between Her Majesty and the said Indians, that each Chief, lised as such, shall receive an annual salary of twenty-five dollars per an- ach subordinate officer, not exceeding four for each Band, shall receive rs per annum ; and each such Chief and subordinate officer, as aforesaid, 'C-eive once every three years, a suitable suit of clothing, and each Chief b, in recognition of the closing of the treaty, a suitable flag and medal, soon as convenient, one horse, harness and waggon. \ i the event hereafter of the Indians comprised within this treaty being " y any pestilence, or by a general famine, the Queen, on being satisfied i thereof by Her Indian AgemVor Agents, will grant to the Indians assist- h character and to such extent as Her Chief Superintendent of Indian I deem necessary and sufficient to relieve the Indians from the calamity ave befallen them. uring the next three years, after two or more of the reserves hereby 3 set apart to the Indians shall have been agreed upon and surveyed, be granted to the Indians included under the Chiefs adhering to the arlton, each spring, the sum of one thousand dollars, to be expended for er Majesty's Indian Agents, in the purchase of provisions for the use of Band as are actually settled on the reserves and are engaged in culti- loil, to assist them in such cultivation. medicine chest shall.be kept at the house of each Indian Agent for the efit of the Indians at the direction of such agent. ith regard to the Indians included under the Chiefs adhering to the \>rt Pitt, and to those under Chiefs within the treaty limits who may ve their adhesion thereto (exclusively, however, of the Indians of the ion), there shall, during three years, after two or more reserves shall have I upon and surveyed be distributed each spring among the Bands culti- loil on such reserves, by Her Majesty's Chief Indian Agent for this treaty, prion,a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, in the purchase of pro- the use of such members of the Band as are actually settled on the I engaged in the cultivation of the soil, to assist and encourage them in nil That in lieu of waggons, if they desire it and declare their option to that effect, re shall be given to each of the Chiefs adhering hereto at Fort Pitt or elsewhere eafter (exclusively of those in the Carlton district), in recognition of this treaty, *oou as the same can be conveniently transported, two carts with iron bushings jned Chiefs on their own behalf and on behalf of all other Indians within ceded, do hereby solemnly promise and engage to strictly and also-to conduct and behave themselves as good and loyal sty the Queen. They promise and engage that they will in all respects obey and abide by -tj law, and they will maintain peace and good order between each other, and al between themselves and other tribes of Indians, and between themselves and othe of Her Majesty's subjects, whether Indians or whites, now inhabiting or hereafij to inhabit any part of the said ceded tracts, and that they will not molest the persf or property of any inhabitant of such ceded tracts, or the property of Her Majes; the Queen, or interfere with or trouble any person passing or travelling throul the said tracts, or any part thereof, and that they will aid and assist the officers^ Her Majesty in bringing to justice and punishment any Indian offending agin the stipulations of this treaty, or infringing the laws in force in the country : ceded. In Witness Whereof, Her Majesty's said Commissioners and the said IndiJ Chiefs have hereunto subscribed and set their hands at or near Fort Carlton, on tl days and year aforesaid, and near Fort Pitt on the day above aforesaid. Signed by the Chiefs within named" in presence of the following witnesses, the same having been first read and explained by Peter Erasmus, Peter Ballendine and the Rev. John McKay. Alf. Jackes, M.D., Jas. Walker, N.W.M.P. J. H. McIllree, X. W.M.P. his Pierre Levailler, x mark. his ISADORE DUMOND, X mark, .his Jean Dumond, x mark. ' Peter Hourie, F. Gingras, J. B. Mitchell, Staff Constable N.W.M.P. E. H. Price, Hospital Steward N.W.M.P. his Xavier Letanger, x mark. William Sinclair, Alexander Morris, L.G.X.W.T. James McKay, Indian Commissioner. W. J. Christie do his ^ MlS-TO-WA-SIS, X mark. [Head Chiefs of the his [ Carlton Indians. Ah-tuk-uk-koop, x I mark. J Pee-yahn-kah-nichk 1 Ah-yah-tus-kum-ik-im-am, X his Kee-too-wa-haw, X mark his Cha-kas-ta-pay-sin, X mark, his John Smith, x mark, his James Smith, x mark, his Chip-ee-wayan, X CouncilU Mass-an, his Pierre Cadien, : ma K00-YAn-TIK-WAH-PAHA, X his Mahs-kee-to-tim-an, X 6* R. I. ?RITCHARD, L. Clark, W. McKay, W. D. Jarvis, Inspector, X. W. M.P. mark, his Benjamin, x his Mee-now-ah-chaiik-way, x mark. his- Kee-sik-ow-as-is, X nfark. his Pee-took-ah-han ap-ee- giw-ew, X mark, his Pee-ay-ciiew, X mark. his Tah-wah-jusk EE-KAHP-POW, X mark, his Ahs-koos, x mark. IT Pet-e-qua-cay, x mark, his Jean Baptiste, x mark, his Isadore Wolfe, x mark, his Kee-koo-hoos X mark. his OO-SAHN-US-KOO-NEE-KIK, X mark, his Yah-yah-too-way, X mark. his LOO-SOU-AM-EE-KWAKN, X mark. his Nees-wah-yak-ee-nah-koos, X mark. Ivah-tip-is-kow-aiit, X mark. his JKah-kun-ee-knahn-ahs-um, X mark. his Nah-pach, X mark. his 31usin-ah-we-kim-aiier, X mark. 5| Benjamin Joyful, x John Badger, James Bear, Bernard Constant, Henry Smith, x mark. Ma-twa-ahs-tin- oo-we-gin. X * mark, his Jacob McLean, x his Naa-poo-chee-chees, x mark, his Wah-wis, X mark. KAH-PAH-PAH-3L4H-CHATIK-WAY mi his Kee-yeu-ah-tiah-pim-waht, X ! H Signed by the Chiefs and Headmen of the Willow Indians near Fort Carlton, this 28th day of August, A.D. 1876, the same having being first read and explained by the Hon. Jas. McKay and by Peter Erasmus, in the presence of the undersigned witnesses: A. G. Jackes, M.D., Joseph Genton, John A. Kerr, his Pierre x Laveiller, mark. . W. D. Jarvis, Ins. X. W.M.P. ) M his Wah-wee-kah-oo-tah-mah-hote X mark. Chief. (Totem,) (or Meh-cha-aw-asis), his See-see-quan-ish, x his Wee-tee-koo-wee-kah-maw-oo, X Councillors. his Kah-mee-gj.$-too-way-sit x 'his Kah-pay-yak-wahsk-oo-num X his See-see-kwahn-is, X Joint Chiefs of the Willow Indians. his Kah-nah-lah-skow-waht, X mark, his Kah-ah-tee-koo-wen. X his Kah-nah-mah-chew, X MOON-ED-YAHS, X his' Oo-MIN-AH-KAW, X mark. his OO-TUK-KOO-PAH-KAH MAY-TOW-WAY-YIT. X Councillors of Willow Indians™' idians by the Honourable James McKa h day of September, A.D. 1S76, i n the i A. G. Jackes, M. P. i Jas. McLeod, Commr. N. W. M. Jas. F. Walker, Inspector X. W 1/ p '■ tVital J., Bishop St. Albert, C .M.I. E. Dalrymple Clark, Adj. X. W. M.P. CONSTANTINE SCOLLEN, Prst., C IM.L John McDougall, Mfth. Missit John McElvey, W. E. Jones, Peter C. Pambrom, A. R. Kennedy, Peter Erasmus, Thomas McKay, James Simpson, Eliza Hardisty, Mary McKay, h and by the Chiefs and Headmen hcre- g been "first read and explained to the and Peter Erasmus, near Fort Pitt, this esence of the undersigned witnesses. Alexander Morris, L, G., N.W.T. James McKay, Indian Commr. W. J. Christie, Indian Commr. his Wee-kas-koo-kee-say-yin. x mark. his PEE-YAS EE-WAH-KAH-WE-CHAtKOOT. X mark., his James Seenum, x mark. his OO-NAH-TAH-MEE-NAH-HOOS, X mark., his See-kahs-kootch, X mark. his-. TuS-TUK-EErSKWAHS, X mark., his Pee nay-sis, x mark., his. Kee-ye-win, x- mark. Cree Chiefs:. his KlN-OO-SAY-OO, X mark. Chipewayan Chief. his See-was-kwan, x mark. his Wah-way-see-poo-we-yin, X mark. Councillors to Wee-kas-koo-ke-say-yin. his Tip-ee-slow-ah-chae^ X mark., his Pay-pay-see-see-moo, X mark. OO-NC W-AK-EE-PAH-C HAS, X ,&.§ mark. si "3. My-oe-way-sees, X mark. ■5> <k 43 OOS-PERAH-KHAN-IS, X mark. Nee-ye-pes-tay-as-ee-kayse, X mark. Mah-chah-me-wis, X mark, his Isaac Cardinal, x mark. !:§§»- Antoine Xavier, x mark. William Bull, x mark. :!*' Wah-keg-see-koot, X WM j his Charles Cardinal, x mark, his Pierre Wahbiskaw, x mark. Kl-YAS-EE-KUN, X mark. his Kah-kee-oo-pah-tow, X mark. Cake-cake, x mark his Kam-oo-win, X mark. Ah-siss 1-2 •§ ill iii Recorded "} !4th Februarv, 187 27, Fol. 352. L. A. Catellier, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. We, "having h: mtioned all the No. 157 B. ?ned Chiefs and Headmen of the Cree and other Bands of Indians, cation of the treaty, a copy of which is printed in the report of nterior for the year ending 30th June, 1876, concluded at Forts ween the Indians inhabiting the country described in said treaty, s Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, by Her Commissioners, cander Morris, Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba and the North- j Honourable W. J. Christie and the Honourable James McKay, i present when the negotiations were being conducted at the ces, do hereby for ourselves, and the Bands which we represent, ms, conditions, covenants and engagements of whatever kind lid treaty and accept the same as if we had been present, and greed to the same when the treaty was first signed and executed, ids at Fort Pitt, this ninth day of August, in the year of Our Lord undred and seventy-seven, ind Headman (hav- "j M. G. Dickieson, Commissioner. Pay-mo-tay-ah-soo, x Bd by j iof: V • J Kah-see-mut-a-poo, X mark his Aah-pay-sis, X (Ke-hi-win's Headman.) Signed at Edmonton this 21st day of August, in the year above written by the undersigned Chiefs and Headmen, the whole having been first read and explained by Peter Erasmus, in the presence of Ric. Hardisty, II. Leduc, Peter Erasmus. W. D. Jarvis. ' Inspector X-W. M. P. Recorded Sth August, 1S78. ) Liber 60, Folio 112. } Ale: ; Chief Oo-mus-in-ah-soo-waw-sinee, x Heat his CatchIs-tah-way-skum, x Chief. m% Koo-sah-wan-as-kay-o, x Headman mark, his L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada, Tah-kootch, x mark. No. 157 C. We, members of the Cree Tribe of Indians having had explained to us the t of the treaty made and "concluded near Carlton on the 23rd day of August, and oj 28th day of said mouth respectively, and near Fori Pitt on the 9th day of Septen 1876, between Her Majesty the Queen, by the Commissioners duly appoiutc "negotiate the said treaty, and the Plain and Wood Cree and other Tribes of Ind inhabiting the country within the limits defined in said treaty, but not having present a? the council at which the articles of the said treaty were agreed upo now- hereby for ourselves and the Band which we represent, in consideration o: provisions of the said treaty being extended to us and the Band which we re'pre transfer, surrender, and relinquishto Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and succes to and for the use of the Government of the Dominion of Canada, all our right, and interest whatsoever, which we and the said Barrel which we represent have or enjoyed of, in and to the territory described, and-fully set out in the said t.-J also, all our right, title and interest whatsoever to all other lands wherever situ, whether within the limits of any other treaty heretofore made, or hereafter made with Indians, or elsewhere in Her Majesty's territories, to have and to hoi same unto and for the use of Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and succe forever. And we hereby agree to accept the several benefits;, payments and rese promised to the Indians under the Chiefs adhering to the said treaty at Fort and solemnly engage to abide by, carry out and fulfil all the stipulations, obliga and conditions therein contained, on the part of the Chiefs and Indians th* named to be observed and performed, and in all things to conform to the articl the said treaty, as if we ourselves and the Band which we represent had originally contracting parties thereto, and been present at the councils held Fort Pitt, and had there attached our signatures to the saicl treaty. In Witness Whereof, Her Majesty's Lieutenant-Governor and Indian Si intendent for the North-West Territories, and the Chief and Councillors of the 1 hereby giving their adhesion to the said treaty, have hereunto subscribed am ear of Our Lord one thousand e ties hereto,in the pres-1 gbefffetlxp^ainedi 5 bv the Rev. J. Mc- } tember, m tiic Signed by the { ence of the the same haj to the Indi| Dougall. j James F. McLeod, Lieut.-Col, Com. X. W.M.P. Constantine Scollen, A. G. Irvine, Asst. Com.X W.M.P. J. McDougall, Missionary. Recorded 26th January, 1S7S. \ Lib 27 Folio 519" j L. A. Catellier, Deputy Registrar General of Canada, :hun David Laird, Lie> Indian Supt indent of NW.T. Chief. KlSKAQUIN X or Bob-Tail, mark. MEMINOWATAW his or Sometimes Glad, x, Councillor mark. TCHOWEK his or Passingsound, x Councillor cati( No. 157 D. The undersigned Chiefs and Headmen of the Cree Nation having had communi- he treaty concluded betweenHerMajesty the Queen by Her Commissioners n Chiefs* of the Cree Nation at Fort Pitt on the 9th day of September, 1876, agree to surrender our title to all the lands in the North-West Territories and to abide by all the promises set forth in the said treaty, on condition that all the payments, reserves of land, and promises named therein are secured to us by Her Ma jest v. * And the undersigned Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the North-West Territories on behalf of Her Majesty agrees that all the payments, reserves and promises named in the said treaty to be made to each Cree Chief and his Band shall be faith- fullv made and carried out to the Chiefs who have subscribed to this memorandum ami to their people. In Witness Whereof, the undersigned Indian Superintendent and the undersigned Chiefs and Headmen have hereto set our hands this nineteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight. Signed the day and year' above written,") David Laird, after having been read and interpreted his to the Chiefs and Headmen bv Peter I Pus-kee-yah-kay-wee-yin, x Erasmus, in the presence of: " h5g mark- John French, j Mah-kayo, x Sub-Inspector X.W.M.P. ™rk. Peter Erasmus. -J " his Pay-frahm-us-kum-ick-in-um, x Recorded 2nd April, 1879. \ Isaoorf ? "^ Lib. 45, FoL 36. \ mark. L. A. Catellier. Dep. Reaistrar-General of Canada. We, the x No. 15 . Headm E. \ of the Plain Stony Tribe of Indians, i of the treaty made and concluded near Carlton on the ghlh days of August respectively, and near Fort Pitt on r, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, between 111 H • the Queen by Her Commissions of Indians, inhabitants of the C( Band which we represent, in ■ to our selves and the Band which we represent, in consideration of the provisions of the said treaty being extended to our Band, cede, transfer, surrender and relinquish to Her Majesty the Queen. Her heirs and successors, to and for the use of the Government of the Dominion of Canada, all our right, title and privileges whatsoever to all lands in the North-West Territories, or elsewhere in Her Majesty's dominions, to have and to hold the same unto and to the use of Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever. And we hereby agree to accept the several provisions, payments and reserves of the said treaty as therein stated, and solemnly promise and engage to abide by and carry out all the stipulations and obligations therein contained, on the part of said Chiefs and Indians therein named to be observed and performed, and in all "things to conform to the articles of the said treaty, as if we ourselves and our Band had originally been contracting parties thereto. And Her Majesty the Queen, by Her representative, the Honourable David Laird, Indian Superintendent of the North-West Territories, agrees that all the payments and provisions named in the said treaty to be made to each Chief and his Band shall be faithfully made and fulfilled to the aforesaid Chief and his Band. In Witness Whereof, we, the said Indian Superintendent of the North-West Territories and the said Chief and Headmen of the Stony Tribe of Indians, have hereto set our hands, at Battleford, this twenty-ninth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight. •Signed by the parties sence of the under | Indian 3u-ke-man, or Mi; eto in the.pre-^ David Laird. ned witnesses, the same having been first explained to the Indians by Peter Ballend" James Walker, Inspector X.W.J1.P P. Ball en dine, • Hatter Reed. ident. Eta-me-pe-ton, or Uses Both Arms, x .Recorded 2nd April, 1S79, ) Lib. 45, Folio 37. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. Neso-au-asis, or Ti Ka-wa-sa-sko-tee-j his NING. X mark. Light- No. 15 We, the undersigned Chiefs and Headmen of the Wood j having had communication of the treaty made and conclud twenty-third and twenty-eighth days of August, respectively the ninth day of September, one thousand eight hundred ar Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners, and the Pla ■other Tribes of Indians, inhabitants of the country named t selves and the Bands which we represent, in consideration o"f said treat)- being extended to our Bands, cede, transfer surre Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors, to and for ment of the Dominion of Canada, all our right, title and privii lands in tho North-West Territories or elsewhere inHerMajes and to hold the same unto and to the use of Her said Ma jest! and successors forever-. And we hereby agree to accept the several provisions, of the said treaty as therein stated, and solemnly promise ; -and carry out all the stipulations and obligations therein co ' Tribe of Indians, tear Carlton on the 1 near Fort Pitt on wenty-six, between and relinquish to Lse of Her Govern- whatsoever to all Dominions, to have i Queen, Her heirs : engage to abide by dned, on the part of by Her representative, the Honourable David the-North-West Territories, agrees that all th< pay- Signed bv the Chiefs and Counc within named, in presence of tl illorsl e fol- lowinc witnesses, the same h first tSen explained by Peter B tving illen- dine: L. Clarke, A. E. Forget, P. Ballendine. Recorded 2nd April, 1879. | Lib. 45, Folio 39. j Dep. Ri in the said treaty to be made to each Chief ai e and fulfilled to the aforesaid Chiefs and their Bands. we, the said Indian Superintendent of the North-West fs and Headmen of the Wood Cree Tribe of Indians, it Carlton this third day of September, one thousand David Laird, Indian Superintendents his Ko-PAH-A-WA-KE-MUM, X Chief, his Banyiel Maristyo x Councillor, mark, his James (Chief Son) x Councillor, mark, his Sa-se-wa-hum, X mark, his Kene-mo-tay, X mark, his Mas-e-nas-chose, X mark. ml of Canada,. We. ha Record No. 157 G. lersigned Indian Chief and Headmen, having had communication of and'concluded at Forts Carlton and Pitt in the summer of 1876, but present at the conferences at which said treaty was negotiated, here- pt the terms and conditions of the said treaty and to abide thereby, ner as if we had been present at the time the said treaty was first our hands this eighteenth day of.September, 1878. b Chief and Headmen after ;en read and explained by Peter Erasmus. d April, 1879. ) Lib. 45. Folio 41. j L. A/Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. Michel Calistrois, x mark. his Louis Pay-patsmah-wayo, X mark, his Acoo See, x mark. No. 157 H. -he-quo-sis, or Little Pine, a Cree Chief, on behalf of his Band and [ndians, comprising twenty lodges, inhabitants of the country ty commonly known as "Treaty No. 6," made between Her by Her Commissioners, the Honourable Alexander Morris, the rable-James McKay and I i Hon And the Plain and wood Cree 1 the twenty-third and twenty-eight! day of September, in the year < six, who have not yet given in their a themselves to Edgar Dewdney, Esquir Territories, and expressed a desire to " Commissioner has recognized the said "Little Pin? and the said Band of twenty lodges have selected Lucky Man." one of their number as the Head Man o him as such to the said Commissioner, who has recognized Head Man- Now, This Instrument Witnesseth that the sa or "the Lucky Man," for themselves and on beh represent, do transfer, surrender and relinquish to II and successors, to and for the use of Her Government their right, title and interest whatsoever which they to the territory described and fully set out in the other part, at Carlton, on d near Fort Pitt on the ninth d eight hundred and seventy- said treaty, have presented nissioner for the North-West ■eaty. And whereas the said is the Head man of his Band, i appointed Pap-a-way, " The leir Band, and have presented ccepted him as such [ " Little Pine " and Pap-a-way If of the Bands which they | Majesty the Queen, Her heirs )f the Dominion of Canada, all iave held or enjoyed of, in and treaty; also,'all their right, title and interest whatsoever to all other lands wherever situated, whether within the limits of any other treaty heretofore made or hereafter to be made with Indians or elsewhere in Her Majesty's territories, to have and to hold the same unto and for the use of Her Majesty, the Queen, Her Heirs and successors for ever. And do hereby agree to accept the several benefits, payments and reserves promised to the Indians adhering to the said treaty at Carlton and Fort Pitt on the dates above mentioned; and further, do solemnly engage to abide by, carrv out and fulfil all the stipulations, obligations and conditions contained on the part of the Indians therein named, to be observed and performed, and in all things! to conform to the articles of the said treaty, as if the said "Little Pine" and Pap-a-way or " the Lucky Man " and the Bands whom they represent had been originally contracting parties thereto, and had been present at the treaty at Carlton and Fort Pitt, and had there attached their signatures to the said treaty. In Witness Whereof Edgar Dewdney, Indian Commissioner for the North- West Territories, and the said "Little Pine" and Pap-a-way or "the Lucky Man," Head Men of the said Bands, hereby giving their adhesion to the said treaty, have hereunto subscribed and set their hands at Fort Walsh, in the said North-West Territories, this second day of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. Signed by the parties hereto, in the presence of the undersigned witnesses, the same having been explained to the Indians by the said Edgar Dewdney, Esq., Indian Commr., through the interpreters ; Eclwd. McKay and P. Leveille. j James F. McLeod, Commissione A. G. Irvine, Assistant Commis Frank Norman, Staff Constabl Recorded 30th August, 1879. ) Lib. 60, F. 326. ' J L. A. Catellier, Deputy Registrar-General of Ca Edgar Dewdney, Indian Commissioner. his '•'Little Pine." x "The Lucky Man." ~x X.W.M.P. lonor X.W.M.P. X.W.M.P. 50 No. 158. id of the Ojibway Indian: ovince of Ontario »rtion of lot numbe residing on the Rama nd Dominion of Canada to Her sixteen, in the sixth concession cipas we, the undersigned Chief and Prin- is resident on our reserve at Rama, in i Dominion of Canada, for and acting I do hereby remise, release, surrender, 1 successors Surrender, by the Chief ar Reserve, in the Countv and Pr Majesty Queen Victoria, of a pc of the Township of Rama. Know all Men by these Presents, tl Men of the Rama Band of Ojibway Ini Pouiitv of Ontario, Province of Ontario on behalf of the whole people of our said Ba quit claim and yield up unto our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs forever,— All and singular that certain parcel or tract of land situated, lying and being in our reserve in the Township of Rama aforesaid, being composed of the northerly portion of lot number sixteen in the sixth concession of the said Township of Rama, better known and described as follows, that is to say:— Commencing at the north-east angle of the said lot sixteen in the sixth concession; thence south-easterlv following the line between lots fifteen and sixteen, forty-one chains and sixty links (41, 60) to the northerly bank of " Black River;" thence in a south-westerly direction following the said northern bank to the line between lots sixteen and seventeen; thence north-westerly along the line between lots sixteen and seventeen: four chains (4) more or less, to the aforesaid bank of river; thence following the said bank of river in a northerly and westerly direction, twenty-four chains (24) more or less to the line between the said lots sixteen and seventeen ; thence following the said line twenty-three chains (23) to the southern limit of the line between the sixth and seventh concessions; thence easterly along said southern limit thirty chains more or less to the place of beginning—containing by admeasurement one hundred and sixteen acres (116) more or less. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and In trust, to sell and convey the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of this Dominion may deem most conducive to the interest of us and our people in all time to come. And upon the further condition that any moneys received from the sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual expenses of management, be placed at interest, and the interest money accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or semiannually to us and our descendants. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the Rama Band of Ojibway Indians aforesaid, do, on behalf of our, people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the Government of the said Dominion may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the disposal and sale of said land. In Witness Whereof, we, the said Chief and Principal Men, have set our hands and affixed our seals unto this Instrument, in the year and at the place stated below. Executed at Rama this tenth day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six. ;ned sealed and delivered (having"^ J. B. Nanegeshkung, Chief, rL.s.1 been first read and interpreted) in our Peter Jacobs, L.S/ iresence : Elisha Sandy, rL.s: William Plu KMER, George Snake, "L.S." Supt . Comr. LA. Joseph St. Germain, "l.s: D. L. Sanson, John Williams, l.s: J. B. Nanege; HKUNG, Michael St. Germain, "L.S." Chief. William Snake, x 'L.S." John Simcoe, jr., x "L.S." Jacob Shilling, x L.S." James Benson. L.S." 51 Dominion of Canada, ~) Province of Ontario. J- To Wit: J Personally appeared before me William Plummer, of the city of Toronto, in the said ' Province, Indian Superintendent and Commissioner, and Joseph Benson Nanegeshkung. of the Township of Rama, in the County and Province aforesaid, Chief of the Rama Band of Ojibway Indians, who, being duly sworn, severally depose and say; and the said William Plummer, for himself, saith that the annexed;1 release or surrender was assented to by the said Joseph Benson Nanegeshkung, he being a Chief, and the only Chief, of the said Tribe or body of Indians, assembled at a meeting or council of the Band summoned for that purpose. That he was duly authorized to attend such council by the Minister of the' Interior. That the meeting or council was held in his presence, and he heard such assent! given. And the said Joseph Benson Nanegeshkung for himself saith : That he is a Chief, and the only Chief of the Rama Band of Indians aforesaid,? and was entitled to vote at the council or meeting above mentioned. That the annexed release or surrender has been assented to by him. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the Band summoned for that purpose at which he was present, and also the said other deponent WilliafJ Plummer. Sworn before me by the said deponents. ] William Plummer and Joseph Benson I Nanegeshkung, this eleventh day off February, 1876. j Jas. Robt. Gowan, Senior Judge Co. Ct., Co. Simco Recorded 28th May, 1S77. ) Liber S., Folio 441. j L. A. Catellier,^ Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. WILLIAM PLU3IMER, J. B. NANEGESHKUNG. No. 159. This Indenture, made in duplicate, the fifth day of May, one thousand eight . hundred and seventy-six, in pursuance of the Act to facilitate the convevance of real property, intituled: " An Act respecting Short Forms of Conveyances." Between John Moon Trenouth, of the Township of Rama, in the Co. of Ontario, in the Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, Lumberer of the first part: Her Majesty Queen Yictoria of the second part: And Agnes Ann Trenouth (wife of the said party of the first part), of the third part: Witnesseth, that in consideration of the sum of six hundred and eighty dollars of lawful money of Canada, now paid by Her Majesty to him, the said party of the first part (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged), he, the said party of the first part, doth grant and surrender unto Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever: All and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the Township of Rama, in the County of Ontario, in the Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, containing by admeasurement one hundred acres of land, more or less, known and described as and being composed of the south half of lot number eighteen in the fifth concession of the said Township of Rama 4h .. . \^:.:M To have and to hold unto Her Majesty the Queen Her heirs and successors The said party of the first part covenants with Her Majesty the Queen that he hath the right to convey the said lands to Her Majesty, notwithstanding any act of the said party of the first part, or of any other person or persons whomsoever. And that Her Majesty the Queen shall have quiet possession of the said lands, free from all encumbrances. And the said party of the first part covenants with Her Majesty the Queen, that he will execute such further assurances of the said lands as may be requisite. And the said party of the first part covenants with Her Majesty the Queen that he hath done no act to encumber the said lands. And the said party of the first part surrenders and releases to Her Majesty the Queen all his claims upon the said lands. And the said party of the third part, wife of the said party of the first part, hereby bars her dower in the said lands. In Witness Whereof, the said parties have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. Signed sealed and delivered | J0HN M TEEN0UTH rL s M intheg-e|ence^ot^ > AGNES ANN TRENOUTH, [L.S.] Received on the day of the date of this Indenture, from the therein named party of the second part, Her Majesty the Queen, the sum of six hundred and eighty dollars, being the amount therein specified to be paid to me. Witness: * \ JOHN M. TRENOUTH, [L.S.] X J. Decatin. j W 1 Canada, Province of Ontario, COUNTT OF SiMCOE, To Wit: I, Thomas James Decatin, of the Town of Orillia, in the County of Simcoe, law student, make oath and say: 1. That I was personally present and did see the within Indenture and a duplicate thereof duly signed, sealed and executed by John Moon Trenouth and Agnes Ann Trenouth, two of the parties thereto. 2. That the said Indenture was executed at the said Town of Orillia. 3. That I know the said parties. 4. And that I am a subscribing witness to the Said Indenture and duplicate. Sworn before me, at the Town of ") Orillia, in the County of Simcoe, [ THOS. J. DECATIN. this fifth day of May, A.D., 1876. ) ;>-, " Frank Evans, A Commr. for taking Affidavits &c.,for said County. I certify that the within Instrument is duly entered and registered in the Registry Office for the County of Ontario, in Book 143, for the Township of Rama, at 1 o'clock, 20 minutes p.m., of the 29th day of May, A.D. 1877. Number 441. J. HAM PERRY, Regr. m No. 160. Know all Men by these Presents that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Micmac Band of Indians in the County of Pictou, resident on our Reserve at Fisher's Grant, in the said County, in the Province of Nova Scotia and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band, do hereby remise, release, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever : All and singular that certain parcel of land, situated, lying and being in our reserve, aforesaid, and which may be more particularly known and described as follows, as laid down on the plan hereunto annexed: Beginning at the south-eastern angle of a lot of land belonging to William Ives, merchant, of Pictou ; thence to run south forty-one degrees, east sixty-three rods and twelve links to a stake and atones; thence north twenty-five degrees, east forty- seven rods and ten links to a stake and stones; thence north forty-one degrees, west fifty rods to the north-west angle of said William Ives' land; and thence south forty- nine degrees, west forty-five rod3 along said land to the place of beginning, containing sixteen acres more or less. To have and to hold the same unto Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors, for ever. In trust, to convey the same to James Gillis Sprouie, of Fisher's Grant aforesaid, in exchange for a like parcel of land belonging to him and lying and being between our two reserves, and for the purpose of connecting the said two reserves, and which may be more particularly known and described as follows, as laid down on the plan hereunto annexed: Beginning at the south side of the highway leading from Fisher's Grant to Boat Harbour at the south-we3t angle of the Indian lot of land known as the Donahoe property; thence south forty-one degrees, east sixty- three rods and twelve links along said property to the >outh-east angle of said lot; thence south forty-nine degrees, west thirty rods to the Indian property purchased from William Ives; thence north forty-one degrees, west forty-four rods to a stake and stones; thence north twenty-five degrees, east thirty-two rods to the place of beginning, containing eleven acres, more or less. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the Band of Micmac Indians aforesaid, do, on behalf of our people, and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm whatever the Government of the Dominion of Canada may do, or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the conveyance and exchange of the said parcel of land hereby surrendered. In Witness Whereof, we, the said Chief and Principal Men have hereunto. set our hands and seals. Executed at Merigomish this 28th day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six. . Signed, sealed and delivered, having been previously read and interpreted in our presence. PAUL PAUL, Chief, [L.S.] And eleven other Indians members of theBand. Canada, ~\ Province of Nova Scotia, y To Wit: ) Personally appeared before me the Reverend Ronald Macdonald, P.P. of the Town of Pictou, in the said Province, Indian Agent, and Paul Paul, of Indian Cove. in the County of Pictou, Chief of the Band of Micniac Indians in the County of Pictou, who being duly sworn severally depose and say: That the annexed release or surrender was duly assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of the full age of twenty-one years, at a meeting or council thereof summoned for that purpose according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said Ronald Macdonald, Indian Agent, who was duly authorized to attend such council by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. Sworn before me by the said depon-^ [ ents, the Rev. ItL Macdonald and y PaulPauLthis Sth davofNov. 1876. R. MACDONALD, P.P. bis PAUL x PAUL. ' J mark. And I do hereby certify that I read over the above affidavit to the said Paul Paul, and that he seemed perfectly to understand the same and made his mark thereto in my presence. JAMES FOGO, Judge of Probate. Recorded 4th June, 1S7~ Lib. S. Folio 444. L. A Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. No. 161. f Seal of the (Province of Quebec. L. A. Catellier. Canada. 1 Province of Quebec j" Victorh, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c, &c, &c. To all to whom these Presents shall come—Greeting : Whereas the Honourable David Mills, Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, in Our Dominion of Canada, in trust for the Band of Amalecite Indians of the Province of Quebec, has contracted and agreed with our Commissioner for the sale of our Crown lands, duly authorized by us in this behalf, for the absolute purchase, at and for the price or sum of one hundred and nineteen dollars and seventy cents, of lawful money of our said Province, of the lands and tenements hereinafter mentioned and described, of which we are seized in right of Our Crown. Now Know Ye, that in consideration of the said sum of one hundred and nineteen dollars and seventy cents, by him the said David Mills, to Our said Commissioner of Crown Lands, in hand well, and truly paid to Oar use, at or before the sealing of these Our letters patent, We have granted, sold, alienated, conveyed and assured, and by these presents do grant, *>ell, alienate, convey and assure unto the said David Mills, and his successors in office for ever, all those parcels or tracts of lands situate, lying and being in the Township of Whitworth, in the County of Temiscouata, in Our said Province, containing by admeasurement three hundred and ninety-nine acres, be the same more or less, together with the usual allowauce for highways; which said parcels or tracts of land may be otherwise known as follows, that is* to say: The lots numbers twenty-seven, twenty-eight and twenty-nine, in the Twelfth Ilange of the Township of Whitworth aforesaid, the said lots containing each one hundred and thirty-three acres. To have and to hold the said parcels or tracts of land and premises hereinbefore given, granted and confirmed of Us, Our heirs and successors, unto and to the use of Oar said grantee and his successors in office forever, in free and common soccage, by fealty only, in like manner as lands are holden in free and common soccage in that part of Great Britain called England. And We do hereby direct and appoint that within six months from the day of the date of these Presents, a copy of this Oar grant shall be registered in the office of Our Registrar for Our said Province of Quebec, and that in default thereof the said land and premises hereby granted shall revert and escheat to Us, Our heirs and successors and become the absolute property of Us or them, in the same manner as if the present grant had never been made; anything herein contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. Given under the Great Seal of Our Province of Quebec: Witness, rOur Trusty and Well-Beloved the Honourable Luc Letellier de St. Just, Lieutenant-Governor of Our Province of Quebec. At Quebec, this thirteenth day of March, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, and in the fortieth year of Our reign. Reference No. 5237 Cr. By command. E. E. Tache, Assistant Commr. of Crown Lands. Recorded 20th March, 1877.1 Lib. No. 27, Fol. 110. j Th. J. Jolicoeur, Deputy Provincial Registrar. TH. J. JOLICOEUR, Assistant Secretary. No. 162. Know all Men by these Presents, that I, Philip McDonald, of the Town of Badddeck, in the County of Yictoria, in the Province of Nova Scotia, in the Dominion of Canada, merchant, and Mary McDonald, wife of the aforesaid Philip McDonald, for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred and thirty dollars and seventy-five cents to me in hand paid, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, do hereby surrender and for ever quit claim unto Her Majesty the Queen, in trust for the use and benefit of the Micmac Indians, all those certain parcels or tracts of lands and premises known and described as follows, being composed of the islands at the mouth of Middle River, in the Wagamatckook Indian Reserve, and which may be described as follows, viz.:— The six small islands at the mouth of the aforesaid Middle River, numbered one, two, three, four, five and six, and the several islets in close proximity to each of the islands, numbered four and five, and other accretions or late formations of earth added to or about the said described premises. To have and to hold the above described premises for and on behalf of the aforesaid Micmac Indians. In Witness Whereof, I, the said Philip McDonald, do hereby attach my seal and signature, and I, the said-Mary McDonald, wife of the aforesaid Philip McDonald, do also, in bar of any and all dower on the premises hereby surrendered, attach hereto my seal and signature this twentieth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. philip Mcdonald, mary Mcdonald. m Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of L. Yankoughnet. Province of Ontario. ") Co. of Carleton. J I, Lawrence Yankoughnet, of the City of Ottawa, in the County of Carleton, Deputy Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, make oath and say: That 1 was personally present and did see Philip McDonald and Mary McDonald, named in the annexed deed of surrender, sign, seal and execute the annexed he County of Victoria. That I know the said Philip McDonald and Mary McDo Id. That I am a subscribing witness to the said annexed deed of surrender. worn before me at Ottawa, this fifth1 day of December, A.D. 1S77. Wit- I And I have signed. ness my hand and official seal as f L. VANKOUGHNET. Notarv Public. Province of Ontario, J G H. Pinhei, Notary Public. Province of Nova Scotia, ) County of Victoria. j Office of Registrar of Deeds, Baddeck, ISth June, 1880. I certify that this deed was registered in this office, in book Letter J, pages 376 and 377, at 10 o'clock a.m., on this the eighteenth day of June, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty, on the foregoing certificate of C. H. Pinhey, Esq., Notary Public. . ALEXr. TAYLOR, Jr., Regr. t Province of Nova Scotia, ] Co. of Victoria. Office of Registrar of Deeds, Baddeck, 18th June, 1880. I certify that at ten o'clock, a.m. on this the eighteenth day of June, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty, the foregoing deed was produced for registry in this office, and was then and therein duly registered by me pursuant to Jaw, on the foregoing certificate of C. H. Pinhey, Esquire. Notary Public. Entered, Book J., pages 376 and 377. Recorded, 2nd November, 1877. ) Liber 27. Folio 386. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. ALEXr. TAYLOR, Jr.. Registrar. No. 163. Articles of a Treaty made and concluded this twenty-second day of Septembe] he year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. Betwee • Most Gracious Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland by Her Commii ters the Honourable David Laird, Lieutenant-Governor and Indian Superintender he North-West Territories, and James Farquharson Macleod, C.M.G., Commi (er of the North-West Mounted Police, of the one part, and the Blackfeet, Blj gan, Sarcee, Stoney and other Indians, inhabitants of the territory north of tl t to II it d, ains and id Minor )ot Ci 'Y Mo oundary line, east of the Central Range of the Rocky Mo I of Treaties numbers six and four, by their Head Chiefs dllors chosen as hereinafter mentioned, of the other part, the Indians inhabiting the said territory have, pursuant to ai lade by the said Commissioners, been convened at a meeting at th ssing " of the Bow River to deliberate upon certain matters of intei t Gracious Majesty of the one part and the said Indians of the other Sfe, the said Indians have been informed by Her Mejesty's Commis is the desire of Her Majesty to open up for settlement and such othe; id beino- ve su bscribed. I for the ate a treaty purposes as to Her Majesty may seem meet a tract of country bounded as hereinafter mentioned, and to obtain the consent thereto of Her 1 i inhabiting the said tract, and to make a treat}- and arrange with ther may be peace and good-will between them and Her Majesty; and bet; Her Majesty's other subjects; and that Her Indian people may know a of what allowance they are to count upon and receive from llev M* and benevolence. * And whereas the Indians of the said tract, duly convened in com requested by Her Majesty's Commissioners to present their Head Ch Chiefs or Councillors', who should be authorized on their behalf to negotiations, and sign any treaty to be founded thereon, and to bec.on to Her Majesty for the faithful performance by their respective Bands tions as should be assumed by them—the said Blackfeet. Blood, Pi eg; Indians havetherefore acknowledged for that purpose the several H Chiefs; and the said Stoney Indians, the Chiefs and Councillors who h hereto; that thereupon in open council the said Commissioners receive ledged the Head and Minor Chiefs and the Chiefs and Councillors pre purpose aforesaid. And whereas the said Commissioners have proceeded to nego with the said Indians, and the same has been finally agreed upon an* follows, that is to say : The Blackfeet, Blood, Piegan, Sarcee, Stoney and other Indians inhabiting the district hereinafter more fully described and defined do hereby cede, release, surrender and yield up to the Government of Canada^for Her "Majesty the QueeiTand Her successors forever..all their rights, tifl^anfTpriYileges whatsoever_toUthaJLaads included within the"following limifs. that is to say] Commencing at a point on the International Boundary duesbuth of the western.. * extremity of the Cypress Hills ; thence west along the said boundary to the central range of the Rocky Mountains or to the boundary of the Province of British Columbia; thence north-westerly along the said boundary to a point due west of the source of the main branch of the Red Deer River; thence south-westerly and" southerly following on the boundaries of the tracts ceded by the treaties numbered six and four to the place of commencement. And also all their rights, titles and privileges whatsoever to all other lands wherever situated in the North-West Territories, or in any other portion of the Dominion of Canada. To have and to hold the same to Her Majesty the Queen and Her Successors forever. And Her Majesty the Queen hereby agrees with Her said Indians, that they shall have right to pursue their vocations of hunting throughout the tract surrendered as heretofore described, subject to such regulations as may from time to time be made by the Government of the country, acting under the authority of Her Majesty, and saving and excepting such tracts as may be required or taken up from . time to time for settlement, mining, trading or other purposes by Iler Government of Canada, or by any of Her Majesty's subjects duly authorised therefor by the said Government. It is also agreed between Her Majesty and Her said Indians that reserves shall be assigned them of sufficient area to allow one square mile for each family of five persons, or in that proportion for larger and smaller families, and that said reserves shall be located as follows, that is to say: First, the reserves of the Blackfeet, Blood and Sarcee Bands of Indians shall consist of a belt of land on the north side of the Bow and South Saskatchewan Rivers, of an average width of four miles along said rivers, down stream, commencing at a point on the Bow River twenty miles north-westerly of the Blackfeet crossing thereof, and extending to the Red Deer River at its junction with the South ■Saskatchewan; also, for the term of ten years, and no longer, from the date of the concluding of this treaty, when it shall cease to be a portion of said Indian reserves, as fully, to all intents and purposes, as if it had not at any time been included therein, compensate he south side individual Indians for improvewents; of a simi] wid;h of one mile along said rivers, down stream, commencing at the aforesaid poj on the Bow River, and extending to a point one mile west of the coal seam on si river, about live miles below the said Blackfeet Crossing, beginning again one ra east of the said coal seam and extending to the mouth of Maple Creek, at its juncti with the South Saskatchewan; and beginning again at the junction of the Bow Ri; with the latter river, and extending on both sides of the South Saskatchewan in average width on each side thereof of one mile; along said river against the stre* to the junction of the Little Bow River with the latter river; reserving to B Majesty, as may now or hereafter be required by Her for the use of Her Indian a other subjects from all the reserves hereinbefore described, the right to navigate t above-mentioned rivers, to land and receive fuel and cargoes on the shores and ban thereof,to build bridges and establish ferries thereon, to use the fords thereof,and all t trails leading thereto, and to open such other roads through the said reserves as m appear to Her Majesty's Government of Canada necessary for the ordinary travel Her Indian and other subjects, due compensation being paid to individual India for improvements when the same may be in any manner encroached upon by su Secondly, that the reserve of the Piegan Band of Indians shall be on Man's River, near the foot of the Porcupine Hills, at a place called " Crow's C And thirdly, the reserve of the Stoney Band of Indians shall be in the vicini Morleyville. In view of the satisfaction of Her Majesty with the recent ge; good conduct of Her said Indians, and in extinguishment of all their past claims, hereby, through Her. Commissioners, agrees to make them a present paymei twelve dollars each in cash, to each man, woman and child of the families represented. Her Majesty also agrees that next year, and annually afterwards for ever, will cause to be paid to the said Indians in cash, at suitable places and dates of ft the said Indians shall be duly notified, to each Chief twenty-five dollars, each 3J Chief or Councillor (not exceeding fifteen Minor Chiefs to the Blackfeet and I Indians and four to the Piegan and Sarcee Bands, and five Councillors to the St Indian Bands), fifteen dollars, and to every other Indian of whatever age five do! the same, unless there be some exceptional reason, to be paid to the heads of fan for those belonging thereto. Further, Her Majesty agrees that the sum of two thousand dollars shall after every year be expended in the purchase of ammunition for distribution ai the said Indians; provided that if at any future time ammunition becomes com tively unnecessary for said Indians, Her Government,with the consent of said Ind or any of the Bands thereof, may expend the proportion due to such Band othei for their benefit. Further, Her Majesty agrees that each Head Chief and Minor Chief, and Chief and Councillor duly recognized as such, shall once in every three years, di] the term of their office, receive a suitable suit of clothing, and each Head Chiei Stoney Chief in recognition of the closing of the treaty, a suitable medal and and next year, or as soon as convenient each Head Chief and Minor Chief and St Chief shall receive a Winchester rifle. Further, Her Majesty agrees to pay the salary of such teachers to instruc children of said Indians as to Her Government of Canada may seem advisable, i the said Indians are settled on their reserves and shall desire teachers. Further, Her Majesty agrees to supply each Head and Minor Chief and Stoney Chief, for the use of their Bands, ten axes, five hand-saws, five augers grindstone, and the necessary files and whetstones. And further, Her Majesty agrees that the said Indians shall be supplie soon as convenient, after any Band shall make due application therefor, with following cattle for raising stock, that is to say : For every family of five pel and under, two cows; for every family of more than five persons and less thai e Old persons, three cows; tor every iamny 01 over ten persons, lour cow- Head and Minor Chief and every Stoney Chief, for the use of their Bai but if any Band desire to cultivate the soil as well as raise stock, each fi Band shall receive one cow less than the above mentioned number, and k when settled on their reserves and prepared to break up the soil, t spade, one scythe and two hay forks, and for every three families on one harrow; and for each Band enough potatoes, barley, oats and wl seeds be suited for the locality of the reserves) to plant the land actual! All the aforesaid articles to be given once for all for the encouragement tice of agriculture among the Indians. And the undersigned Blackfeet, Blood, Piegan, and Sarcee Hea Minor Chiefs, and Stoney Chiefs and Councillors, on their own behalf am all other Indians inhabiting the tract within ceded, do hereby solemnly engage to strictly observe this Treaty, and also to conduct and behave t good and loyal subjects of Her Majesty the Queen. They promise and they will, in all respects, obey and abide by the law; that they will m and good order between each other, and between themselves and othei dians and between themselves and others of Her Majesty's subjects, whe Half-breeds or whites, now inhabiting or hereafter to"inhabft any pai ceded tract; and that they will not molest the person or property of ar of such ceded tract, or the property of Her Majesty the Queen, or inte: trouble any person passing or travelling through the said tract, or any and that they will assist the officers of Her Majesty in bringing to jus ishment any Indian offending against the stipulations of this-Treaty, the laws in force in the country so ceded. In Wintess Whereof. Her Majesty's said Commissioners, and th! Head and Minor Chiefs, and Stoney Chiefs and Councillors, have hereun and set their hands at the "Blackfoot Crossing" of the Bow River year herein first above written. - Signed by the Chiefs and Councillor: within named, in presence of the fol lowing witnesses, the same having David Laird, Territoriei id Indian -G< I Ind'. been first explained by James Bi m i. X. w. Interpreter. A. G. Irvine, Ass't. Comr. X.-W.M.P,, J. McDougall, Missionary, Jean L'Heureux, W. Winder, Inspector, T. N. F. Crozier, Inspector, E. Dalrymple Clark, Lt. and Adjt., N.W.M.P., A. Shurtliff, Sub-Inspector, C. E. Dening, Sub-Inspector, W. D. Antrobjs, Sub-Inspector, Frank Norman, Staff Constable, Mary J. Macleod, Julia Winder, Julia Shurtliff, E. Hardisty, A. McDougall, E. A. Barrett, CONSTANTINE SCOLLEN, Priest, Witness to signatures of Stonixosak and " those following:— Charles E. Conrad, Thos. J. Bogg. James F. Macleod, Lt.-Col., C< M. P., and Special Indian Comr. his Chapo-Mexico, or Crowfo.ot, x Head Chief of the South Blackfeet. his Matose-Apiw, or Old Sun. x Head Chief of the XorthBladjeet. his Stamiscotocar, or Bull Head, x Head Chief of the Sarcees. his Mekasto, or Red Crow, x Head Chief of the South Bloods. his Natose-Onistors, or Medicine Calf, x mark, his POKAPIW-OTOIAN, 01* BAD HEAD. X 'mark, his Sotenah, or Rainy Chief, x Head Chief of the North Bloods. Takoye-Stamix, or Fiend Bull, x Akka-kitcipimiw-otas, or Many Spot- his ted Horses, x mark. his Attistah-macan, or Running Rabit, x mark, his Pitah-pekis, or Eagle Rib, x mark. his Sakoye-aotan, or Heavy Shield, x Head Chief of the Middle Blackfeet. YOATZE-TAPITAPIW, Or SETTING ON AN his Eagle Tail, x mark. Head Chief of the Xorth Piegans. his Akka-makkoye, or Many Swans, x his Apenako-sapop, or Morning illume, x his Mas-g wa-ah-Sid, or Be ar's Paw, x \ ^c Che-ne-ka, or John, x -^ Ki-chi-pwot, or Jacob, x J % his Stamix-osok, or Bull Bacfat, x Emitah-Apiskinne, or White Striped his Dog, x mark. Matapi-Komotziw, or the Captive or Stolen Person, x Apawawakosow, or White Antelope, x his Makoye-kin, or Wolf Collar, x mark. Aye-stipis-simat, or Heavily Wiiip- his PED. X i Kissoum. or Day Light, x his PlTAH-OTOCAN, 01' EAGLE HEAD, X Apaw-stamix, or Weasel Bull, x Onktah-pokah, or White Calf, x his Netah-kitei-pi-mew, or Only Spot, x mark. Akak-otos, or Many H@|ses, x mark. Stokimatis, or The Drum, * his Pitah-annes, or Eagle Robe, x mark, his Pitah-gtsikin, or Eagle Shoe, x Stamix-ota-ka-iiw, or Bull Turn his Round, x Stoney Councillo Maste-Pitah, or Crow Eagle," his f James Dixon, x mark. Abraham Kechepwot, x Patrick Kechepwot, x * I George Moy-any-men, x I | I his"mark- George Crawlor; x <- ' ""*■ h- Ekas-kine, or Low Horn, x; 'his Kayo-okosis, or Bear Shield, x mark. his PONOKAH-STAMIX, Or BULL ELK, X his Omaksi Sapop, or Big Plume, x mark, his Onistah, or Calf Robe, x mark. his Pitah-siksinum, or White Eagle, x Apaw-onistaw, or Weasel Calf, Ottista-haes, or Rabbit Carrier, x his marl Pitah, or Eagle, x mark. b Kaye-tapo, or Going to Bear, x — ———^ of the Bk ■ Between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners duly appointed to negotiate the said treaty, and the Blackfeet, Blood, Piegan, Sarcee, Stoney and other Indian inhabitants of the country within the limits defined in the said treaty, but not having been present at the councils at which the articles of the said treaty were agreed upon, do now hereby, for ourselves and the Bands which we represent, in consideration of the provisions of the said treaty being extended to us and the Bands which we represent, transfer, surrender and relinquish to Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors to, and for the use ot Her Government of the Dominion of Canada, all our right, title and interest whatsoever which we and the said Bands which we represent have held or enjoyed, of, in and to the territory described and fully set out in the said treaty; also, all our right, title and interest whatsoever to all other lands wherever situated, whether within the limits of any other treaty heretofore made or hereafter to be made with Indians, or elsewhere in Her Majesty's Territories, to have and toehold the same unto and for the use of Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever. And we hereby agree to accept the several benefits, payments and reserves promised to the Indians under the Chiefs adhering to the said treaty at the Blackfoot Crossing of the Bow River; and we solemnly engage to abide by, carry out and fulfil all the stipulations, obligations and conditions therein contained on the part of the Chiefs and Indians therein named, to be observed and performed and in all things to conform to the articles of the said treaty, as if we ourselves and the Bands which we had been originally contracting parties thereto and had been present at Is held at the Blackfoot Crossing of the Bow River, and had there attached ar signatures to the said treaty. In Witness Whereof, James Farquharson Macleod, C.M.G., one of H^r Majesty's ommissioners appointed to negotiate the said treaty, and the Chief of the Band ercby giving their adhesion to the said treaty, have hereunto subscribed and set leir hands, at Fort Macleod, this fourth day of December, in the year of Our Lord le thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. JAMES F. MACLEOD, Lt. Col., Special Indian Commissioner. tl pgned by the parties hereto in ^ the presence of the undersigned J witnesses, the same having been j explained to the Indians by the | said James Farquharson Mac- \ leod, one of the Commissioners J appointed to negotiate the said j treaty, through the Interpreter, j Jerry Potis, in the presence of: J A. G. Irvine, Assist. Comr. E. Dalrymple Clark, Lieut.-Adjt., N.W.M.P. Charles E. Conrad. W. Winder. Inspector. Recorded 18th February, 1878. Lib. 60, Folio 66. L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. his NEAUX RISTOMACH x mark. (Three Bulls). ^iW-V*.w-- ^e^^,,^.._.:.,.:, mW...- :, e. ^^iml.m« t-£&^>W**a*=™ 1 1 s. <0 1 I "■ " ■ > CO JL t f° JE ll\y S & m* 63 No. 164. We the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Band of Indians owning the tract of land known as Reserve No. 16 (sixteen), and described in the treaty effected on the ninth day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, with the Chiefs and Principal Men of the Ojibeway Tribe of Indians inhabiting and claiming the eastern and northern shores of Lake Huron by the Honourable William Benjamin Robinson on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland as Parry Island, being situated at Parry Sound, on the north shore of Lake Huron, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, and laid down on a plan by John Houghton Dennis, Provincial Land Surveyor, dated 9th September, 1850, on file in the head office of Indian Affairs at Ottawa, in full council of our said Band assembled at Parry Island on this 24th day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, do hereby consent and agree to surrender, and by this Instrument do surrender to Her Gracious Majesty aforesaid, Her heirs and successors, in trust, to be sold for the joint benefit of our Band aforesaid, on such terms and conditions as to Her said Majestv's Government of Canada shall seem proper, the whole of the merchantable timber on our said reseiwe. The entire proceeds of the sale of said timber to be invested for our sole joint benefit and for the benefit of our descendants for all time to come, in such manner as to the said Government of Canada shall seem to be most conducive to the interests of our said Band. In Witness Whereof, we the undersigned Chiefs and Principal Men ot the Band aforesaid, and as representing the entire said Band, have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals on the day and in the year first above written, in the presence of our Superintendent, William Plummer, Esquire, who has been duly authorized to accept and approve of the said surrender. Pagaimagahbouh, Chief, x Shi-shegwasiee, 2nd Chief, x Waindameyance, x Sa-maibah, x Maish-ke-gah-bon, x Ah-ge-jah-konce, X Shah-won, x Meno-minee, x Saug-hutab, x Ogah-baigezhik-goo, X John Bahgahmigabow, x On behalf of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, I hereby accept the surrender above made by the Chiefs and Principal Men of the Band owning the reserve called " Parry Island Reserve," at Parry Sound, on the north shore of Lake Huron, of the merchantable timber on the said reseiwe. WM. PLUMMER, Supt. and Comr. of Indian Affairs. L.S. "L.S/ 'L.S/1 ^l.s.4 xs: "l.s: x,s/ l.s: x.s: L.S. tksJ No. 165. Know all Men by these Presents, that we. the Chief and Principal Men of the Band of Indians owning the Indian Reserve lands at Garden River, in the Province of Ontario, being this day assembled in council, have agreed to surrender and yield up unto Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all the right, claim and title which we possess of, in and to a block of land in the Town plot of Chinguacouse, lying south of Prince street to the water edge, and bounded on the east by Richardson street and on the west by Ryan -street, as laid down on the plan attached hereto, with the object of the block of land in question being sold to Messrs. McRae, Craig & Company, for the purpose of erecting a steam saw-mill thereon, the proceeds of such sale to be invested for the benefit of the Garden River Indians. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals at Garden River, this seventeenth day of April, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two. his Chief Augustin, x mark. Joseph Lasage, his Thos. x Boismault, mark, his James x Boismault, mark, his Peter x Jones, mark, his George * x Augustin, mark, his Pen x Lasage, mark, his Thomas x Augustin, mark, his Joseph x Lasage, mark, his Charles x Larose, mark. his Jarvis x Augustin, mark, his Peter x Ben, mark, his James x Shingase, mark, his John x Cabosa, mark, his Moses x Botanash, mark. his Wey-a-mah, X mark, his Dayson, X mark. John Mukatokinna, his JAHQUCHEWOSSOI, X mark. William Drim, x mark, his Loeis x Stringcoack, fL.S.] mark, his Prank x Ninnitojon, [LJ3.] mark [L.S.] [L.S.] pus.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.1 [L.S.J [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] p*s.] [L.S.] [US.] Witness to mark, JOS. WILSON, Indian Commissioner^ Ji 1 J 65 Province.of Ontario, ) District of Algoma. > t$8« To Wit, ) We the undersigned do hereby certify that the above surrender of lands was freely assented to at a council assembly for the purpose at Garden River, on the seventeenth day of April, 1872, by a majority of Chiefs and Principal Men of the Band entitled to vote thereat. JOS. WILSON, Indian Commr. AUGUSTIN x Chief. mark Sworn before me at Sault Ste. Marie, in the District of Algoma, this seventeenth day of April, A.D., 1872. And 1 certify that the deponent Augustin could not speak English, and I swore Etienne Jollineau, of Sault Ste. Marie, to interpret the above affidavit to the said Augustin, that the same was read over to him and interpreted to him by the said Jollineau and the said deponent seemed to me to perfectly understand the same, and made his mark thereto in my presence. WALTER McCREA, Judge of the Distridt of Algoma. No. 166. We, the Chief Augustin and Principal Men, and members of the Garden River Indian Reserve, in council assembled this 15th day of November, 1S77, hereby agree to surrender to Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, for"the benefit of the public and the proprietors of the Victoria Mining Company, a sixty- six foot road leading from a point dividing the Garden River Indian Reserve and the portion of that reserve already surrendered by us, and running in a southerly direction to the banks of the River St. Mary, east of the Church of England school house, the expenses in making such road to be borne by the said proprietors of .the Victoria Mining Company. And any improvements through which the said road may pass to be compensated for by the said Yictoria 3Iining Company to the party whose improvements may be taken. The said proprietors of the said Yictoria Mining Company to commence cutting a winter road so soon as the Indian Agent shall have granted them permission. Witness our hands and seals the day and year aforesaid: "Chief Augustin iffll. Peqhitchinine a; ;;.V^,.. Wm. Kabmosana Peter Jones W31. Suibutzozik Jno. \Vywoss Alex. Wahbonosai Wm. Pequetchenene x Jarvis Augustin Charles Larose Thomas Augustin j Waikimah Naiiquhwaiweedon George Kabmosa Joseph Bell Kabmosana X ["L.S.1 X L.S. ■l.s: X X "L.S." X "L.S." X L.S. * rL.S/ X L.S. X x.s; X L.S." s x.s: X L.S. X l.s: x X.S.1 X ■l.s; X l.s; 66 [L.S.] 'x.s:' Joseph Larose Charles Stone Nahwaikqujizik x [U.S." Vo lahqua x XS./ | E. Shibahjizik x X.S/ I Louson Shingwack x X.S/ Joe. Shibhjizik x X.S." I Charles Biron x X.S/ Joachim Bibon x X.S/ Tom Sayer x L.S." Henry Sayer x X.S." Joseph Biron x X.S." Joe. Biron, Jr. x X.S/ Michael Belleau x X.S/ Frank Powault x X.S/ Michael Cadotte x [L.S.: And we hereby on oath certify before the Honourable Walter McCrea, Judge of Her Majesty's District Court for the District of Algoma, Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada aforesaid, that the annexed release or surrender was assented to and executed by the Chiefs and Principal Men of the Band of Indians therein mentioned assembled at a meeting of such band and tribe summoned for that purpose, and who were entitled to vote thereat. Certified and sworn to before me at^| Sault Ste. Marie, in the District }~ of Algoma, by the said Chief'. Augustin. Pequetchenene, and j William Van Abbott this 20th j . day of November, 1S77. J his Chief Augustin, x mark, his Pequetchenene, x mark. William Yan Abbott, Indian Land Agent for third Northern Superintendency. And I certify that the above oath and the document was first read over by the aid of an interpreter to the said Chief Augustin and Pequetchenene, and they seemed to perfectlv understand the same, and made their mark thereto in my presence. WALTER McCREA, . Judge D. A. Recorded 26th January, 1878. • Lib. 27, Fol. 521. L. A. Catellier, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. No. 167. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Warriors of the Wyandott Indians of the Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex and Province of Ontario, being a majority of the male membei's of the said Wyandott Indians of the full age of twenty-one years, in council, summoned and assembled for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of Robert McKenzie, Esquire, Commissioner and Visiting Superintendent of Indian Affairs, duly authorized to attend such council, for.and in consideration of the trusts, and for the several purposes hereinafter mentioned, and of the sum of one dollar of lawful money of Canada (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged), iu our names, and in the name of the whole, and on the behalf of our said Nation or Band, have given, assigned, released and surrendered, and by these presents do give, assign, release and surrender unto Her Majesty, Her successors and assigns, all and singular those certain parcels or tracts of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Township of 67 II 3 .? Anderdon, in the County of Essex, and Province of Ontario, being composed of: Firstly. The southerly two-thirds part of lot number thirteen, in the first concession of the said Township of Anderdon, containing sixty-seven acres, more or less, and the south half of the south half of lot number eight, in the third concession of the said Township of Anderdon, containing one hundred acres, more or less. Secondly: The south half of the south half of lot number seven, in the third concessionof the said Township of Anderdon, containing fifty acres, more or less. And thirdjy: The Indian marsh, or land and water, which may be described as follows, that is to say: Commencing at the point where the westerly boundary line of lot number thirty-three, in the first concession of the said Township of Anderdon, is intersected by the channel bank or centre of the River Canard; thence south-westerly, following the said channel bank or centre of the said River Canard to its mouthj at a point intersecting the westerly boundaiy line of lot number twenty-two, in the said first concession of the said Township of Anderdon, produced; thence on the course of the said'last mentioned westerly boundary line, produced, to the channel bank of the River Detroit; thence northerly, up stream, following the said channel bank of the River Detroit to a point intersecting the westerly boundary line of the said lot number thirty-three, produced; thence following the said last-mentioned boundary line eastwardly to the place of beginning. To have and to hold the said land and premises, with its appurtenances, unto Her Majesty, Her successors and assigns forever, in trust, and for the purposes following, that is to say: The parcels of land firstly above described in trust, to grant, convey and assure the same in fee simple unto Solomon White, of the said township of Anderdon, Barrister-at-law, and a member of the said Wyandott Indians: the parcel secondly above described, in trust, to grant, convey and assure the same in fee simple unto Mary L. White, the wife of the said Solomon White, also a member of the said Wyandott Indians; and the parcel of land and water, or marsh, thirdly above described, in trust, to grant, convey and assure the same inr-fee simple unto Joseph White, of the said Township of Anderdon, Chief of the said Wyandott Indians, according to the provisions of Section 93 of the Indian Act of 1876. In Witness Whereof, we, the said Chief and Warriors of the said Wyandott Indians, for ourselves, and in the name and on behalf of the said Wyandott Indians, have hereunto set our hands and seals in council, at our Council EEouse, at Anderdon aforesaid, this twenty-first day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. . Signed, sealed and delivered ) in the presence of J Robt. Mackenzie, V.S. and Commr., Joseph White, Jr. Joseph x White, Chief, [L.S.] - mark. Joseph Warrow, [L.S.| Thos. B. White, | L.S. Alex. Clarke, |'L.S. Rand. Clarke, X.S/ Lewis Warrow, X.S. Israel J. Splitlog, X.S. Joseph Clarke, X.S. Joseph White, Jr., _ X.S. Geo. G. Clark, X.S. Thomas M. Warrow, * "L.S. Peter White, X.S. Peter D. Clark, X.S. James Clark, X.S. S. White. 1L.S. *t 68 j Ontario, } County of Essex. To Wit. I. Robert McKenzie, of the Town of Sarnia, in the County of Lambton, in the Province of Ontario, make oath and say: 1. That I was personally present and did see the foregoing surrender duly si«ned, sealed, executed and unanimously assented to by the above named persons, being the majority of the male members of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon of the full age of twenty-one years, in council duly assembled, for that purpose among others. 2. That the said surrender was executed and assented to at the Council House on the reserve of the said Wyandott Indians, on the day of its date, in my presence. 3. That I know all of the said persons, being the male members and a large majority of the said Wyandott Indians of Anderdon, who/ executed and assented to the said surrender. 4. That I am a subscribing witness to the said surrender. Sworn before me at the Town of Sandwich, in the County of Essex and Province of Ontario, on the 22nd day • of December, A.D. 1877. J G. W. Leggatt, Judge of the County Court, County of Essex. ROBT. MACKENZIE, V. S. and C. Ontario, County of Essex. To Wit: I Joseph "White, the \rounger, of the Town ot Windsor, in the County of Essex, merchant, make oath and say: 1. That I am a male member of the full age of twenty-one years, of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon, and as such duly entitled to be present and to vote on any ri^ht or question affecting the interests of the said Wyandott Indians, in council assembled. 2. That I was personally present and did see the foregoing surrender duly signed, sealed, executed and assented to, unanimously, by the persons above named, who form a majority of the male members of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon of the full age of twenty-one years, entitled to be present at and to vote at any meeting or council assembled for the purpose of making a surrender of their lands. 3. That the said surrender was executed and assented to at the Council House, ontheieserve of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon aforesaid, on the day of its date, in my presence. 4. That I know all the said persons, being the male members and a large majority of the said Wyandott Indians of Anderdon, who executed and assented to the said surrender, of which I am a subscribing witness. Sworn before me at the Town of" Sandwich, in the County of Essex, this 22nd dav of Dec, A.D. 1877. G. W. Leggatt, Judge of the County Court for the County of Essex. Recorded 25th February, 1878. ) Lib. 60, Folio 75. j 'U£\ L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. JOSEPH WHITE, Junr. 69 This Indenture made the fifteenth day of January, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight: Between William Elias Jones, of Swan River, in the North West Territories. Gentleman, and Her Majesty Queen Victoria— / H^H Witnesseth, that the said William Elias Jones, for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar of lawful money of Canada, to him in hand paid by Her Majesty (the receipt whereof is hereby by him acknowledged), doth grant and surrender unto Her Alajesty, Her heirs and successors, all and singular that certain strip of land, one chain and a-half in width situate, lying and being in the North-West Territories of the Dominion of Canada, and being composed of that part of the public trail or travelled road leading from Westbourne to Fort Eilice, which lies within the south-east quarter (fractional) of section nineteen in the sixteenth township in the twenty-third range, west of the Principal Meridian in the said North-West Territories. To have and to hold the said strip of land hereby granted and surrendered, or intended so to be, unto Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors forever. In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands and seals. W. E. JONES. [L.S.] Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of: A. McDonald. Canada, ^ North-West Territories, I Swan River. [ To Wit: J I, Allan Macdouald, of Swan River, in the North-West Territories, make oath and say: 1. I was personally present and did see the within Instrument duly signed. sealed and delivered by the within named William Elias Jones, the party thereto. 2. That the said Instrument was executed at Swan River, in the North-West Territories. 3. That I know the said William Elias Jones. 4. That I am a subscribing witness to the said Instrument. Sworn before me at Swan River, in the ^j North-West Territories of the Domin- ! ion of Canada, this fifteenth day of f January, A.D. 1878. J Matw. Ryan, Stipendiary Magistrate. Recorded 1st February, 1878. ) Lib. 27, Fol. 523. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. a. Mcdonald. No. 168£. Know all Men by these Presents that we, the Chief and Principal Men of the Band of Indians, owning and residing on the Indian reserve at River Desert, in the Township of Maniwaki, in the County of Ottawa, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, being this day assembled with our people in general council. and acting for and on behalf of the whole membership of our said Band, and with the free consent of a majority of the male members thereof, of the full age of twenty- one years, summoned for that purpose according to our rules, and in the presence oi Patrick Moore, Esquire, our agent, duly authorized to attend such council by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, have agreed to surrender and yield up, 70 and do hereby surrender and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust, to be disposed of in such manner and on such terms as the Honourable the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs may deem to be most conducive to the interests of our people in all time to come, all those lots in the said reserve known and described as follows, that is to say: Parts of Lots 24 and 25, Desert front, and lying east of those portions of said lots already surrendered to the Crown, and occupied by J. B. Hall & Co., containing together one hundred and eighty acres (ISO), more or less. Part of Lot 23 in the 4th Range, lying west of Betobe Creek, containing thirty- four acres and five-tenths of one acre (34^), more or less, and occupied by Alexander Bouthier. Part of Lot C, Desert front, lying east and south of the said Betobe Creek, containing forty-three acres and eight-tenths of one acre (43r%), more or less, occupied by Pierre Saucier. Part of Lot 24, in Road Range west, lying west of the main old road, containing (57,2,16) fifty-seven acres, two roods and sixteen perches, more or less, and occupied by Alexander Bouthier. Parts of Lots 16 and 17 in said Road Range west, lying west of the said main old road, containing together (113, 1, 24), one hundred and thirteen acres, one rood and twenty-four perches more or less, and occupied by Amable Beaudry. Parts of Lots 18, 19, 20 and 21 in Road Range east, lying east of the said main old road, and extending to the road allowance on the Gatineau River, containing together (SlOy1^) three hundred and ten acres-and one-tenth of an acre, more or less, and occupied by Richard Hargrave. Parts of Lots 17, IS and 19 in the Gatineau front, lying east of Brady's Lake and south-east of Brady's Creek, being the Creek connecting Brady's Lake with the River Gatineau, containing (994) ninety-nine acres and three-fifths of one acre, more or less,' and occupied by Patrick Brady. The easterly parts of Lots 24 and 25 in the said Road Range east, and more particularly described as follows, that is to say: Commencing at the south-easterly corner of said Lot 24 with the intersection of the road allowance of one chain on the Gatineau River; thence due west twenty-two chains, more or less; thence north twenty-four chains fifty links, more or less, to the line between Lots 25 and 26; thence east twenty-five chains, more or less, to the road allowance on the Gatineau River; thence southerly and along said road allowance to the place of beginning, containing fifty-six acres and four-tenths of an acre, more or less, and occupied by Patrick Brady. And we. the said Chief and Principal Men of the Band aforesaid, do on behalf of our people, and for ourselves, hereby agree to ratify and confirm whatever the Honourable the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the land hereby surrendered. In Witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals at Maniwaki, in the aforesaid county and Province, this eighteenth day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight. Marginal note good. • %* 1 m Signed, sealed and delivered in ") the presence of: j Hiram McKay, Thos. Driscoll. 18th February, 1878. Marginal Note—Surrendered to lease, but not to sell. P. 31.. Indian Agent. P. T., Chief. PIERRE TE DESI, First Chief, [L.S] SIMON OTJIK, and twelve other Indians, Members of the Band. [L.S.] PIERRE TE DESI, And we hereby on oath certify before Chas. B. Rouleau, Esq., District trate for the District of Ottawa, Province of Quebec and Dominion of Cana< the annexed release or surrender was assented to by the Band of Indians mentioned, assembled at a meeting summoned for that purpose. Sworn before me at Maniwaki, in the} mT,Tnrr ,rr^-r>^ Province of Quebec, this twenty- PATRICK MOORE, sixth day of June, in the year of > of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight. J Chas. B. Rouleau, District Magistrate for the District of Ottawa. Recorded 29th October, 1878. | Liber 60, Folio 126. J L. A. CATELLIER, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. Magi! la, that therein No. 169. This Indenture, made the twentieth day of March,in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy nine: Between David Johnson and James Johnson, both of the Township of Sarawak, in the County of Grey, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, farmers, of the first part; Catherine Johnson, of the same place, wife of the said David Johnson, of the second part; And Her Majesty Queen Yictoria of the the. third part. AVhereas, by letters patent under the Great Seal of the Province of Canada, and dated the twentieth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, Her Majesty Queen Yictoria granted unto one William Roy, of the said Township of Sarawak, Esquire, lot number sixteen, in the third concession of the Township of Sarawak in the County of Grey, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, reserving thereout the Indian graveyard thereon, containing one quarter of an acre. And Whereas, the said William Roy granted and conveyed said lot to one John Scagel, and the said John Scagel granted and conveyed same to one Samuel Redfern, and the said Samuel Redfern granted and conveyed^ same to the said parties of the first part, all said conveyances being subject to said reservation. And Whereas, the said Indian graveyard had not at the time of the issuing of the said patent been selected or set apart. And Whereas, the land hereinafter described has been selected and set apart by Her Majesty the Queen as as an Indian graveyard reserved in said letters patent, and Her Majesty the Queen has, through Her Supeiinteudent-General of Indian Affairs for the Dominion of Canada, requested the said parties of the first part to surrender same to Her Majesty in trust for the use of the Cape Croker Band of Chippewa Indians. Now This Indenture Witnesseth, that the said parties of the first part, in consideration of the premises and of the sum of one dollar to them in hand paid (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged), have granted and surrendered*, and by these presents do grant and surrender unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria and Her successors, all and singular that parcel or tract of land situate, tying and being in the Township of Sarawak, in the County of Grey, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada: Being composed of a portion of lot number sixteen in the third concession of the Township of Sarawak aforesaid, and which may be more particularly described as follows, that is to say : Commencing at a post one chain north seventy-three degrees west from where the line between lots fifteen and sixteen in the said third concession of the Town- ould intersect the w iter's e grees, west one chare and sb one chain and nint r links 1 of about south fifty-on in and seventy links, more oj md twentv-five links 1 o the p 1 the above courses b said parcel or tract nances, unto Her sa id Maj le use and "benefit 6: - the Ca eeond part, wife ship of Sarawak produced thence north seventy-three north seventeen degrees, ei mill dam; thence at a couk of the Indian River) one c teen degrees, west one chaii in*' one rood, more or less— % To have and to hold tl rendered, with the appur successors in trust for the pewa Indians. And the said party of 1 in consideration of the premises and of the sum Canada to her in hand paid at or before the seali; (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged), hi these presents doth grant and release unto Her successors, all her dower and right and title which, said hushand she might or would have to dower mises hereby conveyed or intended so to be. And Her said Majesty the Queen accepts and by the signature hereto of the Superintendent-Gen In Witness Whereof, the said parties hereto seals. Signed, sealed and delivered in the pre-Y sence of J. W. MeDowall, as regards j signatures of David Johnson. James Johnson and Catherine Johnson: H. Kinloch, as to signature of the Super- j • -intendent-Genef a 1 of Indian Affairs, j 1 Davi Jame Catb John sdge of Owen Sound Bay; xty links to a post; thence to a post at the end of the es, east (following the edge r less; thence south seven- •lace of beginning, contain- ignetic. i hereby granted and sur- jesty the Queen and Her &pe Croker Band of Chip- the said David Johnson, for and >f one dollar of lawful money of ig and delivery of these presents tth granted and released, and by said Majesty the Queen and Her in the event of her surviving her into or out of the lands and pre- confirms said surrender, testified =ral of Indian Affairs for Canada, have hereunto set their hands and Johnson, Johnson, bine Johnson, A. Macdonald, ipt.-Gen. Indian Affair j Dominion of Canadj Province of Ontario, County of Grey. To Wit: I, Joseph William MeDowall, of the Town c Grey, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of and say: 1. That I was personally present and did se duplicate thereof duly signed, sealed and executed and Catherine Johnson, wife of the said David John 2. That the said Instrument and duplicate th James Johnson, David Johnson and Catherine Job Sound. 3. That I know the said parties, and that said man. 4. That I am a subscribing witness to the said Sworn before me at the Town of "i Owen Sound, in the County of I Grey, this 4th day of April, f AD. 1879. J Saml. I. Lane, A Commr. for taking Affidavits in B. R.. Recorded 28th April, 1879. ) Liber 60, Folio 242. / L. A. Catellier, Dep. Reghirar-G[eneral of Canada. f Owen Sound, in the County of Canada, student-at-law, make oath e the within Instrument and the by James Johnson, David Johnson ason, three of the parties thereto, icreof were executed by the said hnson, at the said Town of Owen d James Johnson is an unmarried i Instrument and duplicate. J. W. 3IcDOWALL. No. 170. ,J * ! W This Indenture, made in duplicate, the twenty-eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six in pursuance of the Act to facilitate the conveyaidH of real property, intituled an "Act respecting Short Forms of Conveyances." Between James Gillis Sproull, of Fisher's Grant, in the County of Pictou, in the Province of Nova Scotia, and Dominion of Canada, farmer, of the first part; Her Majesty Queen Yictoria, of the second part; and Christina Sproull (wife of the said party of the first part), of the third part: Witnesseth that in consideration of a certain parcel of land to be conveyed toj| him by letters patent from the Crown, and which parcel consists of the northwesterly part of the land purchased by Her Majesty the Queen from William Ives and wife, for an Indian reserve, on the seventh day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, at Fisher's Grant, in the county and Province aforesaid, and which may be more particularly known and described as follows: Beginning;iH the south-eastern angle of a lot of land belonging to William Ives; thence running south forty-one degrees, east sixty-three rods and twelve links to a stake and stoneJH thence north twenty-five degrees, east forty-seven rods and ten links to a stake and stones; thence north forty-one degrees, west fifty rods to the north-west angleJH said William Ives' land; thence south forty-nine degrees, west forty-five rods along said land to the place of beginning, containing sixteen acres, more or less—the said party of the first part doth grant and surrender to Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular that certain parcel of land situate -mm Boat Harbour, in the County of Pictou, and bounded as follows: Beginning at the south side of the highway leading from Fisher's Grant to Boat Harbour, at the southwest angle of the Indian lot of land known as the Donahoe property; thence south forty-one degrees east sixty-three rods and twelve links along said.property to the south-east angle of said lot: thence south forty-nine degrees, west thirty rods to the Indian property purchased from William Ives; thence north forty-one degrees west fifty-four rods to a stone and stakes ; thence north twenty-five degrees east thirty- two rods to the place of beginning, containing eleven acres, more or less. To have and to hold unto Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors for ever. The said party of the first part covenants with Her Majesty the Queen that he hath the right to convey the said land to Her Majesty, notwithstanding any act of the said party of the first part or any other person or persons whomsoever. And Her Majesty the Queen shall have quiet possession of the said land, free from all encumbrances. And the said party of the first part covenants with Her Majesty the Queen that he will execute such farther assurances of the said land as may be requisite. And the said party of the first part covenants with Her Majesty the Queen that he hath done no act to encumber the said land. And the said party of the first part surrenders and releases to Her Majesty the Queen all his claims upon the said land. And the said party of the third part, wife of the said party of the first part, hereby bars her dower in the said land. In Witness Whereof, the said parties have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. SirDres?ncedoafnd ^^ 1 JA™S ^ SPBOULL, [L.S.1 0 - - f CHRISTINA SPROULL. [L.S.J Daniel McDon 74 Canada: 1 Province of Nova Scotia, I County of Pictou. f To Wit; J I, Daniel McDonald, of Fisher's Grant, in the County of Pictou, make oath and say:— 1. That I was personally present and did see the within Indenture and a duplicate thereof duly signed, sealed and executed by James Gillis Sproull and Christina Sproull, two of the parties thereto. 2. That the said Indenture was executed at Fisher's Grant; 3. That I know the said parties. 4. That I am the subscribing witness to the said Indenture and duplicate. Sworn before me at Fisher's 1 Grant, in the County of I t\*4tet ir nAMATT^ Pictou, this third day of f DANIEL McDO^ALD. Julv, A.D. 1S76. Samuel A. Foster, A Comr.for taking Affidavits in said County. Recorded 23rd August, 1878. ) Liber 60, Folio 118. j L. A. Catellier, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. JUL Ppovince of Nova Scotia, Registrar's Office, Pictou, 25th May, 1878. I certify that the within Instrument in duplicate was duly registered at five o'clock pjn. of the above day in Book 73, pages 135, and 136, on the certificate of Samuel A. Foster, Commissioner. JOHN FERGUSON, Regr. No. 171. We, the undersigned Principal Men of IheScugog Band of Mississagua Indians, resident on our reserve in the Township of Scugog, in the County of Ontario and Province of Ontario, and Dominion of Canada, for and in behalf of our whole Band, in council assembled, do hereby release and surrender unto our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors, all and singular those certain parcels or tracts of land situated, lying and being in our said reserve, and containing by admeasurement four hundred acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of lots numbers six and seven, in the eleventh concession, in the Township of Scugog. In trust, to lease the same to such person or persons, and upon such terms as the Government of this said Dominion may deem most conductive to the interest of us and our people. And upon the condition that the moneys received as vent for the same shall be paid to the individual Indians of this said Band, to whom the respective portions of the said lands have been, or may be, hereafter allotted. In Witness Whereof, we, the said Principal Men, have set our hands and affixedf ar seals, this ninth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight. I EM In presence of Wm. Plummer, Visiting Supt. Commr. I. A. John Foy, • Wm. Marsden, Interpreter. John Johnstone, x Chief. [L.S.] mark. his Chancey Johnstone. X mark. [L.S.J his Abram Johnson, x |xJ mark hu Alvey Elliot, x | L.S.| mark. his James Johnson, Sr., X [L.S/] mark. ClIARLES McCRAE, |L.S. William Marsden, |l.s. John Bope, [L.S. tL.S.j Joseph Johnston, Dominion of Canada, *} Province of Ontario, f County of York. To Wit: . Personally appeared before me, William Plummer, of the city of Toronto, in the said Province, Visiting Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and John Johnstone, of the Scugog Indian reserve, in the Township of Scugog, in the County of OntariojM said Province, Chief of the Scugog Band of Mississaugua Indians, who, being duly sworn, severally depose and say. And the said William Plummer, for himself saith : That the annexed release tf as assented to by the said John Johnstone and by a majority of the said Tribe or body of Indians entitled to vote at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose. That such meeting or council was held in his presence, and he heard such assent given. That he watf duly authorized to attend such meeting or council by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. And the said John Johnstone for himself saith, That he is the Chief of the Scugog Band of Indians aforesaid, and was entitled to vote at the meeting or council aforesaid. That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him, and by a majority of the members of the said Tribe or body of Indians, entitled to vote at the council or meeting before mentioned. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Tribe or body of Indiaus, summoned for that purpose, at which himself and the other said members of the said Tribe or body of Indians were present. And also the said other deponent, William Plummer. Sworn before me, by the saiddepon-1 ents, William Plummer and John [ Johnstone, this thirteenth day of { May, A.D. 1878. J S. H. Blake, One of the Yice-Chancellors of the Province of Ontario. Recorded 5th August, 1878, ) Liber 60, Foliol09. j L. A. Catellier, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. WILLIAM PLUMMER, JOHN xS JOHNSTONE, Chief. mark. No. 172. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the Chief and Principal Men of the Band of Indians owning the Indian reserve lands at Richibucto, in the Province of New Brunswick, being this day assembled in council, have agreed to surrender and yield up unto Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors for ever, all the right, claim and title which we possess of, in and to those certain parcels of land lying and being on our reserve aforesaid, and which may be more particularly known and described as follows: Situate in the Parish of Weldford, in the County of Kent, in the Province aforesaid, on the north side of the Richibucto River, being all that part of the said reserve contained within the following boundaries: Commencing at a hemlock tree in the north-western corner of the said reserve, and following the rear line of said reserve easterly to the brook at the head of Big Cove Creek; thence along the western shore or bank of said brook and creek, following the several courses thereof down stream to the Richibucto River; thence along the northern bank or shore of said river, up stream to the mouth of Bass River; thence along the eastern shore of Bass River up stream to the western line of the said Indian reserve; thence along said western or upper line of the reserve to the place of beginning, including the several lots at present occupied by the following persons: John H. Graham, Thos. Graham, Michael Graham, George Thompson, Joseph Ward, William Ward, Joseph Clare, Moses Ward, George Horton, Edward Warman, Thomas Graham, Peter Graham, William Warman, Alexander Walker, Thomas Stevenson, William Harnett, Peter Walsh, Angus McLeod, Edward Walker, junr., George Warman, Richard Warman, John Warman, Alexander Barm, junr., John McEachern, William Welt, John Young, Owen McAffray, William Connors, George Flannagan, Peter Herbert, John Herbert and Ephraim Herbert. Also two lots on the lower end of same reserve, fronting on the Richibucto River, at present occupied by John Brown, on the lower lot which is bounded eastwardly by the Harley lot, or lower line of said Indian reserve, and adjoining the same, a lot occupied by Alexander Glencross, each of these two latter lots supposed to contain one hundred acres. With the object of the land in question being sold and the money received invested for the benefit of our said Band of Indians. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals at Weldford Parish, this twenty-ninth day of August, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine. Signed, sealed and delivered, having been previously read and interpreted in our pre- [ sence: j Chas. Sargeant, John Brait, Joseph Ward. his Noel x Millia, Chief, [L.S.] mark, his Tom x Joseph, Captain, [L.S.] mark, his Louis x Nicholas, Captain, [L.S.] mark, his Noel x Joseph, Captain, [L.S.] mark, his Gregire X Bicaire, [L.S.J mark, his Peter x Clair, [L.S.] mark, his Noel x Peter, [L.S.] mark, his Tho3ias x Joe, [L.S.] mark. J 77 his Thomas x Napier, [L.S.] mark, his John x Simon, [LJ3.2 j mark, his Noel x Augustine, [L.S.] | mark. Province of New Brunswick. \ To Wit: j We, the undersigned, hereby certify that the within surrender of lands^^B freely assented to at a council assembled for the purpose at Big Cove, Richibucto, on the sixteenth day of September, 1879, by a majority of the members of the Band, entitled to vote thereat Sworn before me, at Newcastle, inl the County of Northumberland, I this sixteenth day of Septem- j ber, A.D., 1S79. J Edward Williston, Judge County Court, Northumberland, Gloucester and Restigouche. Recorded 31st January, 1880. \ Lib. 60, Folio 355. J L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar General of Canada. his Noel x Millia, Chief, mark, his Tom x Joseph, Captin, I mark, his Noel x Joseph, Captain, mark. Chas. Sargeant. No. 173. This Indenture, made this nineteenth day February, in the year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eighty. Between Albert A. Webster, of Cambridge, in the County of Kings and Province of Nova Scotia, Yeoman, and Margaret Jane Webster, his wife of the one part; and Her Majesty the Queen, represented in this behalf by the Right Honourable Sir John Alexander Macdonald, K.C.B., Minister of the Interior of Canada, of the other part: Witnesseth, that the said Albert A.Webster and Margaret Jane WebsterjBI wife, for and in consideration of the sum of fifty dollars of lawful money of Canada to the said Albert A. Webster in hand well and truly paid by Her said Majesty, represented as aforesaid, at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have and each of them hath granted, bargained, sold, aliened, enfeoffed, released, remised, conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents do, and each of them doth grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, release, remise, -convey and confirm unto Her said Majesty represented as aforesaid by the Right Honourable the Minister of the Interior of Canada as aforesaid. Her heirs, successors and assigns, all that certain lot or tract of land situate at Cambridge aforesaid and described as follows, viz: Commencing at a bunch of stakes standing close to a small blazed dead tree on the south line of lands said to belong to the heirs of Nathan Tupper, deceased, and in the corner or line of lands of Samuel Borden; thence south six degrees, west thirty-four rods to a corner on the side hill of the bank of the Intervale of the Cornwallis River at a small blazed popple tree standing a couple of feet north of a stone; thence south eighty-seven and one-half degrees, east forty-seven rods to a corner at a stake near a small yellow pine-tree blazed standing in the line of lands belonging to the estate of Asahei Webster, deceased; thence along the west line of said Webster estate lands north six degrees, east thirty- standing in tl the south line < ?Na id As Tupr Hone use a forev and rns, beginning, containing (9) nine acres three-quarters of an uare rods,together with all and singular the houses, outhoiu s, waters, watercourses, easements, privileges and appurtenances to lging or in anywise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, ""remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof, and also all the estate, terest. claim, propcrtv and demand whatsoever, both at law and in i the said Albert A. Webster and Margaret-Jane Webster, his wife, of, the same and every part thereof. nd to hold the said land and premises, with the appurtenances and [reof. unto Her said Majesty, represented as aforesaid by the Right i Minister of the Interior of Canada, Her heirs and successors, to the of Her said Majesty, represented as aforesaid, Her heirs and successors [id Albert A. Webster doth for himself, his heirs, executors and ad- bvenant. promise and agree to and with Her said Majesty, represented er heirs and successors, in manner following, that is to say: That it for Her said Majesty, represented as aforesaid, Her heirs and succes- s. from time to time and at all times hereafter, peaceably and quietly le said land and piemises, and to have, hold, occupy, possess and en- ithout the lawful let. suit, hindrance, eviction, denial or disturbance the said Albert A. Webster, or any person or persons whomsoever ng or to claim the same And that he, the said Albert A. Webster, kJ, sure, perfect and indefeasable estate in fee simple in the said land md hath good right, full power and lawful authority to sell and con- n manner and form as thev are hereby sold and conveyed or mended so to be. he said Albert A. Webster and his heirs, the said land and premises thereof unto Her said Majesty, represented as aforesaid, Her heirs against the lawful claims of all persons whomsoever, shall and will by warrant and forever defend. s Whereof, the said parties hereto have hereunto their hands and 1 and set the day and year first obove written. id delivered ) ALBERT A. WEBSTER, [L.S.] J MARGARET JANE WEBSTER. [L.S.J Fred A. Master. Province of Nova Scotia, Kings, S. S. ubered, that on this twenty-fourth day of February, in the year of thousand eight hundred and eighty, before me, the subscriber s and appeared, Margaret Jane Webster, wife of the within named ter, who, having been by me examined separate and apart from her dared that she did, of her own free will, and without any fear, threat if from or by her said husband, execute the within and foregoing e purposes therein mentioned, and as a full release of all her right, o the within described land and premises by right of dower or ii1 ROBERT L. BADEW, Barrister of the Supreme Court and Notary Public. t,) Province of Nova Sc Kings, S. S. On this 24th day of February, A.D., 1880, before me the subscriber, per^onall^l came and appeared Fred. A. Masters, the subscribing witness to' the foregoing Indenture, who having been hy me duly sworn, made oath and said that Albert A. Webster and Margaret Jane Webster, his wife, the parties thereto, signed, sealed and delivered the same in his presence. ROBERT L. BADEW, Barrister of the Supreme Court and Notary Public. Province of Nova Scotia, ) Kings, S. S. j Office of Registry of Deeds, &c, I hereby certify this Indenture was duly recorded Feb. 27th, 1880. at 3 o'clock, p.m., in Lib. 42, folio 601. SAMUEL CHIPMAN, Registrar. Recorded 6th April. 1880. ) Lib 60, Folio 385. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. No. 175. This Indenture, made the twentieth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, between Thomas Hughes, of Saint Mary's. in the County of York, farmer, of the one part, and Our Lady Queen Yictoria. of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the other part. Witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of twenty pounds of lawful money of New Brunswick to the said Thomas Hughes in hand well and truly paid by Our said Lady the Queen, at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the' receipt and payment whereof is hereby acknowledged, he, the said Thomas Hughes, hath granted, bargained and.sold, and by these presents doth grant, bargain and sell unto Our said Lady the Queen, Her successors and assigns, all that certain piece or parcel of land and premises situate, lying and being in the parish and county aforesaid, and in the Province of New Brunswick, directly opposite the city of Fredericton, and bounded and described as follows, viz. All that portion of lot number twenty-two, third class, letter C, in the grant to the Maryland Loyalists, to Xenophon Jouett, fourth of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and bounded as follows: Beginning at the eastern bank or shore of the River St. John, at the western angle of the said lot number twenty-two, thence running north-easterly along the upper side line of the said lot (or along the lower line of lands owned by Francis Hays,) to the Post Road; thence south-easterly along the said road to a point which is distant fourteen rods, rectangularly, from the said upper line of said lot: and thence southwesterly parallel to-said upper line to the bank or shore of the River St. John, above mentioned; and thence along the same, up stream, to the place of beginning, containing two and a-half acres, more or less, being a part of the lands conveyed bv the Rev. William Jaffrey and wife, to the said Thomas Hughes, by deed bearing date the fifteenth day of June, in the year of Our Lord, one thousand eisht hundred rds, Deeds and WL s fullv ai and sixty-five, duly recorded in Book P., No. 2, of Rec County, pages 138 and 139, as by reference thereto wi Together with all and singular the rights, members, privileges, inij: and hereditaments whatsoever, thereunto belonging or in anywise apperta the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents issues ; thereof. for York ovements ring; and id protits and every part thereof. d all and" singular the lands and premises hereby granted, intended so to be, with the appurtenances, unto Our said •ia, Her successors and assigns, to the only proper use, benefit Sovereign Queen Yictoria, Her successors and assigns forever. :of, the "said Thomas Hughes hath hereunto set his hand and i of the said Thomas Hughes, hath also hereunto set her hand ■ relinquishment of dower or thirds, and of all right and title id premises above described and hereby conveyed on the day ore written. ered) THOMAS HUGHES, [L.S.] jjf j MARGARET HUGHES, x [L.S.] Tori To Wi Maj< SS bein that on the twentieth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one 1 and sixty-seven, before me, John Guion, Esquire, one of Her e peace, in and for the County of York, personally came and lies, the party to the foregoing deed, and acknowledged that elivered the same for the uses and purposes therein metioned; ippeared Margaret, wife of the said Thomas Hughes, who separate and apart from her said husband, acknowledged that lelivered the said deed freely and voluntarily, and without npulsion from her said husband, for the uses and purposes JOHN GUION, J. Peace for York County. I I'd I by these Presents that I, the Reverend William Jaffrey, of St, v of York, clergyman of the Church of England, in consideration billings of lawful money of New Brunswick to me paid by our ;en Yictoria in the foregoing deed named, at and before the en- of these presents, the receipt and payment whereof I do hereby so in consideration of said sum of twenty pounds mentioned in paid over to me by our said Lady the Queen therein named, ed. and forever quitted claim, and by the presents do remise, quit claim unto Our said Lady the Queen, Her successors and manner of right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever, itv. which I now have in, to and out of the piece of land and and conveyed in the foregoing deed, so that neither I, the said mv heirs, executors or administrators, shall or may at any time ave claim pretend to challenge, or demand any right, title or smand whatsoever in, to or out of the said piece of land and ibed and conveved, or any part thereof, by virtue of any mort- . might or com hav id forever hci md of and fre respect ther In Witness Whei day of June, in the yee >f, I have hereunto i of Our Lord one tho 3t my hand ; WILLIAM JAFFREY. [L.S.] Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Samuel Dayton. York. f To Wit: j Be it remembered that on the twenty-eighth day of June, in the year of Our L one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, before me, Samuel Dayton, Esqu one of Her Majesty's justices of the peace for the said County of York, person* came and appeared the Rev. William Jaffrey, the party to the foregoing release, i acknowledged that he signed, sealed and delivered the same for the uses and purpc therein mentioned. SAMUEL DAYTON, J Peace. New Brunswick, \ York County, j .- Registered this thirteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred i seventy-six. A. D. YERXA, am I hereby certify that I have carefully compared the foregoing copy of d with the original, as recorded in York County Records Book F. 3, pages 260 i 261, and further certify the same to be a true copy of said original record. Da this 4th day of August, A.D. 1880. A. D. YERXA, Regr. of Deeds, &c, York County, X. B. No. 176. , This Indenture, made this twentieth day of August, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty, between Thomas Ritchie, of the City and County of Halifax, in the Province of Nova Scotia, executor of the last will and testament of William Almon Johnstone, hue of Windsor, in the County of Hants and I Province aforesaid, Barrister-at-Law, of the one part, and Her Majesty the Queen, represented by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs for the Dominion of Canada, of the other part. Whereas, the said William Almon Johnstone did by his last will and testament 1 bearing date the ninth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventv- nine, duly proved in the Court of Probate for the County of Hants, give to his said executor full power and authority to sell and convey his real estate, should he deem it advisable so to do ; And whereas, the said William Almon Johnstone ordained, constituted and appointed the said Thomas Ritchie to be his executor of his said last will and testament, to whom probate thereof has been duly granted since the death of the saidI William Almon Johnstone. Now this" Indenture witnesseth that the said Thomas Ritchie, executor as aforesaid, in consideration of the sum of three hundred dollars of lawful raonev of Canada to him, the said Thomas Ritchie in hand well and truly paid by Her Majesty the Queen, represented by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs for the Dominion of Canada, at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath granted, bargained, sold, aliened, enfeofftid, released, conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents doth grant, 6 and. < their 11, alien, enfeoff, release, convey and confirm unto Her Majesty the Queen sors and assigns, all those lots of land on the Caldwell road, so called' |ole Harbour and the Eastern Passage, in the County of Halifax and' i Nova Scotia, described as follows, viz.:—First, that lot of land com- : the shore of Minister's Lake, so called, at the south-west corner of >f William Baker; thence north fifty-nine degrees and fifteen minutes, e chains and fifty links to the road; thence in a southerly direction vestern side of the road twenty-three chains, or until it meets property ggles; thence in a south-westerly direction along Noggles' line five mty-eight links to Minister's Lake aforesaid; thence in a north-westerly [long the shore of said lake to the place of beginning, said lot con- enty acres and throe roods. Second, all that lot of land beginning at ormed by the said William Baker's south line and the eastern line of the jee running north fifty-nine degrees, fifteen minutes east twenty-three uity links to property of John Giles; thence south twenty-seven degrees utes, east eleven chains, more or less, until it strikes the north line of onveyed to one James O'Connell by the late Judge Johnstone; thence aid James O'Connell's property in a line parallel with William Baker's until it strikes the road aforesaid ; thence along the eastern side of said 1 chains, more or less, to the place of beginning, containing twenty-three j or less, as said lots of land are delineated on the plan hereto annexed, ith all and singular the houses, out-houses, barns, buildings, ways, waters, fees, easements, privileges and appurtenances to the same belonging or in ipertaming, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, ;s and profits thereof, to have and to hold the same, with the appurtenances part thereof unto Her Majesty the Queen, Her successors and assigns to ise, benefit and behoof forever. he said Thomas Ritchie doth hereby for himself and his heirs covenant, d agree to and with Her Majesty the Queen, Her successors and assigns, e said Thomas Ritchie, hath not at any time heretofore made, done or y act, matter or thing whatsoever whereby or by means whereof the said remises hereby granted or released, or intended so to be, or any part are, can, shall or may be impeached in title, charge, estate or otherwise In Wit Whe )f, the parties to these presents have hereto their hands he day and year first above written. Hal On thi THOS. RITCHIE. [L.S.] tephen O'Brien, f Nova Scotia, j ifax, S. S. J s twentieth day of August, A.D. 1880, before me the subscriber per- leared Stephen O'Brien, of the city of Halifax, the subscribing witness going Indenture, who made oath that Thomas Ritchie therein named ted the same in his presence. J. N. RITCHIE, Banister and Not. Pub. fy that the foregoing and within written Instrument having been proved l oath of Stephen O'Brien, subscribing witness, was thereon registered in iy of Deeds at Halifax at twelve o'clock (noon) of the twentieth day of D. 1880, in Book 223, pages 530 and 531. JNO. C. DAVIS, Deputy Registrar, th October, 1880. ) 1, Folio 402. } ► A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. J^ 83 No. 177. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Ch of the Wyandott Indians of the Township of Anderdon, in the Cour Province of Ontario, being a majority of the male members of the Indians, of the full age of twenty-one years, in council summoned for that purpose, among other things, according to their ruless, ; presence of Ebenzer Watson, Esquire, Commissioner and Visiting S Indian Affairs, duly authorized to attend such council, for and in the trusts and for the purpose hereinafter mentioned, and of the iu] lawful money of Canada (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledge and in the name of the whole, and on the behalf of our said Natk given, assigned, released and surrendered, and by these presents release and surrender, unto Her Majesty, Her successor and assigns, that certain parcel or tract of land or land covered with water, si being in the Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex and Pro being composed of the water front or lot immediately in front of tt thirds part of lot number thirteen, in the first concession of the s Anderdon, which may be described as follows, that is to say: Comme of the Detroit River, on the line between said lot number thirteer twelve; thence westerly on the said line produced, twelve chains, mc Channel Bank of the said River Detroit; thence northerly following Bank, six chains and sixty-seven links, more or less, to the line 1 southerly two-thirds and the northerly third of the said lot produced along the last mentioned limit to the edge of the said river, twelve less; thence southerly along the edge of the said river, six chains, s more or less, to the place of beginning, containing by admeasureme: the same more or less. To have and to hold the said land unto Her Majesty, Her suect forever, in trust and for the purpose following, that is to say: In convey and assure the same in fee simple unto Solomon White, Windsor, in the said County of Essex, a Barrister-at-Law, and a me Wyandott Indians. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and se day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ai at our council house in the said Township of Anderdon. Signed, sealed and delivered \ his in the presence of j Joseph x White, Chief. Joseph White. mark. Ebenezer Watson. Joseph Warrow, x^ Alexander White, Alexander Clarke, Geo. G. Clarke, Thos. B. White, Joseph J. Clark, Wm. Hunt, x" mark. Randolph Clarke, Lewis Warrow, Joseph White, Jr., Thomas Warrow, P. D. Clarke. id Warriors | Essex and I ! Wyandott assembled ield in the Band, have lClu mnel i the said terlv ;:mf] re or js. be lis, t id se said lis seventh renty-nine, [L.S.] [L.&] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] |L.& <* White, of the Town of Windsor, in the County of Essex, wine mer- ath and say : am a member of the Wyandott Indians, of the Township of Anderdon, he Principal Men present at the meeting or council of the said ians, whereat the foregoing release or surrender was assented to, and d to vote thereat. le foregoing release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the 5 of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon, of the full age of twenty-one eting or council thereof summoned for that purpose (among others), Lheir rules, and held in the presence of Ebenezer Watson, Esquire, rintendent of Indian Affairs, at their council house, in the Township is attested by the signatures of the Chief and twelve others of such , as will appear on reference thereto. ' JOSEPH WHITE. Sworn before me at the Town of Windsor,"] in the County of Essex, this 4th day of y May,1880. - J G. W. Leggatt, Judge of the County Court, County of Essex. Ontario, County of Essex. To Wit: I, Ebenezer Watson, of the Town of Sarnia, in the County of Lambton, Esquire, make oath and say: 1. That I am a visiting Superintendent of Indian Affairs, authorized by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs of the Dominion of Canada to attend the meeting or council of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon, summoned according to their rules, for the purposes, among others, of making the annexed release or sur- 2. That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon, of the full age of twenty-one years, at a meeting or council thereof summoned for that purpose (among others) according to their rules, and held in my presence, at their Council House, in the Township of Anderdon, and attested by the signatures of thirteen of such male members appended to the said release or surrender. Sworn before me at the Town of Sand-"} in the County of Essex and Pro- ! of Ontario, this 29th day of j ,1880. • J G. W. Leggatt, Judge of the County Court, County of Essex, d 3rd August, 1880. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. April Record* L. EBENEZER WATSON. Department of the Secretary of State of Canada, Registrar's Branch, Ottawa, 21st January, 1881. •tify the -within to be a true and faithful copy of the record of the er as entered in Lib. 60, Folio 433. L. A. CATELLIER, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. No. 178. Know all Men by these Presents that we, the unders: Warriors of the Wyandott Indians, of the Township of Anderdon, i Essex, and Province of Ontario, being a majority of the male mer Wyandott Indians, of the full age of twenty-one years, in Coune assembled, for that purpose among other things, according to the! in the presence of Ebenezer Watson, Esquire, Commissioner and'..' tendent of Indian Affairs, duly authorized to attend such Cou consideration of the trusts, and for the purposes hereinafter menti sum of one dollar of lawful money of Canada (the receipt wl acknowledged), in our names and in the name of the whole, and on said Nation or Band, have given, assigned, released and surrendere presents do give, assign, release and surrender unto Her Majestj and assigns, all and singular those certain parcels or tracts of la and being in the Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex Ontario, being composed of: Firstly, the south-east quarter of lot the third concession of the said Township of Anderdon, containing 1 same more or less; secondly, the south-west quarter of lot num fourth concession of the said Township of Anderdon, containing £ same more or less; thirdly, the south-east quarter of lot number n concession of the said Township of Anderdon, containing fifty ac more or less; fourthly, the north-west quarter of lot number eigh concession of the said Township of Anderdon, containing fifty aci more or less; fifthly, the south-west quarter of lot number six, in the of the said Township of Anderdon, containing fifty acres, be the san To have and to hold the said parcels of lands unto Her Majest and assigns forever, in trust, and for the purposes following, that is to grant, convey and assure the same respectively, in fee simple, a to say: The parcel of land firstly above mentioned unto Victoria ~. Henry Maguire, of the said Township of Anderdon, farmer), who member of the said Wyandott Indians ; the parcel of land secondly unto Elmira Clark, a member of the said Wyandott Indians; the pare above mentioned unto Christine Ramon, who was formerly a me Wyandott Indians and now the wife of Pierre Ramon, of the Town the said County of Essex, Inland Revenue Officer; the parcel.of lar mentioned unto Catherine Bernard, who was formerly a mem Wyandott Indians, and now the wife of John Bernard, of the ■ Anderdon, farmer; and the parcel of land fifthly above mentioned Marsh, who was formerly a member of the said Wyapdott Indians, of Byron M. Marsh, of the said Township of Anderdon, farmer. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and se day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred i at our Council House, in the Township of Anderdon aforesaid. Signed, sealed and delivered "j in the presence of J Joseph White, Joseph White, Ebenezer Watson. Ch Joseph Warrow, S. White, Thos. B. White, Geo. G. Clarke, Alexander Clarke, Alex'r. White, Thomas Warrow, Joseph White, Lewis Warrow, [L.S.] [L.S [L.S [L.S kh fell Randolph Cla Wm. Hunt, x Joseph J. ClIb P. D. Clarke. [L.S.] [L.S.] m ;n Osi Coo (SKJ Watson, of the Town of Sarnia, in th'e County of LambtoD, E-q mi a Yisiting Superintendent of Indian Affairs, authorized by th ral of Indian Affairs of the Dominion of Canada to attend th Towns] js or councils of the Wyandott In I rules, for the purposes, among oth That the annexed release or surrende iembei-5 of the Wyandott Indians of . it a meetiug or council thereof, sumn ng to their rules, and held in my p lip of Anderdon, and attested by the ale members, as appears on reference before me at the Town of Sandwich, 1 le County of Essex, this 29th day y pril, 1880. J I W. Leggatt, Judge of the County Court Cc lans of Anderdon, summoned accord hers, of making the annexed release er was assented to by a majority of Anderdon, of the full age of twenty- moned for'that purpose (among othe presence at their council house, in signatures of the Chief and thirteei b to the said release or surrender. EBENEZER WATSON. ity of m Ontario, ~) County of Essex. > To Wit, J I, Joseph White, of the Town of Windsor, in the County of Essex, wine merchant make oath and say, 1. That I am a member of the Wyandott Indians, of the Township of Anderdon and one of the Principal Men present at the meeting or council of the said Wyandot Indians, whereat the within release or surrender was assented to, and as sucl entitled to vote thereat. 2. That the within release or surrender was assented to by a majority of th< male members of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon. of the full age of twenty-cm years, at a meeting or council thereof, summoned for that purpose (among others) according to their rules, and held in the presence of Ebenezer Watson, Esq., Visiting Superintendent of Indian Affairs, at their council house, in the "Township of Ander don. as attested by the signatures of the Chief and thirteen others of such ma! members as will appear on reference thereto. Sworn before me. at the Town of Windsor. 1 I the County of Essex, this 30th day of r JOSEPH WHITE, G. W. Leggatt, Judge of the County Court, County of Essex. Department of the Secretary of State of Canada, J2t* Registrar's Branch, Ottawa, January 21st, 1831. I hereby certify the within to be a true and faithful copy of the record oe^M original surrender, as entered in Lib. 60, Folio 430. L. A. CATELLIER, ^J8f Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. Recorded 29 th July, 18S0. 4 l':'£; L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. No. 179. Know all Men by these Presents that we, the undersigned Chief and Warriors of the Wyandott Indians, of the Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex and Province of Ontario, being a majority of the male members of the said Wyandott Indians of the full age of twenty-one years, in council summoned and assembled, for that purpose, among other things, according to their rules, and held in the presence of Ebenezer Watson, Esq., Commissioner and Visiting- Superintendent of Indian Affairs, duly authorized to attend such council, for and in consideration of the trusts and for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, and of the sum of one dollar of lawful money (the receipt whereof is hereby_acJaiowIedged), in our names and in the name of the whole, and on the behalf of our said Nation or Band, have granted, given, assigned, released and surrendered, and by these presents do grant, give, assign, release and surrender unto Her Majesty, Her successors and assigns, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land, or land covered with water, situate, lying and being in the Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex and Province of Ontario, being composed of the water front or lot immediately in front of lot number eighteen, in the first concession of the said Township of Anderdon, which may be described as follows, that is to say: Commencing at the edge of the Detroit River, on the boundary line between said lot number eighteen and lot number seventeen; thence westerly, following the said boundary line, produced twelve chains, more or less, to the channel bank of the said River Detroit; thence northerly, following the said channel bank, ten chains, more or less, to the boundary line produced between the said lot number eighteen and lot number nineteen ; thence easterly along the last mentioned limit, fifteen chains, more or less, to the water's edge of the said river; thence southerly along the said water's edge of the said river, ten chains, more or less, to the place of beginning—containing by admeasurement thirteen acres, more or less. And also, all and singular that certain other parcel or tract of land, and land covered with water, situate, lying and being in the Township of Sandwich West, in the said County of Essex and Province of Ontario, being composed of an '''Island," described and known as "Grass Island," situate in the Detroit River, opposite to " Fighting Island," also situate in the said river, said to contain by admeasurement fifteen acres more or less. To have and to hold the same, together with their appurtenances, unto Ber Majesty, Her successor and assigns forever, in trust, to sell and convey the same to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, and to apply the proceeds thereof for the use and benefit of the said Wyandott Indians. j in tl 8S have hereunto ar of Our Lo said Towns it our hands am one thousand p of Anderdon. vered } in the pi Ebene Tndi S. Wh J Joseph x White, Chief, Joseph Warrow, Thos. B. White, Alexander Clark, James Clark, _ Alexander White, Joseph Clark*, Israel J. Splitlog, Lewis Warrow, Geo. G, Clark, Thomas Warrow, Abra3i Clark, S. White, Joseph White. bt hi [L.S.] [L.S. S.S. X.S, L.S | fL.S. I L.S.' rxs.1 n [XS/f Ontario, ) Covsty of Essex, y To Wit: J I, Solomon White, of the Town of Windsor, in the Co. of Essex, Esquire, make oath and say : 1. That I am a member of the Wyandott Indians of the Township of Anderdon, and one of the Principal Men present at the council or meeting of the said Wyandott Indians, whereat the foregoing release or surrender was assented to, and as such entitled to vote thereat. 2. That the foregoing release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon, of the full age of twenty-one years, at a meeting or council thereof, summoned for that purpose (among others) according to their rules, and held in the presence of Ebenezer Watson, Esquire, Visiting Superintendent of Indian Affairs, at their council house, in the Towuship of Anderdon, as attested by the signatures thereto of the Chief and thirteen others of such male members, as will appear on reference thereto. Sworn before me at the Town of Sand-") wich, in the County of Essex, this 29th f- S. WHITE, day of April, 1880. J G. W. Leggatt, Judge of the County Court, County of Essex. ml Watson, of the Town of Sarnia, in the County of Lambton, Esquire, n Visiting Superintendent of Indian Affairs, authorized by theSuper- il of Indian Affairs of the Dominion of Canada to attend the meet- of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon, summoned according to their poses, among others, of making the annexed release or surrender, annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the f the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon of the full age of twenty-one ng or council thereof, summoned for that purpose (among others), according to their rules, and held in my presence at their c ship of Anderdon and attested by the signatures of tho Cl male members as aforesaid, as appears on reference to the i Sworn before me at the Town of Sandwich,^ in the County of Essex, this 29th day of \ EBEN April, 1SS0. J G. W. Leggatt, Judge of the County Court, County of Essex. Recorded 3rd August, 1SS0. L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. 5ZER WATSON, Department of the Secretary of State of C Registrar's Branch, Ottawa. 4th I hereby certify the within to be a true and faithful copj riginal surrender, as entered in Lib. 60, Fol. 435. L. A. CATELLIER, Dep. Registrar-G* ANADA, Febru ary, 1881 ' of the record r of Canada. No. 180. We, the undersigned, proprietors or interested in certain lands situated a much in the Seigniory as in the Indian Reserve of the Abenakis of St. Francis, whic have been acquired from the Indians, or some of them by whites, and have been an are to-day owned by whites, we renew by these presents the offer made by some c us, on or about the third day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, to 31 J. V. DeBoucherville, at that time sent by the Crown on the subject of the affairs a the said Indians, the said offer was to pay to the Crown for the benefit of the sai Abenakis to be employed to their advantage, an established rent to the amount c thirty cents per annum for each acre of the said lands, redeemable by paring th principal, which is represented by said rent at 6 per cent., keeping account, however, c the established rents already imposed on parts of said lands by the Cadastre of the Seig niory of the said Indians made by Mr. H. Judah, Commissioner of Seigniories, th amount of the said already imposed rents to be deducted from the sai'd proposed rent of 30 cents per acre, so that those lands would only be charged like the other viz., 30 cents per acre, in all, the said new rent to be^payable yearly on the 15tl January at the same time with those already imposed, and mentioned above, and t< begin from the 15th January, 1879, and the arrears of said rents seigniorial constitutes heretofore paid or at present payable on account of the lands entered in the Cadastr to be deducted on the said proposed rent of 30 cents, so as to put these lands on th same footing with those which were entered on the Cadastre not having paid ani rent in the past. The said offer is thus made by the undersigned, to take effect only on its acced tation by tho Crown, and on the condition notwithstanding the obligation to pay saic rent, there be issued by the Crown letters patent or titles of concession of the righl of property and free possession of the said lands in favour of the. proprietors ane possessor mentioned, the whole with which these presents can be interpreted a bearing any admission no more thau any abandonment of rights whatever on the part of the undersigned, who reserve themself the benefit of all their rights and titles: as long as a settlement of this affair has been arrived at by the parties here concerned The lands for which the said rent is offered and the issue of said title asked for are those mentioned in the report of Mr. Spragge, made to the Government in or about 1S69, after the enquiry made by Mr. Commissioner Armstrong, to which report it is humbly referred. gr. II. Yassa fters above n 'the Indians, of the advice of these latter, to the competent authorities and adopt of rive at the conclusion of this affair. . Franeois-du-Lac, this 20th May, 1880. Signed, &c, &c. 1 General of the Chiefs ai St. Francis de Sales, held giy Vassal, Agent; Solon Louis Nagazoa, Chiefs. id members of the Indian Tribe of Abenakis according to general convocation, at the in the first of July, 18S0, to which council ion Benedict, Grand Chief; Joseph Laurent, and other members of the tribe; Mr. H. Lot No Lot No Lot No Lot No nt of the tribe, submits to that council a certain document dated at St. ■ac the 20th May last, signed by the Hon. Charles Gill, Victor Gladu, e Allmott and other whites, proposing and offering to pay to the Crown it of the tribe of Abenakis, an established rent to the amount of 30 cents br each acre of lands mentioned in the report of Mr. Spragge made to the of Canada in or about 1869, after the enquiry made by Mr. Commis- | Armstrong, the said rent to be redeemable by paying the principal which at six per cent, in deducting the rents, already imposed on those said jised in the Cadastre of the Seigniory of the said Indians made by Mr. H. liorial Commissioner, the said proposed rent to be payable on the 15th mally, and to run from the 15th January, 1879, the arrears of the rents . for the lands entered in the Cadastre to be deducted from the new pro- n such a way as to equalize the latter lands with those which, not having I on the Cadastre, have not paid any rents in the past, the said offer there- bject to its acceptation by the Crown and to the granting of letters pat- of concessions of the right of property and free possession of the said >ur of the proprietors and possessors mentioned, and under the other con- estrictions brought forward in the above mentioned document. Reading ocumen.t having"been done by H. L. Masta, one of the Chiefs, and ex- ving been given by H. Vassal, Agent, and the said document having been sideration by this Council, it was proposed and unanimously resolved by s offer and proposition made to pay the said rent of 30 cents per acre of the lo the terms, clauses, and conditions mentioned in the said document, 0th May last, be accepted b}" this council, for and in the name of the Is compensation and in payment of the rights of the Tribe and of the e said lands mentioned in the said document, and in the report, &c, &c, isfactory settlement of the rights of the parties concerned, and that the of Canada be humbly begged to sanction, accept and put into execu- rs contained in the said document excepting however as to that which it ose of the said lands mentioned in the said report of Mr. Spragge under > hereafter indicated, to which lands the present resolution does not apply se among other reasons these lands are in the village itself, of the 4, occupied by Joseph Rascony. . 9, occupied by Henry Vassal. . 11. occupied by Henry Vassal. ! 14. on Round Isle. I ii L. No. 5, occupied by Joseph Rascony, it can be ceded subject to the nt of 30c:, the same as the others, but on the condition that he must milding for the Whites nor let the Whites live in any building pssessor or proprietor of this property may keep tho barn now on r re-build another to replace this one, but only to have one barn on the land for the use of the Whites which is to be used for agricultural purpose only. The lot ought also to be reduced by one-third of an acre on the west sidl before the sale or concession is made. The present resolution should not be adopted as giving up any of the rights q the tribe on the part of the council; but, on the contrary, under the express resei vation of the land rights and .privileges nntil the final settlement of this matter i effect e-1 i th< And that the present resolution should be transmitted to the'Governmen Canada, respectfully praying them to give it effect, if they think it right in t wisdom and care for the interests of this tribe to meet the ends of justice. And that Mr. Henry Vassal, Agent of the Tribe, be requested to forward th' the Government of Canada, and authorized to carry on in the name of the Trite correspondence and negotiations tending to the conclusion and final settlemer this matter. H. L. MASTA, Chief. JOS. LAURENT, ' LOUIS NAGAZOA, We, the undersigned, Henry Vassal, Acting Agent for the Abenakis Tribe < Indians of St. Francis, and Louis Nagazoa, one of the Chiefs of the said Trib< having both been duly sworn on the the Holy Evangelists, do solemnly swear an make oath that the foregoing resolution has been adopted according to its form an tenor to all intents and purposes by the Tribe at at a general council thereof an subscribed by the Chiefs of the said Tribe, and we have signed. all of Sworn before me, one of the^ Justices of the Superior Court for Lower Canada, residing at Sorel, in the District of Riche- . lieu, within the limits of which j is located the reserve of the said J Abenakis Tribe, on this eighth J day of January, 1S81. J Charles Gill, J. S. C. H. VASSAL, Indian Agent. LOUIS NAGAZOA, Chief. Privy Council Office, Ottawa, 7th January, 1881. I hereby certify that the foregoing agreement, dated 1st of July, 1H30, has be< accepted by His Excellency the Governor General in„ Council on this the 7th February, 1S81. '^A^i J. 0. COTE, Clerk Privy Council. Recorded 4th March, 1881. ) Lib. 44, from folio 704 to 707, both inclusive, j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. No. 1S2. This Indenture, made the 30th day cf April, A.D. 18S1, between Preston Bennett, Moses Lumby and Frederick Bennett, all of Yale District, British Columbia, Gentlemen, and Robert Edwin Jackson, of the City of Victoria, in said Province, Esquire, who executes these presents at the request of the said Preston Bennett, Moses Lumby and Frederick Bennett, hereinafter called the vendors, of the first part; and Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, of the second part: Whereas, the Honourable Sir John A. Macdonald, K.C.B., Superintendent General of Indian Affairs for the Dominion of Canada, for and in the name of Her D. M. Eel RTS, OF V] As to ex< I ben before me instrumen that he kr by certify [th required for the purposes of Indian Affairs the lands hereinafter iescribed, and the said vendors have agreed to sell the said lands for Indenture Witnesseth that the said vendors, in consideration of the tars to them the said vendors in hand paid by the said Minister (the f is hereby acknowledged), do grant, yield up, and surrender unto ty, Her heirs and successors, all and singular that certain piece or situate in the District of Yale, in the Province of British Columbia, be described as a portion of lot number (105) one hundred and five, section (34) thirty-four, Township (XXXV) thirty-five, in the pn of Yale District, more particularly set out and described and the annexed plan, and containing five and one-half acres, more or less, le mines and minerals thereunder belonging to the vendors, and all e ways and rights of way and watercourse, easement, and appurten-. ; Whereof, the said vendors, have hereto set their hands and seals. nd delivered "j Preston Bennett, pe of Henry I Moses Lu3iby, lallumeheen, j Frederick Bennett, j Robert E. Jackson, oria, B.C., tion by R. E. Jackson. at Robert Edwin Jackson, personally known to me, appeared edged to me that he is the person mentioned in the annexed :er thereof, and—whose name is subscribed thereto as party; ents thereof and that he executed the same voluntarily. )NV Whereof, I have hereto set ray hand and seal of Office at Victoria, renth day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight D. 31. EBERTS, J.P., British Columbia. whose and th For Maker of a Deed. |y certify that Preston Bennett, Moses Lumby, and Frederick Bennett Uy known to me, appeared before me and acknowledged to me that they ions mentioned in the annexed Instrument as the makers thereof, and bs are subscribed thereto as parties; that they know the contents thereof, ey executed the same voluntarily. riMONY Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Spal- B.C., this thirtieth day of April, in the year of Our Lord one thousand •ed and eight-one. A. L. FORTUNE, J.P. ith July, 1881.} ),Fol.k j A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. ta-ka Xon No. 1S3. n these Presents shall come. We, Wa-wa-se-capow, Chief; and Oo- Sauvage, Head Men of the Band of Salteaux Indians in the itories of Canada, known as Wa-wa-se-capow's Band—Send cZtsCtsciJ, '^iyJ$Z/\ <^^> /W-*. ^^T M&t^yvOCt^eJt f//^/ 72a Wh< and cc e, in the ids in th< dyi gned as i In of c as, since the assignment tin for the interests of the said Band of i on the north and east sides thereof nafter described) by such alteration ixtent assigned to the said Band, as, at a meeting or council of the said Band, And whj convenient a: the said rese the lands (ht lands of equ: And whc-x. pose, according to their rules, and held on the twenty-fourth d year 1881, at the said reserve, in the presence of Allan Maeciona] authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-G Indian Affairs, pursuant to the requirements of section 37 of the Indian I the assent of the majority of the male members of the said Band of the fi twenty-one years, for the surrender to Her Majesty of the lands hereinafter c has been given. , Now Know Ye. that we, the said Wa-wa-se-capow, Oo-ta-ka-wenin, and as Chief and Headmen as aforesaid, representing the said Band of Indians and in the name of the said Band, for the object and purpose above set hereby release, surrender and yield up to Her Majesty, all that portion of reserve, as it now exists and is defined^-lying to the eastward of the Bird Ti extending from its southern boundary, northwards to a point from which a li east and west will intersect the southern boundary of school section eleven ship twenty, range twenty-five, west of the principal Meridian, and also so the northerly part of the said reserve, across the same, as, with the portio hereinbefore described, will when surveyed and measured, contain in all thir miles. To hold the same to Her Majesty, Her heirs and assigns forever. In Witness Whereof, we, the said Wa-wa-se-capow, Oo-ta-ka-wenin,and have hereunto set our hands and seals at Fort Ell ice, in the North-West T< of Canada, this seventh day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eigi Signed, sealed and delivered, the said") hereinbefore written Instrument being ' first read over and interpreted in the ascribed, the said Salteaux Indian language to the said Wa-wa-se-capow, Wa-wa-se-capow, Oo-ta-ka-wenin, and J Sauvage in presence 01 J And. McDonald, J.P., Fort Ellice, Peter Hourie Oo-ta-ka-wenin, his Sauvage, x mark, his rritorTes [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] The foregoing deed of surrender has been approved by His Governor General in Council on the 27th day of April, 1831. - J. O. COTE, Clerk P, Canada, | North-West Territories, j Be it remembered that on this seventh day of March, in the y Elliee, in the said Territories, personally appeared before me, th Stipendiary Magistrate in and for the said Territories, Allan resident Indian Agent for Treaty number four, and Wa-wa-se-cap Indian Chief named in the Instrument hereto attached, who,* did severally depose and say:— Excellency the dvy Council. jar 1881, at Fort. t>y me duly sworn m I " Sworn before me and at the place: Hugh Bk exed has been assented to by the Band in the or meeting of the said Band, as set forth in the a. Mcdonald. WA-WA-SE-CAPOW. x mark. North-West Territories. Lib. 80 Fo L. A. D Catellix Know ALL Men by of the Band of I ndiaiis kr ing the Ca c Indian Ontario ane I Do on behalf o f th e voting council, sui agreed to si successors. le riijht. and to thos* 3 eei tain par, more partic y known edto six in the s James Wili Ninet the north half of lot five in th No. 184. 'resents that we, the Chief and Principal Men e Chippewas of the Thames, owning and occupy- in the County of Middlesex, in the Province of have hereunto set our hands and seals for and of the said Band, being this day assembled in se, whereat a majority of said voting members p Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and title which the Band aforesaid possesses of, in, , i lying and being in our reserve aforesaid, and ibed as follows: of the north half of two, in the second range, locat- eingthe west half of the north half of lot five in the tison. The west fifty acres of the north half of lot 1 Abel Waucaush, but now being the location of the north half of lot nine in the second range. ' of ihe north half of lot ten and the east fifty [' lot ten, in the second range, located to Adam Twenty acres of the east gore of lot thirteen, eph Waucaush. The north-east part of lot five xty acres, located to Nelson Beaver. The south icond range, located to Moses King. The east it eight in the second range, located to John ne in the^econd range. The south thirty-two-. ?n in the second range. The east fifty acres of rd range. The west fifty acres of the north :. The east half of the north half of lot seven acres. The north forty acres of the north half The gore of the east part of lot twelve, couth half of lot eight in the third range, containing rentv-five acres of lot nine in the third range. s third range. The west half of the south half 'he north half of lot nine in the fourth range, t ten in the fourth range, containing sixty-five alf of lot eight in the fourth range, containing he south half of lot nine in the fourth range, The south half of the south half of lot nine in forty acres. The west half of the south half aining fifty acres. The east twenty-three acres : second range. Forty-eight acres of the north e. Fifty acres of the south half of lot eleven v-five acres of lot eleven in the fifth range. li Yil lots No of Coulbourne lots, viz.: First range north in village, north half of 19 20 21 22, 23; second range north half of lots Nos. 18, 19, 20 2» inge south'half Nos. 18. 19. 20, 21. ' River range, running south-east, lots Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,:] 14, 15. 16. 17, 13,19,20,21. River range running north, lots Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. With the exception of lots from 1 to 10 in river range, running south-east, which average twenty acres each, all the other Village of Coulbourne lots, average ten acres each. In trust, with the object of the lands in question being leased for the benefit of- the Indians to whom the respective portions of the said lands have been or may hereafter be allotted to such person or persons, and upon such terms and conditions as the Government of the said Dominion may deem most conducive to the interest of us and our people. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals at Caradoc Indian Reserve, this sixth day of October, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. In presence of: Thomas Gordon, Indian Agent. JosEpn Fisher, Chief, [L.S.] John Chicken do 'L.S j Job Fisher do [L.S.] Nelson Beaver do [L.S.J John Henry, Interpreter. L.S.1 George Fisher, fL.S.1 Jacob Henry, - [L.S.J John French. "L.S.1 Adam Halfday, [L S1 I .his John T. Waucosh, x [L.S.] his James Alway, x [L.S.] mark, his Peter Brigham, x [L.S.] mark. Province of Ontario. ) To Wit. j • Personally appeared before me, Thomas Gordon, of the Town of Strath roy, Indian Agent, and Chief Joseph Fisher, of the Caradoc Indian Reserve, who being duly sworn, severally depose and say : And the said Thomas Gordon, for himself saith : That the annexed surrender was assented to by the said Chief and Principal Men, and by a majority of the said Band of Indians entitled to vote at a meeting or council thereof summoned for that purpose. That such meeting or council was held in his presence and he heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such meeting or council by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. And the said Joseph Fisher for himself saith : That he is the Chief of the Chippewas of the Thames residing on the Caradoc Reserve, and was entitled to vote at the meeting or council aforesaid. That the annexed realease or surrender was assented to by him and by a majority of the members of the said Tribe or Band of Indians entitled to vote at the council or meeting before mentioned. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Tribe or Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, at which himself and the other said members of Inc ians, were present and also the said other deponen Sworn before me by the said deponents, ^ Thomas Gordon, Joseph Fisher, this } Sth day of October, A. D. 1SS1. J F. Davis, Judge of the County Court of the Cc Recorded 29th November, 1SS1. ) Lib. 80, fol. 134. j THOMAS GORDON, JOSEPH FISHER. of Middlesex. L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. of ii the I half clain forev Aid • "Mail the No. 185. We, the undersigned Chiefs and Principal Men of the Band of Indians ownino- the tract of land known as the Mississagua Indian Reserve, or Reserve No. 8 in the schedule of reserves under the Robinson Treaty, and being a majority of the male members of the said Band of the full age of twenty-one years, habitually residing on or near the.Reserve in question, duly assembled at a council of the said Band called for the purpose and according to the rules of the said Band, and held in the presence of an officer duly authorized by the Honourable the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs to attend such council, which said reserve is described in the Treaty effected on the 9th day of September, A.D. 1850, with the Chiefs and Principal Men of the Ojibway Tribe of Indians inhabiting and claiming the eastern and northern shores of Lake Huron, by the Honourable William B. Robinson, on behali r the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, as being situated " between sissagua and Penelew-abekong, up to the first rapids," acting on be- )le people of our said Tribe, do hereby remise, release, surrender, quit 1 up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors I singular that certain tract or parcel of land situate in the District of Province of Ontario, being composed of all that portion of the said hereinbefore mentioned Mississagua Indian Reserve lying south of a line drawn due east from the mouth of the creek which empties into the Mississagua River on the left bank of the said river, a short distance below the falls, and opposite the trading post of Edward Sayer. Also, so much of the land lying north of the said creek which is now enclosed within a fence made by Theophile Texier, it being understood that the said Texier or any person claiming under him is not to enlarge his clearing, or to possess any right to allow his or their cattle to run on the reserve outside of the said fence, and containing about two thousand acres, be the same more or less. and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and r ever, in trust, to sell and convey the same to such person or persons ich terms as the Government of this Dominion shall or may deem e interests of us, the said Chiefs and Principal Men, and of our people, ime. And upon the further condition that the moneys received for shall, after deducting the usual proportions for expense of manage- I at interest, and that the interest money so accruing from such 1 be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants. e said Chief and Principal Men of the said band do, on behalf of our ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm whatever the said Government pn mav do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the whereof we, the said Chief and Principal Men, have set our hands r seals unto this Instrument in the said District of Algoma, at Tc successors for and upon su. conducive to in all time to the sale there ment, be nla disposal •< and affix Mississa* hi ..MR Nagegogeosai, Peter Boyer, Waitotchewamah, x (") [L.S| (") [L-S-] CO pJ (") [-L.S-] CO [lI (") [L.S.] CO [L.S.] (") [L.S.] CO [L.s.] CO [L'S.] by Paibomiraiwetung. (-) [L.S.] I, James C. Phipps, of Manitowaning, in the said district, Esquire, duly autho-"" rized by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs to attend the council of the Band of Indians referred to in the annexed surrender of reserve, and I, Bonekeosh, the Chief of the said Band of Indians, do, and each for himself doth hereby certify under oath, that the annexed surrender was duly assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of the full age of twenty-one years who habitually reside at or near the said reserve, at a meeting or council of said Band summoned^ according to their rules for that purpose and held at Mississagua, in the said DistriSH on the twenty-seventh day of July, A.D. 1881. And at the said time duly executed by us and the Principal Men of the said Band. Certified and sAvorn to before me at*] Sault Ste. Marie, in the District of Algoma, this 16th day of August, A.D. y 1881, and the same being first read and explained to the said Bonekeosh. j Walter McCrea, Judge of the District of Algoma. Recorded 15th November, 1S81. { Lib. SO, Fol. 132. J L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. JAS. C. PHIPPS, Agent as above authorized. BONKEOSH, No. 186. To all to whom these Presents may Come, be seen or known: I, Alfred Passmore Poussette, a Notary Public for Ontario by Royal Authority duly appointed, residing at the Town of Peterborough in said Province, do certify and attest that the appointment and conveyance hereto annexed is a true copy of a document produced to me and purporting to be an appointment of new Trustees and conveyance from Robert H. Bethune and the Reverend Edward Riddell Roberts to the Hon. A. E. Botsford, James Hall, James Meyer and George Morrice Rodger, and dated the twenty-eighth day of January, A.D. 1881, the said copy having been compared by me with the said original, an act whereof being requested, I have granted the same under my notorial form and seal of office to serve and avail as occasion shall or may require. A. P. POUSSETTE, [LA] Notary Public.' This Deed, made in triplicate the twenty-eighth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, between Robert Henry Bethune, of the City of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, Gentleman, the eldest son and heir-at-law of the Right Reverend Alexander Bethune, Doctor of Divinity and Bishop of Toronto, in the said Province of Ontario (hereinafter called "the Bishop"), who up the time of his death, hereinafter mentioned, had long been the sole surviving grantee in trust under the Crown grant of the nineteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, hereinafter recited, of the first part. The Company for Propagation of the Gospel in New England and the parts adjacent in America, hereinafter called the Cmpany, of the second part; the Reverend Edward Riddell Roberts, of Chemong, in the Township of Smith, in the County of Peterborough and Province aforesaid, Baptist clergyman, of the third part; and the Honourable Amos Edwin Botsford, of Sackville, in the County of Westmoreland, in the Province of New Brunswick, in the said Dominion, a member of the Senate of the same Dominion, and a member of the company; James Hall, of the Town of Peterborough, in the County"of Peterborough aforesaid, Esquire; James Meyer, Esquire, Governor of the said New England Company, and George Morrice Roger, of the same town, Barrister-at-Law, of the fourth part. Whereas, the company was originally created by an Act or Ordinance of the Long Parliament, passed on the twenty-seventh day of July, one thousand six hundred and forty-nine, and (at the Restoration) the company was revised bjr a charter, dated the seventh day of February, in the fourteenth year of the reign of King Charles the Second. And whereas, considerable property real and pe»-sonal in England and elsewhere has from time to time, sirice the original creation of the company, been acquired by the company and is now vested in the company, or in " the official trustees of charitable funds" in England,.and the clear yearly income thereof is applicable by the company year by year for promoting and propagating the Gospel of Christ unto and among *he heathen natives in parts of British North America within or near the Territories by the charter described as " New England and parts adjacent in America,'1 and also for civilizing, teaching and instructing the said heathen natives and their children, not only in the principles and knowledge of the true religion and in morality, and in the knowledge of the English tongue, and in other liberal arts and sciences, but for educating and placing them or their children in some trade, mystery or lawful calling. And whereas a rent charge granted in perpetuity out of land in England to the company asdirected by the will of the Honourable Robert Boyle (the first Governor named in the charter of the company) and some accumulations thereof are vested in the company, and the growing payments of the same rent charge, to- *!: !•: 99 gether with the yearly income of the accumulations thereof, are applicable by the company year by year for the advancement of the Christian religion among infidels in the parts of America, under the Dominion of Her Majesty. And whereas considerable other property, consisting of lands in England and money in the English funds derived under the will of the Reverend Daniel Williams (Doctor of Divinity and a Dissenting Minister, who departed this life in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixteen) is vested in the company or in " the official trustees of charitable funds " in England, and the clear yearly income of this property is applicable by the company year by year towards the advancement of the ' Christian religion among Indians, Blacks and Pagans in some or one of Her Majesty's plantations and colonies, and in maintaining, educating, civilizing and relieving the necessities of the said Indians, Blacks and Pagans, so far as such application in the maintenance, education, civilization and relief of the necessities of the same Indians, Blacks, and Pagans is connected with or subservient to the purpose of advancing the Christian religion. And whereas towards carrying into effect the purposes aforesaid the company, more than fifty years ago, broke up its then establishment at Sussex Yale, in New Brunswick, and discontinued the system of apprenticeship on which the company's agents there had then for many years been acting, and the company at the same time, under the advice of the Rev. John West, an Episcopal clergyman then in Canada, directed the attention of the company's agents chiefly to the heathen natives or Indians of the Six Nations in the neighbourhood of Brantford, and along the banks of the Grand River north of Lake Erie, and the company at the same time invited the Rev. Richard Scott, a minister of the Baptist denomination, then resident in New. Brunswick, to repair to Upper Canada with a view to his settling there with some of the heathen natives, and he accordingly, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven or one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, went to Brantford aforesaid, and after consulting with the said John West, decided to visit among the heathen natives or Indians, who for the most part led a scattered and wandering life (but with the view of catching fish and gathering rice), ofteu resorted to some of the smaller lakes north of Lake Ontario and not far distant from Peterborough aforesaid, and His Excellency Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.B., the then Lieutenant-Governor of Canada, at an interview with the said Richard Scott, directed his special attention to the natives at Rice Lake (whom one Captain Charles [Anderson, and the Rev. Mr. Hulbert, Methodist Missionary there, were then beginning to instruct and civilize), and accordingly the said Richard Scott visited the natives then in the neighbourhood of Peterborough aforesaid, and opened schools for some of them, and in due course reported to the company the then state and condition of the heathen natives or Indians resorting to Rice Lake and the other small lakes aforesaid, and he recommended settling them in villages of a few families, each near some of the said small lakes. And whereas the said Richard Scott accordingly (under the compauy's instructions and as an agent authorized by the Company to spend five hundrea pounds annually in civilizing the natives) petitioned the Governor and his then Majesty's Executive Council in the month of June, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, praying that the town plot of one thousand one hundred and twenty acres on* the north side . of Rice Lake and near the mouth of the River Otonabee, which plot is described in the plan drawn on these presents, might be inalienably secured to the natives resorting to that station, he, as such Agent of the Company, proposing in his said petition to appropriate the principal part of the said sum to build a village, procure farming utensils, and pr6vide the means of education and instruction in the Protestant religion for the said natives, and thereupon a license of occupation of the said town plot was granted by the Lieutenant-Governor to the said Richard Scott, and shortly afterwards, in consequence of a letter from the company to the Colonial eSecretary of State, dated seventeenth August, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, instructions were sent by him to the Governor on the twentieth day . of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, desiring a final grant to bo made of the said town plot. 100 And whereas the company from that time to the present has constantly and at a cost in the whole of many thousand pounds assisted the natives resorting to or settling near Rice Lake and other small lakes aforesaid to clear part of the said plot, is well as parts of two smaller tracts of land at Chemong Lake (containing respectively one thousand six hundred acres, granted in April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and sixty-four acres granted in July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine to the company in perpetuity), and to build thereon a separate dwelling for each family, as well as chapels and a Baptist mission house at Chemong, and a Methodist minister's residence at/Rice Lake, and schools, and blacksmith's and carpenter's shops, and barns and other buildings, partly at Chemong and partly at or near a village known now by the name of Hiawatha, near the shore of Rice Lake, and occasionally to re-build or repair and improve the said buildings and to provide books as well as tools, implements and utensils, and to promote agricultural and other industry among the native tribes in Upper Canada. And whereas, the said Richard Scott towards the end of the year one thousand eio-ht hundred ami twenty-nine reported to the company that the village at Rice Lake was finished, and that the contractor had done great justice to the buildings, and that His Excellency Sir John Colborne, K.C.B., the then Lieutenant-Governor, at a recent interview with the said Richard Scott had stated His Excellency's determination that the land then held by a license of occupation should be granted to the company for the sole use of the Indians. And whereas, the said Richard Scott, in the month of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty, reported to the company that at another interview with him at York His Excellency had promised the said Richard Scott that the land at Mud or Chemong Lake, as well as the said town plot at Rice Lake, should be granted to the company for the use of the Indians. And whereas an Order or two Orders of the Governor in Council for a Crown erant of the town plot to the company or to some persons as trustees for Indians, was or were made on or before the Sth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, but the preparation of the grant so ordered was delayed while the then Attorney-General for the colony remained in office, and was completed by his successor after a lapse of more than three years, and accordingly letters patent under the Great Seal of the then Province of Upper Canada, dated the nineteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred aud thirty-four, and was registered on the thirtieth day of May in the same year, Lib. E, Folio 491-494, were issued to the said Eichard Scott, on the fourth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, whereby his then Majesty King William the Fourth granted the said plot of one thousand one hundred and twenty acres, by the description contained in the schedule hereto (but reserving within the same plot one chain of the front thereof on the lake as an accommodation for a ferry with free access to the beach for all vessels,boats and persons, and saving all mines of gold and silver, and all white pine trees then or thereafter growing on any part of the said plot, parcel or tract of land), to the said Richard Scott and Charles Anderson, and to Charles Rubidge, then of the Township of Otonabee, Esquire, and afterwards Registrar for the county, and the Honourable George Herchmer Markland, then of the city of Toronto, in the home district of the Province, Inspector General and a member of the Executive Council, and all since deceased, and to the Bishop (by the name and description of the Reverend Alexander Bethune, of Cobourg), also now deceased, and their heirs and assigns forever, but upon the trusts nevertheless and to and for the uses, intents and purposes following, that is to say: In trust to hold the same forever thereafter to and for the benefit of the Indian Tribes in that Province, and with a view to their conversion and civilization. And the letters patent now in recital contained a proviso that in case any of the five trustees therein named, or any succeeding trustee or trustees to be appointed as thereinafter mentioned, should happen to die or be desirous of being discharged from the powers or trusts thereby in them reposed or vested, or become incapable of acting in the same, then and in every such case, and so often as the same should happen, full power and authority was Mil till V w hm Mi 101 given by the said grant or letters patent to the said five trustees, or th< survivors of them or any of them or any succeeding trustee or trustee: vivor or survivors of them, or any of them, by any writing or writings their hands and seals or hand and seal, to be by them or him sealed and the presence of and attested by two or more credible witnesses, to nomi tute and appoint any other fit person in the room and place of ,any | said five trustees, or any succeeding trustee who should 30 clie or be.desii released or discharged from or become incapable of acting in the afores powers, and so from time to time as often as there should be occasion 1 substitute and appoint any other person or persons in the place or st the said five trustees or any of them, or any succeeding person or p appointed as aforesaid who should die or be desirous of being discharge incapable as aforesaid. And the said letters patent directed that when as any person or persons should be nominated and appointed as afores parcel or tract of land, hereditaments and premises thereby mentioned to be thereby granted should be conveyed with all convenient speed in i and form so as that all and every other person or persons so to be i aforesaid should and might be invested with all such powers and aut should and might in all things act in relation to the premises, in with the others of them who should or might survive or not de become incapable to act thereon as fully and effectually in all respect intents and purposes as if he or they had originally been in and by th< patent a grantee to the uses and trusts and for the 'purposes aforesa thereinbefore contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding. And the letters patent now in recital contained a declaration to the effeet|H in default of all or any of the conditions, limitations and restrictions thereinbefore contained the grant therby made and everything therein contained were to be void. and the land thereby granted was to revert to and become vested in His said late • Majesty, His heirs and successors, in like manner as if the same -had never been granted. And the said letters patent also contained a declaration to the effect that in accordance with the 36th section of the British Act of 1791 (31 George 3rd, c. 31) requiring that every grant of land should contain a specification of the lands to be allotted and appropriated, solely to the maintenance of a Protestant clergy within the Province, in respect of the lands granted His said late Majesty, bad caused an " allotment" or appropriation of one hundred and sixty acres to be made in lot No. 15 in the thirteenth concession of the Township of Otonabee, And whereas the Lieutenant Governor, Sir John Colborne, in a letter to the company dated 3rd January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, assttjM the company that the Local Government of Canada was disposed to anoid the company's agents active and zealous assistance in promoting the civilization of the Indian tribes under their immediate protection, and that whatever delay might have occurred in issuing letters patent for the tracts of land at Rice Lake and Chemong;' Lake had not in any respect affected the interests of the company or of the Indians, and His Excellency mentioned his having in the previous autumn visited the Indian villages at Chemong Lake and Rice Lake, and that the school at the Rice L: twivor or • the surer his or ivered in k substi- hem, the of being ad ot them rsons to be [ or become nd so often or intended ach manner opointed as orities, and conjunction line or not and to all said letters d, anvthins: under the charge of a missionary paid by the Wesleyan Methodists, Indian families at this station appeared to be industrious and inhabit hduses. And whereas the said Richard Scott, in the month of Marc! eight hundred and thirty-five, sent to the company a copy of the sai April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, and (some of the ing to the company to be open to material objections on the ground o of the trust for Indians, and the want of any security for the continu perty to the company's purpose of the improvement of-the Indians, control on the part of the company, the grant not being made to th the said Richard Scott not being named therein as the company"; power being reserved to the company to appoint new trustees, not < lat all the krtable-. f the pro- e want of panv. and t. and no 0 Lie in case 102 oft' e said Richard Scott's death), applications to Government were repeatedly made in and after the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five by the said Richard Scott, and otherwise by or on behalf of the company, to have these objections remedied and to get the terms of the grant made more in conformity with the company's wishes, but without success, the said Charles Anderson, persistently refusing to join in surrendering the said letters patent, notwithstanding the said Richard Scott's urgent requests and a "Minute" passed in the Executive Council for him and his co-trustees to do so, and under these circumstances the company and the company's agents became, and have since generally been more cautious than before as to their expenditure of the company's money in or towards building on or improving the said town plot at Rice Lake. And whereas the said Richard Scott, after an illness of many months, aggravated if not caused by his fruitless endeavours to get the said town plot secured in trust to the company, departed this life on the fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and thereupon the company, on the sixth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven, appointed the Reverend John Gilmour, then of the Township of Monaghan, in the County of Peterborough, Baptist clergyman, to succeed the said Richard Scott as the company's agent and missionary to the natives at Rice and Chemong Lakes. And whereas the four then surviving trustees of the said letters patent by a deed dated the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and forty, and"at- tested by two witnesses, appointed the said John Gilmour to be a trustee with themselves in the room and stead of the said Richard Scott, deceased, and they thereby declared their intention to invest the said John Gilmour with all.such powers as might enable him to act in relation to the premises in conjunction with the others of tho said trustees who should or might survive or not decline to act or not become incapable of acting therein, as fully as if he had originally been named one of the trustees in the said letters patent. And whereas, the said Charles Anderson departed this life in or about the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and thereupon the Bishop and the said Charles Rubidge and George Herchmer Markland, together with the said John Gilmour (he still being the company's agent and missionary to the natives of Chemong and Rice Lakes), by deed appointed William Henry Wrighton, then resident in or near Peterborough aforesaid to be a co-trustee with themselves of the said letters patent in place of the said Charles Anderson, but the last mentioned deed and also one part of the said deed of first April, one thousand eight hundred and forty (if executed in duplicate), were on the tenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven destroyed by fire in the office of the said Robert Den- nistoon. And whereas the said William Henry Wrighton having departed this life shortly before the month of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, the Bishop and the said Charles Rubidge, George Herchmer Markland and John Gilmour, by deed dated fifth of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty, appointed the said Robert Dennistoun to be a co-trustee with themselves of the said letters patent in the place of the said William Henry Wrighton. And whereas the said George Herchmer Markland having departed this life shortly before the month of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, the Bishop and the said Charles Rubidge, Robert Dennistoun and John Gilmour, by deed dated first July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, appointed the Reverend Mark Butnham to be a co-trustee with themselves of the said letters patent, in place of the said George Herchmer Markland. And whereas the said John Gilmour, having from age and infirmity resigned (as from the fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight), his appointment as the company's agent and missionary to the natives at Rice and Chemong Lakes, and become desirious of being discharged from the powers and trusts reposed, vested in him as trustee of the said letters patent, the company, in or about the month of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, appointed the said 103 Edward Riddell Roberts to succeed the said John Gilmour as such agent and missionary (an office which the said Edward Riddell Roberts has ever since held and still holds) and by a deed dated the seventh day of October, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, the said John Gilmour was discharged from the trusts of the said letters patent and the said Edward Riddell Roberts was appointed a cotrustee with the Bishop and with the said Charles Rubidge, Robert Dennistoun and Mark Burnham, of the said letters patent in place of the said John Gilmour. And whereas the said John Gilmour departed this life on the seventh day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy. And whereas the said Charles Rubidge departed this life on the fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, leaving the Bishop the sole grantee in trust named in the said letters patent of nineteenth April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four him surviving, and thereupon the Bishop himself as well as the said Robert Dennistoun and Mark Burnham from age and infirmity or otherwise became desirous to be discharged from the trusts of the said letters patent, and after great deliberation and protracted correspondence with the company as to the best course to be adopted since the passing of the Indian Act, 1876, by the Dominion Parliament (which Act received the Royal assent on the twelfth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, and is known as 39 Yictoria, cap. 18) the Bishop and the said Robert Dennistoun and Mark Burnham by a memorandum in writing submitted through the said James Hall on the eighth day of February, one thousand eight'hundred and seventy-seven, communicated to the Superintendent- General of Indian Affairs their desire to be discharged from the trusts of the said letters patent, and they at the same time requested and recommended that the company's agent at Chemong aforesaid might be appointed Commissioner under the Indian Act,. 1876. And whereas the said Edward Riddell Roberts, in the month of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven received from the Dominion Government an appointment or commission of which the following is a copy :— Rev. E. R. Roberts, A Trustee of the Indian Reserve, Rice Lake, Township of Otonabee. Care of James Hall, Esq., M.P., House of Commons, Ottawa. Department of the Interior, Canada, Indian Branch, Ottawa. Reverend Sir,—I am desired by the Superintendedt-General of Indian Affairs to inform you that in compliance with the memorandum of Sth instant, submitted through 3Ir. Hall, M. P., you are hereby authorized and deputed by him to carry out the provisions of the 12th section of the Indian Act, 1876, in regard to the Indian Reserve at Rice Lake, in the Township of Otonabee, with a view to the removal therefrom of all persons who have or may hereafter settle, reside, hunt upon or use any land or marsh forming part thereof without the license of the Superintendent General. *§£ji$& I am« Bev. Sir, Your obedient servant, E. H. MEREDITH, Deputy of the Minister of the Interior. And whereas the said Mark Burnham departed this life on the seventeenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. And whereas a memorial of the said deed of first April, one thousand eight hundred and forty, was duly registered on the twentieth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, in the registry office for the County of Northumberland, Liber N, Folio 2S9, Memorial No. 6473 and the original (or if executed in duplicate) one part of the said deed of first April, one thousand eight hundred and forty, as well as the said letters patent or Crown grant of the nineteenth April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, is and haslong been in the company's custody in London, but the said Deed of first April one thousand eight hundred and forty (as the company is advised) contains no grant of the said plot of one thousand one hundred and twenty acres by the then surviving trustees thereof, nor any words sufficient to convey the same plot to the use of themselves the said surviving trustees jointly with the said John Gilmour, and no conveyance thereof appears to have been as yet made on the occasion of the said several appointments of new trustees or any of them, and accordingly the said plot (as the company is advised) was up to the time of his death vested in the Bishop as the sole survivor of the said five original trustees. » And whereas the Bishop departed this life on the third day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine intestate as to "freehold estates vested in him as trustee. And whereas no legal personal representative of the estate of the said Bishop has been appointed whereby trust estates vested in him have become vested in his eldest son, the said Robert Henry Bethune. And whereas the said Amos Edwin Botsford, James Hall, James Meyer and George Morrice Roger have at the request of the company consented to become cotrustees with the said Edward Riddell Roberts of the said letters patent. Now this deed witnesseth that in pursuance and exercise of the power in this behalf contained in the said letters patent of the nineteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, and of every other power or authority enabling him in this behalf, he, the said Edward Riddell Roberts, at the request and with the consent of the company, testified by the corporate seal attached to these presents, doth by this present deed, sealed and delivered by him in the presence of and intended to be attested by the two credible witnesses, whose names are hereunto subscribed, nominate, substitute and appoint the said Amos Edwin Botsford, James Hall, James Meyer and George Morrice Roger to be trustees of the said letters patent, in the room and place of the said Charles Rubidge and Mark Burnham, and the Bishop, ail now deceased, and in the room and place of the said Robert Dennistoun, resigned, but in conjunction with the said Edward Riddle Roberts. And this deed also witnesseth that in pursuance of the direction in this behalf contained in the said letters patent, and at the request and with the consent of the company so testified as aforesaid, he, the said Robert Henry Bethune doth hereby grant and convey aud he, the said Edward Riddell Roberts, doth hereby grant, ratify and confirm unto the said Amos Edwin Botsford, James Hall, James Meyer and George Morrice Roger and their heirs, all that block or plot, parcel or tract of land or ground and other the hereditaments comprised in and expressed to be granted by the hereinbefore recited letters patent of the nineteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, and more particularly described in the schedule to these presents, with the rights, members and appurtenances thereunto belonging, except as in the said letters patent reserved. And all the estate, right, title and interest, claim and demand of the said Robert Henry Bethune as heir of the'Bishop, the late sole surviving original grantee as aforesaid, and of the said Edward Riddell Roberts as such surviving and continuing trustee as aforesaid, and each or either of them in, to and upon the same premises and every or any part thereof. To hold the same block or plot, parcel or tract of land or ground hereinbefore expressed, to be hereby conveyed as aforesaid, with the appurtenances unto the said Amos Edwin Botsford, James Hall, James Meyer and George Morrice Roger and their heirs to the use of the said Edward Riddell Roberts, Amos Edwin Botsford, James Hall, James Meyer and George Morrice Roger, their heirs and assigns forever. Nevertheless, upon the trusts and for the purposes in and by the hereinbefore recited letters patent expressed concerning the same, so far as tho same trusts, purposes are now subsisting or capable of taking effect. And he. the said Robert Henry Bethune, doth hereby for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators, covenant with the said Edward Riddell Roberts, Amos Edwin Botsford, James Hall, James Meyer and George Morrice Roger, their heirs 7o-rrn&7i,l/? qjT JffaTz^e&fitcri,/ m< If and assigns, that he has not at any time done, omitted or knowingly sufferediM been party or privy to anything whatsoever whereby he is in anywise hindered from I granting and conveying or assuring the parcel or tract of land or ground here&H before expressed to be hereby conveyed, or any part or parts thereof, to the use^ upon the trust and in manner aforesaid. And it is hereby lastly agreed and declared by and between the parties hereto that all such further or other acts and deeds as may be necessary or proper fori confirming these presents or effectually vesting the said tract of one thousand l|^H hundred and twenty acres, or any part or parts thereof, in the said trustees or the I survivors or survivor of them or their or his assigns or in hi3 heirs, executorsl^H administrators shall, at the request and costs and charges of the company, be made I and executed by the parties hereto or any of them, or by the the legal j>ersonal representatives or representative for the time being of the Bishop, and by all necessary or proper parties as may be advised by counsel. In witness Whereof the said company has hereunto set its corporate seal, and the said several other parties have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. the schedule by the above written deed referred to. All that parcel or tract of land situate in the Township of Otonabee, in the County of Peterborough and Province of Ontario aforesaid, and formerly describej| as being in the County of Northumberland, in the District of Newcastle (in the late Province of Upper Canada), containing one thousand one hundred and twenty acres, be the same more t>r less, and Jbeing the town plot reservation on the Rice Lake and I River Otonabee, in the Township of Otonabee, commencing on the shore of the Rice Lake where a red cedar post had before the nineteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, been planted at the south-cast angle of a certain block of land granted to Charles Anderson, Esquire ; then north 16 degrees 40 minutes, west 63 chains to where a red cedar post had been planted-at the northeast angle of the said block; then south 74 degrees 5 minutes, west 65 chains, more or less, to within one chain of the River Otonabee; then northerly following the several turnings and windings of the said river against the stream, always at the distance of one chain therefrom to within one chain of lot No. 7 in the 12th Concession of the said Township; then north 74 degrees 5 minutes, east along the southern limit of the allowance for road between the reservation aforesaid and lots Nos. 7 in the 11th and 12th Concessions of the said township, 118 chains to the' north-e^H angle of the said reservation, being in the western limit of the allowance for road between the 10th and 11th Concessions of the aforesaid township; then south 16 degrees 40 minutes, east along the western limit of the allowance for road produced between the said concessions 96 chains 56 links to the Rice Lake; then south-westerly along the water's edge to the place of beginning. The said parcel or tract of land with its admeasurements and abuttals is further delineated and described in the plan drawn on these presents. The common seal of the above named Company for the] Propagation of the Gospel in New England, and the parts adjacent in America, was affixed to the above written deed in pursuance of an order of the court of the same Company at London, on the twenty-eighth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, the name "James Meyer," the Governor of the said Company, having been throughout first written on erasures in the presence of Walter C. Yenning, Clerk to the New England Company. W. M. Yenning, Accountant to the said Company. 106 Signed, sealed and delivered bv the") above named Robert Henry y Bethune in the presence of J R. M. Gray, Acct, Toronto. T. F. Gineson, Clerk, Toronto. R. H. Bethune, Edward R. Roberts A. E. Botsford, Jas. Hall, James Meyer, G. M. Roger. Signed, sealed and delivered by the") above named Edward Riddell >■ Roberts in the presence of ) James H. .Marsh, of Chemong, Baptist Minister, James M. R, Roberts, of the Township of Smith, Farmer. Signed, sealed and delivered by the 1 above named Amos Edwin >- Botsford in the presence of J James Adamson, of the City of Ottawa, Gentleman. P. Miller, of the City of 6ttawa, Gentleman. Signed, sealed and delivered by the above named James Hall in the presence of W. A. Campbell, of the Town of Peterborough, Canada, Student-at Charles G. Shaw, of the Town of Peterborough, Canada, Law Cler Signed, sealed and delivered by the ~) above named James Meyer in the > presence of j Walter C. Yenning, 9 Tokerhonse Yard, London, Solicitor, William Towmay, 9 Tokerhonse Yard, London, Gentleman. Signed, sealed and delivered by the ~\ above named George Morrice > Roger in the presence of J W. A. Campbell, of the Town of Peterborough, Student-at-Law, Charles G. Shaw, of the Town of Peterborough, Canada, Law Clerk, Law, k. No. 187. Copy of an Order in Council approved by His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor, the 21st day of December, A.D. 1877. Comn *..»~..v- _- v- rsr— - ... department for a title to said lots on behalf of said Indians. Th~ recommends that the said lots be vested in the Government of the fr] 107 Dominion of Canada, in trust for said Band of Shawanaga Indians and whenever the said Band shall cease to occupy the said lands, then the same shall revert to and become the property of the Province of Ontario. The Committee advise that the recommendation of the Commissioner be aetecjlf upon. Certified. J. G. SCOTT, Clerk Executive Council, Ont - The Hon. Commissioner of Crown Lands. 24th December, 1877. No. 188. To His Excellency Francis Gore, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor of His Majesty's Province of Upper Canada, dec, &*c, &c. Whereas, the Sachems, principal Chief Warriors and people of the Mohawk or Six Nation Indians, in consideration of William Dickson, of Niagara, Esquire, had given counsel and advice and done other professional services to and for the said Nations, did, in full council assembled, at the head of the Lake, on the nineteenth day of November, in the forty-ninth year of the reign of His present Maje3jH» deeming such services worthy of remuneration, decree, resolve, and determine that in reward and compensation thereof the said Nations would surrender to His said Majesty, His heirs and successors, a certain tract of land, containing by admeasurement about four thousand acres, situate at the mouth or entrance of the Grand River, by virtue of and under the authority of a certain instrument in writing under the hand and seal-at-arms of Sir Frederick Haldimand, late His Majesty's Captain- General and Governor-in-Chief of Hia Province of Quebec and Territories thereon depending (now His Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada), done at the Castle of St. Lewis, the 25th day of October, 1784, and in the twenty-fifth year of His said Majesty's reign ; to the intent that the said tract of land so to be surrendered should be regranted by His said Majesty, His heirs or successors, to the said William Dickson, for the purposes aforesaid. - Wherefore We, the said Sachems, principal Chief Warriors and people of the said Mohawk or Six Nation Indians, willing that the solemn acts and resolutions of our council should be held inviolate, do, in full council assembled at Niagara, in pursuance of and for carrying into effect the above recited decree or resolution, hereby for ourselves, our several Nations, and posterity, surrender, relinquish and quit claim to His said Majesty, His heirs and successors, our possession and right of possession of the said tract of land situate as aforesaid and adjoining the lands ' granted to the Right Honorable the Earl of Selkirk, butted and bounded as follows, that is to say; Beginning at a maple tree marked on each side with a blaze and three notches, standing on the southern boundary line of the lands of the said Earl of Selkirk, and near a creek running into the said river; thence east one hundred and sixty chains to a post; then south fifty-one degrees, east one hundred and fifty-two chains, more or less, to Lake Erie; thence along the shore thereof to the mouth or entrance of the said river; thence up the middle of the said river to the western bend thereof, and thence up the said creek to the place of beginning, containing four thousand acres, more or less, holden of His said Majesty under the authority aforesaid, to the intent that the same be re-granted as aforesaid. And we, the said Sachems, principal Chief Warriors and people for ourselves, our several Nations and posterity, request and beseech His said Majesty that He will be pleased to grant tho said tract of land in fee to the said William Dickson in consideration of and for his services above recited. In testimony of which reqest, we the said Sachems, principal Chief Warriors and people of the Mohawk or Six Nations Indians have hereunto set our hands and 103 ,f the reign of His said^Majesty. igned, sealed and delivered for the purposes therein mentioned in presence of: Henry Proctor, Colonel Comr. W. Claus, D.S.G. Col. Short, Major. H. Saunders, Lieut, and Adjt Begt. Alex. Eager. Thos. Bernard, Ens. 41 Regt. lirteenth day of March, forty-nii 41 David Prud., Interpreter. Benj. Fairchild, Interpt. T. B. Rausserx. Henry- Dekaretroga, Daniel Ohnawera, Peter Kearageagwa, Peter Dewadoharonigee, Jacob Johnson, Laurence Son David, David Ashiquarison, John Johnson, Seth Astaweaswart, Peter Shayonwigo, Henry Shosgoharvire, John Peters, Joseph Raghka, Joseph Ohaongoton, Adam Deyotsigerega, Jacobes Oshonwadago, Onondagas, Atstacho Onondag Ch, John Adeahan, Captn Henry Clearskey, Araghqweade, Athagerarea, Henry Cal well Onererah- erc, Big Foot, Shugoweanonserorta, Lewin Kanonhorwat, Teyonkentrashea, Shagoheahe, Ojagegtde, Thoronyongon X isinontawertica, t. isinonwantronde, Kanatquagearat, Skanedati, Delaware Aron x m [L.S.] M fL.S.j tL.S.j L.S.1 L.S.^ L.S. L.S. L.S/! pm L.S. X.S/ 15* Recorded 9th October, 1820, under the authority of an Order in Council, 4th October, 1820, as per Lib. A (O.C.) 210. Department of the Secretary of State of Canada, Registrar's Branch, Ottawa, 15th March, 1882. 1 hereby certify the within to be a true and faithful copy of the record of "the original surrender, as entered in Lib. D, Folio 49. L. A. CATELLIER, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. IhM ill- .ii m\ No. 189. Know all Men ry these Presents that we, the Chief and Principal Men of Abenakis Tribe of Indians of Becancour, owning the Indian reserve in the snship of Colraine, in the County of Beauce and Provinse of Quebec, being this 109 -.»' day assembled in council, have agreed to surrender and yield up unto Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all the right, claim and title which we possess of, in and to those certain parcels of land lying and being on our reserve aforesaid, and which may be more particularly known and described as follows, that is to say: Lots numbers one, two, three, four, five, six, seven and eight in the tenth! range, and six, seven and eight in the twelfth range, and one, two,; three, four, five six, seven and eight in the thirteenth range of the Township of Coleraine aforesaid^ With the object of the lands in question being sold for the benefit of our saide Band, and the money received from such sale being expended in the purchase of land in a more suitable iocality, or the money otherwise invested for our benefit. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals at Becancourffi this 14th day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two. Signed, sealed and delivered, having been previously read and interpreted in our presence: H. Yassal, Agent A. C. Desiters. Joseph Louis Metzalaban- lette, Chief [L.S.] Jean Baptiste Metraluben- tur, [L.S.] Jacob x Bernard, [L.SM Louis x Bernard, P^-l I Jean Y. x Chawigwinet, L^S-I Ludger x Pekanke, [L.S.J Surrender accepted by Order in Council of 3rd April, 1882. JOHN McGEE, Assist. Clerk P. C. Province of Quebec ") To Wit: j Personally appeared before me Henry Yassal, of the Village of Pierreville, Indian Agent, and Chief Joseph Louis Metzalabanlette, of the Abenakis Tribe of Beeancourt, who being sworn severally depose and say:— And the said Henry Yassal for himself saith— That the annexed surrender was assented to by the said Chief and by a majority of the male members of the Band of the full age of twenty-one years, entitled to vote at a meeting or council thereof summoned for that purpose. That such meeting or council was held in his presence, and he heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such meeting or council by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. And the said Joseph Louis Metzalabanlette for himself saith,— That he is the Chief of the Abenakis Tribe of Beeancourt, residing at Beeancourt and was entitled to vote at the meeting or council aforesaid. That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and by a majority of the male members of the Band of the full age of twenty-one years entitled to vote at the council or meeting before mentioned. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Tribe or Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, at which himself and the other said members of the said Tribe or Band of Indians were present and also the said other deponent Henry Yassal. Swom before me by Henry Yassal *| and Joseph Louis Metzalabanlette I this 15th day of February, A.D. j 1882. J T. MONGRAIS, Judge of the Superior Court for the Province of Quebec. H. YASSAL, Agent, JOSEPH LOUIS METZALABANLETTE, Chief. 110 No. 190. Alex. Grant, President Province of Upper Canada. George the Third, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith. To all to whom these presents shall come,—Greeting: Know Ye, that We of Our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, have given and granted, and by these presents do give and grant unto William Gilkinson, of the Township of Sandwich, in the County of .fcssex, in the Western District, ship-master, his heirs and assigns forever, ail that parcel or tract of land situate in the Township of Delaware,.in the County of Middlesex, in the District of London, in Our said Province, containing by admeasurement five hundred acres (with allowance for roads), be the same more or less, being the small lot number twenty-four in the broken Concession A, on the River Thames; lots number twenty- four in the Concessions B and C, and the front or westerly part of lot number twenty- four in the Concession D, in the said Township of Delaware, together with the all woods and waters thereon lying, and being under the reservations, limitations, and conditions hereinafter expressed; which said five hundred acres of lands are butted and bounded, or may be otherwise known as follows, that is to say: Commencing in front upon the River Thames, on the north side of the allowance for road, between the Townships of Delaware and Southwold, at the south-west angle of the said lot number twenty-four in the broken concession A; then north seventy degrees, east one hundred and seventy-one chains seventy-five links; then north twenty degrees, west twenty-nine chains eighty links, more or less, to the limit between lots number twenty-four and twenty-three; then south seventy degrees, west to the River Thames; then southerly along the water's edge with the stream to the place of beginning. To have and to hold the said parcel or tract of land hereby given and granted to him, the said William Gilkinson, his heirs and assigns for ever; saving nevertheless to us, our heirs and successors, all mines of gold and silver that shall or may be hereafter found on any part of the said parcel or tract of land hereby given and granted as aforesaid; and saving and reserving to us, our heirs and successors all white pine trees that shall, or may now, or hereafter grow, or be growing on any part of the said parcel or tract of land hereby granted as aforesaid. Provided always that no part of the parcel or tract of land, hereby given and granted to the said William Gilkinson and his heirs, be within any reservation heretofore made, and marked for us, our heirs and successors, by our Surveyor- General of Woods, or his lawful deputy, in which casa this our grant for such part of the land hereby given and granted to the said William Gilkinson and his heirs for ever as aforesaid, and which shall, upon a survey thereof being made, be found within any such reservation, shall be null and void, and of none effect, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. Provided also, that the said William Gilkinson, his heirs or assigns, shall and do within three years erect and build, or cause to be erected and built, in and upon some part of the said parcel or tract of land, a good and sufficient dwelling house (he the said William Gilkinson or his assigns not having built, or not being in his or their own right lawfully possessed of an house in our said province) and be therein, or cause some person to be therein resident for and during the space of one year, thence next ensuing the building of the same. Provided also, that if at any time or times hereafter the land so hereby given and granted to the said William Gilkinson and his heirs shall come into the possession and tenure of any person or persons whomsoever, either by virtue of any deed of sale, conveyance, enfeoffment or exchange, or by gift, inheritance, descent, devise or marriage, such person or persons shall, within twelve months next after his, her or their entry into and possession of the same, take the oaths or affirma- m\ ; Jul 111 ii fl Ill tions and declarations prescribed by law before some one of the magistrates of our said Province; and a certificate of such oaths or affirmations and declarations having been so taken, sh-11 cause to be recorded in the Secretary's office of the said Province. In default of all or any of which conditions,- limitations and restrictionsJ^^H said grant, and everything herein contained, shall be, and we hereby declare the same to be null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever, and the land hereby granted, and every part and parcel thereof, shall revert to and beconfB vested in us, our heirs and successors, in like manner as if the same had never been granted, anything herein contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. And whereas, by an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, passed in the thirty first year of His Majesty's reign, intituled, "An Act to repeal certain parts of aa Act passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty's reign, intituled, An Act for making more effectual provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America, and to make further provision for the Government of the said Province." has declared " That no grant of lands hereinafter made shall be valid or effectual unless the same shall contain a specification of the lands to be allotted and appropriated solely to the maintenance of a Protestant clergy within the said Province, " in respect of the lands to be thereby granted. Now Know Ye, that we have caused an allotment or appropriation of seventy- one acres and three sevenths to be made in lot number twenty-two, in the fourth concession of the said Township of Delaware. Given under the Great Seal of Our Province of Upper Canada: Witness, Oar trusty and well-beloved Alexander Grant, Esquire, our President, administering the Government of our said Province this second day of May in the year of OurL(?H| one thousand eight hundred and six and forty-sixth of Our Reiem. 3 A. G. By Command of His Honor in Council. WM. JARVIS, Registrar. Entered with the Auditor 7th May, 1806. PETER RUS >EL, A.G. No. 191. This Indenture, made the seventh day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty—Between the Honourable John Hamilton, of Queenston, in the District of Niagara and Province of Upper Canada, Esq., David Gilkison, late of the Township of Nichol, in the District of Wellington and Province aforesaid, now of Genessee, in the State of New York", Esq., and Archibald Gilkison, of Queenston, aforesaid, Esq., executors of the last will and testament of William Gilkison, in his lifetime of Oak Bank, near Brantford, in the District of Gore, Esq., deceased, parties of the first part; and Her Majesty Victoria by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith. |j Whereas by a certain agreement lately made by and between the said parties of the first part, and the principals of the Oneida Nation by their agent of the other part and ratified and approved by the Chief Superintendent of Indian 'Affairs in this Province, the said parties of the first part, for in consideration of the sum of three hundred and eighty-seven pounds and ten shillings of Jawful money of the said Province did agree to, bargain, grant, sell and convey to, or to the use of. or in trust for them the said principals of the Oneida Nation, a certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate in the Township of Delaware in the London district in the Province of Upper Canada, which is hereinafter more particularly described. And whereas on the making of the agreement for the selling and conveying of the said land and premises aforesaid it was desired that the said land and premises should be conveyed to them by a deed of surrender to Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, in trust tor them the said Oneida Nation. 112 And whereas the said parties of the first part did then and there agree to execute such surrender as requested, and are now desirous of perfecting the said agreement and executing a surrender of the said land and premises unto Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors as agreed upon as aforesaid; Now this Indenture Witnesseth, that the said parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred and eighty-seven pounds and ten shillings of lawful money of the said Province to them in hand paid by the said Oneida Nation the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained, sold, aliened, transferred, surrendered and yielded up, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell, alien transfer, surrender and yield up unto Her Majesty, Her heirs, and successors, forever all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lvinf and bcino1 in the Township of Delaware in the county of Middlesex, in the District of London in the Province aforesaid, containing by admeasurement five hundred acres, be the same more or less, being composed of the small lot number twenty-four in the broken Concession A on the River Thames; lots number twenty- four in the Concession B andC, and the front or westerly part of lot number twenty- four in the Concession D, in the said Township of Delaware, which said five hundred acres of land are butted and bounded or may be otherwise known as follows—that is to say: Commencing in front upon the River Thames on the north side of the allowance for road between the Townships of Delaware and South wold, at the southwest an<de of the said lot number twenty-four in the broken Concession A, then north seventy degrees, east one hundred and twenty-one chains, seventy-five links; north twenty decrees, west twenty-nine chains eighty links, more or less, to the limit between lots numbers twenty-four and twenty-three, then south seventy decrees west to the River Thames; then southerly along the water's edge with the stream to the place of beginning ptogether with all and singular the tenements, appurtenances and hereditaments thereunto belonging or appertaining and all the estate .ri oh t, title, interest property, claim and demand whatsoever of, in to or out of the same. To have and to hold the same with the appurtenances to Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors, freed and discharged from all incumbrances whatsoever in trust nevertheless to and upon the uses, benefit and behoof of the said Oneida Nation as before mentioned, forever. And the said parties of the first part, for themselves, their heirs, executors and administrators, do covenant, grant and agree to and with Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors, that they the said parties of the first part now are the true and lawful owners as executors as aforesaid of all and singular the said premises and every part and parcel thereof and now are lawfully seized as executors as aforesaid of a good, sure, perfect, absolute and indefeasible estate of inheritance in fee simple of and in the premises hereby granted, bargained, sold, surrendered and yielded up or intended so to be, without any condition or limitation of use or uses, 01 any other matter or thing to alter, charge, change, incumber or defeat the same. And further, that thev the said parties of the first part and their heirs, executors and administrators shall and will at all times hereafter upon the reasonable request and at the proper costs and charges of Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors, make, do and execute all and every such further and other lawful act or acts, devices, conveyances, assurances and surrenders, in law whatsoever, for the further, better and more perfect granting, conveying, assuring, surrendering and yielding up of all and singular the said premises above mentioned, with the appurtenances unto Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors, as by Her or their council shall be reasonably- devised, advised or required. In Witness Whereof the respective parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. II Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Jasper T. Gilkison. Jno. Hamilton, D. Gilkison. A. Gilkison. I 1 e^^m.,~mimf.,m'mi,,^.mm^i^;.ma;>.; ,m ^.Ai^^^^.'.i^^ti-wi^-.Us.^^ S PA Sy7<yz 7" 57^. M/Jft/E 3R/1NCH PL/IN P~/?0/Yf S&C.XXV. TP. S/>/?/?GG£:T2S£C.j(XX//.7>.S/*£D0£# t%. /Scale-/in -AOQft M ill Department of Secretary 6f State for Canada, Registration Branch Ottawa, 19th February, 1868.' I hereby certify that this surrender and the original patent attached thereto have this day been duly entered on the records of this office in Lib. C. S. Surrenders to the Crown, Fol. 309. HECTOR L. LANGEYIN, Secretary of State and Registrar of Canada. I certify that this Instrument was duly entered and registered in the Registry Office for the County of Middlesex this 17th day of April, A.D. 1863, at 1 njn. in Book D, for the Township of Delaware as No. 1895. Pages 283, 284 285 alex. Mcdonald, Deputy Registrar. No. 192. We, the undersigned Chiefs and Principal Men of the Band of Indians owning the tract of land known as the Serpent River Indian Reserve, or Reserve No. 7 in the schedule of reserves under the Robinson Treaty, and being a majority of the male members of the said Band, of the full age of twenty-one years, habitually residing on or near the reserve in question, duly assembled at a council of the said Band called for the purpose, and according to the rules of the said Band, and held in presence of an officer duly authorized by the Honourable the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs to attend such council, which said reserve is described in the treaty effected on the 9th day of September, A.D. 1850, with the Chiefs and Principal Men of the Ojibway Tribe of Indians, inhabiting and claiming the eastern and northern shores of Lake Huron, by the Honourable William B. Robinson, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, as being " the peninsula east of Serpent River and formed by it," acting on behalf of the whole people of our said tribe, do hereby remise, release, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular that certain tract or parcel of land situate in the District of Algoma, in the Province of Ontario, being composed of a portion of the said hereinbefore mentioned Serpent River Indian Reserve, more particularly described as follows: Being the right of way required for the Canadian Pacific Railway through the said reserve, as shown by the annexed plan, commencing at station 813 x 06 near the north-west corner of Section 32 of the Township of Shedden, and extending westward through the said reserve to station 1223 at the crossing of the Serpent River, in the south-east quarter of Section 25 of the Township of Spragge, being a total distance of 40,994 feet, or 7*76 miles, by a width of 99 feet, and containing 93*16 acres. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust, to sell and convey the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of this Dominion shall or may deem conducive to the interests of us the said Chief and Principal Men, and of our people in all time to come. And npon the further condition that the moneys received for the sale thereof, shall, after deducting the usual proportions for expense of management, be placed at interest, and that the interest money so accruing from such investment, shall be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said Band do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm whatever the said Government of this Dominion may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the disposal and sale of the said lands. In Witness Whereof we, the said Chief and Principal Men, have set our hands and affixed our seals unto this Instrument in the said District of Algoma at Serpent River. ipSi 8 III 114 Done at Serpent River Indian Reserve this thirtieth day of January, in the year ur Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two. his OSHONSKUKEZHIK, X ofO Signed, sealed and delivered in pre- \ sence of j Jas. C. Phipps, Visiting Supt., Indian Dept, Sydney Gibbon, Royal Navy, Alxk. Peleky, Interpreter. Tahbishokezhik. mark. his • mark. his MOCOLAINUNEUEDUCE, X mark, his WamditagOenem, X mark, his Omishekegalibon, X £g&~ m mark. his Oahtepushi X \ mark his Kezaligewon, X mark, his MlTCHIGNOB, * X maik. his Natmewon, X mark, his Baibomache, x per Chief, mark, his Buleleewosh, X mark. District of Algoma. ) sm To wit. } I, James C. Phipps, of Manitowaning, in the said district, Visiting Superintendent of Indians, duly authorized by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, to attend the council of the Band of Indians referred to in the .annexed surrender of right of way for the Canadian Pacific Railway through the said reserve, do hereby certify- under oath t-Jiat the annexed surrender was duly assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of the full age of twenty-one years, who habitually reside at or near the said reserve, at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned according to their rules for that purpose, and held at Serpent River, in the said district, on the thirteenth day of January, A.D. 1882, and at the same time duly executed by the Chiefs and Principal Men of the said Band. Certified and sworn to before me at Manitowaning, in the District of Algoma, this fifteenth day of May, A J). 1882. Walter McCrea, Judge, D.A. District of Algoma. 1 To Wit. j I, Tahbishkokezhik, of the Serpent River* Indian Reserve, in the District of Algoma, one of the Chiefs of the Band of Indians occupying the said Indian reserve, do hereby certify under oath that I was personally present and did see the annexed surrender of right of way through the said reserve for the Canada Pacific Railway Company duly assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of JAS. C. PHIPPS. 115 li the full age of twenty-one years who habitually reside on the said reser ing or council of the said Band, summoned for that purpose according to t of the said Band, and held at Serpent River, in the said district, on the°thirt of January, A.D. 1882. Certified and sworn to before me at Algoma Mills, in the District of Algoma, this twenty-third day of May, A.D. 18S2. E. B. Borron, Stipendiary Magistrate. t a meet- he rules ieth day TAHBISHKOKEZHIK. No. 193. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Sachems, Principal Chiefs and Warriors of the Six Nation Indians, residing at the Grand River/B the Province of Upper Canada, being desirous of enabling the issue of free letters patent of the tract of land and premises hereinafter described unto Aaron Helmer of the County of Haldiraand, District of Niagara, and the said premises not having been included in any former surrender to the Crown, do by these presents surrender and yield up unto Her Most Gracious Majesty Yictoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,"Queen, Defender of the Faith all that parcel or tract of land now in the possession of the said Aaron Helmer of the County of Haldimand, District and Province aforesaid, one of our people, situate. lyin°- and being in the County of Haldimand, District of Niagara, containing by admeasure^ ment one hundred acres of land, more or less, and being part of the territories of the Six Nation Indians, and which said parcel or tract of land is butted and bounded as follows, that is to say: Commencing at a stake planted on the east boundary line of a piece of land belonging to the Grand River Navigation Company at lock number one, and on the south side of the road leading from the Village of Indiana to Canboro'; thence north eighty degrees, east forty chains and forty links to a stake thence south thirteen degrees, west twenty-five chains to a stake; thence south eighty degrees, west forty chains and forty links to a stake; thence north thirteen degrees, east twenty-five chains to the place of beginning. To the end, intent and 'purpose that Her Majesty may be graciously pleased and enabled to grant letters patent unto the said Aaron Helmer, his heirs and assigns, free and clear of the payment of any price or sum of money which His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor might otherwise think just and reasonable. The said one hundred acres of land being thus freely granted unto the said Aaron Helmer, his heirs and assigns for and in consideration of the said Aaron Helmer's. attendance on the Six 'Nation Indians when afflicted with the small-pox, in the years 1837 and 1838. In Witness Whereof, we have subscribed and set our hands and seals in council the 21st day of Feb'y., in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty. Signed, sealed and delivered in ] the presence of J A. Bunnell. Saml. R. Reynett. % his Moses Walker, x mark. William Doxtader, John S. Johnson, his Joseph Fraser, x mark, his Skanawaty, X mark, his Onakarondonh, X mark. [L.S.] [L.S.1 [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] 116 his Aghrirhon, X [L.S.] mark. his Kanorisabon, X [L.S:] mark. his Deyonhoisen, X [L.S.] mark. his Ayatajiwak, X [L.S.] mark. his KAKONDENAtE, X [L.S.] mark. his Ashare-kowah, X [L.S.] mark. his Kanyakarodon, X [L.S.] mark. his Kanedakeh, X [L.S.] mark. his Kanayeh, X [L.S.] mark. his Kanonkeridawy, X [L.S.] mark. his Oketskwenh, X [L.S.] mark. his Isaac Burning, x [L.S.] mark. his Kanyenkodon, X [L.S.] mark. his Deyothoreghkwenh, X [L.S.] mark. his Shoerese, X [L.S.] mark. his Silver Smith, x [L.S.J mark. his Highflier, x [LB.-] mark. his John Skyler, x [L.S.] mark. his John Whitecoat, x [L.S.] mark. his John Obe, x [L.S.] mark. his William Green, x [L.S.] mark. No. 194. Know all Men by these Presents that we, the undersigned principal Sachems, Chiefs and Warriors of the Six Nations Indians, residing at the Grand 117 River, being desirous of confirming our former grant of the south half of lot number fifty-one, in the second concession of Brantford, to Rachel Parker, the wife of James Parker, and the said south half lot not having yet been included in any former surrender by us to the Crown, do by these presents, and in order to give a more full and complete effect to the said grant, surrender and yield up the said south half of the said lot number fifty-one, in the said second concession of Brantford containing by admeasurement one hundred acres, more or less< unto Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, to the end and intent that Her Majesty may be graciously pleased to grant letters patent of the said south half lot, thereby giving and granting the same unto and for the sole use and benefit of her, the said RachelParke*, her heirs and assigns for ever, free from all encumbrances, excepting the usual reservations contained in ' grants frem the Crown. In Witness Whereof, we, the said principal Sachems, Chiefs and Warriors of the said Six Nations Indians, in council assembled, have hereunto subscribed and set our names and seals the twenty-ninth day of August, in the year of Our Lord one thousand, eight hundred and thirty-seven. i In the presence of ") Lewis Bur well, J. Martin, - Willum Alvis. Henry Brant, his Aaron Fraser, x mark his Jacob Johnson, x mark Onwangete, his Lawrence Davids, x mark Johns Johnson, his Tsaac Lock, x mark his Skanawatigh, X mark his Aghrivhon, X mark his Onida Joseph, x mark Peter Green, his Kanyenkotonh, X mark . his Peter Fishcabrier, x mark his Samuel Veneeroy, x mark his Tayekawekhe, X mark his Aghkwaga Joseph, x mark William Alvis. [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [ns.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] . [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] ns No. 195. Know all Men by these Presents, that we the Chiefs and Principal Men of the Band of Wyandott Indians of the Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex and Province of Ontario, do hereby surrender and yield up to Her Majesty the Queen all our right, title and interest in that certain parcel or tract of land situated in the Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex and Province of Ontario,—being composed of the gore at the rear of the south half of lot nineteen in the first concession of the said Township of Anderdon, containing by admeasurement six acres and twenty-seven hundreds of an acre—be the same more or less. Whereas, when the allotment was made to Lewis Warrow of the south half of \ lot number nineteen in the first concession of Anderdon, two portions were deducted from said half lot,—one portion for a school site and the other portion for a graveyard. And whereas, it seems proper that an allowance for said deductions should be made to the said Lewis Warrow. Therefore, the above surrender is made that the said portion so surrendered may be conveyed to the said Lewis Warrow in lieu of the said portions so deducted from the said south-half of lot number nineteen in the first concession of the said Township of Anderdon. Witness our hands and seals at the council house of the Township of Anderdon, this twenty-fifth day of April, A.D. 18S2. Joseph x White, Chief, Joseph Warrow, S. White, Thos. B. White, Thos. Warrow, Alex. Clarke, Peter D. Clarke, Geo. G. Clarke, Alexander White, Israel J. Splitlog, Xslmes A. Clarke, James Clarki, Joseph White. L.S. L.S/ L.S/ [L.S/ L.S/ L.S/ L.S.' L.S." X.S/ [Ik *X.S/ L.s/ We, Ebenezer Watson, of the Town of Sarnia, in the County of Lambton and Province of Ontario, Indian Superintendent; and Joseph White, of the Town of Windsor, in the County of Essex, of the said Province, a member of the Band of Indians known as the " Wyandotts of Anderdon," do make oath and say: That the foregoing deed of surrender made by the Chiefs and Principal Men of the said u Wyandotts of Anderdon " was duly, freely and voluntarily made and signed in our presence by the members of the Band whose names are subscribed thereto, and that there was no opposition whatever to the execution of said deed of surrender. The above named Ebenezer Watson and ^ Joseph White were severally sworn J before me this 26th day of April, V 1882, at Sandwich, in the Co. of Essex. J G. W. Leggatt, Co. of Essex. EBENEZER WATSON, JOSEPH WHITE. 119 ii IP No. 196. Know all Men by these Presents that we, Chief Augustin Shingwauk and Principal Men and Members of the Band of Indians known as "Agustin'sBand," and of which the said Augustin Shingwauk is at present the Chief, residing on or in the neighbourhood of the Garden River Indian Reserve, in the District of Algoma, in the Province of Ontario, for and in consideration of the benefit to be derived therefrom, do hereby grant, release, surrender and yield up to Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Yictoria, Her heirs, successors and assigns forever, in trust for our benefit that certain tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being within the said Garden River Indian. Reserve, containing three hundred (300) acres of land, be the same - more or less, and which said tract now intended to be surrendered may be described as being embraced within the following limits, that is to say: Commencing at the post planted at the north-easterly angle of said reserve, a3 laid down on. a map of said reserve, of record in the Department of the Honourable Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs for Canada (under treaty of September 9th, 1850); thence along the northern boundary line of said reserve in a north-westerly direction one hundred and thirty (130) chains; thence southerly one hundred and twenty (120) chains, to Echo River; thence along the northern shore of said Echo River and of Echo Lake to the place of beginning, as designated by annexed plan. To have and to hold unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Her heirs, successors and assigns in trust, as aforesaid, forever. In Witness Wherof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals at Garden River Indian Reserve this sixth day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two (1S82). -Signed, sealed and delivered^ his Augustin x Shingwauk, mark. in the presence of Wm. Van j Abbott, Indian Lands Agent, I having been first read over, j explained and interpreted to j the said Band. J his x mark. Pequetchenene his Louis x Pine, mark. John Augesta, his Frank x Clark, mark, his Charley x Biron, mark. his Joseph Bell, x $$&$, mark. his Joseph x Biron, mark, his M. T. x Sayer, mark. John Sayer, Peter J. Biron, Edward Sayer, hl8 John x Kaboosa, mark, his Joa x Biron, mark, his Theo. x Boisoneault. mark. [L.S.] [L.S]. [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S]. [L.S. [L.S. |%.S. [L.S.] [L.S.) [L.S.] Jarvis Augistan, his Jacob x Waikemoh, * mark, his William x Paquechenne, mark, his Charles x Larose, Jr., mark. his John x Askin, mark, his Joe x Shebohyik, mark. his Shebohyik x mark. his John x Wegwaus, mark. George Kabaoos, his Alex, x Wahbonosai, mark. his Nahgahwedon X mark, his Michel x Lasage, mark. his Moses x Larose, mark, his Joseph x Lasage, mark, his Joseph x Lasage, Sr., mark, his Michel x Clark, mark. Moses x Badohwohosh, his William x Jones, mark, his George x Shingwauk, mark. « his David x Cadotte, • mark. his Samuel Alexander Biron, x mark. his Charles x Biron, Jr., mark. Joseph x Biron, Jr., Antoine x Biron, his Joe x Savard, mark, his Peter x Bell, mark. [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [LA] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S]. [L.S.] [L.S,] [L-S] [LJS.] [L,S.] [L.S.] P--S-] [L.S.] [L.S.J [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] ll 121 Ii li District of Algoma, 1 To Wit: j We, Augustin Shingwauk, of Garden River Indian Re-erve. Chief of the Band of Indians known as " Shingwauk's Band," and William Van Abbott, of Sault >Ste. Marie, in the said District of Algoma, authorized by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs to attend the council or meeting of Indians for the purpose« obtaining the within surrender, severally make oath and say thai the within surrender was on the sixth day of September made and assented to by the Band of Indians known as " Augustin's " or " Shingwauk's Band," at the said council or meeting held on the said reserve the date aforesaid. . Sworn before me at Garden River Indian 1 Reserve by August in Shingwauk and i William Abbott, above named, this j sixth day of September, A.D. 1882. J Walter McCrea, Judge of the District of Algoma. his Augustin x Shingwauk, Chief, Wm. Van Abbott. No. 197. Oneida, 13th August, 1882. At a full meeting of Indian council held this day on the Oneida Indian Reserve, which meeting was summoned according to our .rules, and presided over by our local agent, Thomas Gordon, Esq., for the pui-pose of taking into consideration the advisability of granting to Mr. A. C. Stone and others the exclusive right to hunt on our lands on payment of 0250 for a term of five years, a resolution was unanimously passed granting the liberty, with a proviso, that any Indian living on and being a member of the Band shall have the liberty to hunt "any game he may find on the reserve during the open season: the payment of the 8250 to be as follows: One hundred dollars on or before the first day of September, 1882, and the other sum of one hundred and fifty dollars on or before the first day of August, A.D. 1884, as witness our hands the day and place above mentioned. Witness to the said signatures: Thomas Gordon, Indian Agent. William x Sickles, Antoney x Day, Thojias x Homer, Thomas x Doxtator,' Chief John Sickles, Moses x Brown, Chief, Abraha3I Sickles, Chief, ■ Henry Green. Adam Sickles, Elijah Sickles, John x Brown, Chief, Hr^Sr: Isaac Sickles, William x Doxtator, Sr., John x Nicholas, Abron x Nicholas, Baptist x Doxtator, Chief, John x Ninham, Aaron x George. Province of Ontario, \ County of Middlesex, j We, Thomas Gordon, of the Town of Strathroy, in the County of Middlesex and Province of Ontario, Indian Agent, and Chief Abraham Sickles, of the Township of Delaware, in the County of Middlesex and Province of Ontario, being a member of the Oneidas of the Thames, say: We were personally present on the 18th day of August, A.D. 18S2, at a .meeting of council held on the Oneida Indian Reserve which meeting was summoned according to the rules of said Band, for the purpose of taking into consideration the advisability of granting liberty to Mr. A C. Stone and others to shoot on the said reserve. We also state that the.unanimous consent of the Band was granted to the above named A. C. Stone and others to shoot on the said reserve, as stated in the copy of the resolution passed and conditions made to which this affidavit is attached. Sworn to before me at Ekfrid, in the ~\ County of Middlesex, this 20th [■ day of September, A.D. 1882. ) Jas. G. Begg, A Commissioner. Recorded 4th December, 1882. ") -'*??■* Liber 84, Folio 344. j . L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. THOMAS GORDON, Indian Agent, Chief A. SICKLES, jgg^: No. 198. Know all Men by these Presents that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Scugog Band of the Mississaugua Indians resident on our reserve in the Township of Scugog, in the County and Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled,— Do hereby remise, release, surrender, quit claim, and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever :— All and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Township of Scugog, in the County and Province of Ontario, and containing by admeasurement one acre and three quarters of one acre, be the same more or less and being composed of the north-west corner of lot number seven, in the eleventh concession of the said township, which may be more particularly described a3 follows:— •'Commencing where a post has been planted at the north-west angle of the said lot; thence north seventy-four degrees, east five chains and eighty-three links to the west li mit of the " Centre Road; thence south thirty-two degrees thirty minutes, west eight chains and forty-two links to the westerly limit of the said lot; thence north sixteen degrees, west six chains more or less to the place of beginning." To have and to hold the said one acre and three quarters of one acre of land unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors for ever. In trust to sell and convey the same to such person or persons and upon such terms and conditions as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed at interest, and that the interest money accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or simi-annually to us and our descendants for ever. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men, do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm and promise to ratify and confirm whatever the 123 II said Government of the said Dominion may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the sale and disposal of the said one acre and three-quarters of one acre of land. In Witness Whereof, we, the said Chief and Principal Men have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this fifteenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two. Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of us, having been first read and interpreted. William Marsden, Interpreter. W. M. WlLLEOT, William Plummer, Supt. and Com'r. LA. John Johnson, Chief, x mark. Chancey Johnston, Abraham Johnstone, his James Johnson, x mark. Isaac Johnson, Willum Marsden, Charles McCue, Thos. Marsden. >M Dominion of Canada, Province of Ontario, County of York. To Wit: Personally appeared before me, William Plummer, of the city of Toronto, in the said Province, Visiting Superintendent and Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and John Johnston, resident on the reserve of the Scugog Band of Mississaugua Indians in the Township of Scugog, in the County of Ontario and Province-aforesaid, the Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the said William Plummer foi* himself saitjh : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to hy a majority of the male members of the said Scugog Band of Mississaugua Indians of the full age of twenty-one years. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. •That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such meeting or council by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the said Band of Indians, or interested in the land mentioned in the saiH release or surrender. And the said John Johnston for himself saith : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by himself and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians, summoned for that purpose and according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said William Plummer. That no Indian was present or voted at such, council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Scugog Band of Mississaugua Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. WILLIAM PLUMMER, his JOHN JOHNSTON, x mark. WILLIAM MARSDEN, Of Scugog Island, Farmer. That he is the Chief of the said Band of Indians and was entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before mo by the said deponents, ^ William Plummer and John Johnston, this twentieth day of December, A. D. 18S2. As to the deponent, John Johnston, through the interpretation of William Marsden, the . said William Marsden having been first sworn that he had truly, distinctly and audibly interpreted the contents of this affidavit to the said deponent, John Johnston, and that he would truly and faithfully interpret to the said John Johnston the oath about to be administered to him. lllilP^ J. D. Boyd, Chancellor of Ontario. Recorded Sth March, 1SS3. 1 lab. 80, Fol. 563. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada, No. 199. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the Chief and Principal Men of the Band of Indians known as the Moravians of the Thames, in the Township of Orford, in the County of Kent and Province of Ontario, being this day assembled in council summoned for that purpose, have agreed to surrender and yield up unto Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors for ever, all the right, claim and title which we possess of, in and to that certain parcel of land lying and being on our reserve aforesaid, and which may be more particularly known and described as being a lot on the farm of Israel Peters, forty feet wide by fifty feet deep, along the north-west side of the school ground on which a church has been erected by the Church of England of the Diocese of Huron. With the object of the land in question being conveyed to the Synod of the Diocese of Huron in trust for a church and mission with the distinct understanding that the land above described is surrendered for church purposes only, and cannot be assigned, sublet, or sold, and to be forfeited for non uses for three years. In Witness Whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals at Moravian Town this thirteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two. " • Chief C. M. Stonefish, [L.S.] Joseph Pheasant, X.S. Frank C. Wampum, • "L.S/ Jo§hu„a Jacobs, "L.S." Isaac Hill, 'L.S/ John Lewis, L.S/ Edward Whitby, "L.S." Peter Stonefish, [L.S/ Jonas Noah, [L.S.1 V. B. Snake, X.S. Gottlieb Tobias, X.S/ J. B. Noah, X.S." David Dolson, fXS.1 John Logan [L.S.1 Wesley Jacobs. L-k-S.J Signed, sealed and delivered^ having been previously read I and explained in our pre-| sence. John Beattie, • .Joseph Pheasant.. , Province of Ontario. ) * To Wit: j We, John Beattie, of the Village of Highgate, in the County of Bothwell and Province of Ontario, Indian Agent, and Joseph Pheasant, being a member of the Band of Indians known as the Moravians of the Thames, hereby certify that we/ were personally present on the thirteenth day of November, A.D. 1882, at a meet- I ing of council held on the Moravian Indian Reserve, which meeting was summoned^ according to the rules of said Band, for the purpose of taking.into consideration the advisability of granting to the Synod of the Diocese of Huron, in trust for church purposes a lot of land on said reserve. We further certify that the annexed surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the Band of the full age of twenty-one years entitled to vote at said council. Sworn before me at Ridgetown, "1 in the County of Kent, this | twelfth day of January, A.D. 1883. A. Bell, Judge Co. Court, Co. of Kent. Recorded 8th March, 1883. Lib. 80, Fol. 566. L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar General of Canada. JOHN BEATTIE, JOSEPH PHEASANT. - No. 200. Know all Men by these Presents that we, the Chief and Principal Men of the Band of Indians known as the Chippewas of the Thames, owning and occupying the Caradoc Indian Reserve in the County of Middlesex, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have hereunto set our hands and seals, for and on behalf of the voting members of the said Band, being this day assembled in council summoned for that purpose, whereat a majority of the said voting members agreed to surrender and yield up, and by these presents do surrender and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors, all the right, claim and title which the Band aforesaid possesses of, in and to those certain parcels or tracts of land and , premises lying and being in our reserve aforesaid, and more particularly known and described as follows, viz.: The east half of the north half of lot number five, in':tlS| second range, containing fifty acres. The east half of the north half of lot number six, in the second range, containing fifty acres. The west three-quarters of the north half of lot number seven, in the second range, containing seventy-five acres. The gore of lot number thirteen, in the second range, containing about thirty acres. The southwest quarter of the south half of lot number one, in the second range, containing twenty-five acres. The north-east sixty acres of the south half of lot number five, in the second range. The west three-quarters of the south half of lot number six, in the second range, containing seventy-five acres. The west half of the north half of lot number five, in the third range, containing fifty acres. The easj: three-quarters of the north half of lot number nine, in the third range, containing seventy-five acres. The north half of lot number ten, in the third range, containing one hundred acres. i The north half of lot number eleven, in the third range, containing one hundred acres. The east half of the south half of lot number two, in the third range, containing fifty acres. The west half of the south half of lot number three, in the third range, containing fifty acres. The east half of the south half of lot number six, in the third range, containing fifty acres. The east part of the north half of lot number one, in the fourth range, containing forty acres. The south naif of the north half of lot 126 In the presence of ") Thomas Gordon, J Indian Agent. number eight, in the third range, containing fifty acres. The east half of the south half of lot number two, in the fourth range, containing fifty acres. The east half of the north half of lot number two, in the fourth range, containing fifty acres. The west half of the south half of lot number three, in the fourth range, containing fifty acres. The west half of the north half of lot number three, in the fifth range, containing fifty acres. Lot number eight, in the fifth range, containing two hundred and three acres. The south half of lot number nine, in the fifth range, containing fifty acres. Lot number ten, in the fifth range, containing one hundred and three acres. Lot number seven in the sixth range, containing ninety-eight acres. The east part of lot number eleven, in the sixth range, containing one hundred acres. And the north half of lot number one, in the sixth range, containing .one hundred acres. All the within described lands, being in the said Caradoc Indian Reserve, in the County of Middlesex, Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada. In trust, with the object of the lands in question being leased for the benefit of the Indians to whom the respective portions of the said lands have been or may hereafter be allotted, to such person or persons and upon such terms and conditions as the Government of the said Dominion may deem most conducive to the interest of ns and our people. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals at the Caradoc Indian Reserve this twenty-first day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two. Chief Joseph Fisher, do Nelson Beaver, do John Chicken, John Henry, Abel Waucaush, his Thomas x Fisher, Sen., mark. Francis Debary, William Debary, Joseph Beaver, his Peter x Brigham, ^fc^t'i mark. Province of Ontario. ) To Wit; J Personally appeared before me Thomas Gordon, of the Town of Strathroy, County of Middlesex, Indian Agent, and Chief Joseph Fisher, of the Caradoc Indian Reserve, who being duly sworn severally depose and say:— And the said Thomas Gordon for himself saith: That the annexed surrender was assented to by the said Chief and Principal Men and by a majority of the said Band of Indians entitled to vote at a meeting or council thereof summoned for that purpose. That such meeting or council was held in his presence, and he heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such meeting or council by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. f And the said Joseph Fisher for himself saith: That he is the Chief of the Chippewas of the Thames, residing on the Caradoc Reserve, and was entitled to vote at the meeting or council aforesaid. That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and by a majority of the members of the said Tribe or Band of Indians entitled to vote at the council or meeting before mentioned. That the said assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Tribe or Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, at which himself and the other said members II JX.S.] L.S.1 L.S/ L.S. X.S. [L.S.] [L.S.] jig If; ill ii 1 in 127 M of the said Tribe or Band of Indians were present, and also the said other deponent Thomas Gordon. Sworn before me by the said deponents, "j THOMAS GORDON, Thomas Gordon and Joseph Fisher, I Indian Agent. this second day of January, A.D. f JOSEPH FISHER, 1883. J Chief. i Wm. Elliot, County Judge, Mx. Recorded 9th March, 1883, ) Lib. 80, Fol. 568. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. No. 201. Whereas, Big Bear, a Cree Chief, on behalf of his Band, comprising thirty lodges, inhabitants of the country covered by the treaty commonly known as " Treaty Number Six," made between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioner the Honourable Alexander Morris, the Honourable James McKay and the Honourable. William Joseph Christie, of the one part, and the Plain and Wood Cree Tribe of Indians of the other part at Carlton, on the twenty-third and twenty-eighth days of August, and near Fort Pitt on the ninth day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and. seventy-six, who have not yet given in their .adhesion to the said Treaty, have presented themselves to Allan Macdonald, Esq., Indian Agent of Treaty Number Four, and expressed a desire to join in the same ■treaty; and whereas the said Indian Agent has recognized the said " Big Bear " as the Chief of their Band. Now this Instrument Witnesseth, that the said " Big Bear," for himself and on behalf of the Band which he represents, does transfer, surrender and relinquish to Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors, to and for the use of Her Government of the Dominion of Canada, all his right, title and interest whatsoever, which le has held or enjoyed, of, in and to the territory described and fully set out in the .said treaty; also all his right, title and interest whatsoever to all other lands wherever situated, whether within the limits of any other treaty heretofore made or .hereafter to be made with Indians, or elsewhere in Her Majesty's territories. To have and to hold the same unto and for the use of Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever. And do hereby agree to accept the several benefits, payments and reserves promised to the Indians adhering to the said treaty at Carlton .and Fort Pitt on the dates above mentioned; and further, do solemnly engage to abide by, carry out and fulfil all the stipulations, obligations and conditions contained on the part <>f the Indians therein named, to be observed and performed, and in all things to conform to the articles of the said treaty as if the said "Big Bear " and the .Band which he represents had been originally contracting parties thereto, and had been present at the treaty at Carlton and Fort Pitt, and had then attached his signature to the said treaty as Chief of the said Band. In Witness Whereof, Allan Macdonald, Esquire, Indian Agent, and the said " Big Bear," Chief of Ahe said Band, hereby giving his adhesion to the said treaty, have hereunto subscribed and set their hands at Fort Walsh, in the said North-West 'Territories, this eighth day of December, in the year of our Lor.d one thousand •eight hundred and eighty-two.' .Signed by the parties hereto, in the presence of the undersigned witnesses, the same having been explained to the Indians by the said Allan Macdonald, Esq., Indian Agent, through the Interpreter, Peter Hourie and Louis Leveillee. his Joe x Tanner, mark. Peter Hourie, his Louis x Leveillee, Pie x a pot, Chief. mark. 128 A. G. Irvine, Lieut.-Col., Com. X.W.M.P. John Cotton, Superintendent and Adjutant, N.W.M.P. Augustus Jakes, M.D., F.C.S., Loud., Surgeon, N.WJd.P. Frank Norman, Inspector, N.W.M.P. A. Shurtliff, Superintendent, X. W.M.P. W. R. Abbott. Sergeant-Major, N.W.M.P. W. Routledge, Corporal, X.W.M.P. Allan-Macdonald, Indian Agent, Treaty Xo. 4. Big x^Bear, (Chief.) mark.' Recorded 30th March, 1SS3. Lib. 80, Fol. 624. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. ■1 No. 202. Know all Men by These Presents, that we, the Blackfoot Indians, being a majority of the male members of the Blackfoot Band of the full age of twenty-one years, assembled in council duly called for the purpose of considering the surrender of the reserve hereinafter mentioned, aud in presence of the Honourable Edgar Dewdney, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories, and Commissioner duly authorized to attend said council, do hereby assent to ratify and confirm a certain treaty made and concluded the twentieth day of June last past between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners, the saicTthe Honourable Edgar Dewdney and James Farquharson Macleod, C.M.G., of the one part, and the Blackfoot Indians by their Head and Minor Chiefs, of the other part. And in consideration of the terms of the said Treaty, we do hereby unanimously release and surrender to Her Majesty the Queen all the land reserved to the said Blackfoot Indians, under and by virtue of a certain treaty made and concluded on the twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of Our .Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners the Honourable David Laird, and the said James Farquharson Macleod of the one part, and the Blood, Blackfeet, Sarcee Peigan, and Stoney Indians of the other part, which said land is more particularly described as follows: " A belt of land on the north side of the Bow and South Saskatchewan Rivers of an average width of four miles along said rivers down stream, commencing at a point on the Bow River, twenty miles northwesterly of the " Blackfoot Crossing " thereof, and extending to the Red Deer River at its junction with the South Saskatchewan ; also for a term of ten years and no longer from the date of the concluding of this treaty when it shall cease to be a portion of the said Indian reserves, as fully to all intents and purposes as if it had not at any time been included therein, and without any compensation to individual. Indians for improvements of a similar belt of land on the south side of the Bow and Saskatchewan Rivers of an average width of one mile along the said rivers down stream, commencing at the aforesaid point on the Bow River, and extending to a point one mile west of the coal seam on said river, about five miles below the said "Blackfoot Crossing," beginning again one mile east of the said coal seam and extending to the mouth of Maple Creek at its junction with the South Saskatchewan, and beginning again at the junction of the Bow River with the latter river, and extending on both sides of the South Saskatchewan in an average width on each side thereof of one mile along said river against the stream, to the junction of the Little Bow River with the latter river, excepting therefrom all such portions of the said tract of land as are now included in the Blackfoot Reserve, as fixed in the said treaty made and concluded on the twentieth day of June last past, together with ail our right, title and interest therein. m 129 To have and to hold the same unto Her Majesty the Queen, Her Heirs and! successors forever. In Witness Whereof Sapo-a-Mexico Crowfoot, the Head Chief of the said Black-1 foot Band, hath hereto at our request placed his hand and affixed his seal at the j Blackfoot Reserve this seventh day of February, in the year of Our Lord one"; thousand eight hundred and eighty-four. Signed/sealed and delivered in 1 Sapo-a-Mexico x Crowfoot. [L.S.1 1 presence of j mark. J E. Dewdney, :~Hfl Indian Commissioner and Lieut-Governor. 1 Canada, North-West Territories, To Wit: I, Edgar Dewdney, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories and! Commissioner duly authorized to attend a council of the Blackfoot Indians held ||M the purpose of considering the surrender of certain lands reserved to the said Indian|| by a ireaty made and concluded the twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, between Her Majesty I the Queen of the one part, and the said Blackfoot Indians, and the Blood, Sarcee,. Piegan and Stoney Indians of the other part, make oath and say: That I was present at the said council which was composed of a majority of the male members of the said Blackfoot Band of the full age of twenty-one years, who unanimously assented to release and surrender to Her Majesty the Queen the said reserve as set forth in the deed hereto annexed. Sworn before me at the Blackfoot "} Reserve, this seventh day of I February, in the year of Our j Lord 1884. J James F. Macleod, Stip. Magistrate, N.W.T. E. DEWDNEY, Indian Com'r and Lieut-Governor. Canada, ~\ North-West Territories, y To Wit: ) I, Sapo-a-Mexico Crowfoot, Head Chief of the Blackfoot Band of Indians, make oath and say: That I was present and entitled to vote at a council composed of a majority of the male members of the Blackfoot Band of the full age of twenty-one years, duly called to consider the surrender to Her Majesty the Queen, of certain land reserved to the said Indians by virtue of a treaty made and concluded the twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy- seven. That the members of the said council unanimously assented to the surrender of the said reserve as set forth in the deed hereto annexed having been thoroughly explained. Sworn before me, at the Blackfoot "} Reserve, this seventeenth day I his of February, in the year of f SAPO-A MEXICO x CROWFOOT. Our Lord 1884. J mark* James F. Macleod, Stip. Magistrate, N. W. T. 130 Articles of a Treaty made and concluded this twentieth day of June, in the year of Our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-three, between Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Leland, by Her Commissioners, the Honourable Edgar Dewdney, Lieutenant-Governor and Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and James Farquharson Macleod, C.M.G., Stipendiary Magistrate, of the one part, and the Blackfoot Indians, by their Head Chiefs and Minor Chiefs in council assembled, of the other part. Whereas by a certain treaty made and concluded on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners, the Honourable David Laird and the said James Farquharson Macleod, of the one part, and the said Blackfoot Indians, and the Bloods, Sarcees, Piegans and Stoney Indians, of the other part, it was amongst other things provided in the words following, viz.: It is also agreed between Her Majesty and Her said Indians that reserves shall be assigned them of sufficient area to allow one square mile for each family of five (5) persons, or in that proportion for larger and smaller families, and that said reserves shall be located as iollows, that is to say: First—"The reserves of the Blackfeet, Blood, and Sarcee Bands of Indians shall consist of a belt of land on the nortlrside of the Bow River and South Saskatchewan River, of an average width of four (4) miles along said rivers, down stream, commencing at a point on the Bow River twenty miles northwesterly of the ' Blackfoot Crossing * thereof, and extending to the Red Deer River, at its junction with the South Saskatchewan; also for the term of ten years, and no longer, from the date of the concluding of this treaty, when it shall cease to be a portion of said Indian Reserves, as fully to all intents and purposes as if it had not at any time been included therein, and without any compensation to individual Indians for improvements, of a similar belt of land on the south side of the Bow and Saskatchewan Rivers, of an average width of one mile along said rivers, down stream, commencing at the afo; esaid point on the Bow River, and extending to a point one mile west of the coal seam on said river, about five (5) miles below the said ' Black- toot Crossing;' beginning again one (1) mile east of the said coal seam and extending to the mouth of Maple Creek at its junction with the South Saskatchewan ; and beginning again at the junction of the Bow River with the latter river, and extending on both sides of the South Saskatchewan in an average width on each side thereof of one (1) mile along said river against the stream to the junction of the Little Bow River with the latter river." And whereas the Blood and Sarcee Indians have been granted other reservations, and have released all their right to the reservation hereinbefore mentioned, and it becomes necessary to sell and re-adjust the reserve of the Blackfoot Indians. It is hereby agreed by and between the parties to these articles that the Blackfoot Reserve shall be and consist of the following land, that is to say: Townships twenty (20), in ranges nineteen (19), twenty (20), twenty-one (21), twenty-two (22), twenty-three (23) and twenty-four (24); townships twenty-one (21), in ranges twenty-two (22), twenty-three (23) and twenty-four (24); and all those parts of townships twenty-one (21), in ranges nineteen (19), twenty (20) and twenty-one (21); and townships twenty-two (22), in ranges twenty-one (21), twenty-two '22), twenty-three (23) and twenty-four (24); south of the railway and of a line drawn parallel to and two hundred and sixty-four (264) feet from the centre of the present road-bed of the Canadian Pacific Railway, excepting and reserving from the said last mentioned township that part thereof west of a line projected by William Ogilvey, Esquire, D. L. S., and marking the west limit of the Blackfoot reservation; also all that portion of township twenty-three (23), range twenty-four (24), bounded on the west by the beforementioned line projected by the said William Ogilvie, Esquire, D.L, S.; on the north-east by a line drawn parallel to and two hundred and sixty- four (264) feet south-westerly from the centre of the road-bed of the said Canadian Pacific Railway; and on the south by the southern boundary of the said township, all west of the Fourth (4th) Principal Meridian. 131 111 And Her Majesty the Queen, by Her said Commissioners, parth presents, doth hereby grant to the said Blackfoot Indians the land h lastly described, to have and to hold the same unto and for the use of the foot Indians for ever. .And in consideration of the premises, the said Blackfoot Indians, bv Chiefs and Minor Chiefs in council assembled, do hereby release unto E the Queen all the reserve mentioned and described in the said hereinbefc recited treaty, and all their interests therein, except that portion (if the sai in the reserve settled by these articles. And it is lastly fully understood and agreed by and between the par that all the stipulations set forth and rights reserved to Her 3fajesty th( the said hereinbefore in part recited treaty shall apply to the reserve these articles. In Witness Whereof, Her Majesty's said Commissioners, and the Head and Minor Chiefs, have hereunto subscribed and set their hands att foot Crossing " the day and year herein first above written. their Head ies hereto i Qaeen by settled by aid Indian ie - Black- Signed by the said Commissioners and "| Head and Minor Chiefs in the presence of the following witnesses, the same having been first explained by Jean L'Heureux, Blackfoot Interpreter. A. Laco3ibe, O.M.I., Cath. Miss., C. E. Denny, Indian Agent, John C. Nelson, W. POCKLINGTON, G. E. Simeon, Jean L'Heureux, Interpreter, Indian Dept. Edgar Dewdney, Indian Com. and Lieut-6 James F. Macleod. Commissioner, his Crowfoot, or Chapo x Mexico, his*" Old Sun, or Matose x apiw, mark h» Three Bulls, or Nioxka x sta White Eagle, or Pitah x^Siks Low Horn, or Ekkas x kin. mark hi* Bear Child, or Kayo x okosis. his Bull Elk, or Ponona x stamtx, mark his Big Plume, or Omaksi x sapop, mark his Calf Robe, or Onis x tah, mark % . his Weazel Calf, or AlPax x oxistah. his Rabbit Carrier, or Attistah x i Lone Chief, or Ne x texah. mark Medicine Shield, or Nato x aotan. n 132 his Eagle Rib, or Pitah x Pikkis mark his Sitting Eagle, or Pitah x pi. mark Recorded 18th March, 1885.1 Lib. 95, Fol. 548. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. \m No. 203. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the Blood Indians of the Blackfoot Tribe, being a majority of the male members of the Blood Band of the full a«e of 21 (twenty-one) years, assembled in council, duly called for the purpose *of considering the surrender of the reserve hereinafter mentioned, and in presence of the Honourable Edgar Dewdney, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories - and Commissioner duly authorized to attend the said council, do hereby assent to ratify and confirm a certain treaty made and concluded the second day of July last past between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners the said Honourable Edgar Dewdney and James Farquharson Macleod, CZM.G., of the one part, and the Blood Indians, by their Head and Minor Chiefs, of the other part. And, in consideration of the terms of the said treaty, we do hereby unanimously release and surrender to Her Majesty the Queen all the land reserved to the said Blood Indians under and by virtue of a certain treaty made and concluded on the twenty-seventh day of September, in the year Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners, the Honourable David Laird and the said James Farquharson Macleod, of the one part, and the Blood, Blackfeet, Sarcee, Piegan and Stony Indians of the other part, which said land is more particularly described as follows: " A belt of land on the north side of the Bow and South Saskatchewan Rivers, of an average width of four miles along said rivers, down stream, commencing at a point on the Bow River twenty miles north-westerly of the c Blackfoot Crossing' thereof, and extending to the Red Deer River at its junction with the South Saskatchewan; also for a term of ten years, and no longer, fiom the date of the concluding of this treaty, when it shall cease to be a portion of said Indian reserves, as fully to all intents and purposes as if it had not at any time been included therein, and without any compensation to individual Indians for improvements, of a similar belt of land on the south side of the Bow and Saskatchewan Rivers of an average width of one mile along said rivers, down stream; commencing at the aforesaid point on the Bow River, and extending to a point one mile west of the coal seam on said river, about five miles below the said 'Blackfoot Crossing;' beginning again one mile east of the said coal seam and extending to the mouth of Maple Creek" at its junction with the South Saskatchewan; and beginning again at the junction of the Bow River with the latter river, and extending on both sides of the South Saskatchewan in an average width on each side thereof of one mile, along said river against the stream, to the junction of the Little Bow River with the latter river," together with all our right, title and interest therein. To have and to hold the same unto Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever. In witness whereof, Mekasto (Red Crow), the Head Chief of the said Blood Band, hath hereto at our request placed his hand and affixed his seal at the Blood ii mv 133 ill Reserve this first day of February, ih the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four. Signed, sealed and delivered in \ presence of j E. Dewdney, Indian Com. and Lieutenant-Governor, James F. Macleod, Stip. Magistrate, N. W. T. Canada. North-West Territories, To Wit: Mekasto, x Red Crow. mark. [L.S.] I I, Edgar Dewdney, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories and Commissioner duly authorized to attend a council of the Blood Indians held for the purpose of considering the surrender of certain lands reserved to the said Indians by a treaty made and concluded the twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-3even, between Her Majesty the Queen of the one part and the said Blood Indians, and the Blackfeet, Sarcee, PiegaJ and Stony Indians of the other part, make oath and say: That I was present at the said council, which was composed of a majority of the male members of the said Blood Band of the full age of twenty-one years, who unanimously assented to release and surrender to Her Majesty the "Queen the said reserve, as set forth in the deed hereto annexed. Sworn before me at the Blood Reserve this first day of February, in the year of Our Lord 1884. James F. Macleod, Stipendiary Magistrate, N. W. T. E. DEWDNEY, Ind. Com., Lieut-Governor. ■} Canada. North-West Territories. To Wit: ' I, Mekasto (Red Crow), Head Chief of the Blood Band of Indians, make oath and say: That I was present and entitled to vote at a council composed of a 'majority of the male members of the Blood Band of the full age of twenty-one years, duly called to consider the surrender to Her Majesty the Queen of certain land reserved to the said Indians by virtue of a treaty made and concluded the twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. That the members of the said council unanimously assented to the surrender of the said reserve, as set forth in the deed hereto annexed, after being thoroughly explained. Sworn before me at the Blood Reserve "] this first day of February, in the year ( of Our Lord 1884 (by the sun and { by the earth.) J James F. MacLeod, Stipendiary Magistrate, X W. T. MEKASTO, x (RED CROW.) mark. 134 Articles of a Treaty made and concluded this second day of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, between " Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen " of Great Britain and Ireland, by Her Commissioners the Honourable Edgar Dewdney, Commissioner of Indian Affairs- and Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories, and James Farquharson Macleod, C.M.G., Stipendiary Magistrate, of the one part, and the Blood Indians, by their Head and Minor Chiefs in council assembled, of the other part. Whereas by a treaty made and concluded on the twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord 1877, between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners the Honourable David Laird and the said James Farquharson Macleod, C.M.G., of the one part, and the said Bloody Indians, and the Blackfeet, Piegans, Sarcee and Stoney Indians of the other part,'it was amongst other things provided in the words and to the effect following, that is to say:— It is also agreed between Her Majesty and Her said Indians that reserves shall be assigned them of sufficient area to allow one square mile for. each family of five persons, or in that proportion for larger and smaller families, and that said reserves shall be located as follows, that is to say:— First, the reserves of the Blackfeet, Bloods and Sarcee Indians shall consist of a belt of land on the north side of the Bow and South Saskatchewan Rivers, of an average of four miles along said rivers, down stream, commencing at a point on the Bow River twenty miles north-westerly of the "Blackfoot Crossing" thereof, and extending to the Red Deer River at its junction with the South Saskatchewan; also for the term of ten years, and no longer, from the date of the concluding of this treaty, when it shall cease to be a portion of said Indian reserves as fully to all intents and purposes as if it had not at any time been included therein, and without any compensation to individual Indians for improvements, of a similar belt of land on the south side of the Bow and Saskatchewan Rivers, of an average width of one mile along said rivers, down stream, commencing at the aforesaid point on the Bow River and extending to a point one mile west of the coal seam on said river, about five miles below the said "Blackfoot Crossing;" beginning again one mile east of the said coal seam and extending to the mouth of Maple Creek at its junction with the South Saskatchewan, and beginning again at the junction of the Bow Biver with the latter river, and extending on both sides of the South Saskatchewan in an average width on each side thereof of one mile along said river against the stream to the junction of the Little Bow River with the latter river And whereas the said Blood Indians have requested that a reserve other than and in lieu of that described in the said hereinbefore in part recited treaty should be f ranted to them, and it hath been agreed, by the parties hereto, that the reserve ereinafter described shall be granted to them as such reserve: These Articles witness that Her Majesty the Queen, by Her said Commissioners, parties hereto, doth grant unto the said Blood Indians— All that certain tract of land in the North-West Territories, Canada, butted and bounded as follows, that is to say: Commencing on the north bank of the St. Mary's River at a point in north latitude forty-nine degrees twelve minutes and sixteen seconds (49° 12' 16"); thence extending down the said bank of the said river to its junction with the Belly JELiver; thence extending up the south bank of the latter river to a point thereon in north latitude forty-nine degrees, twelve minutes and sixteen seconds (49° 12' 16"), and thence easterly along a straight line to the place of beginning; excepting and reserving from out the same any portion of the northeast quarter of section number three, in township number eight, in range twenty- two, west of the Fourth Principal Meridian, that may lie within the above mentioned boundaries; to have and to hold the same unto the use of the said Blood Indians forever. And in consideration of the premises the said Blood Indians, by their Head and Minor Chiefs, in council assembled, do hereby release to Her Majesty the Queen all the reserve mentioned and described in the said hereinbefore in part recited treaty and all their interests therein. le 135 jW! And it is hereby lastly fully understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto that all the stipulations mentioned and rights reserved to Her Majesty the Queen in the said hereinbefore part recited treaty shall apply to the reserve granted to the said.Blood Indians by these articles. In Witness Whereof, Her Majesty's said Commissioners and the said Blonde" Indian Head and Minor Chiefs have hereunto subscribed and set their hands at the Blood Reserve. Signed by the said Commissioners and") . the above named Head and Minor - Chiefs in presence of the following . witnesses, the same having been first explained to them by David Mills, Blackfoot Interpreter. C. E. Denny, Indian Agent. L. N. F. Crozier, John C. Nelson, D. Mills, "s^*£ W. C. McCord, H. T. Bourne, Jos. Potana Healy. E. DEWDNEY, Indian Com. and Lieut.-Gov., I JAMES F. MACLEOD, Commissioner. his Mekasto, x or Red Crow. mark. his Pa-kah-potakao, x or Bad Head. mark. his Sakooye Stomax, x or Hind Bull. • mark, his Akka-kistsipiamy, x or Many Spotted mark. . Horses. his Kayte-sum, x or Old Moon. mark. his Pay-in-na-quaim, x or Captive or Stolen mark. Person. his Paw-wow-kasi, x or White Antelope. mark. his Ma-quai-i-quim, x or Wolf Collar. mark, his Pete Otokan, x or Eagle Head. ■ mark. Onistale-pokah, or White Calf (away). his Netah-kist-sipeny, x or One Spot. mark, his Akuk-otas, x or Many Spotted Horses. mark. his Stomix-otre-ka-pe, x or Bull Turn Round. . mark, his Kaye-tapo, x or Going to the Bear. mark. his Stamix-ah-otan, x or .Bull Shield. mark. his Sexekah-e-pe-tuke, x or Blackfoot Old mark. Woman. his • Ape-so-neugh-kun, x or Running Wolf. mark. 136 Becorded 20th March, 1SS5.1 Lib. 95, Fol. 554. J Jj. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. Maquams-tu-pistau, x or Strangled Wolf, mark. No. 204. Know all Men by these Presents that we, the Sarcee Indians, being a majority of the male members of the Sarcee Band of the full .age of twenty-one years assembled in council duly called for the purpose of considering the surrender of the' reserve hereinafter mentioned, and in presence of the Hon. Edgar Dewdney, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories and Commissioner duly authorised to attend the said council, do hereby assent to ratify and confirm a certain treaty made and concluded the twenty-seventh day of June last past between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners the said the Hon. Edgar Dewdney and James Farquharson Macleod, C.M.G., of the one part, and the Sarcee Indians, by their Head and Minor Chiefs, of the other part. And in consideration of the terms of the said treaty, we do hereby unanimously release and surrender to Her Majesty the Queen all the land reserved to the said Sarcee Indians under and by virtue of a certain treaty made and concluded on the twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners, the the Honourable David Laird and the said James Farquharson Macleod, of the one part, and the Blood, Blackfeet, Sarcee, Piegan and Stony Indians of the other part, whieh said land is more particularly described as follows: *" A belt of land on the north side of the Bow and South Saskatchewan Rivers, of an average width of four miles, along said rivers down stream, commencing at a point on the Bow River twenty miles north-westerly of the ' Blackfoot Crossing' thereof and extending to the Red Deer River at its junction with the South Saskatchewan; also, for a term of ten years and no longer, from the date of the concluding of this treaty, when it shall cease to be a portion of said Indian reserves as fully to all intents and purposes as if it had not at any time been included therein, and- without any compensation to individual Indians for improvements, of a similar belt of land on the south side of the Bow and Saskatchewan Rivera of an average width of one mile along said rivers, down stream, commencing at the aforesaid point on the Bow River and extending to a point one mile west of the coal seam on said river, about five miles below the said ' Blackfoot Crossing,' beginning again one mile east of the said coal seam and extending to the mouth of Maple Creek at its junction with the South Saskatchewan, and beginning again at the junction of the Bow River with the latter river, and extending on both sides of the South Saskatchewan in an averaeg width on each side thereof of one mile along said river against the stream to the junction of the Little Bow River with the latter river," together with all our right, ltle and interest therein. To have and to hold the same unto Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever. In Witness Whereof Stamix-otokan (Bull's Head), the Head Chief of the said Sarcee Band, hath hereto at our request placed his hand and affixed his seal at the Sarcee Reserve this fourth day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four. .led and delivered in P«e-}STAMIX *■ 0T0KA^ [L.S.] sence of: E. Dewdney, Indian Com'r, Lieut.-Gov, James F. Macleod, Stip. Mag., N.W.T. (Bull's Head.) Is ill £ I ill IS 1 i Hi m\\ ((t m Canada, North-West Territories To Wit: J I, Edgar Dewdney, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories Commissioner duly authorized to attend a council of the Sarcee Indians, he! the purpose of considering the surrender of certain lands reserved to the and : for said d urpose ot considering tne surrender Indians by a treaty made and concluded the twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, between Her Majesty the Queen of the one part and the said Sarcee Indians and the Blackfoot, Blood, Piegan and Stoney Indians of the other part, make oath and say :— That I was present at the said council, which was composed of a majority of the male members of the said Sarcee Band of the full age of twenty-one years, who unanimously assented to release and surrender to Her Majesty the Queen the said reserve, as set forth in the deed hereto annexed. Sworn before me at the Sarcee Reserve ~\ E. DEWDNEY, this fourth day of February, in the > Indian Com'r, Lieut-Gov. year of Our Lord 1884. ) . James F. Macleod, Stip. Mag., N.WT. Canada. North-West Territories. To Wit: I, Stamix Otokan, " Bull's Head," Head Chief of the Sarcee Band of Indians, make oath and say:— That I was present and entitled to vote at a council composed of a majority of the male members of the Sarcee Band of the full age of twenty-one years, duly called to consider the surrender to Her Majesty the Queen of certain land reserved to the said Indians by virtue of a treaty made and concluded the twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. That the members of the said council unanimously assented tojthe surrender of the said reserve, as set forth in the deed hereto annexed, after being thoroughly explained. Sworn before me at the Saeree Reserve, "} this fourth day of February, in the [ year of Our Lord 1884 (by the sun and f by the earth.) J James F. Macleod, Stip. Mag., N.W.T. Articles of a Treaty made and concluded this twenty-seventh day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, between Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, by Her Commissioners the Honourable Edgar Dewdney, Commissioner of Indian Affairs and Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories, and James Farquharson Macleod. O.M.G., Stipendiary Magistrate, of the one part, and the Sarcee Indians, by their Head and Minor Chiefs, in council assembled, of the other part. Whereas by a treaty made and concluded on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners the Honourable David Laird and the said James Farquharson Macleod, C.M.G., of the one part, and the said Sarcee Indians, and the Blackfeet, Piegan, Blood and Stoney Indians of the other part, it was amongst other things provided in the words and to the effect following, that is to say :— It is also agreed between Her Majesty and Her said Indians that reserves shall be assigned them of sufficient area to allow one square mile for each family of five persons, or in that proportion for larger and smaller families, and that "the said reserves shall be located as follows, that is to say :— his STAMIX x OTOKAN, mark. (Bull's Head.) 138 First. The reserves of the Blackeet, Bloods and Sarcee Indians shall consist of a belt of land on the north side of the Bow and South Saskatchewan Rivera of an average of four miles along said rivers, down stream, commencing at a point on the Bow River twenty miles north-westerly of the " Blackfoot Crossing " thereof, and extending to the Red Deer River at its junction with the South Saskatchewan ; also for the term of ten years, and no longer, from the date of the concluding of this treaty, when it shall cease to be a portion of said Indian reserves as fully to all intents and purposes as if it had not at any time been included therein, and without any compensation to individual Indians for improvements, of a similar belt of land on the south side of the Bow and Saskatchewan Rivers, of an average width of one mile along said rivers, down stream, commencing at the aforesaid point on the Bow River and extending to a point one mile west of the coal seam on said river, about five miles below the said "Blackfoot Crossing," beginning again one mile east of the said coal seam and extending to the mouth of Maple Creek at its junction with the South Saskatchewan, and beginning again at the junction of the Bow River with the latter river, and extending on both sides of the South Saskatchewan in an average width on each side thereof of one mile along said river against the stream to the junction of the Little Bow River with the latter river. And whereas the said Sarcee Indians have requested that a reserve other than and in lieu of that described in the said hereinbefore in part recited treaty should be granted to them, and it hath been agreed by the parties hereto, that the reserve hereinafter described shall be granted to them as such reserve,— These Articles witness that Her Majesty the Queen, by Her said Commissioners, parties hereto, doth grant unto the said Sarcee Indians townships twenty-three in ranges two (2), three (3) and four (4), west of the fifth (Sth) Principal Meridian in the North-West Territories of Canada, to have and to hold the same unto the u-e of the said Sarcee Indians forever. And in consideration of the premises the said Sarcee Indians by their Head and Minor Chiefs in Council assembled, do hereby release to Her Majesty the Queen all the reserve mentioned and described in the said hereinbefore in part recited treaty and all their interests therein. And it is hereby lastly fully understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto that all the stipulations mentioned and rights reserved to Her Majesty the Queen in the said hereinbefore in part recited treaty shall apply to the reserve granted to the said Sarcee Indians by these articles. In Witness Whereof, Her Majesty's said Commissioners and t the said Sarcee Indian Head and Minor Chiefs have hereunto subscribed and set their hands at the Sarcee Reserve, on Fish Creek, the day and year herein first written. Signed by the said Commissioners, Head ^ E. DEWDNEY, and Minor Chiefs within named, in the f presence of the following witnesses, > the same having been first explained f by William Gladstone, jr., Interpreter: J A. Lacombe, O.M.T. O. E. Denny, Indian Agent, - Wm. Pocklington, Sub Indian Agent, J. H. McIllree, Supt, W. HOLSTOR, ilBP C. W. Scott. Recorded 9th March, 1885. ) Lib. 95, Fol. 543. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. Indian Comr. and Lieut.-Gov., JAMS F. MACLEOD, Commissioner; his Stamix x otokan, or Bull's Head, ■ mark, his Akak x otas, or Many Horses, mark, his Petah x Annes, or Eagle Robe, mark, his Omaksi x Sapop, or Big Plume, mark, his APE-AGH X KAHAH-MO-NEE, 01" White- mark. painted Otter. No. 205. MW Carradoc Indian Reserve, 25th July, 1883, We. the Chiefs and Principal Men of the Band of Indians known as the Chippewas of the Thames, in full council assembled, which meeting of council has been called according to our rules, and presided over by our local Agent, Thos. GordofB Esq., to take into consideration the advisability of leasing that part of the Carradoej Indian Reserve over which we have control, or such part of it as is occupied by us, to Geo. Birrell, Esq., of Londou, and others, for a term of five years, by their jpaying for the use of such lands, for shooting purposes only, the sum of one hundred dollars yearly, have unanimously agreed to request the Indian Department, Ottawa, to take the usual steps as are in such cases necessary to effect the issuing of a lease covering our lands and granting the exclusive right to hunt or shoot on the said lands as above stated. As witness our hands, on the day and at the place above mentioned, but no surrender of our lands to be made for the above object. Joseph Fisher, Cfdef,' Job Fisher, Nelson Beaver, Geo. Fishepi, -/|;*<£ Abel Waucaush, Peter Beaver, G. Miskokomon, his John T. x Waucaush, ma-k his James x Alway, mark ^JtM-l John Henry, his William x French, mark his Ephraim x Turner, fllsjgsS^K mark his James x Grooseback, mark Daved x Seneca, mark Tho3Ias x Fisher, mark his Moses x Seneca, - mark . . his Isaac jc Henry, mark :?HM his John x Mond way. mark County of Middlesex, City of London. To Wit: We, Thomas Gordon, of the Town of Strathroy, in the County of Middlesex,^ Indian Agent, and Joseph Fisher, Head Chief of the Indians known as the Chippewas of the Thames, say:— 140 1st. We were both at the meeting of council of the Chippewa Indians of the Thames, which meeting of council was held on the 25th inst., as stated in exhibit A, hereunto attached. 2nd. The consent of a majority of the voting members was given to the Indian Department at the said meeting of council to lease that portion of the said Indian reserve which is occupied or owned by the said Band for shooting purposes as set forth in the said exhibit Sworn to before me at the City of Lon-^ don, in the County of Middlesex, this ! THOMAS GORDON 27th day of July, A.D. 18S3, by f JOSEPH FISHER. • Thomas Gordon and Joseph Fisher. J William Elliott, Judge of the County Court, County of Middlesex. - Hi ijl No. 206. i . SifciSt This Indenture, made the twentieth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, between Thomas Hughes, of St. Mary's, in the County of York, farmer, of the one part, and Our Lady Queen Yictoria, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the other part. Witnesseth, that for and in consideration of the sum of twenty pounds of lawful money of New Brunswick to the said Thomas Hughes in hand well and truly paid by Our said Lady the Queen, at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt and payment whereof is hereby acknowledged, he the said Thomas Hughes hath granted, bargained and sold, and by these presents doth grant, bargain and sell unto Our said Lady the Queen, Her successors and assigns, all that certain piece or parcel of land and premises situate, lying and being in the parish and county aforesaid, and in the Province of New Brunswick, directly opposite the city of Fredericton, and bounded and described as follows, viz.: AH that portion of lot number twenty-two, third class, letter C, in the grant to the Maryland Loyalists, to Xenophon Jouett, fourth of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and bounded as follows: Beginning at the eastern bank or shore of the River St. John at the western angle of the said lot number twenty-two; thence running north-easterly along the upper side line of said lot (or along the lower line of lands owned by Francis Hays) to the post road, thence south-easterly along the said road to a point which is distant fourteen rods rectangularly from the said upper line of said lot, and thence south-westerly parallel to said upper line to the bank or shore of the River ; St. John above mentioned, and thence along the same up stream to the place of be-' ginning, containing two and a half acres more or less, being a part of the lands conveyed by the Reverend William Jaffrey and wife to the said Thomas Hughes, by deed bearing date the fifteenth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five, duly recorded in Book P, No. 2, of Records, Deeds and Wills for York County, pages 138 and 139, as by reference thereto will more fully jfU LI-. appear: together with all and singular the rights, members, privileges, improvements and hereditaments whatsoever thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining; and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof; also all the estate, right, title, interest, property, possession, claim and demand whatsoever of the said Thomas Hughes, in law or equity, of, in, to or out of the said lands and premises, and every part thereof, to have and to hold all and singular the lands and premises, hereby granted, bargained and sold, or intended so to be, with the appurtenances unto Our said Sovereign Queen Yictoria, Her successors and assigns, to the only proper use, benefit and behoof of Our said Sovereign Queen Victoria, Her successors and assigns forever. In Witness Whereof, the said Thomas Hughes hath hereunto set his hand and seal; and Margaret, wife of the said Thomas Hughes, hath also hereunto set her 141 P$p hand and seal, in token of her relinquishment of dower or and title to dower in the lands and premises above deserib on the day and year first hereinbefore written. Signed, sealed and delivered in ) the presence of J John Guion. of all righffl by conveyed THOMAS HUGHES, MARGARET x HUGHES, mark [L.S.] [L.S.] York. To Wit: Be it remembered that on the twentieth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, before me, John Guion, Esquire, one of Her Majesty's justices of the Peace in and for the County of York, personally came and appeared Thomas Hughes, the party to the foregoing deed, and acknowledged that he signed, sealed and delivered the same for the uses and purposes therein mentioned; also at the same time appeared Margaret, wife of the said Thomas? Hughes, who being by me examined separate and apart from her said husband, acknowledged that"she signed, sealed and delivered the said deed freely and voluntarily, and without any fear, threat or compulsion from her said husband, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. JOHN GUION, J. P. for York County. Know all Men by these Presents, that I, the Reverend William Jaffrey. of St. Mary's, in the County of York, clergyman of the Church of England, in consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful money of New Brunswick to me paid by \ Our Sovereign Lady Queen Yictoria in the foregoing deed named at and before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt and payment whereof I do hereny acknowledge, and also in consideration of the said sum of twenty pounds mentioned in the said deed being paid over to me by Our said Lady the Queen therein named, have remised, released and forever quitted claim, and by these presents^^H remise, release and forever quit claim unto Our said Lady the Queen^Her successors and assigns, all and all manner of right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever, both at law and in equity, which I now have into and out of the piece of land and premises described and conveyed in the foregoing deed, so that neither I, the said William Jaffrey, nor my heirs, executors or administrators, shall or may at any time or times hereafter have claim, pretend to challenge or demand any right, title or interst claim or demand whatsoever into or out of the said piece of land and premises above described and conveyed, or any part thereof, by virtue of any mort^a^e upon the said land at present held by me, the said William Jaffrey, from the said Thomas Hughes, which now doth or which may or can in law or equity bind the said land above mentioned, or otherwise howsoever, but that Our said Sovereign the Queen, Her successors and assigns, and the said lands and premises hereinbefore released and conveyed shall from henceforth and forever hereafter be exonerated and discharged of and from the said mortgage, and of and from all claim and demand whatsoever which I might or could have in respect thereof or otherwise howsoever. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty-eighth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven. Signed sealed, and delivered, \ WILLIAM JAFFREY. * [L.S.] the presence of J Samuel Dayton. York. 1 To Wit: Lord one Be it remembered that on the twenty-eighth day of June, in the year of Our d one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, before me, Samuel Dayton, Esq., of Her Majest'ys Justices of the Peace for the said County of York, personally 142 came and appeared the Rev. William Jaffrey, the party to the foregoing release, and acknowledged that he signed, sealed and delivered the same for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. SAMUEL DAYTON, J. P. New Brunswick, ) York County. j Ma No. 25731, registered in Book F, 3, pages 260, 261 and 262, this 13th day of irch, AJD., 1S76. A. D. YERXA, Registrar. If !l No. 207. I We, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Band of Indians owning the tract of land known as Reserve No. 3, and described in the treaty effected on the 9th day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, with the Chiefs and Principal Men of the Ojibway Tribe of Indians, inhabiting and claiming the eastern and northern shores of Lake Huron, by the Honourable William Benjamin Robinson, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, as " commencing at Point Grondine, then westward, two miles in front by six miles inland, so as to include the small lake Ncpinassing," in the District of Algoma, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, and laid down on a plan by John Stoughton Dennis, Provincial Land Surveyor, dated 12th May, 1852, on file" in the head office of Indian Affairs at Ottawa; being a majority of the male members of the said band of the full age of twenty-one years habitually residing on or near the reserve in question, duly assembled at a council of the said Band, called for the purpose, and according to the rules of the said Band, and held in presence of an officer duly authorized by the Honourable the Superintendent- General of Indian Affairs to attend such council, do hereby consent and agree to surrender, and by this Instrument do surrender to Her Gracious Majesty aforesaid, Her heirs and successors, in trust, to besold for the joint benefit of our Band aforesaid, on such terms and conditions as to Her said Majesty's Government of Canada shall seem proper, the whole of the merchantable timber on our said reserve, the entire proceeds of the sale of the said timber to be invested for our sole joint benefit and for the benefit of our descendants for all time to come in such manner as to the said Government of Canada shall seem to be most conducive to the interests of our said Band. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said Band, do hereby, on. behalf of our people and for ourselves, ratify whatever the said Government of this Dominion may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the sale and disposal of the said timber. In Witness Whereof, we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Band aforesaid and as representing the entire said Band, have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals at Grumbling Point, in the said District of Algoma, this thirty-first day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three. Signed, sealed and delivered 1 in presence of j James C. Phipps, Visiting Supt, P. R. deLamorandiere, Interpreter. his Oneweigonce X mark. [L.S.] his J. Bapte. Ahmutchewaikezhik x [L.S.] his mark. Shebaughesick x [L.S.] mark, his Kaikaikouce x [L.S.] mark. I mm 143 his Amab Shebaughesick X mark, his Galegaiguese X mark, his Sahquakezhik X mark. [LS.] [L.S.] [L.S.] i | District of Alcoma.> - • i%~-*5? To Wit: j 10 IjjF i? James C. Phipps, of Manitowaningue, in the said District, Yisiting Superinten dent, duly authorized by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs to attend the council of the Band of Indiaus referred to in the annexed surrender of the timber on the Point Grondine Indian Reserve, and Oneweigonce, Chief of the said Band of Indians, do, and each for himself doth, hereby certify under oath that the annexed surrender was duly assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of the full age of twenty-one years, who habitually reside at or near the said reserve, at a meeting or council of the-said Band summoned according to their rules for that purpose, and held at Point Grondine, in the District, on tho thirty-first day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and at the same time duly executed by us and the Principal Men of the said Band. Certified and sworn to before me at Kil-^ lamey, in the District of Algoma, I this twelfth day of August, A.D. I 1883, and the same being first read over and explained. J Walter McCrea, Judge, D. A. JAMES C. PHIPPS. ONEWEIGOUCE, x mark. No. 208. Know all Men by these Presents that we, the undersigned Chiefs of the Mohawk Band of Indians of the Bay of Quinte", resident on our reserve in the Township of Tyendinaga, in the County of Hastings, in the Province of Ontario and . Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled: Do hereby remise, release, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our * -Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and* singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, tying and being in the Yillacre of Deseronto, in the County of Hastings and Province of Ontario, containing bv admeasurement thirty-five acres and three roods, bo the same more or less, and being composed of all that part of township lot number thirty-eight (38) in the third i \ concession (or Concession A) of the Mohawk Indian Reserve, in the Township of Tyendinaga, south of the " Slash Road," not heretofore granted to the late John Culbertson, and being shown on the registered plan of the Yillage of Deseronto as Blocks "K" and "M." -To have and to hold the same unto Her saicT Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever. In trust to sell and convey the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed , at interest, and that the interest money accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants forever. — 144 And wc, the said Chiefs, do. on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government of the said Dominion may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with tho sale and disposal of said thirty-five acres and three roods of land. Provided, that the Government of the Dominion of Canada shall have the tract of land hereby surrendered surveyed into village lots of one-fifth of an acre each, or such other sizes as may be most suitable, and sold at public auction in the month of October next; that prior to the sale thereof the Indian council shall be consulted as to an upset price to be fixed upon the said lots ; and that no lots shall be sold for less than the upset price; that purchasers of lots shall pay at least one-fourth of the purchase money at the time of sale, and the balance in three equal annual instalments, bearing interest on the unpaid balance* of six per cent, per annum; and that the interest moneys, when paid by the purchasers on the said instalments, shall be placed to the credit of the annuity account of the Band and distributed semi-annually to us and to our people. It is further provided that the Government of the said Dominion shall pay to Mrs. Elizabeth Powles, widow of the late Seth Powles (Indian owner of the said land hereby surrendered), from the first proceeds of the sale of the village lots, the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), in full of all her claims to the said land and improvements made thereon. And we, the said Chiefs, do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government of the said Dominion may do Or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the sale of and disposal of the said thirty-five acres and three roods of land. In Witness Whereof, we, the said Chiefs, have set our hands and affixed our seals to this instrument in duplicate this eighth day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three. Signed, sealed and delivered^ ^Chfef Sampson Green, in presence of us, hav- \ Chief Archibald Culbertson, ing been first read and in- j William Green, terpreted before signing: J Conelius Maracle, Matthew Hill, Indian Agent, John Johnston. Sampson Green, Interpreter, William Plummer, Commissioner. Dominion of Canada, ^ . Province of Ontario, County of To Wit: Personally appeared before me, William Plummer, of the City of Ottawa, in the said Province of Ontario, Commissioner of Indian Lands, and Chiefs Sampson Green and Archibald Culbertson, residents on the Indian reserve of the " Mohawk Indians" of the Bay of Quinte", in the Township of Tyendinaga, in the County of Hastings and Province aforesaid, Chiefs of the said Band of Indians. And the said William Plummer for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Mohawk Band of Indians of the Bay of Quinte", of the full age of twenty-one years of age then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such meeting or council by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the said Band or interested in tho land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Chiefs Sampson Green, Archibald Culbertson for themsolves say: l wi H 145 That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by them and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said William Plummer. f$&mi$ That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Mohawk.Indians of the Bay of Quinte", or interested in the land mentioned in the said release/or surrender. That they are Chiefs of the said Band of Mohawk Indians, and entitled to vote at said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the deponents'} Archibald Culbertson, William ( Plummer and Sampson Geeen, r this ninth day of May, A.D. 1883. J E. B. Fralick, Jr. J. C. H. Recorded 4th September, 1883.1 Lib. 95, Folio 213. J L. A. Catellier, - Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. WM. PLUMMER, SAMPSON GREEN, ARCHIBALD CULBERTSON. No. 209. Know all Men by these Presents that we, the Chiefs and Principal Men of the Chippewas and Pottawattomies of Walpole Island resident upon the Indian reserve on said Island, entitled to vote at a meeting or general council summoned for the purpose according to our rules, and held in the presence of Mr. Alexander McKelvey, our agent duly authorized to attend such council, have this day consented and agreed to surrender and yield up unto Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors, in trust, to be leased for our joint benefit for the term of five years to George Tennant, for mill and dock purposes, the following parcel or tract of land: Commencing at the north-west corner of James Elgin's farm at the water's edge of the St. Clair River, running south-east along James Elgin's line fence three hundred feet; thence at right angles north-east four hundred feet; thence at right angles northwest four hundred and fifty feet to the water's edge of the said St. Clair River; thence along the said river bank in a southerly direction four hundred and twenty feet to the place of beginning; the road across the said lot to be kept open and free from all obstructions. In Witness Whereof we, the undersigned Chiefs and Principal 31 en, have hereunto set our hands and seals this twenty-sixth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and in the forty-seventh year of Her Majesty's reign. James Pottquahong, Chief, x [L.S/ Ash-kee-bee Second Chief, J'L.S/ James Sahgee, x 'L.S. Henry Knaggs, "L.S. John Moke-wenah, . X.S." J. S. Kiyoshk, 'L.S/ I. G. Bird, *L.S.' H. P. Johnson, 'L.S/ Joseph Kahwesod, x L.S." George Knaggs, x "L.S," Joseph Moses, x 'L.s!' Old Showhnoonce, x "L.S/ . John Charome, x "L.S." John Peters. . TL.S" 10 L Signed, sealed and delivered/ having been previously read and interpreted in presence of James Elgin, Secy. Alex. McKelvey, Agent. 146 Province of Ontario.) To Wit: } We, Alexander McKelvey, Agent for the Walpole Island Indians, and James Potquahong, one of the Chiefs of the said Indians, make oath and say, as follows;— The deponent, Alexander McKelvey, for himself saith: That he was duly authorized to attend a meeting or general council of the Chippewas and Potta- wattomies of Walpole Island, summoned in accordance with their rules, for the mrpose of obtaining the assent of the majority of the male members of the said ndians of Walpole Island of the full age of twenty-one years to the within surrender. . That such surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians entitled to vote at such meeting or"council. And the deponent, James Potquahong, says: That he is one of the Chiefs of the Walpole Island Indians, and that he was present and voted at the aforesaid meeting or general council, and that the said surrender was assented to by a majority of said Indians entitled to vote at such meeting or general council. I Sworn before me at the Town of Chatham, in the County of Kent, this 28 th day of December, A.D. 1883, having been first read over and fully explained to j the said James Potquahong, who appeared to fully understand the same. A. Bell, Judge of the County Court, County of Kent. Recorded 9th April 1884. | Lib. 106. Folio 161. J L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. Alex. McKelvey, his Jas. x Potquahong. mark. No. 210. Know all Men by These Presents that we, the Chiefs and Principal Men of the Band of Indians, known as the Chippewas of the Thames, owning and occupying the Carradoc Indian Reserve, in the County of Middlesex, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have hereunto set our hands and seals for and on behalf of the voting members of the said Band, this day assembled in council summoned for that purpose, whereat a majority of the said voting members agreed to surrender and yield up, and by these presents do surrender and yield up, unto our Sovereign Lady, the Queen, Her heirs and successors, all the right, claim and title which the Band aforesaid possesses of, in and to those . certain parcels or tracts of land and premises lying and being in our reserve aforesaid, and more particularly known and described as follows, viz.: The east half of the west half of the south half of lot number two, in the second range, containing twenty-five acres. That part of the south half of lot number twelve, in the second range, which lies between side road number twelve and the forced road running south through a part of the said reserve, said forceS road commonly known as the Bateman Road, contained about thirty acres. The east part of the south half of lot number ten, in the second range, containing fifty acres. The east half of the north half of lot number two, in the third range, containing fifty acres. The north half of lot number three, in the third range, containing one hundred acres. The north thirty-three acres of the south half of lot number one, in the fifth range. That part of the east half of the south half of lot number two, in fifth range, which lies west and north of the old Mill Creek, and that part of the south half of lot number three, in the fifth range, lying north of the old Mill Creek, containing about twenty-five acres. That block of land known as the Church of England or Muncey school lands, and being parts of the south halves of lots number two and three, in the fifth range, i 11 I I iWM containing fifty-seven acres and one-half of an acre, and lot number thirteen, situate south of Dumby's Road or seventh range, containing fifty-seven acres. Also, the west half of the south half of lot number eight, inthe second range, containing fifty acres. The west half of lot number nine, in the sixth range, containing fifty acres, and the south fifty-five acres of that block of land marked on the copy of the map of the Reserve (A), and which land lies between the Model Farm or Institution lands and the river, to the west of the said Institution lands. All of the within described lands being within the Caradoc Indian Reserve, in the County of Middlesex,'and Province of Ontario, and Dominion of Canada. In trust, with the object of the lands in question being leased for the benefit of the Indians to whom the respective portions of the said lands have been or may be hereafter allotted, to such person or persons and upon such terms and conditions as the Government. of the said Dominion may deem most conducive to the interests of us and our poople. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals, at the Caradoc Indian Reserve, this twenty-eighth day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three. In presence of , Thomas Gordon. 10* Chief Joseph Fisher, [L.S.Y John Frend, L.S." A. Waucaush, 'L.S. George Fisher, Sr., j *L.S/ Jacob Fisher, 'L.S/ Moses Walker, "L.S.1 his J William x Albert, [L.S.] mark, his William x Purds, [L.S.] mark. his : Thomas x Fisher, [L.S.] mark. his John x Waucaush, [L.S.] mark, his James xAlw.net, [L.S.] mark, his Ephraim x Turn, . [L.S.] mark, his Thomas x Crow, [L.S.] mark, his Peter x Beaver, [L.S.] mark. his John x Whitedom, [L.S.] mark, his William x King, [L.S.] mark, his Wesley x Waucaush, [L.S.] mark, his Isaac x Seneca, [L.S.] mark. John Henry, [L.S.] Joseph W. Henry. [L.S.] 148 Province of On: To Wit: J lly appeared before me Thomas Gordon, Esq., of the Town of Strathrov Indian Agent, and Abel Waucaush, Secretary of the the Chippewas of the Thames, who being duly sworn, in the County of ~ Mi Band of Indians known as severally depose and say :- The said Thomas Gordon for himself saith: The annexed surrender was assented to by the Head Chief and Principal Men of the Chippewas of the Thames, and by a majority of the said Band of Indians entitled to vote at a meeting or council thereof summoned for that purpose. I That the meeting of council was held in his presence, and he heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to lay the matter of the surrender of certain lands before the Chiefs in council by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. And the said Abel Waucaush for himself saith: That he is secretary of the Band of Indians known as the Chippewas of the Thames, residing on the Caradoc iDdianReserve in the County of Middlesex, and was entitled to vote at the meeting or council aforesaid. That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and by a majority of the members of the Tribe or Band of Indians, entitled to vote at the council or meeting before mentioned. That the said assent was given at the meeting or council of the said Tribe or Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, at which himself and the other said members of the said Tribe or Band of Indians were present, and also the said other deponent, Thomas Gordon. Sworn before me by the said Thomas") THOMAS GORDON, Gordon and Abel Waucaush this y Indian Agent. fifth day of November, A.D. 1S83 j ABEL WAUCAUSH, Wm. Elliot, Judge of the County Court, County of Middlesex. Recoiled 21st June, 18S4. ) Lib. 95, Folio 484. j Ij. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada, No. 211. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the Chief and Principal Men of the Rice Lake Band of Indians resident upon the Indian reserve at Rice Lake, •entitled to vote at a meeting or council thereof summoned for that purpose according to our rules, and held in the presence of Mr. Edwin Harris, our Agent, duly authorized to attend such council, have this day consented and agreed to surrender and yield up unto Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors, in trust, to be leased for the benefit of Miss Bessie McCue, an Indian of our said Band, the following parcel or tract of land and premises, being all and singular that certain lot known as lot No. 4, east side cf the concession road, in the Yillage of Hiawatha, Rice Lake, Township of Otonabee, and more particularly described as follows, that is to say: Commencing at the north-west corner of lot number three in the village aforesaid; thence north 16° 40' west along the east side of the concession road a distance of one chain and eighty-seven links; thence at right angles to said road easterly a distance of five chains and eighty links to the western boundary of the railway; thence southerly along the westerly boundary of the railway to the northern boundary of lot number three; thence following the northern boundary of lot number three, a distance of four chains and ninety links to the place of beginning, containing one acre, as shown on a sketch plan made by Thomas J. Daintry, P. L. S., dated September 13th, 1855. 149 In Witness Whereof, we, the undersigned Chief and Principal unto set our hands and seals this twenty-fourth day of December, in 1 Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and in the forty- Her Majesty's reign. » . Signed, sealed and delivered, having ^ M. G. Paudush, been previously read and interpreted > Robert Soper, in presence of } Robert B. Crowe, Edwin Harris. William Anderson, L. B. Crawford,, Robt. Paudush, ' Jeremiah Crowe, Joseph Lukes, John Crowe, James Howard, Edward Crowe, Madden Howard, Paul Elm, E. Anderson, AWI Andrew Anderson. Men have here- he year of Our ieven th year of [L.S. L.S. L.S L.S. L.S **M L.S L.S. 1/JS £l.s. [L.S g.s.1 L.S LSI ill! ii Province of Ontario. \ To Wit: J We, Edwin Harris, Agent for the Rice Lake Band of Indians, and Missang George Paudush, Chief of the said Band, make oath and say as follows:— The deponent, Edwin Harris, for himself saith that he was duly authorized to attend a meeting or council of the Rice Lake Band of Indians .summoned in accordance with their rules, for the purpose of obtaining the assent of the majority of the male members of the Band of the full age of twenty-one years to the within surrender. That such surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band entitled to vote at such meeting or council. And tho deponent, Missang George Paudush, says that he is one of the Chiefs of the Rice Lake Band of Indians, and that he was present and voted at the aforesaid meeting or council, and that the said surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the Band entitled to vote at such meeting or council. Sworn before me at Port Hope, in. the County of Durham, this twenty- ninth day of December, A.D. 1883. T. M. Benson, Junior Judge of the County-Court of the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham. Recorded 17th April, 1884. *) Lib. 95, Folio 438. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. EDWIN HARRIS, M. G. PAUDUSH. U No. 212. This Indenture made (in duplicate) this first day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, between John Cameron, of the County of Minnedosa, in the Province of Manitoba, farmer, of the first part, and' Her Majesty the Queen, of the second part. -- Mm Whereas, by virtue of a certain homestead entry made the 15th day of April, A.D. 1878, and the performance of the duties of settlement in accordance with the 150 terms and provisions of the Acts of the Parliament of Canada relating thereto, the party hereto of the first part, is now and has for some time been entitled to a patent from the Crown for the land hereinafter described. And whereas the party of the first part for divers good causes and considerations hath agreed to grant, release, relinquish, abandon and surrender all his claims to the said lands, both at law and in equity, together with all the buildings, erections, improvements and appurtenances thereon and thereunto appertaining and belonging unto Her Majesty the Queen. Now this Indenture witnesseth that in consideration of the premises the party of the first part doth grant, release, relinquish, abandon and surrender unto Her Majesty the Queen, Her successors and assigns forever: All and singular the south-east quarter of section thirty-five, in township sixteen, range nineteen, west of the First Principal Meridian in the Province of Manitoba, in the Dominion of Canada, together with all improvements and appurtenances thereon and thereunto appertaining. To have and to hold the said lands hereby granted, released, relinquished, abandoned and surrendered unto and to the use of Her Majesty the Queen, Her successors and assigns forever. In Witness Whereof the party hereto hath hereunto set his hand and seal. WitnW.W^.KH0RPHr.} JOH2T CAMEBOT. [L.S.] Province of Manitoba. ") County of Minnedosa. y To wit: ) 1. William Franklin Morphy, of the Town of Minnedosa, in the County of Minnedosa, in the Province of Manitoba, Esquire, make oath and say : "1. That I was personally present and did see the within instrument and duplicate duly signed, sealed and executed by John Cameron, the party thereto. 2. That the said instrument and duplicate were executed at the said Town of Minnedosa. 3. That I know the said party. 4. That I am a subscribing witness thereto. W. FRANKLIN MORPHY. Sworn before me at Minnedosa,"] in the County of Minnedosa, in Province of Manitoba, this j first day of May, A.D. 1884. Alex. Stewart, A Commissioner for taking Affidavits in B.R., &c. I certify that the within instrument is duly entered and registered in the registry office in and for the County of Minnedosa, in Book 16, at 10:1 o'clock a.m. on the 9th day of May, A.D. 1884, No. 4570. JOS. T. DUMOUCHEL, Dy. Registrar. Recorded 31st July, 1884. ) Liber 107, Folio 74. j G. Powell, U. S. S. for Secretary of State and Registrar-General of Canada. No. 213. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Chippewa Indians of Nawash, resident on our reserve at Cape Croker, in the County of Bruce, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do IF Hi | I i 151 hereby release, reraise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the County of Grey and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement fourteen hundred acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of that certain island known as " White Cloud " Island, situate at the entrance of Colpoy*s Bay, in the County and Province aforesaid. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust, to sell the same to such person or persons, and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed at interest, and that the interest money accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants forever, in equal proportions with the Chippewas of Saugeen. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Chippewas of Nawash, do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the sale of said White Cloud Island. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this fourteenth day of January, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred. and eighty-five. Signed, sealed and delivered^ in the presence of, after I having been read over, in- J terpreted and explained: j Fredk. Lamorandlere, Secy., William McGregor, Chief, William Angus, Chief. Peter Skedone, Wm. Johnson, Lewis Nadgewon, Charles Jones Kegedonce, Joseph J. Kegedonce, Paul Johnson, Solomon J. Kegdonce, Elijah Jones, James Toman, James Solomon, John Akwenzee, Abner Elliott, William Wohkas, Abram Sky, Frank Nadgwon, Peter Elliott, Charles Megriss, Louis Solomon, [L.S. [LJ8. [L.S. fL.S.1 Ii.S, L.S. 'L.S. fL.S. T/.S. L.S. f£.sj L.S. L.S. L.S. fD.S. [L.S. L.S.1 Dominion of Canada, Province of Ontario, County of Grey. To Wit: Personally appeared before me John Creighton, of the Village of Saugeen, in the Province of Ontario, Indian Agent, and Henry H. Madwayosh, Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the said John Creighton for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Saugeen Reserve of the full age of twenty- one years then "present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. 152 ?d to attend such council or meeting by the Superin- That he was duly authorize dent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Henry H. Madwayosh says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such iassent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said John Creighton. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians, and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the deponents John \ Creighton and Henry H. Madwayosh, at the Town of Owen Sound, in j- the County of Grey, this 24th day of Feby.,A.D. 1885. J Henry Macpherson, J. C. C. C. Grey. Recorded 4th April, 1885.) Lib. 95, Fol. 571. j Ii. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. JOHN CREIGHTON, HENRY H. MADWAYOSH. No. 214. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Chippewa Indians of Saugeen, resident on our reserve at Saugeen, in the County of Bruce, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the County of Grey and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement fourteen hundred acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of that certain island known as " White Cloud" Island, situate at the entrance of Colpoy's Bay, in the County and Province aforesaid. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust to sell the same to such person or persons, and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. Ani upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed at interest, and that the interest money accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants forever, in equal proportions with the Chippewas of Nawash. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Chippewas of Saugeen do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with tho sale of said White Cloud Island. 153 .Jiff In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our sealse this seventeenth day of January, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. Signed, sealed and delivered in the pre- "J Chief Henry H. Madwayosh, [L.S.] sence of after having been first read ?■„,.„, hU -^ rx „ I over, interpreted an2 explained. j Chief John x Kadagegwun, [L.S.] John Creighton, Agent, David Roo£ ' f^S.] Wm. B. Walker, Interpreter. JoHN Geor^ U^i I his John x Kawaqum, [L.S/| mark, his SIM80N X QUAGEGEZHIG, [L.S.] mark, his John x James, [L.S.] mark, his Ralph x Johnson, [L.S.] £%$$*&■ mark, his Thomas x Nagum, [L.S.J mark. Solomon E. James, E1*®'" Cephas Kahbeeje, [L.S/ Hyram Ahyahba, L-k-^ his Jno. x A. Kewanzee, [L.S.J ' mark, his Joshua x Madwishimind, [L.S.] mark, his Anson x Perito, [L.S.] mark. ." his Alex, x Mandowob, [L.S.] mark. Thomas Mandewob, [L.S.] his Thomas x Kahgua, [L.S.] mark. John K. Ahyanba, [L.S.] his Joshua x Ahyanba, [L.S.] mark. - . his Alexander x Mandewan, [L.S.J3 f^^^e^*; mark. his Peter x Petanaguod. [L.S.] mark. Dominion of Canada, Province of Ontario: County of Grey. To Wit: Personally appeared before me Frederick Lamorandiere, of the Yillage of Cape Croker, in the Province of Ontario, and Wm. B. McGregor, Chief of the said Band of Indians. ^ J^lai And the said Frederick Lamorandiere for himself saith: 154 -That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the malo members of the said Band of Indians of the Cape Croker Reserve of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General ot Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Wm. B. McGregor says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said Frederick Lamorandiere. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. tlliifi Sworn before me by the said deponents at the Town of Owen Sound, in the County of Grey, this twenty- fourth day of Feb., A.D. 1885. Henry Macpherson, J. C. C, C. Grey. Recorded 8th April, 1885. \ Lib. 95, Folio. 572. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. fred. lamorandiere, wm. b. McGregor. I! Tilfc m No. 215. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and . Warriors of the Wyandott Indians of the Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex and Province of Ontario, being a majority of the malo members of the said Wyandott Indians, of the full age of twenty-One years, in council summoned and assembled, for that purpose among other things, according to their rules, and held in the presence of Ebenezer Watson, Esquire, Commissioner and Yisiting Superintendent of Indian Affairs, duly authorized to attend such council, for and in consideration of the trusts and for the purpose hereinafter mentioned, and of the sum of one dollar of lawful money of Canada (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged), in our names and in the name of the whole, and on the behalf of our said Nation or Band, have given, assigned, released and surrendered, and by these presents do give, assign, release and surrender unto Her Majesty, Her successors and assigns, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land or land covered with water, situate, lying and being in the Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex and Province of Ontario, being composed of the water front or lot immediately in front of the southerly two-thirds part of lot number thirteen, in the first concession of the said Township of Anderdon, which may be described as follows, that is to say: Commencing at the edge of the Detroit River, on the line between said lot number thirteen and lot number twelve; thence westerly on the said line produced twelve 155 mm ill i iii chains, more or less, to the channel bank of the said River Detroit; thence| northerly, following the said channel bank, six chains and sixty-seven links, more I or less, to the line between the said southerly two thirds and the northerly third of J the said lot produced; thence easterly along the last mentioned limit to the edge off the said river, twelve chains, more or less; thence southerly along the edge of the I said river, six chains, sixty-seven links, more or less, to the place of beginning, J containing by admeasurement eight acres, be the same more or less. To have and to hold the said land unto Her Majesty, Her successor and assign^ forever, in trust and for the purpose following, that is to say: ifn trust, to grant, convey and assure the same in fee simple unto Solomon White, of the Town of J Windsor, in the said County of Essex, a Barrister-at-Law, and a member of the said | Wyandott Indians. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this seventh day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, at our council house in the said Township of Andedson. Signed, sealed and delivered in] the presence of J Joseph White, Ebenezer Watson. Ont* County of To Wit 'ARIO, ") of Essex, y Wit: ) Joseph x White, Chief, mark. Joseph Warrow, Alexander White, Alexander Clarke, Geo. G. Clark, Thos. B. White, Joseph J. Clark, his Wm. Hunt, x mark. Randolph Clarke, Lewis Warrow, Joseph White, Jr., Thomas Warrow, P. D. Clarke, [L.S.] L.S. Ii.S.1 L.S. L.S/ IX.S. LJ3/ [L.S.] [L.S. L.S |x.s/| L.S. li.S. I, Joseph White, of the Town of Windsor, in the County of Essex, Wine Merchant, make oath and say: 1. That I am a member of the Wyandott Indians of the Township of Anderdon, and one of the Principal Men present at the meeting or council of the said Wyandott Indians, whereat the foregoing release or surrender was assented to, and as such entitled to vote thereat. 2. That the foregoing release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon, of the full age of twenty-one years, at a meeting or council thereof summoned for that purpose (among others), according to their rules, and held in the presence of Ebenezer Watson, Esq., visiting Superintendent of Indian Affairs, at their council house in the Township of Anderdon, as attested' by the signatures of the Chief and twelve others of such male members as will appear on reference thereto. Sworn before me at the Town of") Windsor, in the County of Essex, \ JOSEPH WHITE, this 4th day of May, 18S0. . J G. W.' Leggat, Judge of the County Court of the County of Essex. NTARI0, ") r of Essex y 'o Wit: j 156 Ontario, County To I, Ebenezer Watson, of the Town of Sarnia, in the County of Lambton, Esq., make oath and say. 1. That I am a Visiting Superintendent of Indian Affairs, authorized by the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs of the Dominion of Canada, to attend the meetings or councils of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon, summoned according to their rules, for the purposes (among others) of making the annexed release or surrender. 2. That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon of the full age of twenty-one years, at a meeting or council thereof, summoned for that purpose (among others) according to their rules, and held in my presence, at their council house in the Township of Anderdon, and attested by the signatures of thirteen of such male members appended to the said release of surrender. Sworn before me, at the Town of) Sandwich, in the County of ( Essex and Province of Ontario, j this 29th day of April, 1880. J Bjffef €r- W. Leggatt, Judge of the County Court, County of Essex. Recorded 3rd August, 18S0,") Lib. 60, Folio 433. j L. A. Catellier," Dep. Registrar General of Canada. EBENEZER WATSON. No. 216. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Warriors of the Wyandott Indians of the Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex and Province of Ontario, being a majority of the male members of the said Wyandott Indians of the full age of twenty-one years, in council summoned and assembled for that purpose, among other things, according to their rules, and held in the presence . of Ebenezer Watson, Esquire, Commissioner and Visiting Superintendent of Indian Affairs, duly authorized to attend such council for and in consideration of the trusts and for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, and of the sum of one dollar of lawful money of Canada (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged), in our names, and in the name of the whole, and on the behalf of our said Nation or Band, have given, assigned, released and surrendered, and by these presents do give, assign, release and surrender unto Her Majesty, Her successor and assigns, all and singular those certain parcels or tracts of land situate, lying and being in the Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex and Province of Ontario, being composed of: , Firstly:—The south-east quarter of lot number six, in the third concession of the said Township of Anderdon, containing fifty acres, be the same more or less. Secondly:—The south-west quarter of lot number nine, in the fourth concession of the said Township of Anderdon, containing fifty acres, be the same more or less. Thirdly :—The south-east quarter of lot number nine, in the fourth concession of the said Township of Anderdon, containing fifty acres, be the same more or les3. Fourthly:—The north-west quarter of lot number eight, in the second concession of the said Township of Anderdon, containing fifty acres, be the same more or less. Fifthly:—The south-west quarter of lot number six, in the third concession of the said Township of Anderdon, containing fifty acress, be the same more or less. 157 Jii IB ill To have and to hold the said parcels of land unto Her Majesty, Her successor! and assigns forever, in trust, and for the purposes following, that is to say: In trust, to grant, convey and assure the same respectively in fee simple as follows, that is to say:— The parcel of land firstly above mentioned unto Victoria Maguire (wife of Henry Maguire, of the said Township of Anderdon. farmer) who wa3 formerly a member of the said Wyandott Indians. The parcel of land secondly above mentioned unto Almira Clark, a member of the said Wyandott Indians. The parcel of land thirdly above mentioned unto Christine Ramon, w' o was formerly a memb.er of the said Wyandott Indians, and now the wife of Pierre Ramon, of the Town of Windsor, #in the said County of Essex, Inland Revenue Officer. The parcel of land fourthly above mentioned unto Catherine Bernard, who was formerly a member of the said Wyandott Indians, and now the wife of John Bernard, of the said Township of Anderdon, farmer. And the parcel of land fifthly above mentioned unto Charlotte Marsh, who was formerly a member of the said Wyandott Indians, and now the wife of Byron M. Marsh, of the said Township of Anderdon, farmer. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this seventh day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, at our council house, in the Township of Anderdon aforesaid. Signed, sealed and delivered \ in the presence of J Joseph White, Ebenezer Watson. Joseph x White, mark Joseph Warrow, S. White, Thos. B. White, Geo. G. Clarke, Alexander Clarke^ Alex. White, Thomas Warrow, Joseph White, Lewis Warrow, Randolph Clarke, his Wm. Hunt, x mark Joseph J. Clark, P. D. €larke. [L.S.] L.S. [L.S. L.S. 'L.S. fL.S.1 Ti.S."' L.S. 'L.S. ;l.s, [L.S.] Ontario, County To PARIO, 1 of Essex. >• Wit: J I, Ebenezer Watson, of the Town of Sarnia, in the County of Lambton, Esquire, make oath and say: 1. That I am a Visiting Superintendent of Indian Affairs, authorized by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs of the Dominion of Canada to attend the meetings or councils of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon, summoned according to their rules, for the purposes, among others, of making the annexed release or surrender. 2. That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the e male members of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon, of the full age of twenty-one years, at a meeting or council thereof summoned for that purpose (among others), according to their rules, and held in my presence at their council house, in the 158 Township of Anderdon, and attested by the signatures of the Chief and thirteen of such male members as appears on reference to the said release or surrender. Sworn before me, at the Town of") of Essex, V Sandwich, in the County of this 29th day of April, 1880. j G. W. Leggatt, Judge of the County Court of the County of Essex. EBENEZER WATSON. Ontario, ~\ County of Essex >■ To Wit: j I, Joseph White, of the Town of Windsor, in the County of Essex, wine merchant, make oath and say: 1. That I am a member of the Wyandott Indians of the Township of Anderdon, and one of the Principal Men present at the meeting or council of the said Wyandott Indians, whereat the within release or surrender was assented to, and as such entitled to vote thereat. 2. That the within release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the Wyandott Indians of Ajiderdon, of the full age of twenty-one years, at a meeting or council thereof summoned for that purpose, (among others) according to their rules, and held in the presence of Ebenezer Watson, Esquire, Visiting Superintendent of Indian Affairs at their council house in the Township of Anderdon, as attested by the signatures of the Chief and thirteen others of such male members as wUl appear on reference thereto. Sworn before me at the Town of Windsor,") in the County of Essex, this 30th day [ JOSEPH WHITE, of April, 1S80. J G. W. Leggatt, Judge of the County Court of the County of Essex. Recorded 29th July, 1880. ) Lib. 60, Fol. 430. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. No. 217 This Indenture, made the twenty-ninth day of April, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, between David James Cochrane, of the District of Alberta, in the North-West Territory, Farmer, of the first part; and Her Majesty the Queen, of the second part: Witnesseth, that the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of three thousand five hundred dollars of lawful money of Canada to him in hand paid, at or before the sealing and delivery of these Presents (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged) hath granted, released, relinquished, abandoned and surrendered, and by these Presents doth grant, release, relinquish, abandon and surrender unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her successors and assigns forever, all his estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever, both at law and in equity or otherwise howsoever, and whether in possession or expectancy of, in, to, or out of, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being on the Blood Indian Reserve aforesaid, and being composed of sixty-two acres, more or less, of land under cultivation, the same being fenced. Together with all the improvements, buildings, erections and fences thereon and thereunto appertaining and belonging. ||! To have and to hold the aforesaid land and premises with all and singular the aforesaid appurtenances thereto belonging or appertaining unto and to the use of J Her Majesty the Queen, Her successors and assigns forever. In Witness Whereof the said party of the first part hath hereunto set hi3 hand and affixed his seal the day and year first above written. Signed, sealed and delivered ) in the presence of J D. J. COCHRANE. [L.S.] I Fred. Pace. t\m f \ Dominion of Canada, District of Alberta. To Wit: J I, Frederic Pace, of the North-West Territories, in the District of Alberta, make oath and say: 1. That I was personally present, and did see the within named D. J. Cochrane duly sign and seal, and as his act and deed deliver the annexed Deed of Surrender on the day of the date thereof. 2. That I, this Deponent, am a subscribing witness thereto. 3. That the said instrument was executed at Stand Off, in the District of Alberta, N. W. T. 4. That 1 know the said D. J. Cochrane. Sworn before me at Stand Off, in the") • District of Alberta, this 29 th day of \ FRED. PACE. April, A.D. 1885. ) Wm. Pocklington, j| \\M j -^%Mi ' & -P-in and for the N. W. T. Recorded 27th May, 1885. ) Lib. 95, Fol. 5*81. j L. A. Catellier, Deputy Register-General of Canada. No. 218. ThislIndenture made in duplicate the sixth day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight, hundred an(Leighty-five, between Angus Macdonald, of Edmonton, in the District of Alberta, of the first part, and the Right Honourable Sir John A. Macdonald, Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, of Ottawa, represented by William Anderson, Indian Agent, Edmonton, of the second part. Witnesseth that the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of two hundred dollars of lawful money of Canada to him in hand paid by the said party of the second part, at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents (the receipt whereof is nereby acknowledged), has granted, released and quitted claim, and by these presents do grant, release and quit claim unto the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns forever, all the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever, both at law and in equity or otherwise howsoever, and whether in poss|M sion or expectancy of him the said party of the first part, of, in, to or out of all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being within the Reserve of the Two Hills Band of Cree Treaty Indians, commonly knovjB as Passpasstayo's reserve, as defined by survey of George A. Simpson, D L.S., in 1S80, and further survey of— Nelson, D.L.S., in 1884, and situated two (2) miles, more or less, south of the North Saskatchewan River at Edmonton, with improvements thereon of ten (10) acres of ploughed land under fence; together with the appurtenances thereunto belonging or appertaining; To have and to hold the aforesaid lands and ICO and singular the appurtenances thereto belonging or appertaining 5 of the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns forever. In Witness Whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals. premises, unto andto the us< Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of T. F. Dyke-Parker, John A. Mitchell. '} ANGUS x MACDONALD. mark. Received on the date hereof from the said Superintendent-General Indian Affairs, per William Anderson, his agent, the sum of two hundred dollars the consideration within mentioned. Witness: T. F. Dyke-Parker, John A. Mitchell. his ANGUS x MACDONALD. mark North-West Territories, ") Alberta, > To Wit: ) I, John Alexander Mitchell, of Edmonton, in the District of Alberta, in the North-West Territories, Government clerk, make oath and say: 1. That 1 was personally present and did see the within Instrument and duplicate thereof duly signed, sealed and executed by Angus Macdonald one of the parties thereto. 2. That the said Instrument and duplicate were executed at Edmonton. 3. That I know the said party. 4. That I am a subscribing witness to the said Instrument and duplicate. Sworn before me at Edmonton, in*} 'the District of Alberta, this f sixth day of May, in the year i of Our Lord 18S5.' J IW. Anderson, J. P. Y JOHN ALEXANDER MITCHELL. Recorded Sth June, 1885.1 Lib. 95, Folio 583. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. No. 219. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Chippewas of Rama, resident on our reserve in the Township of Rama, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever: All and singular, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Township of Rama, in the County of Ontario and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement one quarter of one acre, be the same more or less, and being composed of part of lot number seven, in the front range of said Township, and which may be better known and described as follows: Commencing at a point on the rear line of said lot seven, distant northerly one chain and ninety-two links measured on said line from the south-east angle of 161 Mil said lot seven; thence northerly along said rear line two chains and fifty links to a post; thence westerly at right angles thereto one chain to a post; thence southerly parallel to said rear line two chains and fifty links to a post; thence easterly one chain, more or less, to the place of beginning. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust to sell the same to such person or persons, and upon .such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conduciveaH our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from, the sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed at interest, and that the -interest money accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants forever. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Chippewas of Rama, do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the sale of the hereinbefore described parcel of land. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this 14th day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. Signed, sealed and delivered") in the presence of j Duncan Joshua McPhee. Dominion of Canada. Province of Ontari* County of Ontario. To Wit: Joseph Benson, Nanigishkung, pp.S." | Samson Ingersoll, [L.S/ James Nanigishkung, "L.S Joseph Kemice, "L.S, Michael St. Germain, 'L.S/ Peter Jacobs, 'L.S. James Ingersoll, , X.S. Abram Ingersoll, 'L.S/ his Jacob x Shilling, PJ-S/J mark. . his Agustus x Yellowhead, [L.S.] mark. Buntion Stinson, pJ-S/J his William x Snake. PJ.S.] mark. J Personally appeared before me George Henry Dartnell, Junior, of the County Court of the County of Ontario, in the Province of Ontario, and Duncan Joshua McPhee, Agent of the Chippewas of Rama, and Joseph Benson Nanigishkung, Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the said Duncan Joshua McPhee for himself saith : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Chippewas of Rama, of the full ago of twenty-one years, then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned fi)F that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. 11 162 tk That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Joseph Benson Nanigishkung says : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians, of the full age of twenty-one years, then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said D. J. McPhee. I That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians, or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is the Chief of the said Band of Indians, and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council DUNCAN JOSHUA McPHEE, JOSEPH BENSON NANIGISHKUNG. Sworn before me by the above deponents, at the Town of Whitby, in the Co. of Ontario, this 7th day of Oct., AD. 1885. Geo. H. Dabtnell, Junior Judge County Court, County of Ontario. Recorded 5th November, 18S5,) Lib. 106, Folio 325. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. No. 220. Know all Men by These Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Chippewas of the Thames, resident on our Reserve, in the Township of Caradoc, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in Council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successora forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Township of Caradoc, in the County of Middlesex and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement one hundred acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of the north half of lot number twelve, in the second range of the Township of Caradoc aforesaid. TO have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust to lease the same to snch persOn or persons, and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the leasing thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be paid annually or semi-annually to the wife and children of Joseph French, the locatee of the said lot. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Chippewas of the Thames, do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the leasing of the said land. 163 :W« mm 11 In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this! twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. Signed, sealed and delivered in } the presence of J Thomas Gordon, &Sk . Indian Agent. John Henry, his Edward French, x mar John French, Joseph FisnER, Geo. Fisher, his Thomas Fisher, x PDA]' [L.S.] [L.8.] Dominion of Canada,^ Province of Ontario, [ County of Middlesex, j To Wit: J Personally appeared before me Thomas Gordon, of the Towq of Strathroy, in the County of Middlesex, in the Province of Ontario, Indian Agent, and John Heniy, Chief of the said Band of Indians of the Chippewas of the Thames. And the said Thomas Gordon for himself saith : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Chippewas of the Thames, of the full age of twenty-one years, then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian^was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said John Henry says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians, of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said Thomas Gordon. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is the Chief of the said Band of Indians, and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the said deponents^ THOMAS GORDON, Indian Agent, JOHN HEN&Y, Chief. Thomas Gordon and John Henry, at *the City ot London, in the County of )■ Middlesex, this 11th day of October, | A.D. 18S5. J Wm. Elliot, Judge of the County Court, County of Middlesex, Ontario, Recorded ISth December, 18S5. *) Lib. 107, Folio 233. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. m 164 No. 221. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Chippewas of Rama, resident on our reserve in the County of Ontatio, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in Lake Couchiching, in the County of Ontario and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement thirty-nine acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of that certain island situate in Lake Couchiching aforesaid, known as Horse Island: to have and to hold, the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust to sell the same to such person or pei-sons, and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed at interest, and that the interest money accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants forever. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Chippewas of Rama, do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the sale of said Horse Island. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this 4tb day of November, in the year of Pur Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. Signed, sealed and delivered, ) in the presence of j Duncan Jushua McPhee, Indian Agent Joseph Benson Nanigishkung, Jonn Kenice, James Nanigishkung, Sampson Ingersoll, Michael St. Germain, Peter Jacobs, his *££?&$ Jacob x Shilling, mark. his Joseph x Stinson, mark, his David x Simcoe, '0&0i$& mark. | . his Simeon x Rocky Mountain, mark, his Sampson x George, mark, his John x Wesley, mark. Dominion of Canada, Province of Ontario, County of Ontario, To Wit: j Personally appeared before me Duncan J. McPhee, of the Village of Upter- grove, in the Province of Ontario, Indian Agent, and Joseph Nanigishkung, Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the said Duncan J. McPhee for himself saith: e^m-f 165 mm mi That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Chippewas of Rama of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Joseph Nanigishkung says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians, of the full age of twenty-one years, then present. ■ That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said Duncan J. McPhee. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident ou the reserve of tho said Band of Indians, or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is the Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the deponents, Duncan J. McPhee and Joseph Nanigishkung at the Town of Whitby, in the County of Ontario, this tenth day of November, A.D. 1885. Z. Burnham, '^-t^t Judge Co. Court. Recorded 20th January, 1886. ) Lib. 106, Fol.358. j L. A. Catellier,. Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. J DUNCAN J. McPHEE, JOSEPH BENSON NANIGISHKUNG. RIM No. 222. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the Undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Chippewas of Nawash, resident on our reseeve at Cape Croker. in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular, those certain parcels or tracts of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Georgian Bay and Lake Huron and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement, be the same more or less, and being composed of all the islands owned by the said Band in Lake Huron and Georgian Bay, and known as the Saugeen Fishing Islands and Cape Hurd Islands, and extending from Chiefs Point, Lake Huron, to Cabot's Head, Georgian Bay, excepting Barrier, Griffith and Hay Islands. To have and to held the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust, to sell the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all monies received from the sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed 166 iey accruing from such investment shall be paid mr descendants forever, along with the Chip- at interest, and that the interest annually or semi-annually to us t pewas of Saugeen. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said Chippewas of Nawash, do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the sale of the said islands. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this seventh day of October, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. Signed, sealed and delivered in the^ presence of J. W. Jermyn, Indian Agent, Fredk. Lamorandeere, Secy. W. B. McGregor, W. Angus, Abner Elliot, James Iman, Joseph Wahbeze, John Akiwens, William Notskog, Peter Chigahno, Joseph Aikimense. L.S. 'l.s: 'LJS.' .L.S., "L.S/ L.S [LB] L.S/ Dominion of Canada,^ Province of Ontario. County of Grey, To Wit. Personally appeared before me J. W. Jermyn, of Cape Croker, in the Co. of Bruce, in the Province of Ontario, Indian Agent, and Frederick Lamorandiere, of the same place, Secretary of the Band of Indians, namely, the Chippewas of Nawash. Iliil© And the said John W. Jermyn for himself saith : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Chippewas of Nawash of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Frederick Lamorandiere says: . - That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by said Band, and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians, of the full age of twenty- one years, then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said John W. Jermyn. • That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians, or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. 167 That he is Secretary of the said Band of Indians, and entitled to vote at th| said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the deponents John ^ W. Jermyn and Frederick Lamo- J j -m- yrt^IYN ' vB randiSre, at the Town of Owen t FREDK. LAMORANDIERE. Sound, in the County of Grey, this 20th day of Nov., A.D. 1885. J Samuel J. Cane, Junior Judge, County Court, County of Grey. Recorded 14th January, 1886. ) Lib. 106, Fol. 349. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. , No. 223. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Chippewas of Saugeen, resident on our reserve, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular those certain parcels or tracts of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Georgian Bay and Lake Huron and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement , be the same more or less, and being composed of all the islands owned by the said Band in Lake Huron and Georgian Bay, and known as the Saugeen Fishing Islands and Capo Hurd Islands, and extending from Chiefs Point, Lake Huron, to Cabot's Head, Georgian Bay, excepting jU. Barrier, Griffith and Hay Islands. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, intrust, to sell the same to such person or persons, and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale thereof, shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed at interest, and that the interest money accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants forever, along with the Chippewas of Nawash. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Chippewas of Saugeen, do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the sale of the said islands. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this fifteenth day of October, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. Signed, sealed and delivered j Henry H. Madwayosh, Chief, [L.S.J in the presence of j. his James Telfer Conaway, Joh* Kaduhgegwon, x Chief, [L.S.] Indian Agent. JoHs Georgb. CouncWo^[ [L.S.] his Simpson x Quakeshig, [L.S.] mark. Councillor. Joshua Meduashemind, [L.S.J Councillor. David Root, Councillor, [L.S.] John Kewaquahum, Councillor, [L.S.] Alex. Madwayosh, Interpreter,[L.S.J Cephas Kahbuge, Secretary. [L.S.J 168 Dominion of Canada, "} Province of Ontario, [ County of Bruce. { To Wit: J Personally appeared before me James Telfer Conaway, of the Village of Southampton, in the County ot Bruce, in the Province of Ontario, Indian Agent of the Chippewas of Saugeen, and Henry H. Madwayosh, Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the said James Telfer Conway for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Saugeen Indian Reserve, of the full age of twenty-one years, then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band, or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Henry H. Madwayosh says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians, of the full age of twenty-one years, thenpresent. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said James Telfer Conaway. ^| I That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians, or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is Chief of the said Band of Indians, and entitled to vote at tb meeting or council. ^ ^g Sworn before me by the said deponents^ James Telfer Conaway and Hen ry H. j Madwayosh, at the Town of Walker- y ton, in the County of Bruce, this j 17th day of October, A.D. 1885. J J. J. Kjngsmtll, Judge, County Court, County of Bruce, Ontario. Recorded 11th January, 1886. \ Lib. 107, FoL 25L j P® Ii. A, Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. aid JAMES TELFER CONAWAY, Indian Agent, HENRY H. MADWAYOSH, Chief. No. 224. Know all Men by these Pbesents, that we. the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte"," resident on our reserve, in the Township of Tyendinaga, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors, all and singular those certain parcels or tracts of land situate, lying and being in the Township of Tyendinaga, in the County of Hastings. Province and Dominion aforesaid, containing by admeasurement one hundred and fifty acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of lot thirty-six and the west half of lot thirty-seven, in the first concession of the aforesaid Township of Tyendinaga, to have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, 1 1 169 in trust, to lease the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem proper; and upon the furth^B ■condition that all moneys received from the leasing thereof shall be applied in payment of the sum of two thousand dollars, and interest thereon at tho rate of six per ■cent, per annum, loaned by the Government of the Dominion of Canada to one William Powles, a member of the said Band of Indians, until the said sum and in ter- •est shall have been fully paid and satisfied, whereupon the said land shall revert to the said William Powles, the owner thereof. And we, the Chief and Principal Men of the said Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte*, •do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promaB to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do or cause to be lawfu^B done in connection with the leasing of the said lands. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this twelfth day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and •eighty-five. .Signed, sealed and delivered ) Chief SAMPSON GREEN, [L.S.] % in the presence of j Chief CORNELIUS MARACLE, 'L.S.J Matthew Hill, Chief WILLIAM GREEN. [L.S.J Indian Agent. Dominion of Canada, ^ Province of Ontario, 1 County of Hastings. [ To Wit: J Personally appeared before me Matthew Hill, of the Township of Tyendinaga, in the Province of Ontario, Indian Agent, and Sampson Green, Chief of the said Hand of Indians. And the said Matthew Hill for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to Jby a majority of the male anembers of the said Band of Indians of the Tyendinaga Reserve of the full age of ttwenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned ibr that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superin- "*tendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Sampson Green says: ' That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians .-summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said Matthew Hill. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an labitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. 170 Th it he is a Chief or council. fthe said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said Sworn before me by the above deponents ^ Matthew Hill and Sampson Green at the City of Belleville, in the County I of Hastings, this 16th day of May j A.D. 1885. J E. B. Fraleck, ■d ^ ^ t«3 » Jr.J.C.H. Recorded 12th August, 1886 ) Lib. 106, Fol. 496. } L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. MATTHEW HILL CHIEF SAMPSON GREEN. No. 225. *^^«^<&^Jg^^J**?°^y Chief and of Ontario and Ominion ^Ow^&SiSSXtSf rfoT "k'?" ^l™ onr said band in Conncil assembled, do herebyrelets il! h° W,ole P?°Ple of and yield np nnto Onr Sovereign LaW^the Quin IB&bZZ^3"™"^ qu? ckim aU and singnlar that certain parcel or tract of Tand and 3™t^ »«f«w« forever, being in Griffith's Island, in ?he County ofGrey Ld Pr0P,ST5 SS;^"?d ing by admeasurement sixteen acres, be the same more or W . -f k ^ ' contain- of that certain portion of Griffith's IslInT rfo^»M 3' I'l'"3 COmPosed Commencing at a pPost driven at ih7«^ ofthfbafk oX st^eli0',? = point north eleven degrees, west mao-neticallv thi,t.»n m,„! j he IsIand at a the centre of the circular ^V^SSS^^aZ^t^JSZ "^ tl0m magnetically six chains and ninety-one lints-thence 3^1 Hgy 6g'ees' we8t ically, twenty chain,; thence nortn ^^^J^^M^i^t1^^- eighty links, more or lees, to a post at theT waSK ed™ JSS rl ? I °haT and lowing the ^«^!^^!^&%?Jft°^ »*! «>ence - rS-Tt^ff^a.'SS dented £"' *5 "» M.°Zt ^ the "? •»» a*""" f the eaiS pSrSoTof Griffith' Ju^T Mtt *?tfjEl taTTOP' we^ave hereunto set our hanuBand affixed ™ eaU thU t«th day of July, .n the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-sb? Signed Ke>*1aA anA Ar.i: 1 'v « — -_ o J a±A- Sigued, sealed and delivered | in the presence of j James T. Conaway Henry H. Madwayosh, Chief, John Kadegon, 2nd Chief, John George, D. Root, C. Kahroge, John Kahroge, P. John, John G. Mason, J. C James, J. Cameron. R. Dion, [LS.J ■lst "L.S. L.S. 'L.S. L.S. "L.S. L.S. L.S. 'L.S. tL.S/ ii 171 Pill Dominion of Canada, Province of Ontario, County of Bruce. To Wit: Personally appeared before me Henry Madwayosh, of the Saugeen Indian Reservej and James Telfer Conaway of the same place, Indian Agent, and the said Madwayosh being Chief of the said Band of Indians called Chippewas. And the said Conaway for himself saith : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male! members of the said Band of Indians of the Chippewas of Nawash, of the full age of twenty-one years, then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned, for that purpose, and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the] Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band, or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Madwayosh says : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of! the male members of the said Band of Indians, of the full age of twenty-one years^ then present. ; That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said Madawayosh, on the 23rd day of July, 1886. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not anl habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians, or interested in the land, mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is a Chief of tbe said Band of Indians, and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the deponents "j Henry Madwayosh and James Telfer J Conaway, at the Tillage of Saugeen, >■ in the Co. of Bruce, this 28th day of | July, A.D. 18S6. J Wm. Barrett, Junior Judge C. C, Co. Bruce. Recorded 6th October, 1886. ) Lib. 106, Folio 522. J L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. HENRY H. MADAWAYOSH, JAMES T. CONAWAY. No. 226, Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Chippewas of Nawash, resident on our reserve in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our saafl band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unio Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in Griffith's Island, in the County of Grey and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement sixteen acres, be the same more or less, and being composed ot that certain portion of Griffith's Island aforesaid described as follows: Commencing at a post driven at the edge of the bank on the shore of the island at a point north 11°, west magnetically 13 chains, 77 links from the centre of the circular stone light-house 172 tower; thence south 80°, west magnetically 6 chains and 91 links, . east magnetically 20 chains; thence north 80°,east magnetically 5 chains and 80 links more or less, to a post at the water's edge of the Georgian Bay; thence following the coast of the island nor th wa rd to the place of beginning. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors for ever, in trust to sell the same to such person or persons, and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people; and upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale thereof shall, after deducting tho usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed at interest, and that the intorest money accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants forever, in connection with the Chippewas of Nawash. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Chippewas of Nawash do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm and promise to ratify and confirm whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, inconnection with the sale and dsposal of the said portion of Griffith's Island. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this fifth day of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six. .Signed, sealed and delivered \ in the presence of j Fred'k Lamoeandlere. [L.S. L.S/ LS. L.S/ L.S/ LS/ L.S." Abner Elliot, W. Angus, James Tornall,# John A. Kewenzeb, Charles Jones, ■fete: Daniel Elliot, Joseph A. Kewenzie, Frank Nadjwon, Paul Johnston, Solomon Jones. Dominion of Canada, ^ ^Province of Ontario, I County of Bruce, f £f fe£ To Wit: J Personally appeared before me J. W. Jermyn, of the Village of Cape Croker, in the Province of Ontario, Indian Agent, and Fredk. Lamorandiere, Secretary of the ■said Band of Indians. 'J&JH^b And the said J. W. Jermyn for himself saith : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Chippewas of Cape Croker, of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose, and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meoting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Fredk. Lamorandiere says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians, of the full age of twenty-one years, then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held iu the presence of the said J. W. Jermyn. 173 That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians, or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is Secretary of the said Band of Indians, and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council, by the Sworn before me by the deponent! J. W. Jermyn and Fredk. Lamorandiere, at the Tillage of Martin, in the County of Bruce, this 15th day of July, A. D. 1886. J Wm. Barrett, Junior Judge Co. Bruce. Recorded Sth October, 18S6. \ Lib. 106. Folio 519. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. J. W. JERMYN, Indian Agent. No. 227 Surrender to Her Majesty the Queen of Lot 18 in Concessions C and D, containing 400 acres, by John Harris and his wife, in trust for the Oneida Nation of Indians. This Indenture made the twenty-first day of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one, between John Harris, of the Town of London, in the County of Middlesex, in the District of London and Province of Canada, Esquire, and Amelia Harris, wife of the said John Harris, of the one part, and Her Most Gracious Majesty Tictoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, I Queen, Defender of the Faith, of the other part: Witnesseth, that the said John Harris for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred pounds of lawful money of the Province of Canada to him in hand paid at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath granted, bargained, sold, aliened, transferred, surrendered and yielded up, and by these presents doth grant, bargain, sell, alien, transfer, surrender and yield up, unto Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors, all and singular those certain parcels or tracts of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Township of Delaware, in the County of Middlesex, in the London District and I Province aforesaid, containing together by admeasurement four hundred acres, be the same more or less, and being known as lots numbers eighteen in Blocks C and D, in the said Township of Delaware; which said lot eighteen in Block C is butted and bounded as follows, that is to say Commencing at the easterly corner of the said last mentioned lot at the allowance for road between lots numbers eighteen and nineteen; then south seventy degrees, west sixty-seven chains fifty links, more or less, to the allowance for road between Blocks C and B; then north twenty degrees, west twenty-nine chains eighty links, more or less; then north seventy degrees, east sixty-seven chains fifty links; then south twenty degrees, east twenty-nine chains eighty links, more or less, to tho place of beginning; and which said lot eighteen in Block D is butted and bounded as follows, that is to say: Comtoencing at the easterly corner of said last mentioned lot at the allowance for road beiween lots numbers eighteen and nineteen; then south seventy degrees, west sixty-seven chains fifty links to the allowance for road between Blocks D and C; then north twenty degrees, west twenty-nine chains eighty links; then north seventy degrees, cast sixty-seven chains fifty links; then south twenty degrees, east twenty-nine chains eighty links, more or less, to the place of beginning. Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, 174 remainder and lainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof, and of every part and eel thereof; and also all the estate, right, title, interest, trust, claim, property and demand whatsoever, either at law or in equity of him the said John Harris, of, in, to or out of the same premises, and of every part and parcel thereof. To have and to hold the said parcels or tracts of land and premises with the appurtenances unto Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors forever, freed and discharged from all and all manner of incumbrances whatsoever, in trust, nevertheless to and for the use, benefit and behoof of the Oneida Nation of Indians, now settled in the said Township of Delaware, and their posterity forever; and the said John Harris, for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators, doth covenant, grant and agree to and with Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, that he, the said John ifarris, is the true, lawful and rightful owner of all and singular the said parcels or tracts of land and premises, and every part and parcel thereof, and uow is lawfully and rightfully seized in his own right of a good, sure, perfect, absolute and indefeasible estate of inheritance in fee simple of and in the premises above mentioned; and further, that he, the said John Harris and his heirs, and all and every other person or persons, and his and their heirs having or lawfully claiming any estate, right, title, trust or interest of, in or to the said premises above mentioned and described, or any part thereof, by, from or under him, them or any of them shall and will at all times hereafter when required by Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, make, do and execute all and every such farther and other lawful acts, conveyances and assurances in the law for tlie better and more perfect granting, assuring, conveying, surrendering and yielding up of all and singular thepremises above mentioned and described, with the appurtenances, unto Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, as Her Majesty, Her heirs or successors, Her or their counsel learned in the law, may be reasonably devised, advised or required. And this Indenture also further witnesseth, that the said Amelia Harris, wife of the above named John Harris, for and in consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful money aforesaid to her, by Her said Majesty, in hand paid, at or before the ensealing and delivery hereof, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath remised, released, and forever relinquished, and by these presents doth remise, release and forever relinquish unto Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors, upon the trust and for the use aforesaid, all and all manner of dower and right or title of dower whatsoever which the said Amelia, in the event of surviving the said John Harris, her husband, might or of right ought to have, claim or demand in, to and out of the said parcels or tracts of land and premises above mentioned, and every part and parcel thereof, and all manner of action or actions, and writ or writs of dower whatsoever. In Witness Whereof, the said John Harris and Amelia, his wife, have to these .presents set their hands and affixed their seals the day and year first hereinbefore written, and in the fifth year of Her Majesty's reign. Signed, sealed, and delivered 1 JOHN HARRIS, in presence of j AMELIA HARRIS, Henry C. R. Beecher, of London, aforesaid, Attorney-at-Law. Received at the time of execution of the within Indenture the sura of three hundred pounds, being the full consideration in the said Indenture named to be paid to me. In presence of ) JOHN HARRIS. Henry C. R. Beecher, j Depart3Ient of the Secretary of State for Canada, Ottawa, 24th March, 1868. I hereby certify that the foregoing surrender has this day been duly entered on the records of this office in lib. £. M., Folio 27. *^f!V HECTOR L. LANGETIN, Secretary of State and Registrar of Canada. m 175 IIS Department of the Secretary of State of Canada, Registrar's Branch, Ottawa, 8th January, 1887. I hereby certify the within to be a true and faithful copy of the record of the! iginal surrender as entered in Lib. K.M., Fol. 27. L. A. CATELLIER, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. original No. 228. Deed of surrender This Indenture, made the ninth day of October, in the year from Charles Bahy Gf Qur Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, between TictorS JeS y' Charles Baby, of the Town of Sandwich, in the western district of the Province of Upper Canada, Esquire, of the one part, and Her Most Gracious Majesty Yictoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, of the other part. Whereas by a certain agreement lately made by and between the said Charles Baby, of the one part, and the Principals of the Oneida Nation, by their Agent, of the other part, and ratified and approved of by the Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs in this Province, the said Charles Baby, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds of lawful money of the Province aforesaid, did agree to grant, bargain, sell and convey to or to the use of or in trust for them, the said Principals of the Oneida Nation, a certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the Township of Delaware, in the London District, and Province aforesaid, which is hereinafter more particularly described. And whereas in the making of the agreement for the selling and conveying of the said land and premises as aforesaid it was desired that the said land and premises should be conveyed to them by a deed of surrender to Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, in trust for them the said Oneida Nation. And whereas the said Charles Baby did then and there agree to execute such surrender as requested, and is now desired of perfecting the said agreement and executing a surrender of the said land and premises unto Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, as agreed upon as aforesaid. Now this Indenture witnesseth, that the said Charles Baby, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds of lawful money of the Province aforesaid to him in hand paid at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath granted, bargained, sold, delivered, transferred, surrendered and yielded up, and by these presents doth grant, bargain, sell, alien, transfer, surrender and yield up unto Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors forever, all that certain lot, parcel or tract Of land lying and being in the Township of Delaware, in the London District, in the Province aforesaid, containing two hundred acres, be the same more or less, and known as lot number " twenty," in Concession C of the said township, which said parcel or tract of land is butted and bounded as follows, that is to say: Commencing in front of the said Concession C, at the north-west angle of the said lot; then north seventy degrees, east sixty- seven chains fifty links, more or less, to allowance for road in rear of said concession; then south twenty degrees, east twenty-nine chains eighty links, to the southermost limit of said lot, then south seventy degrees, west sixty-seven chains fifty links, more or less, to allowance for road in front of said concession ; then north twenty degrees, west twenty-nine chains eighty links, more or less, to the place of beginning. Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances thereto belonging, or in anywise appertaining, and the reversion and the reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof, and all the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand of him the said Charles Baby of, in, to or out of the same, and every part and parcel thereof. To have and to hold the same, with the appurtenances, to Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, freed and discharged from all encumbrances whatsoever, in trust, 176 nevertheless, to and for the use, benefit and behoof of the'said Oneida Nation, as before mentioned, forever. And the said Charles Baby, for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators, doth covenant, grant and agree to and with Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, that he, the said Charles Baby, now is the true, lawful and rightful owner of all and singular the said land and premises above mentioned, with the appurtenances, and every part and parcel thereof, and now is lawfully and rightfully seized in his own right of a good, sure, perfect, absolute and indefeasible estate of inheritance, in fee simple, of and in the premises above mentioned and described; and further, that he, the said Charles Baby and his heirs, and all and every other person and persons, and his and their heirs, having, or lawfully claiming any estate, right, title, trust or interest of, in or to the said premises above mentioned and described, or any part thereof, by, from or under him, them, or any or either of them, shall and will at all times hereafter, when required by Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, make, do and execute all and every such further and other lawful acts, conveyances and ■ assurances in the law for the better and more perfect granting, conveying, assuring, surrendering and yielding up of all and singular the premises above mentioned and described, with the appurtenances, unto Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, Her or their counsel shall reasonably devise, advise and require. CHARLES BABY. Signed, sealed and delivered ) in presence of j Robert Mercer, Samuel Gardiner. Upper Canada, ") ^psft Western District. y To Wit: J Personally appeared before us, Robert Mercer and Samuel Gardiner, Enquires, two of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and for the Western District, Julia Baby, wife of the within named grantor, Charles Baby, who being examined by us apart from her husband touching her consent to be barred of her dower of and into the lands in the deed hereunto annexed, it did appear to us that she gave the same freely and voluntarily, without any coercion or fear of coercion on the part of her husband or any other person whatsoever. Dated this ninth day of October, 1840. ROBERT MERCER, J. P., W. D. SAMUEL GARDINER, J. P., W. D. Office of the Secretary of State for Canada, Registrar's Branch, Ottawa, 20th April, 1868. I herebv certify that this Indenture has this day been entered on the records of this office, in Lib. C. S., Folio 323. HECTOR L. LANGETIN, Secretary of State and Registrar of Canada. Department of the Secretary of State of Canada. Registrar's Branch, Ottawa, Sth January, 1887. I hereby certify the within to be a true and faithful copy of the record of the original surrender to the Crown, as entered in Liber C. S., Folio 323. L. A. CATELLIER, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. { I 177 No. 229. Deed of surrender from C. £. Casgrain and E. B. Casgram to Her Majesty, Victoria. This Indenture, made the fourteenth day of September, in 1 the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-, i one: Between the Honourable Charles E. Casgrain, of the River Ouelle, in District of Quebec, Province of Canada, and Eliza Baby Casgrain, his wife, of the one part, and Her Most Gracious Majesty Tictoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, of the otherpart: Whereas, by a certain agreement made by and between the said Charles Casgrain and Eliza, his wife, of the one part, and the Principals of the Oneida Nation, by their Agent, of the other part, and ratified and approved by the Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs in the Province of Canada, the said Charles Casgrain and Eliza, his wife, for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred and twelve pounds twelve shillings of lawful money of the said Province of Canada, did agree . to grant, bargain, sell and convey to, or to the use of or in trust for them the said Principals of the Oneida Nation, a certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate in the Township of Delaware, in the County of Middlesex, in the District of London and Province of Canada, which is hereafter more particularly described. And whereas on the making of the agreement for the selling and conveying of the said land and premises, as aforesaid, it was desired that the said land and premises I should be conveyed to them by a deed of surrender to Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, in trust for them the said Oneida Nation. And whereas the said Charles Casgrain and Eliza, his wife, did then and there agree to execute such surrender as requested, and are now desirous of perfecting the said agreement and executing a surrender of the said land and premises unto Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, as agreed upon as aforesaid. Now this Indenture witnesseth, that the said Charles Casgrain and Eliza, his wife, for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred and twelve pounds ten shillings of lawful money of the said Province of Canada to them in hand paid by the said Oneida Nation, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have and each of them hath granted, bargained, sold, aliened, transferred, surrendered and yielded up, and by these presents do, and each of them doth grant, bargain, sell, alien, transfer, surrender and yield up unto Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors for ever, all and singular those certain parcels or tracts of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Township of Delaware, in the County of Middlesex, in the District of London, and Province of Canada, being composed of lot number twenty in Concession B, containing by admeasurement two hundred acres, and the west half of lot number twenty-one in Concession B, containing by admeasurement one hundred acres, and lot number sixteen, with the broken front in Concession D, containing by admeasurement two hundred and fifty acres, be the same more or less, together with all and singular the tenements, appurtenances and hereditaments thereunto belonging or appertaining. And all the estate, right, title, interest, property, claim and demand whatsoever, either at law or in equity, of them the said Charles Casgrain and Eliza, his wife, of, in, to or out of the same, or any part thereof. To have and to hold the same with the appurtenances, to Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors, freed and discharged from all incumbrances whatsoever; in trust, nevertheless, to and for the use, benefit and behoof of trie said Oneida Nation, as before mentioned, forever; and tho said Charles Casgrain, for himself, his heirs, exeeutors and administrators, and for the said Eliza, his wife, and her heirs, doth covenant, promise and agree to and with Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors, that the said Charles Casgrain and Eliza, his wife, now are the true and lawful owners of all and singular tho said parcels or tracts of land and premises above mentioned, and every part thereof, and now are lawfully seized in their own right of a good, sure, perfect, absolute and indefeasible estate of inheritance in fee 12 simple of and m the premises hereby granted, bargained, sold, surrendered and yielded up, or intended so to be, without any condition or limitation of u7e or uses or any otW matter or thing, to alter, change, incumber or defeat the same ' And further, that he, the said Charle/Casgrain and his heirs, exe^uiors and administrators, and the said Eliza, his wife, and her heirs, shall andwill at all timJ, hereafter, upon the reasonable request and at the prone? cost nTd^otJte said Majesty, Her heirs and successors, make, do an/execute all and eVertsuch further; and other lawful^actand[acts, devices, conveyances, assurances and surrender in the law whatsoever, for the further, better and more perfect granting co^eviS and assuring, surrendering and yielding up of all and f ngulaf the s2d PreS above mentioned with appurtenanees, unto Her saidMajesty, Her heirs and suLs^rs as by Her said Majesty, Her heirs and. successors, Her or their counsel shalT be reasonably devised, advised or required. ' Is Witness Whereof the said Charles Casgrain, and Eliza, his wife have hereunto set and put their hands and seals on the day and year first above written ELIZA BABY CASGRAIN. rLRl C E. CASGRAIN. fagi . Signed, "sealed and delivered in 1 $$£0: ' presence of J i*t?$i\ A. Manahan, J. P. for the Midland District of the Province of Canada. William Wilson, J. P. for the Midland District of the Province of Canada. ir^iAB,^?-nLMal?\anoand.William mhon> of the Town of Kingston, in the Midland District of the Province of Canada, Esquires, two of Her MajfstW Justices of the Peace 01 the said district, do hereby certify that on this fourteenth day of September m the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-one the wr&radeed of surrender was duly executed in the presence of us by Eliza Babv wife of Charles E. Casgrain, one of the grantors therein named, and that the said ±Jiza Baby, at the time and place, being examined by us apart from her husband did appear to give her consent to depart with her estate in the lands mentioned in the said deed, freely and voluntarily, and without coercion, or fear of coercion on tne part ot her husband, or of any person or persons whatsoever. A. MANAHAN, J. P., WM. WILSON, j: P. £4121Q c, Kingston, 14th September, 1841. I Received of Saml P. Jarvis, Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs, the sum of lour hundred and twelve pounds 10s. c'y., being the consideration money in full to be paid to him as mentioned in the within deed of surrender. C. E. CASGRAIN. Witness: } H. Dupuy.} $&& Office of the Secretary of State for Canada, Registrar's Branch, Ottawa, 22nd April, 1868. M ^Jj^by certify that this indenture has this day been entered on the records of tins office in Lib. C. S., Folio 333. ■Iff HECTOR L. LANGETIN, Secretary of State and Registrar of Canada. Hi -H Department of the Secretary of State of Canada, Registrar's Branch, Ottawa, 8th January, 1887. I hereby certify the within to be a true and faithful copy of the record of the original deed of surrender to the Crown as entered in Liber C. S., Folio 333. L. A. CATELLIER, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. I Michael C. Macna- mara to Her Most Gracious Majesty. Deed of surrender of Lot No. 22, in Con. D, Delaware, London District. Dated 28th of November, 1840. No. 230. This Indenture, made the twenty-sixth day of November, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, between Michael C. Macnamara, of the City of Toronto, in the Home District of the Province of Upper Canada, gentleman, off the one part, and Her Most Gracious Majesty, Tictoria by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, of the other part. Whereas, by a certain agreement lately made by and between the said Michael C. Macnamara of the one part, and the principals of the Oneida Nation by their agent of the other part, and ratified and approved of by the Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs in this Province, the said Michael C. Macnamara, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds of lawful money of the said Province, did agree to grant, bargain, sell and canvey to or to the use of or in trust for them the said Principals of the Oneida Nation a certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate in the Township of Delaware, in the London District and Province aforesaid, which is hereinafter more particularly described. And Whereas, on the making of the agreement for the selling and conveying of the said land and premises as aforesaid it was desired that the said land and premises should be conveyed to them by a deed of surrender to Her-Majesty, Her heirs and successors, in trust for them the said Oneida Nation. And Whereas the said Michael C. Macnamara did then and .there agree to execute such surrender as requested, and is now desirous of perfecting the said agreement and executing a surrender of the said land and premises unto Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, as agreed upon as aforesaid. Now this Indenture witnesseth, that the said Michael C. Macnamara, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds of lawful money of the said Province to him iu hand paid by the said Onedia Nation, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath granted, bargained, sold,, aliened, transferred, surrendered and yielded up, and by these presents doth grant, bargain, sell, alien, transfer, surrender and yield up unto Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying, and being in the Township of Delaware, in the London District and Province aforesaid, containing two hundred acres, more or less, and known as lot number twenty-two in Concession D of the said township, which said parcel or tract of land and premises is butted and bounded as follows, that is to say: Commencing at the north-west angle of said lot; then north seventy degrees, east sixty-seven chains fifty links, more or less, to the allowance for road in rear of the said concession; then south twenty degrees, east twenty-nine chains eight links, more or less, to the* southernmost boundary of the said lot; then south seventy degrees, west sixty-seven chains fifty links, more or less, to allowance for road in front of the said concession; then north twenty degrees, west twenty-nine chains eight links, more or less, to the place of beginning. Together with all and singular the tenements, appurtenances and hereditaments thereunto belonging or appertaining, and all the estate, right, title, interest, property, claim and demand whatsoever, either at law or in equity, of him the said Michael C. Macnamara of, in, to or out of the same. 12* ISO To have and to hold the same with the appurtenances to Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors, freed and discharged from all incumbrances whatsoever, in trust, nevertheless, to and for the use, benefit and behoof of the said Oneida Nation as before-mentioned for ever. And the said Michael C. Macnamara, for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators, doth covenant grant and agree to and with Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors, that he, the said Michael C. Macnamara, now is the true and lawful owner of all and singular the said parcel or tract of land and premises above mentioned, and every part thereof, and now is lawfully seized in his own right of a good, sure, perfect, absolute and indefeasible estate of inheritance in fee simple of and in the premises hereby granted, bargained, sold, surrendered and yielded up or intended so to be, without any condition or limitation of use or uses or any other matter or thing to alter, charge, change, incumber or defeat the same : And further, that he, the said Michael C. Macnamara, and his heir's, executors and administrators, shall and will at all times hereafter, upon the reasonable request and. at the proper costs and charges of Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors, make, do and execute all and every such further and other lawful act or acts, devices, conveyances, assurances and surrenders in the law whatsoever for the further, better and more perfect granting, conveying and assuring, surrendering and yielding up of all and singular the said premises above mentioned, with the appurtenances unto Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors, as by Her said Majesty, Her heirs and succes- ors, Her or their counsel shall be reasonably devised, advised or required. In Witness Whereof, the said Michael C. Macnamara hath hereunto set his hand and seal on the day and year first above written Signed, seiied and delivered) M. C. MACNAMARA. [L.S.1 m presence of J L J Saml. P. Jarvis, George Tardon. £150 Os. Od. Cy. Received of Samuel P. Jarvis, Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs, the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds, Prov. currency, being the consideration money in full to be paid to me as mentioned in the within deed of surrender. Wituess: George Tardon, M. C. Macnamara. U ! 8 Department of the Secretary of State for Canada, ' Ottawa, 14th April, 1868. I hereby certify that the foregoing surrender has this day been duly entered on the records of this office in Lib. K. M. Folio 29. HECTOR L. LANGETEN, Secretary of State and Registrar of Canada. Department of the Secretary of State of Canada, Registrar's Branch, Ottawa, 8th January, 1887. I hereby certify the within to be a true and faithful copy of the record of the original deed of surrender as entered in Lib. K. M. Folio 29, L. A. CATELLIER, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. 181 III!: ■I'll No. 231. To all to Whom these Presents shall come: l^lll , I, William Salmon, of the Town of Simcoe, in the Talbot District, and Province of Canada, Esquire,— Send Greeting : Deed of surrender, ''Whereas, His late Majesty King George the Third by letters from Wm. Salmon to patentunder theGreatSeai of the late Province of Upper CanachH the Crown for Indians, f . . , ,, . ,, , « « , • ,1 /» ± '•l .r J. bearing date the sixth day of August, in the forty-sixth year of His reign, did give and grant unto one Alexander Harrow, his heirs and assigns, forever, all that parcel or tract of land situate in the Township of Delaware, in the County of Middlesex, in the District of London, in the said, then, Province of Upper Canada, being composed of lot number nineteen in Concession C in the said Township I of Delaware, containing two hundred acres of land: To have and to hold the said parcel or tract of land unto and to the use of the said Alexander Harrow, his heirs and assigns forever, subject, nevertheless, to certain reservations, limitations and condition^ in said letters patent, expressed and contained, as by the said letters patent will appear. And whereas the said Alexander Harrow, being seized in fee simple of the said parcel or tract of land, under and by virtue of the said letters patent, neglected to pay the taxes imposed by law upon the said piece or parcel or tract of land, and suffered the same to remain in arrears and unpaid, contrary to the form of the statute in that behalf made and provided. And whereas, by reason of the taxes being so in arrears and unpaid the said piece or parcel of land became and was liable to be sold at public auction for the payment of the said taxes, pursuant to the provisions of the said statute in that behalf made and provided. And whereas, Abraham A. Rapelge,on the seventh day of December, in the year of OurLord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, then being Sheriff of the said District of London, did, for and in consideration of the sum of four pounds one shilling and eleven pence, lawful money of Canada, by the said William Salmon to the said Abraham A.Rapelge,as said Sheriff, in hand paid, by a certain deed poll duly executed under his hand and seal of office, as Mich sheriff, bearing date the said seventh day of December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, under and by virtue of a certain writ to him as such Sheriff.in that behalf directed, according to the said statute in that behalf provided—grant, bargain and sell the same piece or parcel .of land and premises to the said William Salmon, being the purchaser at public auction of the said piece or parcel of land, exposed for sale under the said writ, to him the said Abraham A. Rapelge as such Sheriff in that'behalf directed: To have and to hold the said piece or parcel of land and premises unto and to the use of the said William Salmon, his heirs and assigns forever. Now Know Ye that I, the said William Salmon, for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds of lawful money of Canada to me in hand paid at or before the sealing pr delivery of these presents by our present Most Gracious Sovereign Lady Yictoria, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and for several other good causes and weighty considerations me thereunto moving, have granted, surrendered and yielded up, and by these presents do grant, surrender and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the present Queen's Most Excellent Majesty,ner h eirs and successors, the said piece or parcel of land and premises, with all and singular the hereditaments and appurtenances thereto belonging, and all my estate, right, title, interest claim and demand whatsoever, of, in, to or out of the same and every part and parcel thereof, freed, clear and discharged of and from all prior mortgages, charges, incumbrances, devises, claims and demands, whatsoever of the said Alexander Harrow, his heirs or assigns, or of me the said William Salmon, ray heirs or assigns, heretofore made, done, charged, committed or suffered to be made, done, committed or charged upon the said piece or parcel of land, tenement and premises, or any part thereof. To have and to hold the same and every part thereof unto the sole use and behoof of Our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever ; together with the said letters patent to the said Alexander Harrow, to be cancelled, and the said William Salmon for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators, doth by these presents covenant grant and agree to and with our said Sovereign Lady the present Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, Her heirs and successors, that he, the said William Salmon, at the time of the executing and delivery hereof is and stands solely, rightfully and lawfully seized of a good, sure, perfect, absolute and indefeasible estate of inheritance, in fee simple of and in said land, tenements, hereditaments, and all and singular other the premises hereinbefore mentioned with their, and every of their appurtenances, and of and in every part and parcel thereof, without any manner of forfeiture, reservation, limitation, provisoes or conditions ; other than are contained in the original grant thereof from the Crown, and that he the said William Salmon now hath in himself good right, full power, and lawful and absolute authority to grant, surrender and yield up the said land, tenements, hereditaments and premises hereinbefore mentioned, with their and every of their appurtenances, uuto Our said Sovereign Lady the present Queen's Most Gracious Majesty^ Her heirs and successors forever, in manner aforesaid, and will warrant and defend the same to Our said Sovereign Lady the present Queen's Most Gracious Majesty, Her heirs and successors, of and from the right, title, interests, claims and demands of all and every person or persons whomsoever. In Witness Whereof, the said William Salmon hath hereto set his hand and seal this eighth day of March, in the seventh year of Her Majesty's reign, and in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-four. Signed, sealed and delivered ) in the presence of j John W. Gwynne, C. Foster. I^S'IS £150. Received the day and year last within written, the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds, being the consideration money within mentioned to be paid to me. I say received. ") Witness: I WILLIAM SALMON. John W. GwyNNE. J Office of the Secretary of State for Canada, Registrar's Branch, Ottawa, 23rd April, 1868. I hereby certify that this Indenture has this day been entered on the records of this office, in Lib. C.S.. Folio 337. HECTOR L. LANGETIN, Secretary of State and Registrar of Canada. Department of the Secretary of State, of Canada, Registrar's Branch, Ottawa, 8th January, 1887. I hereby certify the within to be a true and faithful copy of the record "of the Original deed of surrender to the Crown, as entered in Liber C. S., Folio 337. L. A. CATELLIER, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. WILLIAM SALMON, [LA] No. 232. To all to whom these Presents shall come: Charles Baby, of the Town of Sandwich, in the Western District and Province of Canada, and William Baby, of the Township of Harwich in the said Western District, Esquires,—send greeting. mi tt'l Mli 183 ™Mii| Dated aid June, 1844. Surrender to the Crown of Lot No. 17, in Concession D, and the broken front of Lot No. 17, in Concession C, and Lot No. 22 in Concession C, in the Township of Delaware, in the London District. Whereas, his late Majesty, King George the Third, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, did by his letters patent bearing date the eight day of August, in the year of Our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine - under the seal of the Province of Canada, give and grant unto the Honourable Peter Russell of the then Town of York, in the Home District and Province of Upper Canada amongst others certain parcels or tracts of land situate in the Township of Delaware, in the District of London and Province aforesaid, and hereinafter more particularly described and the same parcels or tracts of land were afterwards by an Indenture bearing date the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and six, duly bargained, sold and conveyed by the said Peter Russell unto and to the use of the Honourable James Baby, of the Town of York aforesaid, his heirs and assigns forever. And whereas the said Honourable James Baby departed this life on or about the twenty-fifth day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, having first made his last will and testament in the words following—that is to say: " In the name of God Amen. I, James Baby, of the Town of York, in the Home District of the Province of Upper Canada, Esquire, being in perfect health and sound mind and memory do make and declare this my last will and testament, in manner following: First. I recommend my soul unto Almighty God, and I do entreat his mercy thro' His Only Son Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. " As touching my Wordly estate, I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner: I will that my just debts be paid, should any remain unpaid at my decease. I hereby give and bequeath unto my executors hereafter, named my real property for the express purpose of satifying the same, after which I will that the residue of my lands, messuages, hereditaments, and tenements, with my personal estate or the proceeds thereof (if sold by my executors, which I hereby authorize them to do for the benefit of my children), be divided in equal shares among my six beloved children, namely, Eliza Ann, James Francis, Charles Thomas, Henry Raymond, John Edward and William Lewis. And I institute, make and ordain the Honourable Thomas Clark of the Township of Stamford in the District of Niagara, in Upper Canada; the Honourable and Reverend Doctor John Strachan, of York, in the Home District of Upper Canada;William Allen of the same place, Esquire, and John Bap tiste Baby of the Town of Sandwich, in the County of Essex, in the Western district of Upper Canada, aforesaid, Esquire, executors of this my last will and testament,.and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke, and disannul all and every other former testaments, wills, legacies, bequests and executors by me in any wise before mentioned willed and bequeathed, ratifying and confirming this, and no other, to be my last will and testament." And whereas Henry Raymond Baby, late of Sandwich aforesaid, third son of the said late Honourable James Baby, became seized of the said lands in the Township of Delaware, hereinafter more particularly described under and by virtue of the above recited will of his late father. • , And whereas the said Henry Raymond Baby, late of Sandwich aforesaid, by his several deeds of bargain and sale, respectively bearing date the twenty-fifth day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. and made between the said Henry Raymond Baby, of the one part, and Thomas Clark, of the Township of Stamford, in the District of Niagara, Esquire, of the other part, did grant, bargain, sell and convey and assure unto the said Thomas Clark, his heirs and assigns, all and singular the lands hereditaments, and premises with the appurtenances hereinafter mentioned. To have and to hold the same unto the said Thomas Clark, his heirs and assigns for ever; but, nevertheless, upon the trusts and to and for the ends, interests and purposes expressed and declared in and by a certain Indenture or declaration of trust, bearing date the day and year last aforesaid, and signed by the said «^^SS(*,^^f^Mip^5a 184 Henry Raymond Baby and the said Thomas Clark respectively, amongst other things in the first place to sell and dispose of the same, and apply the proceeds towards payment and satisfaction of a certain debt due and owing by the said Henry Raymond Baby to the said Thomas Clark, as also a certain other debt due and owing by the said Henry Raymond Baby to the late firm of Clarke & Street. And whereas the said Henry Raymond Baby did in bis lifetime, to wit on the fifth day of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty- six, at Lynn Regis, in the County of Dorset, in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Leland called England, make and publish his last will and testament in the words and form following, that is to say: In the name of God, Amen. I, Raymond Baby, being of sound body and mind, do make this my last .will and testament, having appointed Thomas Clark, Esquire, late of the Township of Stamford, in the Niagara District and Province of Upper Canada, my lawful agent for the disposal of my property belonging to mo in Upper Canada, consisting of upwards of three thousand acres of land, besides a house and Jot of two acres in the city of Toronto, amounting in all to about six thousand pounds, Upper Canada currency: It is my will that all my just debts should be nrst paid out of the proceeds of the sale of the above and that the remainder, after the payment of such debts, should be disposed and divided in the following manner :That the balance, after the payment of my just debts, should be placed in bank stock or other beneficial funded property in Upper Canada, and that tho interest thereof should go to the support of my beloved brother, Edward Baby during his life, and that it be at the option of my brother William to keep and support Edward, and to receive the interest thereof through the hands of my executors, to be hereafter named. In case William declines this proposal, I authorize my executors to nominate a fit person and to pay him the interest. That in the event of Edward's death, it is my will that the property so placed at interest should be equally divided between my brothers Charles and William, reserving one hundred pounds to be paid to my nephew, Raymond Casgrain, at his becoming of age * * * * the interest thereof to be received by William Baby until such period, and to carry into effect this my last will and testament. I nominate and appoint as my executors Charles Baby, of the Town of Sandwich j William Lee and James Nation, both of the City of Toronto, Esquires. And whereas the said Henry Raymond Baby departed this life on or about the sixth day of August, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty without revokingor altering his said last will and testament above recited. And whereas the saidThomas Clark in his life time did by his last will and testament duly executed to pass real seal estate, bearing date the twenty-ninth day of January, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one (amongst other things) will devise, assign and make over unto the said Samuel Street, Robert Grant, of Queens- town, in the District of Niagara aforesaid, Esquire, and James Hamilton of Saint Thomas, in the District of London, Esquire, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, all the property real, and personal, of whatever kind he might die possessed of, either in fee, possession, remainder or contingency, to be disposed of by them the said Samuel Street, Robert Grant and James Hamilton, or the survivors or survivor of them, or the heirs, executors or administrators of such survivors or survivor for the payment of debts and legacies and for other purposes in the said will tioned. And wheres the said Thomas Clark afterwards departed this life without revoking or altering the said will; and whereas the said James Hamilton by a certain deed or instrument, under his hand and seal, and dated the twelfth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, did renounce and disclaim all the real and personal estates, trusts, powers and authorities whatsoever in and by the said will of the said Thomas Clark willed, devised, assigned and made over to him, jointly with the said Samuel Street and Robert Grant, and all trusteeship thereof, and all rights, powers and authorities thereunto belonging or in anywise relating to or annexed. 185 And whereas the said Robert Grant since the making of the said will and the renunciation of the said James Hamilton hath departed this life, leaving the said Samuel Street him surviving. And whereas the said Thomas Clark, at the time of his death, was seized of or well entitled to the lands and tenements hereinafter mentioned upon the trusts and to and for the ends, intents and purposes expresseM and declared of and concerning the same. And whereas the said Samuel Street as surviving trustee and executor as aforesaid, did by indenture of bargain and sale, bearing date on or about the fifth day of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, grant, bargain, sell, relinquish, release and quit claim unto the above named Charles Baby and William Baby (among others) certain parcels or tracts of land in the Township of Delaware, hereinafter more particularly described. And whereas the said Henry Raymond Baby in his lifetime entered into a certain agreement with Samuel Peter Jarvis, Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs, for the surrender of the said lands to the Crown for the use and benefit of the Oneida Tribe of Indians, formerly of the State of New York, in the United States of America, now settled on the said lots, and their lands contiguous in the Township of Delaware, in the District of London and Province aforesaid, and so soon as he should receive from the said Samuel Street, surviving trustee and executor of the estate of the late Thomas Clark, a re-conveyance of the same. And whereas, the said Henry Raymond Baby departed this life before the execution of such deed or instrument. And whereas the said Charles Baby and William Baby are desirous of fulfilling the contract entered into by the late Henry Raymond Baby, and of surrendering to the Crown the said lands in the Township of Delaware, hereinafter more particularly described. Now Know Ye that the said Charles Baby and William Baby, for several good causes and considerations them thereunto moving, and also for and in consideration of five hundred and twenty-five pounds of lawful money of the Province of Canada, to them in hand well and truly paid by Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt thereof they do hereby acknowledge, have granted, surrendered and yielded up, and by these presents do grant, surrender and yield up unto Our present Sovereign Lady the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, Her heirs and successors, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Township of Delaware, in the County of Middlesex, in the London District and Province of Canada, containing three hundred acres, be the same more or less, which said three hundred acres of land are known as lot number seventeen in Concession D, and the broken front of lot number seventeen in Concession C, in the said Township of Delaware, and thus described, that is to say: Commencing at the northernmost angle of the said lot number seventeen in the said Concession D; then south twenty degrees, east twenty- nine chains, more or less, to lot number eighteen; then south seventy degrees, west one hundred and thrity-five chains, more or less to the allowance for road between Concessions B and C, then north twenty degrees, west to the River Thames, then northerly along the River Thames, up stream to lot number sixteen, then north seventy degrees, east to the place of beginning, and including the public allowance for road between Concessions C and D, and also all and singular that other tract or parcel of land and premises situate, lying and being" in* the said Township of Delaware, and known as lot number twenty-two in Concession C, of the said Township of Delaware, containing two hundred acres, be the same more or less, which saia two hundred acres of land are thus described, that is to say: Commencing at the northerly angle of said lot number twenty-two, then south seventy degrees, west sixty-five chains seventy links, more or less, to the allowance for road between Concessions B and C, then south twenty degrees, east twenty-nine chains, eighty links, more or less, to lot number twenty-three, then north seventy degrees, east sixty-five chains seventy links, more or less to the allowance for road between Concessions C and D, then north twenty degrees, west twenty-nine chains eighty links, more or less, to the place of beginning. 1S6 Together with all and every of the houses, outhouses, buildings, erections, fences improvements, ways, waters, profits, commodities, hereditaments and appurtenances on the said parcels, tracts or lots of land, or any or either of them, erected, lying and being or thereto belonging or in anywise appertaining. And the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof and of every part and parcel thereof with the appurtenances. And also all the estatex right, title, interest, trust, property, claim and demand whatsoever, either at law or in equity, of them the said Charles Baby and William Baby, of, in, to or out of the same and every part thereof, with the appurtenances either by virtue of the above recited will or otherwise howsoever. To have and to hold all and singular the said parcels or tracts of land and premises hereinbefore described, with the appurtenances, unto Our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors, to the only proper use benefit and behoof of Our said Sovereign Lady the now Queen, Her heirs and successors forever. Together with the letters patent or grant of the said parcels or tracts of land under the Great Seal of the Province of Upper Canada. And the said Charles Baby and William Baby do hereby for themselves, their heirs, executors and administrators, and for every of them, covenant, promise and agree to and with Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors, by these presents in manner and form following, that is .to say:— That neither the said Henry Raymond Baby, deceased, in his lifetime, nor any of his ancestors, nor any person through whom he claims, nor the said Charles Baby and William Baby, nor any person through whom they claim, have or hath made, done, committed, or wittingly or willingly suffered any act, deed, matter or thing whatsoever, whereby or by means or occasion whereof the hereby granted and surrendered premises or any part thereof are, is, shall or may be in anywise impeached, charged or incumbered in title, charge estate, or otherwise howsoever. And also that they the said Charles Baby and William Baby, and all and every other person and persons having or lawfully claiming, or who shall or may have or lawfully or equitably claim at any time or times hereafter any estate, right, title, trust or interest of, in, or to the said several parcels or tracts of land and premises with the appurtenances, by, from or under the said Henry Raymond Baby, Chai les Baby or William Baby, or their or either of their ancestors, or any person through whom they or either of them claim or any of them shall and will from time to time and at all times hereafter, make, do, acknowledge, levy, suffer and execute or cause or • procure to be made, done, acknowledged, levied, suffered and executed all and every such further and other lawful and reasonable act and acte, thing and things, devices, conveyances and assurances in the law whatsoever for the further better and more perfect and absolute granting, conveying, surrendering, yielding up and assuring unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors, tne said several parcels or tracts of land and premises, with the appurtenances, unto and to the use of Our said Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs or successors, as by our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors or Her or their counsel learned in the law shall be lawfully and reasonably devised or advised and required. In Witness Whereof the said Charles Baby and William Baby have to these presents set and put their hands and seals the second day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, and in the seventh year of Her Majesty's reign. Signed, sealed and delivered bv the within") named Charles Baby and William Baby > in the presence of J CHARLES BABY, WILLIAM BABY. [L.S.J Edw. B. Palmer, Jno. Black, R. Stewart Woods. 187 Office of the Secretary of State for Canada, Registrar's Branch, Ottawa, 17th April, 1868. I hereby certify that this surrender has this day been entered on the records of this office in Lib. OS., Folio 314. HECTOR L. LANGETIN. Secretary of State and Registrar for Canada. Department of the Secretary of State, Registrar's Branch, Ottawa, 8th January, 1887. I hereby certify the within to be a true and faithful copy of the record of the original surrender to the Crown, as entered in Liber C. S., Folio 314. » ■ L. A. CATELLIER, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. No. 233. Tfiis Indenture, made the twentieth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, between Charles Baby, of the x Town of Sandwich, in the Western District of the Province of Deed of conveyance Canada, Esquire, of the first part, Mary Baby (wife of the said feQ^Tteb&f S-harles *&>. of the 3econd part, and He,- Host Graeioas Majesty and Sovereign Lady, Tictona, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, of the third part. Whereas, the Honourable James Baby, then of York (now called Toronto), in the Home District, departed this life in or about the month of February, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three, being seized in fee simple in possession of (among divers other hereditaments) the lands and premises in Delaware, hereinafter mentioned and described, and intended to be hereinafter granted and released, with their appurtenances, having first duly made and published his last will and testament in writing, properly executed for passing real estate, bearing date on or about the fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-three, whereby he devised the residue of his lands and hereditaments (of which those hereinafter granted formed part) to certain executors and trustees for the benefit of his six children, share and share alike, of whom John Edward Baby, hereinafter mentioned, was one, and the said will was afterwards duly proved in the proper Court at Toivnto aforesaid. And Whereas the said children, after they had attained their respective majorities, came to an agreement among themselves many years ago to divide the said lands of the said testator by lot, and on such division the lands in Delaware, hereinafter described, fell to and became the property and inheritance of the said John Edward Baby, who has been deemed the owner thereof for many years past. And Whereas the said John Edward Baby was, under and by virtue of a commission De Lunatico inquirendo, issued from the Court of Chancery of Upper Canada some time ago, found and declared to be a lunatic, and by an order of that court, bearing date the fifteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, the Tice-Chancellor (Jamieson), ordered that the said Charles Baby should be appointed committee of the person and estate of the said lunatic, the particulars whereof will fully appear on reference to the proceedings filed of record in the said court, and the said Charles Baby has duly acted as such committee. And Whereas the said I John Edward Baby is still living, but is wholly incapable of managing his own affairs and is still a lunatic, and therefore incompetent to execute these presents. •And Whereas James Baby, of the City of Toronto, Esquire (who was the eldest son of the said Honourable James Baby) would be the heir-at-law of the said 1S8 •John Edward Baby, if he survived the said John Edward Baby, the latter of whom is incapable of making a will. And whereas the said Charles Baby some ^ime since contracted and agreed with Joseph B. Clench, Esquire (then styled Supe intendent of Indian Affairs in the London District of the said Province) to sell and convey to him (forand on behalf of the Chiefs and Principal Men of the Oneida Tribe of Indians, settled in the Township of Delaware aforesaid) the lands, hereditaments and premises hereinafter mentioned and described, and intended to be hereinafter granted and released, with the appurtenances, and he thereupon duly made and executed unto the said Joseph B. Clench his certain bond or obligation in writing under his hand and seal, of which the following is a copy: " Know all men by these presents, that I, Charles Baby, of the Town of Sandwich, in the Western JDistrict of the Province of Canada, Esquire, am held and firmly bound unto Joseph B. Clench, of the Township of Delaware, in the London District of the said Province of Canada, Esquire, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and his successors in office, in the penal sum of six hundred pounds of lawful money of the Province aforesaid, to be paid to the, said Joseph B. Clench and to his successors in office, for which payment well and truly to be made I bind myself, my heirs, executors and administrators firmly by these presents, sealed with my seal, dated at Montreal this twenty-third day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six. The condition of this obligation is such, that if the above bound Charles Baby, his heirs, executors or administrators do and shall well and truly convey, or cause to be well and truly conveyed unto the said Joseph B. Clench, as such Superintendent as aforesaid, and his successors in office, all and singular those certain parcels or tracts of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Township of Delaware, in the London District aforesaid, and known as the cast half of lot number 'twenty-one' in Concession B, and lot number 'twenty-two' in Concession B, containing in all three hundred acres, by a deed in fee simple free from all incumbrances within the period of one year from that date, then this obligation is to be void, or else to remain in full force, virtue and effect." "Aud provided the said Joseph B. Clench as such Superintendent as aforesaid shall pay, or cause to be paid unto the said Charles Baby, the sum of three hundred pounds on the delivery of this obligation." And whereas the said Joseph B. Clench duly paid unto the said Charles Baby the said sum of three hundred pounds mentioned in the proviso at the end of the said bond, and the said Chiefs and Principal Men of the Oneida Tribe of Indians were then let into and have ever since had full possession of the said lands, hereditaments and promises. And whereas the said James Baby being desirous of confirming the said sale to the said Joseph B. Clench, did on the eighteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, duly execute under his hand and seal a certain deed to or in favour of the said Charles Baby in the following words (that is to say), " Whereas Charles Baby, of the Town of Sandwich, in the Western District, Esquire, has been appointed of committee of the person and real estate of John Edward Baby, a lunatic, by a decree of the Court of Chancery, of the Province of Upper Canada: And whereas I, James Baby, of the (Sty of Toronto, in the Home District, Esquire, being the heir-at-law of the said John Edward Baby, desire that all further proceedings, should be staid in the said court, for the purpose of saving costs, and at the same time to consent with the rest of the heirs of my late father, the Honourable James Baby, that the person and estate of the said John Edward Baby should be put under the control of the said Charles Baby, in order that he may sell and dispose of any of the said real estate as he may think proper, and to such person as he may think best, and for such price or prices as he thinks proper, now I do by these presents ratify and confirm all acts done and to be hereafter done by the said Charles Baby in the premises." A memorial of which said deed was duly registered in the County of Middlesex, in the London District, on the third day of October, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, as will appear on reference to the records in the Registrar's office there. And whereas the said Joseph B. Clench hath (by an endorsement on these presents) requested the 6aid Charles Baby to make and execute a proper conveyance of the said lands and premises to Her said Majesty in full satisfaction of the condition ! I il ( 189 1 of the said Charles Baby's bond, with which request the said Charles Baby hath agreed to comply. Now this Indenture witnesseth, that for the purpose of carrying the said agreement into effect and in consideration of the said sum of three hundred pounds havirijj been so paid and advanced by the said Joseph B. Clench (as Superintendent as aforesaid) to the said Charles Baby, as is hereinbefore mentioned and recited (which fact and payment the said Charles Baby doth hereby admit and acknowledge), and also in consideration of five shillings to the said Charles Baby now paid by Her Majestj (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged), he, the said Charles Baby (at the request of the said Joseph B. Clench, testified by his signing the indorsement on this deed, hath granted, bargained, sold, aliened, released and conveyed, and by these presents doth grant, bargain, sell, alien, release and convey unto Her said Majesty the Queen, and to Her heirs and successors for ever, all those certain parcels, or tracts of land, situate, lying and being in the Township of Delaware, in the London District, known and described as the east half of lot number " twenty one," in Concession B, in the Township of Delaware aforesaid. And also lot number " twenty-two," in the same concession and townslrp, in I the County of Middlesex, and London District aforesaid, containing in the whole three.hundred acres (be the same more or less), all which said lands and hereditaments are now in the tenure and occupation of the said Oneida Indians or their under tenants ; together with all houses, outhouses, edifices, buildings, woods, underwoods, waters, watercourses, ways, rights, privileges, members and appurten- - ances whatsoever, to the said lands, hereditaments and premises belonging, or in any wise appertaining or reputed to belong thereto, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits of the said hereditaments and premises, and every part thereof, and all the estate, ri<jht, title, use, trust, inheritance, interest, property, possession, benefit, claim and demand whatsoever, both at law and in equity, of him the said Charles Baby, of, in, to and out of the said lands, hereditaments and premises and every part and parcel thereof. To have and. to hold the said lands, hereditaments and premises hereinbefore granted, with their rights, members and appurtenances unto Her said Majesty Queen Victoria, Her heirs and successors, freed and discharged from all incumbrances whatsoever, in trust, nevertheless,' to and for the use, benefit and behoof of Moses Schuyler (Head Chief) Abraham W. Sickles, Cornelius Irland, William Day, William Elm, Elijah Williams and August Cornelius, Chiefs and Principal Men of that part of the Oneida Tribe of Indians settled in the Township of Delaware aforesaid, and their heirs. And the said Charles Baby doth hereby for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators, covenant, promise, grant and agree with and to Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors, in manner following (that is to say): That he, the said Charles Baby, hath now in himself good right, full power and lawful and absolute authority to grant, bargain, sell, release and convey the said lands, hereditaments and premises, with the appurtenances, in the manner aforesaid, unto Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors in trust aforesaid, and according to the true intent and meaning of these presents. And also that the same lands and hereditaments are free from all incumbrances whatsoever, made, done or committed by him, the said Charles Baby, or the said John Edward Baby, or any of their, or either of their ancestors, or any person or persons claiming through or under hira, them, or any of them, and also from all judgments, extents and executions. And also that Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors, and every other person and persons claiming under Her or them, shall and may from time to time, and at all times hereafter, peaceably and quietly enter into, have, hold, use, occupy, possess and enjoy all and singular the said hereditaments and premises, with the appurtenances, without any let or hinder- ance of him the said Charles Baby, his heirs or assigns, or any person or persons claiming under him, or them or any of them. And further, that he, the said Charles Baby, and his heirs, and all and every other persons and person, and his and their heirs, having or lawfully claiming any estate, right, title, trust or interest of, in, to or out of the said lands, hereditaments 190 and premises, hereinbefore granted or intended so to be, by, from, through or under him or them, or any of them, shall and will at all times hereafter, upon the reasonable request of Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors Her cestuique trusts make, do and execute, or cause and procure to be made, done or executed, all and every such further and other acts and deeds for the further, better and more perfect granting, conveying and assuring all and singular the said hereditaments and premises with the appurtenances unto the said Queen, Her heirs and successors, in trust as aforesaid as by Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors, or Her or their counsel in the law, shall be reasonably advised and required. And this Indenture also witnesseth that the said Mary Baby (wife of the above named Charles Baby), for the considerations aforesaid, and also in consideration of ten shillings, now paid to her by the said Queen (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged), hath remised, released, and forever relinquished, and by these presents, doth remise, release and forever relinquish unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors, all dower, right and title to or in dower whatsoever, which she, the said Mary Baby, in the event of her surviving her present husband, the said Charles Baby, may, can, or might, or of right ought to have, claim or demand in, to or out of the lands, hereditaments and premises hereinbefore bargained and sold, or intended so to be, with their appurtenances or any part thereof, and all and all manner of actions and suits, writ and writs of dower, both at law and in equity whatsoever, for or in respect of the same hereditaments and premises, and every or any part thereof. Is Witness Where of, the said Charles Baby and Mary, his wife, have hereunto set their hands and seais the day and year first above written. Signed, sealed and delivered \ CHAS. BABY, [L.S.1 in presence of . - j MARY BABY. [L.S.J John Prince, The Park Farm, W.D., Charles Wiggins, of Sandwich, Gent. I do hereby request the within named Charles Baby to make and execute the condition of his bond to me (within mentioned), to Her Majesty Queen Yictoria, Her heirs and successors, in trust for the Oneida Indians, as within mentioned, in lieu of to me. Witness my hand this 19th December, 1848. J. B. CLENCH, Superint. Indian Affairs. Witness: ) %*p Roet. F. Keays. j &80 ^§§^1 I hereby certify that a memorial of the within deed was recorded in the office of Registrar for the County of Middlesex, the 19th day of March, A.D. 1849, at twenty minutes past eleven o'clock am., in Lib. A for Delaware, Folio 78. rr VS H- BURWELL, John Prince, Q.C., Registrar. The Park Farm, Sandwich. Office of the Secretary of State for Canada, Registrar's Branch, Ottawa, 27th April, 1868. I hereby certify that this Indenture has this day been entered on the records of this office in Lib. C.S., Folio 341. HECTOR L. LANGETIN, Secretary of State and Registrar of Canada. Department of the Secretary of State of Canada, Registrar's Branch, Ottawa, 8th January, 1887. I hereby certify the within to be a true and faithful copy of tho record of the original deed of conveyance to the Crown as entered in Liber C.S., Folio 341. L. A. CATELLIER, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. 11 li 191 No. 234 We, Thomas Mercer Jones, of the Town of Goderich, County of Huron, Huron District and Province of Canada, and Frederick Widder, of the City of ToronteM County of York, Home District and Province aforesaid, Esquires, the attornies|^B the Canada Company, incorporated under and by virtue of an Act made and passed in the sixth year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, entitled: "An Act to enable His Majesty to grant to a Company, to be incorporated by Charter, to be called 'The Canada Company,' certain lands in the Province of Upper Canada, and to invest the said Company with certain powers and privileges, and for other purposes relating thereto," being constituted and appointed such attornies by virtue and in pursuance of an Act passed in the ninth year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, entitled : " An Act to alter and amend an Act for enabling His Majesty to grant to a Company, to be incorporated by charter, to be called ' The Canada Company,' certain lands in the Province of Upper Canada," do hereby, in consideration of the sum of two hundred and seventy-five pounds lawful money of the Province of Canada, to us, as such attornies, as aforesaid, paid by Samuel P. Jarvis, Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs, grant and release, yield up and surrender unto Our Sovereign Lady Yictoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, and to Her heirs and successors, all that certain parcel or tract of land situate as follows: Composing lots twenty-one and twenty-three in Concession C of the Township of Delaware, County of Middlesex, London District and Province of Canada aforesaid, containing by admeasurement four hundred acres of land, be the same more or less, and all the right, title and interest of the said Canada Company to and in the same and every part thereof, to have and to hold unto Our said Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever. In Witness Whereof, we the said Thomas Mercer Jones and Frederick Widder have hereunto subscribed our hands, as attornies of the said Canada Company, and affixed our seal of office at the City of Toronto, in the Province of Canada, this twelfth day of March, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundrexLand forty-two. Signed, sealed and delivered \ . in presence of j THOS. MERCER JONES, [L.S.] Donald McDonald. FREDK. WIDDER. ' [L.S.J Thos. Collier. Received the above deed with memorial 24th day of March, 1842. SAML. P. JARTIS, . Ch.S.1. Affairs. We certify that the above is a true and correct copy of a deed of surrender to Her Majesty the Queen, dated as above, and recorded in vol. 13, folio 147, of Deeds. .HERBERT HAMILTON, C G. HALLSWELL. No. 235. J. Michel, PROTINCE OF CANADA. Tictoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith. To all to whom these presents shall come,—Greeting : Whereas, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, certain Indians of the Oneida Tribe, to the number of four hun- GranttotheOueidas, dTe& %&& thirty six persons, having a purpose and desire to So ^re^To^iShi^of become subjects of the British Crown, did emigrate from the Delaware' County of United Stales of America and become inhabitants of the Town- Mddleses. Recorded sbip 0f Delaware, in the County of Middlesex, in the western Proves section of our Province of Canada. And did, thro' the instru mentality of the officers of the Indian Department, purchase 192 with monies provided by themselves, the said Oneida Indians, from certain individuals various lands in the said Township of Delaware to the extent of five thousand four hundred acres, and of which the greater part have, by deeds and conveyances made to Us, Our heirs and successors, in trust to and for the sole use and benefit of the said Oneida Indians and their children and descendants in all time to come, become vested in Us, Our heirs and successors in trust as aforesaid. And whereas, under permission of an Order of Our Executive Council, a sale was, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, made for the benefit and advantage of the said Indians by Our Commissioner of Crown Lands of certain clergy reserve lands, consisting of lots number twenty and twenty-three, in Concession JD, in the aforesaid Township of Delaware, containing by admeasurement four hundred acres, and for which payment in full lias been duly made by the said Indians to our said Commissioner of Crown Lands. Now Know Ye, that we, for the purpose of assuring in perpetuity to the said Oneida Indians and their children and descendants in all time to come the full enjoyment, advantage and benefit of the said lots numbers twenty and twenty- three in Concession D, in the said Township of Delaware, do, by these presents, declare that we hold the said land, being lot twenty and twenty-three aforesaid, in trust to and for the sole use and benefit of the said Indians, now known as the Oneidas of the River Thames. Given under the Great Seal of Our Province of Canada; witness, our trusty and well-beloved Sir John Michel, K.C.B., Administrator of the Government of the Province of Canada, and Lieutenant-General commanding Our forces therein, &c, &c, &c. At Ottawa, this eighth day of March, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and in the thirtieth year of Our reign. By command of His Excellency in Council. ::'} JHjA' A. RUSSELL, Assistant Comr. of Crown Lands. E. Parent, Asst. Secretary. Ref. No. 3620. Sale No. 3820. i )T 820. J J- " No. 236. Know all Men ey these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Wyandott Band of Indians, resident on our" reserve in the Township of Anderdon, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in Council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors, forever all and singular, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement fifty acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of the north half of the south half of lot number seven in the third concession of the said Township of Anderdon. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust to sell the same to such person or persons, and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed at interest, and that the interest money accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants forever. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said Wyandott Band of Indians do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the sale and disposal of the said parcel of land. 193 In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this sixteenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six. Signed, sealed and delivered ^| JAMES CLARK, „sl [X.S.] I in the presence of, having I his been read and explained f WILLIAM x HUNT, [L.S.J J before signature J mark. Erenzer Watson, ee^U (£fp Joseph Warrow. ^-s^ll Dominion of Canada, ") Province of Ontario, ; County of Essex, j To Wit: J Personally appeared before me Ebenezer Watson,'of the Town of Samia, in the Province of Ontario, Indian Lands Agent, and James Clark, member of the said Band of Indians. And the said Ebenezer Watson for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majorftv of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Wyandotts of Anderdon of "the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. I That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said James Clark says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians, of the full age of twenty-one vears then present. " * \\~' ^\'j*~- ~'*'-i-^ That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians, summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said Ebenezer Watson. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the deponents "j Ebenezer Watson and James Clark j at the Town of Windsor, in the County V of Essex, this 16th day of December, A.D. 1886. j C. R. Horne, Judge of the County Court of the County of Essex. Recorded 17th February, 188' Liber 117, Folio 147 L. A. CatellieRj Dep. Registrar-General of Canada, EBENEZER WATSON, JAMES CLARK. "I 13 194 No. 237. Articles of a Treaty made and concluded the ninth day of September, in the year Of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six: Between James Farquharson McLeod, C. M.G., a Commissioner duly appointed on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen of the one part, and the Blood Indians in council, composed of a majority of the male members of the Blood Band of the full age of twenty-one years old and upwards, assembled and duly called together for the purpose of considering and treating upon the subject hereinafter set forth, of the other part, Witnesseth: Whereas, by articles of a treaty made and concluded, the second day of July, in the year of Our Lord, 1S83, between Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, by Her Commissioners the Honourable Edgar Dewdney and James Farquharson McLeod, C.M.G., of the one part, and the Blood Indians, by their Head and Minor Chiefs in council, of the other part, which treaty was afterwards, by the majority of the male members of the said Blood Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years assembled in council, ratified and confirmed, as witnessed by a certain instrument bearing date the first day of February, A.D. 1884, made by Mekasto, the Chief of the said Blood Indians, as by reference thereto will more fully appear. • iyV'f^-V/1 Her Majesty the Queen, by Her said Commissioners, did grant unto the said Blood Indians all that certain tract of land in the North-West Territories of Canada, butted and bounded as follows, that is to say: Commencing on the north bank of the St. Mary's River at a point in north latitude forty-nine degrees twelve minutes and sixteen seconds (49° 12' 16"); thence extending down the said bank of the said river to its junction with the Belly River; thence extending up the south bank of the latter river to a point thereon in north latitude forty-nine degrees twelve minutes and sixteen seconds (49° 12' 16"); and thence easterly along a straight line to the place of beginning, excepting and reserving from out the same any portion of the north-east quarter of section number three in township number eight, in range twenty-two, west of the Fourth Principal Meridian, that may be within the above- mentioned boundaries. And whereas the said north-east quarter of section three was by mistake mentioned in the said treaty, instead of the north-west quarter of the said section, as excepted from the tract of land so granted as aforesaid. Now these Articles witness, that the parties hereto have agreed, and they do hereby agree, that the said north-west quarter of section three in the township and range aforesaid be the land excepted from the tract of land hereinbefore described, instead of the north-east quarter of the said section; and that the tract of land hereinbefore described, with the exception last mentioned, shall be and form the reservation granted to the said Blood Indians by Her Majesty the Queen, as fully and effectually as if the said north-east quarter of section three had not been particularly mentioned in the said treaty. In Witness Whereof, the said James Farquharson McLeod, and at the unani- ' mous request of ihe said council, Mekasto, Chief of the said Blood Indians and member of the said Council, have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals on the day and year first above written, at the Blood Reserve, in the said Territories. Signed, sealed and delivered ) in the presence of J Wm. Pocklington, D. Mills, Interpreter, M. Kerrigan. JAMES MACLEOD, Comr. [L.S.] MEKASTO x (Bed Crow.) [L.S.] mark. 195 Dominion of Canada, "} NorthWest Territories. >• To Wit: ) I, Mekasto (Red Crow), Head Chief of the Blood Band of Indians, make oath and say: That I was present and entitled to vote at a council composed of a majority of the male members of the Blood Band of the full age of twenty-one years, duly called to consider and rectify a mistake which was made in the description of the BioolM reservation, contained in the treaty dated the second day of July, A.D. 1883, hell at the Blood Reserve on the ninth day of September, A.D. 1886. That the members of the said council unanimously assented to the correction of the mistake made in the said treaty, as set forth in the articles of tieatv hereto annexed, after the matter had been thoroughly explained. Sworn before me at the Blood Reserve ~\ ^ this ninth day of September, in the > MEKASTO x (Red Crow.) year of Our Lord 1S86. ) &tP$%$: mark. James Macleod, S.M.,N. W. T. Canada, North-West Territories. To Wit: I, James Farquharson Macleod, of Fort Macleod, in the North-West Territories, Esquire, a Commissioner duly -appointed to treat with tho Blood IndianslH set forth in the articles of treaty hereto annexed, make oath and say: That I was present at a council of the said Blood Indians composed of a majority of the male members of the Blood Band of the full age of twenty-one years, held at the Blood reservation on the ninth day of September, in the year of Our Lord 1886, and duly called together for the purpose of considering the matter of the said treaty. That the said council unanimously assented to the said treaty, and requested and authorized Red Crow, the Head Chief of the said Band, to execute the s-aid treaty for them, and the said Red Crow did accordingly, in my presence and in presence of the said council, execute the same. JAMES MACLEOD. Sworn before me at the Town of "| Regina, the North-West Terii- I tories, this eleventh day of No- }- vember, in the year of Our Lord j 1886. J Hugh Richardson, Stip. Mag., N. W. T. Recorded 6th February, 1887,) Lib. 106, Folio 624. j L. A. Catellier. Dep. Registrar General of Canada. No. 238. Know all Men ry these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the River Desert Indians resident on our reserve in Maniwaki, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in Council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, 196 quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate lyingand being near the v illage of Maniwaki, in the County of Ottawa and Province of Quebec, containing by admeasurement five acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of that portion of lot number four, Desert Front range, lying between the land leased to Hamilton Bros, and the Desert River, near the said Tillage of Maniwaki. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust to lease the same to such person or persons, and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the leasing thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants forever. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said The River Desert Indians, do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the leasing of the said parcel of land. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this second day of August, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six. Signed, sealed and delivered \ . vn the presence of j his ■" his Peter x Tenesco, Peter x Tenesco, Chief, [L.S.] mark. mark. Head Chief. Chako McDougall, Sub.-Chief, [L.S.] his John McDougall, Interpreter, "l.s: Jack x McDougall, .One Indian, ;l.s: mark. his Sub-Chief. Alejs-.x Ottawa, [L.S.] his mark: John s? McDougall, "his mark. Louis Comondo, x [L.S.] ' Interpreter. mark. his > Xavier x Apegon, [L.S.] mark. his Simon x Tenesco, [L.S.] mark. his Charles x Cumondo, [L.S.] mark. his Semab x Pezzendewutck, 'L.S.1 mark. " his Frank x Cewart, ;l.s.j mark. his John x Whiteduck, [L.S.] mark. _ his Frank x Shemette, [L.S.] mark. his Joseph x Leveque, ;l.s.j mark. Otjik, m T w 197 his Jacko x De Contier, [LSI mark. J his John Bene x Cumondo, [L.S.] mark. his John Baptiste x Jabot, [L.S.] mark. Pa-na-sa-we-Mags, JL.S.] his William x Jabot, P^S.] mark. his John Bernard, x UjS.'] *•>''>%'•■• mark. Joseph Miness, Basil e Otjik, his Semab x Watagen, [LJS.] mark. his Simon Miciien, x [L.S.] mark. I certify that the signatures above and marks made were affixed in my presence. ' JAMES MARTIN, Indian Agent. Maniwaki, 20th Aug., 1887. ' Dominion of Canada, ^j Prov. of Quebec, County of Ottawa, To Wit: Personally appeared before me James Martin, Indian Agent of the River Desert Band of Indians in the Province of Quebec, and Peter Tenesco, Chief of the said Band of Indians. | And the said James Martin for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Maniwaki Reserve, of the full age of twenty-one years, then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose, and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such meeting or council by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted ait said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. :m0^- And the said Peter Tenesco says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians, of the full age or twenty-one years, then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians, summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said Peter Tenesco. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians, or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. 198 That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians] meeting or council. Sworn before me by the deponents James "j Martin and Peter Tenesco, at the j Township of Maniwaki, in the County S- of Ottawa, this twenty-seventh day of j January, A.D. 1887. j J. L. L. Julien, District Magistrate for the Districts of Ottaic Recorded 28th March, 1887. ) Lib. 106, Folio 666. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada a and Terrebonne. No. 239. ."Articles of Submission and Agreement made at Boston, in New England, by Sanquaaram alias Loron Arexus, Francois Xavier and Meganumbe, delegates from Penobscott, Naridgwack, St. Johns, Cape Sables and other tribes inhabiting within His Majesty's territories of Nova Scotia or New England. Whereas His Majesty King George by concession of the Most Christian King, made at the Treaty of Utrecht, is become fhe rightful possessor of the Province of Nova Scotia or Acadia according to its ancient boundaries : We, the said Sanquaaram alias Loron Arexus, Francois Xavier and Meganumbe, delegates from the iaid tribes of Penobscott, Naridgwack, St. Johns, Cape Sables and other tribes inhabiting within His Majesty's said territories of Nova Scotia or Acadia and Ne\v England, do, in the name and behalf of the said tribes we represent, acknowledge His said Majesty King George's jurisdiction and dominion over the territories of the said Province of Nova Scotia or Acadia, and make our submission to His said Majesty in as ample a manner as we have formerly done to the most Christian King. And we further promise on behalf of the said tribes we represent that the Indians shall not molest any of His Majestie's subjects or their dependants in their settlements already made or lawfully to be made, or in their carrying on their traffick and other affairs within the said Province. That if there happens any robbery or outrage committed by any of the Indians, the tribe or tribes they belong to shall cause satisfaction and restitution to be made to the parties injured. ip^l! That the Indians shall not help to convey away any soldiers belonging to His Majestie's forts, but on the contrary shall bring back any soldier they shall find endeavouring to run away. ,,-"-^tr^J' - . rM^" That in case of any misunderstanding, quarrel or injury between the English and the Indians no private revenge shall be taken, but application shall be made for redress according to His Majestie's laws. That if the Indians have made any prisoners belonging to the Government of Nova Scotia or Acadie daring the course of the war they Khali be released at or before the ratification of this treaty. llltllPllilli That this treaty shall be ratified at Annapolis Royal. Dated at the Council Chamber in Boston, in NewJSngland, this fifteenth day of December, Anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and twenty-five, Annoq. Regni Regis Georgii, Magna Britannia, &c, Duodecimo. Signed, sealed and delivered in the "J Sanquaaeam (totem) alias LoROX presence of the: Great and Gen- I ^^ {mim). eral Court or Assembly of the V f^>X0^Xayier, (totem). Province of the Massachusetts j ^GASUyiBZ (tote}^ .g| Attests: J. Willard, Secry. L.S. L.S. L.S. l.s: 199 We the underwritten Chiefs and others of the St. Johns, Cape Sables and other tribes of Indians inhabiting within this His Majestie's Province of Nova Scotia or Acadia having had the several articles of the within written Instrument (beinw a true copy of what was signed in our behalf by Sanquaarara alias Loron Arexus* Francois Xavier and Meganumbe, our delegates at the Treaty of Peace concluded at Boston) distinctly read over, faithfully interpreted and by us well understood, do hereby for ourselves and in behalf of our respective tribes consent to ratifie and confirm all the within mentioned articles and that the same shall be binding to us and our heirs forever to all intents and purposes. In Witness Whereof, we have signed, sealed and delivered these presents to the Honourable Lieut. Governor in the presence of several officers belonging to His Majestie's troops and other gentlemen underwritten. Done at the Fort of Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia, this thirteenth day of May, in the first year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord, George the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c, Annoq. Domini, 1728. "j St. Johns River Indians. Ignace, (totem) Michael, (/totem) Pierre x Paul, Thomas In the presence of Frs. Aldridge, Hen. Daniell, Rey. Nugent, Otho Hamilton, Richard Bull, Jno. Handfield, Robert Wroth, Chas. Aldridge, L. Natts, Saml. Cottnam, F. Mangean, Joseph Bissell, Wm. Armstong, ► Chiefs. Augustine : x Gregoire, Captain (totem) Moses, GUILLEAUME X Barnaby, (totem) Francis (totem) de Salle, Fils de Nepavomte, Francois, (totem) Michael, (totem) Francois x Germain, Francis de Salle, (totem) .") «. . Joseph, (totem) } •' Bernard x . Joseph (totem) Salle, Mitsa (totem) Tagamish, Paul, (totem) Dennis, ..Gipsies, , ^*^\y^§-» Francois x '■', . Joseph (totem) Ogster, Joseph x St. Aube, Francois, (totem) Emanuel. Annapolis Royal, Sept. 24th, 1728. Signum x Charles Manidupkike [Ij.S.], Chief Sachem of the whole Tribe of St Johns Indians. Jacques x mon Roussem, [L.S.1 . Oheuire Ohevourn, U'S-J Gregoire x — (L.S.j poine naouer Ketoudaskesse Martin (totem) [L.S.] [LA] w us. fLS. L.S fL.S.1 [L.S. L.S.] l.s: [L.S. l.s: fLS." fc.sj L.S. .L.S., ix.s.1 L.S. [l.s; l.s: ls: his Nepcm (totem) Occile. mark. [L.S.] 200 Halifax, N.S., 30th September, 1S86. I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a treaty made at Boston on the fifteenth day of December, A.D. 1725, with the delegates from the Indian tribes of Penobscott,Naridgwack, St. John, Cape Sable and other tribes, with the ratification on the back thereof at Annapolis Royal, dated the 30th day of May, A.D. 1728, now in possession of the Government of Nova Scotia. THOMAS B. AKINS, Commissioner of Public Records, Province of Nova Scotia. Articles of Submission and Agreement made at Boston, in New England, by Sanguaaram alias Loron Arexus, Francois Xavier and Meganumbe, delegates from the tribes of Penobscott, Naridgwalk, St. Johns, Cape Sables, and other tribes of the Indians inhabiting within His Majestie's territories of Nova Scotia and New England. Whereas His Majestie King George, by the concession of the Most Christain King made at the Treaty of Utrecht, is become the rightful possessor of the Province of Nova Scotia or Accadie, according to its ancient boundaries: Wo, the said Sanguaaram alias Loron Arexus, Francois Xavier and Meganumbe, delegates from the said tribes of Penobscott, Naridgwalk, St. Johns, Cape Sables and other tribes inhabiting within His Majestie's said terfitories of Nova Scotia or Accadie and New • England, do, in the name and behalf of the said tribes we represent, acknowledge His said Majestie King George's jurisdiction and dominion over, the territories of said Province of Nova Scotia or Accadie, and make our submission to His said Majestie in as ample a manner as we have formerly done to the Most Christian King. And we further promise, in behalf of the said tribes we represent, that the Indians shall not molest any of His Majestie's subjects or their dependants in their settlements already or lawfully to be made, or in their carrying-on their trade and other affairs within said Province. That if there happens any robbery or outrage commited by any of the Indians the tribe or tribes they belong to shall cause satisfaction aud restitution to be made to the parties injured. That the Indians shall not help to convey away any soldiers belonging to His Majesties forts, but on the contrary, shall bring back any soldier they shall find endeavouring to run away. That in case of any misunderstanding, quarrell or injury between the English and the Indians no private revenge shall be taken, but application shall be made for redress according to His Majestie's laws. That if the Indians have made any prisoners belonging to the Government of Nova Scotia or Accadie during the course of war they shall be released at or before the ratification of this treaty. That this treaty shall be ratified at Annapolis Royall. Dated at the Council! Chamber at Boston, in New England, this fifteenth day of December, An. Dorn^ one thousand seven hundred and twenty-five. Annoq. Ri. Bis Georgy Mag„ Britan, &c, Duodecimo. I, Joannes Pedousaghtigh, Chief of the Tribe of Chinecto Indians, for myself and in behalf of my Tribe, my heirs and their heira for ever, and we, Francois Auro- dowish, Simon Sactawino and Jean Battiste Maddouanhook * * * * deputys from the Chiefs of the St. Johns Indians, and invested by them with full power for that purpose, do in the most solemn manner renew the above articles of agreement and submission, and every article thereof, with His Excellency Ed ward Cornwallis, Esquire, Capt^ Gener'l and Governor in Chief in and over His Majestie's Province of Nova Scotia or Accadie, Tice-Admiral of tho same, Colonel in His Majestie's service and one of His bed chamber. In wittness whereof, I, the said Joannes Pedousaghtigh, have subscribed this treaty and affixed my seal, and we, the said Francois Aurodowish, Simon Sactawino and Jean Battiste Maddouanhook * 201 * * * * in behalf of the chiefs of the Indian Tribes we represe^B have subscribed and affixed our seals to the same, and engage that the said Chief shall ratifie this treaty at St. Johns. Done in Chibucto Harbour the fifteenth of August, one thousand seven hundred and forty-nine. In presence of L. E. Hopson, T. Mascarene, Robt. Ellison, James T. Merier, Chas. Lawrence. Ed. How. John Gorham, Benj. Green, John Salusbury, Hugh Davidson, Wm. Steele. Members of the Council for Nova Scotia. Joannes Pedousaohtigh, (totem) Francois Aurodowish, (totem) Simon Sactawino, (totem) L.S. L.S. X.S.1 Jean Battiste Maddouanhook, (totem) [L.S.' | The Articles of Peace on the other side, concluded at Chebucto, the fifteenth of August, one thousand seven hundred and fourty-nine, with His Excellency Edward Cornwallis, Esqr., Capt. General, Governour and -Commander in Chief of His Majests Province of Nova Scotia or Accadie, and signed by our deputies, having been communicated to us by Edward How, Esqr., one of His Majes*3 Council for said Province, and faithfully interpreted to us by Madame De Bel lisle, inhabitant of this river, nominated by us for that purpose. We the Chiefs and Captains of the River St. Johns and places adjacent do for ourselves and our different Tribes conform and ratefy the same to all intents and purposes. Given under our hands at the River St. Johns this fourth day of September, one thousand seven hundred and fourty- nine, in the presence of the under written witnesses. Ed. How, of his Majesty's Council, ^ lsg, ~Nath. Donnell, :••»*:%& John Weare, ^:\SS Joseph Winniett, "r^^B John Wenn. Robert McKoun, lp*ll|^ Matt. Winniett, John Phillipps. Michell (totem) Narreyones, Chief, Nnola (totem) Nequin, Capt, Francois (totem) De Xewier Archibane Margillie, Pierre (totem) Alexander Margillie, Augusta (totem) Meyawet, Maitre Clef de la Rio. Franc is (totem) Mayawyawet, Maitre Serdre Dt., Rene (totem) Neydm, Neptune (totem) Pierre Paul, Chief of Capneyneidy, Suapau (totem) Papaulonet, .Francois (totem) Gormam, Capt., Pierre (totem) Bexnoit, Capt., Francois (totem) Drino, Capt., Rene (totem) filie Dambrous, Capt. 202 Halifax, Nova Scotia, 30th September, 1886. I certify that the foregoing document is a true copy and a,fac simile of the original treaty written on parchment, made at -Boston on the 15th December, 1725, and the renewal of the same by the Indian deputies at Halifax, Nova Scotia (Chebucto) on the 15th August, 1749. Also, the ratification thereof by the Chiefs and Captains of the Tribes at the River St. John on the 4th September, 1749. Indorsed thereon. In possession of the Government of Nova Scotia. THOMAS B. AKINS, Commr. Public Records, Nova Scotia. By the parties to these Articles: the following Article is unanimously and reciprocally agreed upon for the more effectual preservation of the peace: That if any hostility shall be committed or offered to be committed by any Indians on any of the English subjects the Tribes who have enter'd into and ratified the treaty shall furnish and supply fifty Indians with a Captain of their own and the English two hundred and fifty, and so in proportion a greater or lesser number as the occasion shall require. The forces to be paid and subsisted by the English and under the conduct of such a General Officer as the English Governour may judge proper to pursue such refractory Indians either by sea or land and compell them to live peaceably and quietly with their neighbours. And if any other Tribes of Indians shall make warr upon any of the Tribes now enter'd into peace, in such a case the English shall assist them att their own cost and charge with the like proportion of men as may be necessary. Done att the Conference att Casco Bay, this twenty-fifth day of July, in the thirteenth year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord King George, Annoque Domini, 1727. f^'P Lieut-Govern'r of thcMassach'ts Bay, In presence of: Natt. Paine, Thom. Berry, John Quincey, Saml. Willard, ^Jl Joseph White, Stepn. Eastwick, John Aldex, Amos Turner, Ed. Shove, Johnson Harman, Jeremiah Moulton, Richard Bourn, Steph. Minott, Job Lewis, Thom. Smith, John S3hth, Joseph Heath, Henry Philipps, John Fitch, Cyprian Jeffry, Joan Giles, Saml. Jordan, Joseph Bane, Peter Weare. John Wainwright, Clerk Con. WLLLM. DUMMER. [L.S.] Lieut.-Gov'r of New Hampshire, J. WENTWORTH. [L.S.] Comm'rs. for the Govern't of Nova Scotia, T. MASCARENE. [L.S.J Wowenock. his SfS^SSsS Woosszau (totem) Raboonett, [L.S.] mark, his Quinoise (totem) [L.S.] mark, his Nemadgeen (totem) [L.S.] mark. Ossau Webramett, his son, his Sauwerra (totem) Mett, [L.S.] mark. Arresguntacook. his Auyau (totem) Mowett, [L.S.] mark. his Baqcaha (totem) At, [Jj.S.J mark. . his Soussack (totem) [L.S.] mark. Aduawandoct's son Sachem of Pegewahett HI i-ill * 203 illlr .ill i , f Schowoss (nia) [L.S.) mark, his Maguaie (totem) Wadoe, [L.S.] mark, his Baiaunum (totem) Bacmett, [L.S.] mark. Penubscott. [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] Egerremett (totem) mark, his Joseph (totem) mark. his Stawneeress (totem) mark, his Weguehress (totem) A O hoam, [L.S.J mark, his Francois (totem) Xavier, [L.S.} mark, his Ahenguid (totem) [L.S.J mark, his Arexis (totem) [L.S.J mark. his Batteremen, (totem) Secretary, [L.S.J mark, his Francois (totem) Xavier, Jr., mark, his Nudau (totem) Kengeek, mark. Norrigewocks. ' his Soussock (totem) 2nd Chief, mark. [L.S.] [L.S.J [L.S.] Nagatwig alias (totem) Capt. John [L.S.J mark. his Medock (totem) Awando, [L.S.] mark, his Oguk (totem) Tando, [L.S.] mark, his Edall (totem) Weexo, - [L.S.] mark, his John (totem) Negon, [L.S.J mark. his Booreez (totem) PaS.J mark, his Moxut, (totem) Chief Sachem, [L.S.J mark. Weworna (totem) alias Sheepscott mark. John, his Savatin (totem) mark. his Eriemanereck (totem) mark. Ameroscogin. his Saaroon (totem) mark. '- :' - Penobscott. ?£^K|S his Argustix (totem) mark, his Major (totem) Tictor ■^s&^V: mark. his Aetcon (totem) mark. his Umpowroeck (totem) mark, his Tomall (totem) mark, his Pattere (totem) Men mark, his Erre3ian (totem) Meek mark. £§p||| Penobscott His Wenon (totem) Gonett '^^^t'^'-" .'•"'" mark. his ^Ss^yffi^^ Espeque (totem) Haut mark. |SsT Saquaram, alias Loron (totem) [LJS.J mark. Lovis (totem) [L-S*3 mark, his , , .. Caesar (totem) Moxes [L.S.J mark. H r ov\*'*>""§§&.-■ Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 30th, 1886. The foregoing is a true copy and afac simile of the original Articles of agreement with the Indian^ done at the Conference at Casco Bay, on the 25th July, A. D. 1727, in possession of the Government of Nova Scotia. The original document is written on parchment, and contains seals attached to the signatures. THOS. B. AKINS, fe$H'v *'" Comr. of Public Records, Nova Scotia. (G.S.) ;;! Il I: No. 240. Province of Ontario. Tictoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c, &c, &c. To all to whom these Presents shall come.—Greeting : Whereas The Right Honorable Sir John Alexander Macdonald, Grand Cross of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Member of Our Privy Council as Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, hath contracted and agreed for the absolute purchase of the lands and tenements hereinafter mentioned and described at and for the price or sum of five hundred and seventy dollars of lawful money of Canada, and of which lands we are seized in right of Our Crown. Now Know Ye, that in consideration of the said sum of five hundred and seventy dollars well and truly paid to Our use, at or before the sealing of these Our letters patent, We have granted and by these presents do grant unto the said The Right Honorable Sir John Alexander Macdonald, Grand Cross of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Member of Our Privy Council, as Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, and to successors in office, in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Oneida Indians of the River Thames, all that parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the Township of Delaware, in the County of Middlesex, in the Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement one hundred and ninety acres, be the same more or less, which said parcel or tract of land may be otherwise known as follows, that is to say, being composed of lot number twenty-three in Concession B of the said Township of Delaware. To have and to hold the said parcel or tract of land, hereby granted, unto the said The Right Honorable Sir John Alexander Macdonald, Grand Cross of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Member of Our Privy Council, as^Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, and to successors in office, in trust for the sole use and benefit of the Oneida Indians of the River Thames; saving, excepting and reserving nevertheless unto Us, Our heirs and successors, the free uses, passage and enjoyment of, in, over and upon all navigable waters that shall or may be hereafter found on, or under, or be flowing through or upon any part of the said parcel or tract of land hereby granted as aforesaid. '. Sir Alexander Campbell, Knight Commander of Our Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, Member of Our Privy Council for Canada; and given under the Great Seal of Our Province of Ontario. Witness, the Honorable Lieutenant Governor of Our Province of Ontario, at Toronto, this eleventh day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, and in the fiftieth year of Our reign. By command of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, AUBREY WHITE. Assistant Commissioner of Crown Lands. C.R. S. Secretary, Arthur T. Hardy. Reference No. 34030 Sale No. 190* J. M. G., fl.H.B. Recorded, 25th June, 1887. ) Liber 114, Folio 145. J John F. C. Ussher, Deputy Provincial Registrar. No. 241. This Indenture made the ninth day of November in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty seven, between Jacques Philip alias (Tetionvasera) and Monique Kaen^enawe, his wife, Iroquois Indians of Caughnawaga, of the first part, and Her Majesty the Queen of the second part: Witnesseth, that the said parties of the rir-t part fbr, and in consideration of the sura of five hundred dollars of lawful monej* of Canada to them in hand paid at, or before the sealing and delivery of the<e presents (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged), have granted, released, relinquished, ab-.ra loned and surrendered, and by these presents do grant, release, relinquish, abandon and surrender unto Her Majesty the Queen, Her successors and a-ssigns forever, in trust for school purposes, all their estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever, both at law and in equity or otherwise howsoever, and whether in possession or expectancy of, in, to or out of, all and singular 'that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the village of Caughnawaga, in the County of Laprairie, in the Province of Quebec, and in the Dominion of Canada, and being composed of that certain village lotsituateinthe said village of Caughnawaga opposite the church and bounded as follows, in front by the main street, on the east by another street, on the south by the lot belonging to the heirs of Ignace Jacob, and on the west by the present school property, together with all the improvements, buildings and fences thereon and thereunto appertaining and belonging: To have and to hold the aforesaid land and premises with the appurtenances unto Her Majesty the Queen, Her successors and assigns fo: ever, in trust as aforesaid. In Witness Whereof, the said parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals the day and year first above written. Signed, sealed and delivered 1 his - in the presence of j" Sak x Teotionerasere alias A. Dedman. Jacques Phillips, [L.S.J her Wennik x Kaenteuhawi, [L.S.J - mark. n* Dominion of Canada, Prov. of Ontario. To Wit: 1, Alfred Dedman, of the Tillage of Caughnawaga, in tho Province of Quebec, Land Surveyor, make oath and say, a3 follows :— That I was personally present and did see the within named Jacques Philip (alias (tetionvasera) and Monique Kaentenawe, his wife, duly sign and seal and, as their respective acts and deeds, deliver the annexed deed of surrender on the day of the date thereof. That I. this deponent, am a subscribing witness thereto. That the said instrument was executed at the said village of Caughnawaga. That I know the said parties. Sworn before me at Montreal, in thel A. DEDMAN. Province of Quebec, District of I Montreal, this twelfth day of Nov- j ember, A. D. 18-7. J -".^f *5*3 *\il Theo. Doucet, i\T?m - A Commr., &c. ~\~&J£k*2: 207 No. 242. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Chippewas of Sarnia, resident on our reserves in the County of Lambton, in the Province of Ontario, for and acting on behalf of the whole people I of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and suecessJM forever, all" the cedar seven inches in diameter and over at the butt, and all other * saleable timber of thirteen inches in diameter and over at the butt, excepting beach 'I and maple, on our reserves at Kettle and Stoney Point, in the County of Lambton I aforesaid, to have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust to sell the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people, and upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale thereof shall, after deducting the two thousand dollars ($2,000) mentioned above, and the usual proportion for expenses of management, be i placed at interest, and that the interest money accruing from such investment ihall be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said Chippewas of Sarnia do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm whatever the said Government may do or cause to be done in connection with the sale of said timber. In Witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 10th day of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. Wilson Jacobs, Head Chief, [L.S." James Menass, "L.S. Silas Wahbmonge, *L.S." Elijah George, "L.S. Jabez Nahmabin, 'L.S. John Sumner, | L.S.' Daniel Otter, William Thompson, James Menass, Junr Charles Madwayah. mark, his' mark, his Francis Cottrell, x Jeffrey Bassette, mark, his mark, his Daniel Nowabia, mark, his Edward Jacobs, x mark, his Sampson Jackson, x mark. Wm. Gray, his X mark. Alexander Rodd, V his James Lion, x mark. Joseph Wawanosh, [L.S.J Albert Rodd, Rorert George, his Nicholas Plain, mark. Luke James, Alex. R. Nawang, Benjamin White, his James Halfday, x mark. Alexander Rogers, his Paul Williams, x mark. Solomon Jackson, Elijah Menass, James Rodd, his James Cain, x mark. John Jackson, his Isaac Chippewa, x mark, his Joseph James, x mark. William Wawanosh. [L.S.J [L.S.J frL.S. L.S. [L.S.J [LA] L.S. L.S L.S. [L.S.J Dominion of Canada, Prov. of Ontario, County oe Lambton. To Wit: Personally appeared before me Adam English, of the Town of Sarnia, in the Province of Ontario, Indian Agent for the Chippewas of Sarnia, and Wilson Jacobs, Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the said Adam English for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Chippewas of Sarnia of the full age of twenty-one years then present. Jhat such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. I That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Wilson Jacobs for himself saith : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority ' of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said Adam English. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. PI : i I -.So-,:* j Hi « ^ Us # ^ »«^ / lilBi II tt I !|:r 209 That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the above depon->| A.ENGLISH, ents at the Town of Sarnia, in the I Indian Agent. Sarnia. County of Lambton, this 16th day j WILSON JACOBS, of July, A.D. 1885, J Head Chief. Charles Robinson, Judge, County Court, Co. of Lambton. I Sworn before by the within named deponents this 17th day of December, 1885. Charles Robinson, Judge, County Lambton. •] No. 243. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Garden River Indians resident on our reserve in the District % of Algoma, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on hehalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release I remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen* Her heirs and successors for ever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of I land and premises situate, lying and being in the Garden River Indian Reserve in I the District of Algoma and Province of Ontario aforesaid, containing by admeasure-1 ment one hundred acres, be the same more or less, more fully described as follows: 1 Commencing where a cairn of stones has been erected around a certain cedar post 1 placed there by Joseph Cozens, Provincial Land Surveyor, as a point of departure, I the said point having been established from actual survey from the south-west corner of Location XXH H.. of said Garden River Reseiwe surrendered; thence from said cairn of stones west astronomically a distance of twenty-five chains to a cedar post; - thence north at right angles thirty chains; thence east at right angles thirty-three I chains and thirty-three and one-third links; thence south at right angles thirty chains; thence west at right angles eight chains and thirty-three and oneShird links to the place of beginning at said cairn of stones, as per tracing of said land hereto annexed. Also a right of way from the said parcel of land across the Garden River Indian Reserve to the St. Mary's River, and sufficient water frontage on said river I for the purpose of erecting wharves, docks, &c, in connection with export of marble I from the above described parcel of land. To have and to hold the same with Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors for ever, in trust, to sell the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive I to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed at interest, and that the interest money accruing - from such investment shall be paid annually or semi-annually to.us and our descendants I for ever. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said The Garden River Indians do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise' to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the disposal of the said parcel or tract of land. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this twenty-seventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven. Signed, sealed and delivered in the") Pequetchenene, presence of > John Augustin, Moses McFadden. j Jarvis Augustin, 14 210 Peter Bell, x Joe Lesage, x Wm. Cabaiosa, x Geo. Cabaiosa, x Theo. Boisinault, x Charles Belleau, x John Lesage, x John Wegwass, x John Bell, x Joe Lesage, Junr., x Fellx Perrault, x Frank Clark, x Peter Lesage, x George Jones, x Hya Belleau, x J. Wenkisnah, x Francois Boisenault, x Joe Belleau, x Ambrose Boisenault, x Wm. J. Pine, x William Jones, x Wm. Pequetchenene, x Thos. Augustin, x Alex. Wahbonalasus x L.S. l.s; |"l.s: L.S. L.S. L.S." L.S. L.S. L.S. X.S. x.s: HLS. L.S." l^L.s: TL.S/1 L.S. L.S.1 'L.S. X.S. L.S." L.S."' [L.S. HLS. fADA, 1 RIO, >■ fOMA. J Dominion of Canada, prov. of ontario; District of AlLgoma, Personally appeared before me William Tan Abbott, of the Town of Sault Ste. Marie, District of Algoma, in the Province of Ontario, Indian Land Agent, and Pequetchennene and John Augustin, Principal Men of the said Band of Indians. And the said William Tan Abbott for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Garden River Reserve of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. I That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. ^ That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or- surrender. And the said Pequetchennene and John Augustin 6ay, and each for himself says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians, summoned for that purpose according to their rules and held in the presence of the said William Tan Abbott That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. [If 211 That he is one of the Principal Men of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before by the deponents William ^ Tan Abbott, and Pequechennene and | John Augustin, at the Garden River I Reserve, in the District of Algoma, this j 27th day of April, A. D. 1887, through and by George Cabaiosa as intrepreter. J Walter McCrea, Judge, District of Algoma. Recorded 17 th June, 1887. ) Lib. 117, Folio 212. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada, WM. TAN ABBOTT. PEQUETCHENNENE JOHN AUGUSTIN x No. 244. This Indenture made (in duplicate) the fourteenth day of Mav, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and and eighty-seven, in pursuance of the Act respecting short forms of Indentures, between the Synod of the Diocese of Ruperts Land (a corporation duly incorporated under a statute of the Province of Manitoba) of the first part, and Her Majesty the Queen of the second part: Witnessetha that in consideration of one dollar of lawful money of Canada now paid by the said party of the second part to the said parties of the first part (the receipt whereof is Hereby by them acknowledged), they, the said parties of the first part, do grant unto the said party of the second part, her heirs and assigns forever. All and singular those certain parcels or tracts of land and premises situate lying and being in the Province of Manitoba aforesaid being composed of lots numbers twenty-five (25), eighty-two (82) and one hundred and sixty-eight (168) of the Parish of St. Peters, according to the Dominion Government survey thereof. Also lot number two hundred and twelve (212) of the said Parish of St. Peters, according to the Dominion Government survey thereof saving and excepting thereout the following described forty-five (45) acres, that is to say:— * Commencing at the intersection of the easterly side of the Red River, and the boundary line between river lots two^ hundred and twelve (212) and two hundred and thirteen (213) in the said parish; thence in an easterly direction along the southerly boundary of lot two hundred and twelve (212) a distance of twenty-eio-ht chains and ninety-six links (28c. 96Iks), thence N. 33° 54', East at right angfes to the southerly boundary, fourteen chains; thence N. 56° 06', West in a direction parallel to the southerly boundary thirty-five chains and thirty-two links (35c. 321ks.) to the banks or margin of the Red River; thence in a southerly direction following the bank or margin of the Red River to the place of beginning. To have and to hold unto the said party of the second part, her heirs and assigns to and for her and their sole and only use forever, subject, nevertheless, to the reservations, limitations, provisoes and conditions expressed in the original grant thereof from the Crown. The said parties of the first part covenant with the said party of the second part that they have the right to convoy the said lands to the said party of the second part, notwithstanding any act of the said parties of the first part. And that the said party of the second part shall have quiet possession of the said lands, free from all encumbrances. And the said parties of the first part covenant with tho said party of the second part that they will execute such further assurances of the said lands as may be requisite. 14i And the said parties of the first part covenant with the said party of the second part that they have done no act to encumber the said lands. And the said parties of the first part release to the said party of the second part all their claims upon the said lands. It is hereby declared that this conveyance is subject to the condition that the public school now existing on lot twenty-five (25), and the chapel now existing on tot eighty-two (82), together with the ground upon which each thereof stands, and reasonable and convenient access thereto, are hereby reserved for the purpose for which the same are now being used. In Witness Whereof, the Synod of the Diocese of Ruperts Land have hereunto set their coporate seal and caused these presents to be signed by the Tery Reverend John Grisdale, Commissary of the Bishop of Ruperts. Land, and the Tenerable William Cyprian Pinkham, Secretary of the Executive Committee of said corporation. Signed, sealed and delivered in \ presence of J John Grisdale, [L.S.J Commissary of the Bishop of Ruperts Land. W. Cyprian Pinkham, Secretary of the Ex. Com. Recorded 15th June, 1887.) Lib. 117, Fol. 210. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar General of Canada. I certify that the within Instrument is duly entered and registered in the registry office for the County of Lisgar in Book 1st A, for the sub-division of Lisgar, at 10 o'clock a.m. on the 18th day of January, A.D. 1888. No. 6924. Certified a true copy. L. S. TAUGHAN, Dep. Registrar. L. S. TAUGHAN, Dep. Registrar. No. 245. This Indenture made in duplicate the twenty-second day of August, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven. Between Peter Erasmus, formerly of White Fish Lake, in Alberta Territory, and now of Saddle Lake, in said Territory, Gentleman, of the first part, and the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, of the second part. Witnesseth, that the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of four hundred dollars of lawful money of Canada, to him in hand paid by the said party of the second part at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged), hath granted, released and quitted claim, and by these presents doth grant, release and quit claim unto the said party of the second part and his successors in office forever, all the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever, both at law and in equity, or otherwise howsoever, and whether in possession or expectancy of him the said party of the first part, of, in, to or out of all and singular that certain parcel Or tract of land and premises jjjituate, lying and being in Alberta Tenitory, on the east side of White Fish Lake and frouting thereon, and which land is now included in the Indian reserve of one James Seenum's Band, and consists of ten acres, more or less, cleared of timber and fenced, of which six acres are under cultivation, and upon which land are a log dwelling house, a store house and a stable, together with the said houses and stable.. 1 I'll Jl mm \M lliil1 And also of, in, to or out of any and all other land or improvements whatsoever within the bounds of the said reserve, together with the appurtenances thereunto I belonging or appertaining. To have and to hold the aforesaid lands and premise^ with all and singular the appurtenances thereto belonging or appertaining, unto and to the use of the said party of the second part and his successors in office forever, subject, nevertheless, to the reservations, limitations, provisoes and condititaH expressed in the original grant thereof from the Crown. Upon trust, however, to hold the said land and other property hereinbefore mentioned for the use and benefit of the Indians of said James Seeniim's Band. In Witness Whereof, the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals. Signed, sealed and delivered j PETER ERASMUS. [L.S.J in the presence of j Thos. H. Edmundson, J. E. Ingram. Received on the date hereof from the said party of the second part the sum of four hundred dollars, the consideration within mentioned. Witness: } Thos. H. Edmundson, [• J. E. Ingram. j PETER ERASMUS. Alberta Territory, Saddle Lake. To Wit: I, Thomas Herbert Edmundson, of Saddle Lake, in Alberta Territory, Clerk, make oath and say: 1. That I was personally present and did see the within Instrument and duplicate thereof duly signed, sealed and executed by Peter Erasmus, one of the parties thereto. 2. That the said Instrument and duplicate were executed at Saddle^ Lake aforesaid. 3. That I know the said party. 4. That I am a subscribing witness to the said Instrument and duplicate. Sworn before me at Saddle Lake, ^ in Alberta Territory, this \ 22nd day of August, in the year J of Our Lord 1887. J Geo. A. Mitchell, A Justice of the Peace for N.W.T. Recorded 12th October, 1887. ) Lib. 128, Fol. 54. J i-*|5>' • L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. THOMAS HERBERT EDMUNDSON. No. 246. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Blackfoot Tribe of Indians, resident on our reserve, which is situated at or near the Blackfoot Crossing, in Townships numbered twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two and twenty-three, and Ranges numbers nineteen, twenty, twenty-one^ twenty-two, twenty-three and twenty-four, west of the 4th Initial Meridian, and known as the Blackfoot Reserve, in the District of Alberta and Dominion of Canada, 214 for, and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in Council assembled do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular, all the coal situate, lying and being within the said Blackfoot Reseiwe, in the District of Alberta aforesaid; together with all the mining privileges necessary for the proper working and extracting from the ground and carriage of the said coal off the reserve, and also • with the permission to erect and maintain buildings and other structures necessary for the prosecution of mining the said coal, saving and excepting that no mines shall be worked or coal extracted at such points where settlements of Indians now exist upon said reserve, and as shown upon the map of said reserve attached hereto, and marked with circles in red ink and numbered from one to eleven inclusive, nor in such localities as may be objected to by the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, his successors in office, or his duly authorized agent in that behalf. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust, to dispose of such coal and mining rights and privileges in the same as aforesaid to such person or persons, and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the disposal thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be, excepting as hereinafter provided, dealt with in accordance with the directions for the management of Indian moneys as contained in " The Indian Act" or to be contained in any amendment thereto. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said Blackfoot Tribe of Indians, do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm whatever the said Government may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the said coal and mining privileges in connection therewith. Provided always, that a sum not exceeding ten per cent, of the proceeds of the coal and mining privileges, as may be directed by the Governor in Council, be paid to the members of the Tribe from time to time as may seem best. This release or surrender is made for the purpose of carrying out and confirming an agreement entered into on the third of November, 1884, between us, the said Blackfoot Tribe, and Arthur F. Eden, of Winnipeg, Province of Manitoba, by . which we authorized him and his associates to mine coal upon the said reseiwe. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals, this tenth day of October, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven. Signed, sealed and delivered in K • the presence of j J. W. Tims^ Cerk in Holy Orders. L. Douces, Ptr. 0. M. I. Magnus Begg, Indian Agent. Jean L'Heureux, Ind. Dep. Interpreter. Two Witnesses. his Chapo x Mexico, or Crowfoot, [L.S.J mark, his Three x Bulls, [L.S.J mark. ■ his Running x Rabbit, [L.S.J mark. Eagle x Rib, [L.S.J mark. his White x Eagle, [L.S.J his Rabbit x Carrier, mark, his Medicine x Shield, mark, his Calf x Robe, mark. [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] fill 215 his Big x Plume, mark. his Low x Horn, mark. his Lone x Chief, mark, his White x Pup, mark, his Bear x Child, mark. mm [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] Dominion of Canada, ") District of Assiniboia. y To Wit: ) Personally appeared before me Hayter Reed, of the Town of Regina, in the District of Assiniboia, Assistant Indian Commissioner, and Crowfoot, Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the said Hayter Reed for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Blackfoot Tribe, of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules.. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superiu- tendent-Genl. of Indian Affairs. That no Iniian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band, or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Crowfoot says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians, of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said Hayter Reed. v That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the deponents Hayter"] Reed and Chief Crowfoot, at the Town I of Regina, in the District of Assiniboia, j this fifteenth day of October, A.D. 18S7'. J James F. McLeod, Judge Supreme Ct. N.W.T. Recorded 21st November, 18S7. Lib. 129, Fol. 36. L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. CHAPOx MEXICO CROWFOOT. mark HAYTER REED. w \ I if 216 No. 247. This Indenture, made this fourth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one 'thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, between George Campbell, of Truro, in the" e County of Colchester and Province of Nova Scotia, Esquire, trustee of the estate of ; John P. Gorston, late of Truro, aforesaid, railway contractor, deceased, of the one -part, and John Waller, Junior, of the same place, yeoman, of the other part. Whereas by Indenture of mortgage duly made and executed by and between Samuel Waller, of Truro aforesaid, and Susan Ann Waller, his wife, of the one part, and the said George Campbell, as such trustee, of the other part, bearing date on or about the nineteenth day of April, A.D. 1877, and registered in the Registry of Deeds Office, at Truro, aforesaid, in Liber sixty-one, folio 603,'the said Samuel Waller and ^Susan Ann Waller, in consideration of the sum of two hundred and twenty dollars 'of lawful money of Canada to them paid by the said George Campbell as such trustee, the receipt whereof was thereby acknowledged, did grant ifnto the said George Campbell, as such trustee, his heirs and assigns, certain lands and premises including the lands and premises hereinafter particularly desciibed, to hold the same to . the said George Campbell, his heirs and assigns forever, subject nevertheless to the proviso for the redemption thereof therein contained, whereby it was provided that the same should cease and become void on payment to the said George Campbell as such trustee, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, of the said sum of two hundred and twenty dollars by the said Samuel Waller, his heirs, executors or I administrators, with lawful interest thereon, as by reference to said Indenture will more fully appear. And whereas, by a certain other Indenture of mortgage, bearing date the twentieth day of March, A.D. 18S0, and registered in the office of Registrar of Deeds - at Truro aforesaid, in Book 67, page 606, the said Samuel Waller and Susan Ann Waller, in consideration of the sum of one hundred and eighty dollars to them well and truly in hand paid by the said George Campbell as such trustee, did grant, bargain, sell and convey to the said George Campbell as such trustee, his heirs and assigns, the said lots of land and premises (subject to the said mortgage herein above efirst recited) which said Indenture contained a proviso for making the same void on payment of the said sum of one hundred and eighty dollars and interest thereon, as on reference to said Indenture will more fully appear. And whereas there is now due on the said Indentures of mortgage the principal sum of four hundred dollars, which amount the said John Waller admits to be due by his execution of these presents. And whereas, since the making of said two Indentures of mortgage -the said John Waller, Junior, has become the owner of the lands described therein. And whereas the said John Waller is about to sell to Her Majesty, Queen Yictoria, the lot of land hereinafter described (being part of the land described in said two Indentures of mortgages), and is desirous of having the same released from the operation thereof, and has paid to the said Geovge Campbell, as such trustee, the sum of one hundred dollars, and has requested him to execute to him, the said John Waller, a release of the said lot of land from the operation of said Indentures of mortgage. Now this Indenture witnesseth that the said George Campbell as such trustee in consideration of the premises and for and in consideration of the said sum. of one hundred dollars lawful money as aforesaid, to him in hand paid by the said John "Waller, Junior, at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, hath granted, remised, released and foreverquitted, claim, and by these presents doth grant, remise, release and for ever quit claim unto the said John Waller, Junior, his heirs and assigns for ever. All that certain lot of land and premises situate, lying and being at the Arch ' Culvert, so called, in the Township of Truro, lying on the east side of the Intercolonial Railway and described as follows, that is to say: Beginning at a post in tho railway fence twelve chains north of the point where the mill brook and the railway fence intersect at the Arch Culvert aforesaid; thence south seventy-eight degrees, east II ii ifi fffii srmrr 7lm^/S87 II Jl III fa 217 thirty-one chains and seventy-five links to a stake, thence south seven degrees, west eleven chains and fifty links to a fir tree; thence north seventy-eight degrees, west thirty-one chains and seventy-five links, or till it strikes the brook and railway fence ; sf|vi;!!> thence by the said railway fence in a northerly direction twelve chains to the place of beginning, containing thirty-five acres, more or less, as willfully and at large appear on reference to a plan of said lot of land made by William Faulkner, Esquire, dated November, 1886, with all and singular the appurtenances thereof, and all the estate, right, title, interest, claim, property and demand whatsoever, both at law and in equity, of which he, the said George Campbell, as such trustee, now hath or |1|| I ought to have in to, or out of the said lot of land under and by virtue of said above recited Indentures of mortgage, and as such mortgagee as aforesaid, to have and to hold the said lot of land and premises last above described, with all and every the appurtenances thereof, unto the said John Waller, Junior, his heirs and assigns, to his and their own proper use and behoof for ever, absolutely acquitted, released and discharged of and from the said above, in part, recited mortgages, and the sum thereby secured, leaving the remainder and residue of the lands described in said two Indentures of mortgage bound for the payment of the amount due thereon. In Witness Whereof, the said parties hereto have hereunto their hands and seals ._ subscribed and set this fourth day of December, A.D. 1886. Signed, sealed and delivered, in j GEO. CAMPBELL, [L.S.J the presence of j Trustee of John P. Gorston Est. A. C. Patterson. JOHN WALLER, Jr. [L.S.J I hereby certify that Alexander C. Patterson, subscribing witness to the with" in and foregoing Instrument, made oath before me that George Campbell, Trustee of the estate of John P. Gorston, deceased, the party thereto, signed, sealed and delivered the same in his presence, and also that John Waller, the other party thereto, signed, sealed and delivered the same in his presence. Dated at Truro, Nova Scotia, this tenth day of December, A.D. 1886. J. K. BLAIR, J.P. Registry of Deeds, Truro. I certify that the within document was duly recorded in this office this 12th day of April, A.D. 1887, at 2 o'clock p.m., in Liber 79, folio 296, 297 and 298, on the certified oath of A. C. Patterson. J. K. BLAIR, Rgt Recorded 18th June, 18S7. ) Lib. 117, Fol. 215. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. I, Susan Ann Waller, wife of Samuel Waller, of Halifax Road, Truro, in the County of Colchester and Province of Nova Scotia, farmer, hereby promise and agree to sign, seal and deliver to the Department of Indian Affairs, or such person or persons as they may desire, a deed of all my right, title and interest by way of dower and otherwise, of and in thirty-five acres of land proposed to be conveyed by John Waller, Jr., to the said Department, the said deed to contain all necessary acknowledgments to bar my right of dower therein, which acknowledgments I agree to make before any Justice of the Peace or lawful authority competent to take the same. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my hand, this sixteenth day of October, A.D. 1S86. Witnesses: ") SUSAN ANN WALLER. J. K. Blair, > A. C. Patterson, j 218 Province of Nova Scotia, ) Co. of Colchester, S.S. j We, James K. Blair, of Truro, in the County of Colchester and Province of Nova Scotia, Esquire, and Alexander C. Patterson, of the same place, Solicitor, do solemnly declare that we are subscribing witnesses to the foregoing agreement of Susan Ann Waller to bar dower in lands; that we were personally present and saw the said Susan Ann Waller duly sign the same. And we make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Act passed in the thirty-seventh year of Her Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act for the suppression of Toluntary and Extra Judicial Oaths." " J. K. BLAIR, A. C. PATTERSON Subscribed and declared to at Truro, "J in the County of Colchester, this nineteenth day of October, A.D. 1886, by both of the above named declarants, before me. J Geo. Campbell, J. P. Ip^ Registry of Deeds, Truro. I certify that the within document was registered in this office on the 12th day of April, 1887, at 2 o'clock p.m., in Liber 79, folio 295 and 295. J. K. BLAIR. Becorded 18th June, 1887. ) Lib. 117, Folio 218. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. This Indenture, made this sixth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, between Samuel Waller, of Truro, in the County of Colchester and Province of Nova Scotia, farmer, and Susan Ann Waller, his wife, of the one part, and Her Majesty Queen Tictoria, represented herein by the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, hereinafter called the party of the second part, of the other part. Witnesseth that the said Samuel Waller and Susan Ann Waller, bis wife, for and in consideration of the sum of one dollar of lawful money of Canada to them in hand well and truly paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt and payment whereof is hereby acknowledged, have and each of them hath granted, bargained, sold, released and conveyed unto the said party hereto of the second part, Her heirs, successors and assigns forever—all the estate, right, title, interest, claim, property and demand of him the said Samuel Waller, and all the right and title to dower, present or future, of her the said Susan Ann Waller, of, into, out of or upon all that certain lot of land and premises situate, lying and being at the Arch Culvert, so called, in the Township of Truro, lying on the east side of the Intercolonial Railway, and described as follows, that is to say: Beginning at a post in the railway fence, twelve chains north of the point where the mill brook and the railway fence intersect at the Arch Culvert aforesaid; thence to run south seventy-eight degrees, east thirty- ow chains and seventy-five links to a stake; thence south seven degrees, west eleven chains and fifty links to a fir tree ; thence north seventy-eight degrees, west thirty- one chains and seventy-five links, or till it strikes the brook and railway fence; thence by the said railway fence in a northerly direction twelve chains, or to the place of beginning, containing thirty five acres, more or less, excepting thereout a] public roads, as will fully and at large appear on reference to a plan of said lot of land made by William Faulkner, Esquire, Deputy Surveyor, dated November, 1886, ana annexed to a deed from John Waller, Junior, to the party hereto of the second 219 il part, bearing even date with these presents, together with the ways, privilegeM advantages and appurtenances whatsoever belonging or in anywise, appertaining to the said lot of land. To have and to hold the same unto and to the use, benefit and behoof of the said party of the second part, her Heirs, successors and assigns forevJB In Witness Whereof, the said parties hereto have hereunto their hands and seals subscribed and set the day and year herein first above written. Signed, sealed and delivered in "> SAMUEL WALLER, presence of J SUSAN ANN WALLER. A. C. Patterson. m Province of Nova Scotia, \ Co. of Colchester, S.S. j Be it remembered that on this ninth day of December, A.D. 1886, before me the subscriber personally came and appeared Susan Ann Waller, one of the parties to the foregoing deed of Indenture, and wife of Samuel Waller, therein named and party thereto, who, being by me examined separate and apart from her said husband, did declare and acknowledge that she executed the same as and fbr her act and deed freely and voluntarily, without fear, threat or compulsion of, from or by her said husband* and as a full release of all her claims to the lands therein described by right of dower or otherwise. A. C. PATTERSON, Notary Public and Barrister, Province of Nova Scotia. Province of Nova Scotia,! Co. of Colchester, S.S. j On this tenth day of December, A.D. 1886, before me the subscriber personally came and appeared Alexander C. Patterson, a subscribing witness to the foregoing deed of Indenture, who, being by me duly sworn, made oath that he was personally present and did see Samuel Waller and Susan Ann Waller, the parties thereto, duly sign, seal and execute the same for the purposes therein mentioned and contained. J. K. BLAIR. J. P. Registry of Deeds, Truro. Nova Scotia, \ Colchester, S.S. J I certify that on the 12th day of April, A.D. 1887, at 2 o'clock, p.m., the within document was duly registered in the office in Liber 79, folio 298 and 299, on the certified oath of A. C. Patterson. J. K. BLAIR, Rgr. Recorded 20th June, 1887. ) Lib. 117, Fol. 219. J L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. This Indenture, made this sixth day of December, 'in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, between John Waller, Junior, of Truro, in the County of Colchester and Province of Nova Scotia, yeoman,-of the one part, and Her Majesty Queen Yictoria, represented herein by the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, hereinafter called the party of the second part, of the other part. • Witnesseth, that the said John Waller, Junior, for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars of lawful money of Canada to him in hand well and truly paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt and payment whereof is hereDy acknwledged, hath granted, bargained, sold and conveyed to the said party of the second part, Her heirs, successors and assigns, as hereafter mentioned, all that certain lot of land and premises situate, lying and being at the Arch Culvert, so 220 called, in the Township of Truro, lying on the east side of the Intercolonial Railway, and described as follows, that is to say: Beginning at a post in the railway fence twelve chains north of the point where the mill brook and the railway fence intersect at the Arch Culvert aforesaid ; thence to run south seventy-eight degrees, east thirty-one chains and seventy-five links to a stake; thence south seven degrees, west eleven chains and fifty links to a fir tree; thence north seventy-eight degrees, west thirty-one chains and seventy-five links, or till it strikes the brook and railway fence; thence by the said railway fence in a northerly direction twelve chains, or to the place of beginning, containing thirty-five acres, more or less, excepting thereout all public roads, as will fully and at largo appear on reference to a plan of said lot of land made by William Faulkner, Esquire, Deputy Surveyor, dated November, 1886, and hereto annexed, together with the ways, privileges, advantages and appurtenances whatsoever belonging or in any wise appertaining to the said lot of land and premises and other hereditaments hereby conveyed, or intended so to be, or any part thereof, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof; aiso all the estate, right, title, interest, use, property and demand whatsoever both at law and in equity, of him, the said John Waller. Junior, of, into, out of or upon the said lot of land and premises hereby granted and released, or intended so to be, and every part and parcel thereof, with the appurtenances: To have and to hold the said lot of land and premises and every part thereof unto and to the use, benefit and behoof of the said party of the second part, Her heirs, successors and assigns forever, in trust, nevertheless, for tlm Indians of the said County of Colchester. And the said John Waller, Junior, dothhereby for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators, covenant, promise-and agree to and with the said party of the second part, Her heirs, successors and assigns, that notwithstanding any deed, matter or thing by the said John Waller, Junior, done or executed, or knowingly suffered to the contrary, he, the said John Waller, Junior, now has good right to grant the said lot of land and premises hereby granted or expressed so to be unto and to the use of the said party of the second part, Her heirs, successors and assigns in manner aforesaid. And the said party of the second part, Her heirs, successors and assigns, shall and may at all times hereafter peaceably and equitably enjoy and possess the said lands and premises, and receive the rents. and profits, without any lawful eviction, interruption, claim or demand whatsoever from or by the said John Waller, Junior, or any person or persons lawfully and equitably claiming from under or in trust for him. And further, that the said John Waller, Junior, and all persons having or lawfully or equitably claiming any estate or interest: in tho said lands and premises, or any part thereof, from, under or in trust for him, the said John Waller, Junior, shall and will from time to time, and at all times hereafter, at the request of the said party of the second part, Her heirs, successors and assigns, do and execute or cause to be done and executed all such acts, deeds and things whatsoever for the further and more perfectly assuring the said land and premises and every part thereof, unto and to the use of the said party of the second part, Her heirs, successors and assigns, in manner as aforesaid as shall and may be reasonably required. In Witness Whereof, the said John Waller, Junior, hath hereunto his hand and , seal subscribed and set the day and year herein first above written. Signed, sealed and delivered in ) TnTrv -or a t t t?t> To rr en presence of } JOHN WALLER, Jr. [L.SJ. A C. Patterson. Mi III Phovince of Nova Scotia, ) Co. of Colchester, S. S. j On this tenth daY of December, A.D. 1886, before me the subscriber personally came and appeared Alexander C. Patterson, a subscribing witness to the foregoing 221 deed of Indenture, who being by me duly sworn made oath, that he was personally present and did see John Waller. Junior, the party thereto, duly sign, seal and v> 11 execute the same for the purposes therein contained. J. K. BLAIR, J.P. Registry of Deeds, Truro; Nova Scotia, *) Colchester, S. S. J i^__^^«^^«^^—__^—»ra_«^_ I certify that on the 12th day of April, A.D. 1887, at 2 o'clock p.m., the within document was duly registered in this office in Libro 79, Folio 300 and 301, on the certified oath of A. C. Patterson. J. K. BLAIR, Rgr. Recorded 22nd June, 1887. ) Lib. 117, Fol. 221. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. P^fc Truro, 20th Feby., '88. D. H. Muir, Esq., M. D. Dear Sir,~I am in receipt of the communication from the Dept. of Indian Affairs, Ottawa, having reference to discrepancies in the plan of the Indian reserve near Truro. I beg to say that there is no necessity for any alterations in the deeds or conveyances already made, as the descriptions in the deeds, &c, are the same as the courses on the ground; but I regret to say that in protracting the place I made a mistake, taking the north for the south end of the meridian. I have made a new plan, which I send you herewith, and which, I think, will be found correct. The courses and distances on the plan are exactly the same as they are on the ground, and if there should be any discrepancies in the scaling of the plan it does not affect the ground itself. The total acreage of the lot is 35 acres, exclusive of the main road, which runs through the lot. I also have marked on the plan of sub-divisions the width of each lot, which is 41 ft. 8 in., except No. 19, which is 42 ft. These widths should have been marked on the other plan, but were omitted. With regard to the manner in which the whole lot has been divided: as you are aware, the Indians will not have the lots located in any other way, and they now have their buildings erected on nearly all the lots as located, and I am of opinion that if any attempt were made to locate the sub-divisions differently the Indians would leave the reserve, as the divisions were made with their unanimous consent. I am, Sir, .'*&£;-* Your obt. servant, WM. FAULKNER. 248. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Chippewa and Potawattimie Bands of Walpole Island, resident on our reserve, Walpole Island, in the County of Lambton, in the Province of Ontario and'Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever all and singular, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being m the Dominion of Canada, in the County of Lambton and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement four thousand acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of tho marshes on the south part of Walnole Island and described as follows:— . y Bounded on the east by the stream known as Johnson's Channel, on the south by the deep water of Lake St. Clair, on the west by the marsh now leased to the St Clair Flats Shooting Company, and on the northJby the high dry lands of Walpole ' Island, to be leased for sporting and shooting purposes for the term of ten (10) years, reserving to the Walpole Island Indians, and them only, the right to fish trap moskrats,or other fur-bearing animals, and to shoot ducks or other waterfowl on the said marshes. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen Her heirs and successors forever, in trust to lease the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the lessees hereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management be deposited m a chartered bank of the Dominion of Canada, to the credit of 'the Receiver-General on account of the Indian Fund, on the first day of October and April of each year. * .An(* w£ t,he Tsai* ?hi!f *** MjHjpal ^n of the said Chippewas and Potawat- tmues of Walpole Island do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said'Govern- ment may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the leasing of the said marshes. ° In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this fifth day of January, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight. ° Joshua Greenbird, Ex-Chief, [L.S.J his James Sahgie, x Chief. [L.S.J mark, his M. AULTMAN, X - [L.S.J mark. Johnson Pinduxwon, x [L.S.J Charles Kiyoshk, "L.S. Thos. K. Sands, "L.S. James Elgin, 'L.S.' H. P. Johnson, [L's.' William Greeneird x. |l!s." John W. Sands, x [l's.' Charles Nodin, x "L.S? Joseph Kaliwai.isod, x "LS." Ex-Chief James Palituhquahung, x rLiS.l Signed, sealed and delivered") in the presence of j William Peters, Secy. Alex. McKelvey, Indian Agent. John Navarre, x Alexander Greenbird, Yahnodt, x Wahbegoosh, x Samuel Shobbewa, x John Jacobs, x David Kiyoshk, x John Shesheeb, x Moses Solo3ion, x Jacob Aultman, x Jacob Willis, x John Peters, Wejee, x rL.s; l.s; L.S." 'L.S.' L.S. ^L.S. L.S. ;l.s. L.S.1 tL.S. !H tl 223 Frank William, x [L.S." David Yahnodt, x L.S/ James Kxwayosh, x "L.S." William Antingie, x *LS." John Williams, 'L.S." Peter Thomas. "L.S.! This is the release or surrender referred to in affidavit of Alexander McKelvey and James Sahgie, the Chief, sworn before me thi3 Chatham. 19th day of January, 1888, at R.S. Woods, J.J.C.K. Dominion of Canada, Province of Ontario, County of Kent. To Wit: • Personally appeared before me, Robert Stuart Woods, Junior Judge of the County of Kent, in the Province of Ontario, Alexander McKelvey, Indian Agent, and James Sahgie, Chief of the said Band of Indians (Chippewas of Walpole Island). And the said Alexander McKelvey for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assscnted to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Chippewa. Pottawatomie Tribe of Indians on Walpole Island of the full age of twenty-one years then present at a general council of the Indians resident on said Walpole Island, in the County of Lambton, in the Province of Ontario. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose, and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was cluly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indiau Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said James Sahgie, Chief of the said Tribe, resident on said island, says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the niale members of the said Band of Indians, of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rales, and held in the presence of the said Alexander McKelvey and myself. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land -mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is a Chief of the said Baud of Indians, and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the deponents," Alexander McKelvey and Jas. Sahgie, . at the Town of Chatham, in the Co. of | Kent, this 19th day of January, A.D. I 1888, and that I read over and ex- \ plained the said affidavit to the said I James Sahgie, who seemed fully to ] understand the same, and made his mark thereto in my presence. J R. S. Woods, J. J. C. K. Recorded 24th February, 1888. ) Lib. 117, Fol. 464. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. ALEX. McKELYEY, his • JAMES x SAHGIE, Chief. mark. No. 249. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Muskeg Lake Reserve, adjoining and lying south of Mistawasis feserve, and resident on our reserve of North-West Territories of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her Heirs and successors for ever, all and singular that certain Sircel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Muskeg Lake eserve, in the North-West Territories of Canada, containing by admeasurement forty acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of part of the Musket Lake Reserve, and formerly occupied by the Roman Catholic Mission of that placer To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors for ever, in trust, to grant and assure the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management be placed at interest, and that the interest money accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants for ever. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said Muskeg Lake Reserve do on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the said tract or parcel of land. - In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this seventeenth day of January, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight. Signed, sealed and delivered") in the presence of J J. Finlayson, • Indian Agent. G. Chaffee, Farm Instructor. his Petequakay, x Chief mark, his Isadore x Wolf, Head Man. [L.S.J mark, his Achetam, x Head Man. mark, his Batiste x Lafonde, , mark. his J. Batiste x Mistaslowk, mark. Antoine Arcand, x his Sam x Wolf, mark. MlCHEAL, X mark, his Theophile, X mark, his Kakekayass, X * mark. put] PWg [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [LS.] 225 III Dominion of Canada, North-West Territories, Prince Albert. To Wit: Personally appeared before me Joseph Finlayson, of Prince Albert, in the North- West Territories, Indian Agent at Muskeg Lake Indian. Reserve, and Petequakay Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the said Joseph Finlayson for himself saith : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Muskeg Lake Reserve of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Supt. Genl. of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at" said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Petequakay says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said Petaquakay. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the several"] deponents, Joseph Finlayson and Petaquakay, Chief, at the | Town of Prince Albert, in the [ County of North-West Territories, this 24th day of Janu- I ary, A.D. 1888. J. H. McGuire, Judge of Supreme Court, North-West Territories, District of Saskatchewan. Recorded 12th March, 1888. \ Lib. 127, Folio 161. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar General of Canada. J. FINLAYSON, PETAQUAKAY. his No. 250. Know all Men by these Presents that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Rice Lake Band of Indians, resident on our reserve in the Township of Otonabee, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the Township of Otonabee, 15 in the County of Peterborough and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement two hundred and fifteen acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of all that part of lots six and nine in the . tenth concession of the Township of Otonabee, in the County of Peterborough, lying and being west of the western limit of the right of way of the Cobourg and Peterborough Railway Company, to the western limits of said lots, excepting thereout a small portion of land now occupied by Robert Soper on the north-west corner of lot nnmber six, also twenty acres (be the same more or less) located by the late George Howard, and now in the possession of Sarah Ann Howard, his widow, being composed of a strip of land on the south side of the west half of lot number nine, said strip of land to he six chains and thirteen links wide. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors, for the term of fifteen years from the 1st January, 1888, in trust, to lease the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the leasing thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants for said term. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Rice Lake Band of Indians, do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the leasing of said lands, all the pine, cedar, hard and soft wood to be reserved for the use of the said Indians, the said Indians to have the right to remove pine, cedar, hard and soft wood in the months of January, February, March and December of each and every year, during the term limited. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven. -^f^gS Signed, sealed and delivered in ] the presence of Edwin Harris. M. G. Pandush:, Jeremiah Crowe, Wellington Cowe, Charles Anderson, Robert Soper, Robt. Pandush, Joseph Loukes, James Crowe, Davtd A. McCue, Andrew Anderson, Paul Elm, Danl. Cow. [L.S.J "l.s: Ijs: X.S." x.s: "L.S." X.S." 'lb: Ijjs: "L.S." x.s: [l.s: \m Dominion of Canada, Province of Ontario, County of Peterborough, To Wit: 1 lly appeared before me Edwin Harris, of the village of Gore's I nee of Ontario, Indian Agent, and Messang George Pandush, Chi s's Landing, iefof the Personally in the Province said Band of Indian.,. And the said Edwin Harris for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Rice Lake Reserve of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. 5SJ|^ SARNIA INDIAN RESERVE III £3 -Z">+ f. JZet/V: % /?0.« O S£Ti*,E£./^ /?*rrGZ& V.V/YO l/f. ^-4^^U^~^ j£fr' <3&* i *e- sfcczj. -4t *$s\f 227 That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such absent given! That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Saperin- tendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Messang George Pandush says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said Edwin Harris. \ That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the deponents, Edwin"} Harris and Messang George Pandush, at j the Town of Peterborough, in the Coun- y ty of Peterborough, this 20th day of January, A.D. 188S. j D. W. Dumble,' Police Magistrate jor the Town and County of Peterborough. Recorded 1st March, 1888.) Lib. 127, Fol. 155. J L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. EDWIN HARRIS, M. G. PANDUSH. No. 251. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chiefs and Warriors of the Indian Band known as the " Chippewas ot Sarnia," in the County of Lambton and Province of Ontario, in^council assembled according to our rules and regulations, and holden in the presence of Adam English, Esquire, our Agent, and of Ebenezer Watson, Indian Lands Agent, in the name and on behalf of the whole Band, do hereby surrender and release unto Her Majesty, Her successors or assigns, that certain parcel of land in the Sarnia Reserve containing by admeasurement one quarter of an acre, be the same more or. less, being composed of a part of lot^umber five in range five of the Sarnia Indian Reserve, as the same is marked out by posts duly planted at the corners thereof and set forth in the diagram hereto annexed, made by John H. Jones, Esquire, a Provincial Land Surveyor. The said surrender being made in order that the said portion of land may be leased to the Corporation of the Township of Moore, to be used as a gravel pit, for the term of five years from the date of such lease. The conditions of such lease to be as follows, viz.:— The said corporation of the Township of Moore to pay to the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs the sum of one hundred dollars, as follows : Twenty dollars to.be paid in advance each year during the continuance of the lease, the first of such payments to be made when the lease has been forwarded to the local Asent, and the like sum of $20 on the 1st day of May, in each of the years 1886,1887,lScS and 1889, said payments to bo made through the Indian Lands Agent, at the different dates mentioned. Witness: William Wawanosh, Secretary. Provided, that at the expiry of the lease the surface covering said gravel pit shall be replaced so as to leave the land in a fit state for cultivation. And in case the land between the gravel pit and the public road should be enclosed and cultivated, the said Corporation will put on a gate at the roadside, and will only require a roadway to the pit. Witness our hands and seals at the council house, on the Sarnia Reserve, this sixth day of May, A.D., 1885. ") Wilson Jacobs, Chief, [L.S. C James Manass, 2nd Chief, [JL.S. j Elijah George " L.S. Silas Waubnung " [L.S. Jabiz Nahmabin " [L.S. John Johnston " [L.S Nicholas Plain, [L-&:. John Sdion, [L.S. Albert Rodd, | L.S. alexr. nawang, [l.s: Peter Rodd, [L.S.' James Manass, Ju., L.S.' Isaac Ojebway, [L.S. Luke James, [L.S.' Shahwahnah, x [L.S. Leon Oliver, x i L.S. Joseph Rodd, L.S." j Solomon Jackson. [L.S. Isaiah Williams, x | L.S. Edward Jacobs, x "L.S."j Sampson Jackson, x [L.S. Lewis Williams, [L.S. Antoin Rodd, [L.S. Joseph Bread, x 1 L.S." Daniel Namabin, x [L.S. U I, Ebenezer Watson, of the Town of Sarnia, in the County of Lambton, Indian Lands Agent, make oath and say : That the annexed surrender of one quarter of an acre of land (as therein described) was duly made by the Chippewas of Sarnia at a general council called for the purpose, and held according to their rules, on Wednesday, the 6th day of Hay, 1885; and said surrender, having been approved by a majority of the said council, was duly and freely executed by the Chief and Councillors, and Principal Men of the Band. Sworn before me at the Town of 1 Sarnia, this 20th day < AD. 1885. ;he Town of") ty of August, > EBENEZER WATSON. Charles Robinson, Judge, County Lambton. I, Wilson Jacobs, Chief of the Band of Indians known as the "Chippewas of Sarnia," make oath and say:— That the surrender hereto annexed was freely and voluntarily made and agreed to on the day of the date thereof by a majority, at a council duly called for the 229 purpose, and signed by the Chief and Councillors, and by the Principal Men of the d*. WILSON JACOBS. Sworn before me at the Town of Sarnia,") in the County of Lambton, this 20th V day of August, A.D. 1885. - J Charles Robinson, Judge County Lambton. Recorded 5th April, 1888.1 Lib. 127, Fol. 164. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. No. 252. Know all Men by these Presents, that we. the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Iroquois of St. Regis Indians, resident on our reserve in the County of Huntingdon, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Ba&d, in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular, that certain parcel or tract Of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Township of Dundee, in the 'County of Huntingdon and Province of Quebec, containing by admeasurement twenty thousand acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of certain lots or parts of lots, some of which have been and others of which are now under lease to parties other than Indians. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust to sell the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be invested as follows, to wit: Twenty thousand dollars shall be devoted to the purchase of lands adjoining their reserve, they shall receive the same annuity which they now receive, and the balance of interest shall form a fund for the purchase of further land as the necessity may arise. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said Tribe, Iroquois of St. Regis, do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the said above described lands. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this sixteenth day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight. his Michel x Benedict, mark. his Alexander x Thompsox, mark, his Thomas x Lazar, mark, his Peter x Longpoixt, mark, his Peter x Colwell. mark. Signed, sealed and delivered in the 1 presence of j W. J. White, Robert Barr. [L.S.J [L.S.J [L-S.J [L.S.J [L.S.] 230 Dominion of Canada, "] Province of Ontario, ( County of Huntingdon, j To Wit: j Personally appeared before me George Long, A gent of the said Tribe; Hon. Thomas White, Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, of Ottawa, in the County of Carleton, in the Province of Ontario; and Alexander Thompson, Chief of the said Band of Indians. And tho said Hon. Thomas White for himself saith : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Tribe Iroquois, of St. Regfs, of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said realease or surrender. And the said Alexander Thompson for the said Tribe says : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the deponents, "} at the Village of St. Regis, in the I County of Huntingdon, this 16th day of February THOS. WHITE, his ,AJ).18S8. J G. Long, Agent. Eecorded 28th March, 1888. 1 Lib. 117, Folio 469. J L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. ALEXANDER x THOMPSON. mark. No. 253. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Iroquois of St. Regis Indians, resident on our reserve in the County of Huntingdon, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the River St. Lawrence, in the County of , and Province of , containing by admeasurement sixty acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of that II 231 certain island in the River St. Lawrence aforesaid known by the name of Jacobs Island, and situate nearly opposite to the Village of Summerstown, and south of the flat island long known as Summers Island. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust, to lease the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most' conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the lease thereof shall after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be paid to the Band. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Iroquois of St. Regis Indians, do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the disposal of said island. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this sixteenth day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight. Signed, sealed and delivered iu ] the presence of i W. J. White, Robert Barr. his Michel x Benedict, [^.S.J mark his Alexander x Thompson, [L.S.J mark his Thomas x Lazar,. [L.S.J mark his Peter x Longpoint, [L.S.J mark his Peter x Colwell. [L.S.J mark Dominion of Canada, ^ Province of Quebec, I County of Huntingdon. { To Wit: J Personally appeared before me George Long, of St. Regis aforesaid, Indian Agent; the Hon. Thomas White, Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, of Ottawa, in the County of Carlton, in the Province of Ontario ; and ^Alexander Thompson, Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the said Hon. Thomas White for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Iroquois Tribe of St. Regis of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted, at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or snr- render. And the said Alexander Thompson for the said Band says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said .meeting or council. Sworn before me by the deponents at ] THOS. WHITE, the Village of St. Regis, in the J County of Huntingdon, this 16th f day of February, A.D., 1S8S. J G. Long, Agent. Recorded 9th April, 1888.1 Lib. 94, Fol. 206. J L. A* Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada, ALEXANDER x THOMPSON. mark. No. 254. This Indenture, made the fifth day of November, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, between Hiram A. C. Spinney, of Boston, in the State Massachusetts, United States of America, Yeoman, and Ann Spinney, his wife, and George Willett, of Yarmouth, in the County of Yarmouth, in the Province of Nova Scotia and Dominion of Uanada, Yeoman, of the one part, and Her Majesty the Queen, represented in this behalf by the Honourable Thomas White, Her Majesty's Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs for the Dominion Canada, of the otherpart. Witnesseth, that the said Hiram A. C. Spinney and Ann Spinney, his wife, and George Willett, for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred dollars of lawful money of Canada to them in hand well and truly paid by Her said Majesty the Qneen,represented as aforesaid, at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have and each of them hath surrendered, granted, bargained, sold, aliened, enfeoffed, released, conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents do, and each of them doth surrender, grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, release, convey and confirm unto Her said Majesty the Queen, represented as aforesaid, Her heirs; successors and assigns, all that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate on the eastern side of Starr's Road, so-called, near the said Town of Yarmouth, and bounded and described as follows, viz.:— Beginning on the eastern side of said Starr's Road, at a stone bound and a hacmatack square post marked . I.R" at the south-western corner bound of land now or formerly of the estate of Joseph B. Bond, deceased; thence running north twenty-four degrees and forty-five minutes, west by said Starr's Road seven chains and fifty links to a stone bound and a hacmatack squared post marked " I.R.," at the south-eastern corner bound of land of Benjamin F. Rogers; thence north si^ty-three degrees seven minutes and thirty seconds, east by said land of said Benjamin F. Rogers and land of Joseph J. Brown twenty-eight chains and twenty-five links to a stone poaud and a spruce squared post marked "fI.R." on the western line of land belonging now or formerly to the estate of the late Israel Lovitt, Jr.; thence south twenty- four degrees forty-five minutes, east in company with said line of said Lovitt's laud and by the western line of James Lambert's land, seven chains and fifty links, to a stone bound and squared spruce post marked " I.R." on the north-western corner of the said land now or formerly of the estate of the late Joseph B. Bond, deceased; thence south sixty-three degrees seven minutes and thirty seconds, west by said ■Bond's land twenty-eight chains and twenty-five links to said Starr's Road and the place of beginning. Being the lands and premises marked Indian Reserve on the plan herewith, and to which reference is here made for a further description of the loca- | tion and boundaries of said lot. Excepting and reserving to James Lambert, his il Hi I 11/1 ^yVAcM^sK^e^L^ J[] J~ *£~~£^'*£. fa-egg***? "*<&* ^t^ ' ay?M«r" Gr?f*i~<. 'I ?! 5 :f&. S.Xjt i «r r*>y /? >v1r "^H^^ 233 heirs and assigns, the right of passing and repassing by himself, his family, servants, agents and employe's, on foot and with carriages, horses, oxen and teams laden and unladen, on, over and through a certain cart road, one rod wide wherever it runs over or across said land and premises and as delineated on said plan to which reference is here made for a further description of the location of said cart road. Together with all and singular the buildings, hereditaments, easements and appurtenances to the same belonging, and the reversions, remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof, and all the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand of the said Hiram A. C. Spinney and Ann Spinney, his wife, and George Willett, of, in or to the same: To have and to hold the said above granted and described lands and premises with the appurtenances unto and to the use of Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs, successor and assigns forever. And the said Hiram A. C. Spinney and Ann Spinney, his wife, and George Willett, for themselves, and each of them for himself and herself, their, and each of their heirs, executors and adminstrators,do hereby covenant with Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and assigns, that they, the said Hiram A. C. Spinney and Ann Spinney, his wife, and George Willett, have a good, sure, perfect and indefeasible estate of inheritance in fee simple in tho said land and premises, and have also good right, full power and absolute authority to grant and convey the same in manner and form aforesaid, according to the true intent and meaning hereof) and that the same are free from encumbrances. And also that the said Hiram A. C. Spinney and Ann Spinney, his wife, and George Willett and their heirs, the said land and premises unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs, successors and assigns, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons, shall and will by. these presents warrant and forever defend. In Witness Whereof, the parties to these presents havo hereto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. Signed, sealed and delivered, in the pres ence of, by the said Hiram A. C. Spinney and Ann Spiniey, his wife. John P. Fitzgerald, Clerk, 267 South 4th St., Philadelphia, U.S.A. Signed, sealed and delivered by the said ) George Willett in the presence of j Clive Crosby. H. A. C. SPINNEY, [L.S. ANN SPINNEY, [L.S. GEORGE WILLETT, [L.S. I, Robt. Chas. Clepperton, Her Britannic Majesty's Consul at Philadelphia, certify that on the sixth day of December, A.D. 1887, John P. Fitzgerald, a subscribing witness to the foregoing Indenture, made oath before me that the same was signed, sealed and executed in his presence by the therein named Hiram A. C. Spinney and Ann Spinney, his wife. And I do hereby further certify that on the date aforesaid appeared personally before me the subscriber, Ann Spinney, wife of the within named Hiram A. C. Spinney, and having been examined by me, separate and apart from her said husband, acknowledged that she freely, and uncompelled by him, signed and executed the said Indenture for the uses and purposes therein written and expressed. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of | my said office, to be affixed, this sixth, day of December, A.D. one thousand eight I hundred and eighty-seven. By the Consul, CHARLES CLEPPERTON, Acting Vice-Consul. :|!| 234 I certify that on the fourteenth day of December, AD. 1887, personally came and appeared Clive Crosby, subscribing witness to the foregoing Indenture, made oath before me that the same was signed and executed in his presence by the therein named George Willett. LEWIS CHIPMAN, Notary Public and Barrister of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. Deed from George Willett, Esq., and Annie Willett, spinster, of Yarmouth, N.S. heirs of Thos. Willett, deceased, to Indian reserve lot in Yarmouth, N.s/ described as follows, to wit:— Beginning on eastern side of Starr's Road, at a stone bound and a hacmatack squared post marked u I.R.," at the south-western angle of land owned by estate of Jos. B. Bond, deceased; thence north 24° 45", west of said road 7 chains and 50 links to a stone bound and hacmatack squared post marked " I.R.,"- at the southeastern angle of land owned by Benjamin F. Rogers; thence north 63° 7' 30", E. in company with the said Benjamin F. Rogers and Capt. Joseph Brown's land 28 chains and 25 links to a stone bound and a spruce squared post marked " I.R.," on western line of land belonging to the estate of the late Israel Lovitt, Jr.; thence south 24° 45", E. in company with said line of Lovitt land and by western line of James Lambert's land 7 chains and 50 links to a stone bound and squared spruce post marked '•'• I.R.,,r on north-western angle of the said Jos. B. Bond's land; thence south 63° 7' 30", W. in. . company with the Bond land 28 chains and 25 links, to the place of beginning ; containing 21^- acres, subject to a cart road over said lot, as marked on the plan, one rod wide, used by James Lambert and his family for upwards of twenty years. P. LENT. HATFIELD, No. 19522. Dy. Surveyor. Abstract Title. | Willett Property," on Starrs' Road, near the Town of Yarmouth, at present occupied by Indians as Squatters. 1st Deed.—Heman Rogers'and Emily Rogers, his wife, to Thos. Willett, dated January 1st, 1872, and registered in office of Registry of Deeds, Yarmouth, in Book •An-, page 136; consideration, $220. Description: "A lot of land adjoining Pitman's or Starrs' Road, so called, it being a part of Thomas Roger's first division, Lot No. 39, on said road, containing in all twenty acres, and bounded as follows, vi#.: On the north by Joseph Lambert's land: on the east by Joseph Bond's land; on the west by Joseph Brown's land, and on the south by Starrs' Road." Warranted. 2nd. Deea.—Benjamin Rogers, Senr.,rto Heman Rogers, dated April 22nd, 1859, and registered at Yarmouth aforesaid, in Book A.K., page 653; consideration, £15. Description: " Marsh land and two-fifths of a lot of land adjoining Pitman's or Starrs' Boad, being part of Thos. Roger's first division, Lot No. 39 on said road, containing in all twenty acres." I 3rd Deed.—Benjamin Rogers, Senior, to Heman Rogers, dated August 22nd, 1859, and registered at Yarmouth aforesaid in Book A. K., page 654, consideration; £35. Description: " Other lots, and twelve acres of land fronting on Starrs' or Pitman's Boad, being three-fifths part of Thos. Roger's first division, Lot No. 39, set off to Lydia Sanders out of her father's (Cornelius Rogers) estate (see division deed filed in Probate Office, 1817) the same having been transferred to Benjamin Rogers by the same Lydia Sanders and her husband." Warranted. Mortgage above and other lots, Heman Rogers and Elizabeth, his wife, to Benjamin Rogers, dated August 22nd, 1859 and registered at Yarmouth aforesaid, in Book A. K., page 657; consideration, £235; instalments, £26 a year, nine years. is III I 1 111 II I: JfacZj&i/ 7le«s,ej~ve/ Scale of Chains $ i &&<&*&/ 235 il i i 1 II i P i M w It 4th. Division estate of Cornelius Rogers, on file in Probate Office, dated April 17th, 1817: " 12 acres of land on Pitman's or Starr's Road, being three-fifths of Lot No. 39 first division " set off to Lydia Sanders, wife of Nathaniel Sanders. 5th. Township plan shows Lot No. 29, first division, set off or granted to Thomas Rogers. N.B.—We find no deed on record to Benjamin Rogers, except the reference in Deed Three that Lydia Sanders and her husband bad transferred three-fifths of said land to said Benjamin Rogers. We are informed that Cornelius Rogers is a son of Thomas Rogers. Our records from 1825 back are very defective, and the Index books contain no grantee side back of that date. The mortgage referred to under Deed Three (3) was, no doubt, paid and settled when due, as Benjamin Rogers,Senior, has been dead and his estate settled some 20 years. The heirs of estate of Benjamin Rogers are, some of them, dead and some of them scattered, and it would be now impossible to obtain a release. We have made careful enquiry with reference to this property, and have no doubt title is good, although defective on the records. We would recommend that the property be run out by a surveyor and a plan of same made. Yours, etc., CORNING & CHIPMAN. Province of Nova Scotia, Registrar's Office, Yarmouth, December 17th, 1887. I certify that at ten o'clock a.m. of this day the foregoing instrument and plan \was duly registered, pursuant to law, on the oath of John P. Fitzgerald and Clive Crosbv, the subscribing witnesses, per certificates, Book B. P., pages 373, 374,375, 376, 377, 378. Recorded 1st May, 1888 ) ADELAIDE MURRAY, Lib. 127, Fol. 186. J Registrar. L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar General of Canada. No. 255. Crown Land Office, Halifax, N. S., 6th Sept., 1888. Sir,—In reply to your communication respecting the errors in the plan marked B, attached to the enclosed patent, I beg to say the surveyor's plan was made on a scale of two chains to an inch, and was comparatively correct, but as it was rather large and cumbersome I employed a clerk to reduce it, with the result stated by you. After a patent has been executed and delivered we cannot make any corrections. Where a change is absolutely necessary the patent is released and another, with the necessary alterations, is issued. In this case I do not consider it necessary to issue a new patent, for it does not appear to me that the incorrect plotting will affect the validity of the title. If, however, you consider it necessary, and send us a release, a new patent will be made out. I attached a copy of the original plan to the patent. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedt. seiwant, JAMES H. AUSTEN. L. Yankoughnet, Esq., Ottawa. Province of Nova Scotia—Pat. 15245. Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen/Defender of the Faith, &c, &c, &c. Adams G. Archibald. To all to whom these Presents shall come—Greeting. Whereas the lands and premises- hereinafter mentioned and referred to have heretofore been part of the public lands which are vested in Us for the benefit of the Province of Nova Scotia. And whereas the Minister of the Interior for Our .Dominion of Canada hath requested that the said lands should be transferred and set apart for the uses of the Government of Canada as an Indian reserve, and the Government of Our Province of Nova Scotia hath acceded to the said request and is desirous that the same should be carried into force and effect. Now Know Ye, that We, of Our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, do hereby declare that the lands and premises hereinafter mentioned and described are no longer held by Us for Our said Government and Province of Nova Scotia, but shall be held by Us and Our heirs and successors for Our said Government of the Dominion of Canada, and that the said lands and premises are hereby transferred to the control of Our said Government of the Dominion of Canada, for the uses and purposes of an Indian reserve, that is to say: * The following lands lying within the Islaud and County of Cape Breton, situate on the south-west branch of Sydney River, per annexed plan marked A, bounded as follows:— Beginning at the north-west angle of a lot of seventy-nine acres, granted to Morrison McDonald, in the second range of lots on the southern side of the southwest branch of Sydney River; thence running south twenty-six degrees, east eighty- one chains and twenty-six links to a juniper post; thence south sixty-five degrees, west sixty-seven chains and eighty links to a juniper post, thence north twenty-four degrees, west eighty-one chains and forty links to a juniper post; thence north sixty- five degrees, east sixty-four chains and ten links to the place of beginning, containing fire hundred and thirty-six acres, together with lot marked B, per annexed plan, bounded as follows: Beginning at the north-east angle of Lot number 11, on the southern side of Sydney Harbour, granted to F. 0. L. Patch in A.D. 1869; thence running south twenty-four degress, east five chains: thence south eighty-five degrees, east four chains and thirty-three links to the main road leading to Sydney; thence north-easterly by said road one chain and forty-five links; thence north thirty-four degrees, west six chains, to the shore; thence westerly by the shore at high water mark to the place of beginning, containing two acres two roods and thirty-seven | perches, the two lots containing together five hundred and thirty-eight acres, two roods and thirty-seven perches, more or less. Reserving however to Us, Our heirs and successors, on behalf of Our said Government and Province of Nova Scotia, all and singular the mines of gold, silver, coal, iron, tin, copper, lead and precious stones, and all beds and seams of gold, silver, coal, iron, tin, copper, lead and precious stones, in or under the said land, with full j liberty at all times to search and dig for and carry away the same, and for that I purpose to enter upon the said land or any part thereof, and further reserving to Us, I Our heirs and successors, the right of opening and completing anyroad or roads I through the same that may be found necessary to be made. And further reserving all the lights, interests, claims, privileges, easements, I possessions and other liberties heretofore granted, leased or licensed, or hereinafter granted, leased or licensed, for the purpose of enabling such grantees, lessees or | hcensees to dig up, search for, win and take all and singular the said minerals above ""served, under and by virtue of the statutes of Our said Province of Nova Scotia, tde, enacted, consolidated and now in force, touching and relating to the mines and j minerals thereof, and under and by virtue of all rules and regulations now made, and i*rfi.?'X ■(JB.) JLrtc&Ccvn/ .Jjcvrucff Scale of Chains fa/ J&^£rf?&^~~9y^ ^e> which shall or may be hereafter made and published in respect of the same, and under and in accordance with the covenants, conditions, agreements, promises and stipulations in the said grants, leases or licenses made, contained and expressed, and further reserving all rights, privileges and easements heretofore granted by us, or lawfully acquired in, to or upon the said lands and premises. Given under the Great Seal of Our said Province of Nova Scotia. Witness Our trusty and well beloved, His Honour the Honourable Adams George Archibald, Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, this twenty-eighth day of April, in the forty-fifth year of Our reign, and in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two. By His Honour's command, S. H. HOLMES, Provincial Secretary. Province of Nova Scotia, } Cape Breton, S.S. J gj| Office of Registry of Deed3. Sydney, June 9 th, 1883. I certify that the foregoing grant was registered in this office at nine o'clock, forenoon, of this day, in Grant Book D, page 412, pursuant to law. JNO. GILLIS, Regr. No. 256. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chfefs and Principal Men of tho Band of Ojibewa Indians owning the Indian reserve on the River Desert, in the Township of Maniwaki, in the Province of Quebec, and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of our people, do hereby remise, release, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors for ever, ail and singular that certain portion or parcel of land containing by admeasurement four acres, be the same more or less, forming part of the Indian reserve aforesaid, and which parcel of land may be known and described as follows, and as laid down on the annexed traced plan of the same, that is to say: That portion of Lot No. 4, River Desert Front, in the said Township of Maniwaki (formerly occupied as a farm by the late Chief Atwin Pekanawatik), bounded on the north by the holdings of Messrs. Hamilton Bros., on the west by the Desert River, on the south and east by a part of said lot now occupied by the successoi-s of. the said late Chief. , To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular, that certain parcel or tract of land as above described in trust, to be leased for a term of ten years to Mr. Sargeant B. Brock, to build a steam sawmill thereon, at a rental of five dollars per acre per annum. The said lease to be renewable from time to time, provided that the terms thereof shall have been faithfully carried out by the lessee. The rent to be paid to the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs for the benefit of the grandson of the late Chief Atwin Pekanawatik. And we, the said Chiefs and Principal Men of the Band aforesaid do, on behalf of our people and for oui-selves, hereby ratify and confirm whatever the Government of this Dominion of Canada may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the said lease of the aforesaid lands. In Witness Whereof, we, the said Chiefs and Principal Men, have set our hands and have affixed our seals unto this Instrument at River Desert, in the said Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada aforesaid, this thirteenth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four. Signed, sealed and delivered 1 SIMON OTJIK, in the presence of J Interpreter. John White, Indian Agent. And six other Indians, Members of the Band. Simon Otjik, Interpreter. ■I- And we hereby en oath certify before the Honourable Mr. Justice La Fontaine, Judge of Her Majesty's Superior Court for the said Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada aforesaid, that the annexed release or surrender was. assented to and executed by the Chiefs and Principal Members of the Band of Indians therein mentioned, assembled at a meeting of such Band and Tribe summoned for that purpose, and who were entitled to vote thereat. Sworn before me at Fontaine Val, "} in the Township of Hull, in the Province of Quebec, this fourteenth day of July, in the year ..of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-fOur. A. La Fontaine, Judge of the Supr. Court, Prov. of Quebec. Recorded 6th August, 1874. ) Lib. S., Fol. 88. J R. W. Scott, .Secretary of State and Registrar-General of Canada. JNO. WHITE. And one other Indian, a Member of the Band. No. 257. :S£::- Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the River Desert Band of Indians resident on our reserve in Maniwaki, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the Township of Maniwaki, in the County of Ottawa and Province of Quebec, containing by admeasurement ten thousand square &3t, be the same more or less, and being composed of a portion of Lot No. 3, Desert Front Range, in the aforesaid Township of Maniwaki, described as follows:— Commencing at the south-west corner of land leased to Joseph Moar, thence east along the south limit of taid land one hundred feet; thence south parallel to the Gatineau Road one hundred feet; thence west parallel to south limit of said land leased to Joseph Moar one hundred feet to Gatineau Road; thence north along the east limit of Gatineau Road one hundred feet to the place of beginning. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and "successors for ever, in trust, to lease the same to such person or persons, and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem nfost conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys re3eived from the leasing thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be divided annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants forever. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said River Desert Band of Indians do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm and promise to ratify and confirm-whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the disposal of said parcel of land. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this twenty-sixth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven. Signed, sealed and delivered in ) the presence of J Simon Otjik, Joseph Minass, Maths Tehanana, James Martin, Indian Agent Simon Otjik, Chief, Joseph Minass, Sub-Chief, Matias Tehanana, Sub-Chief, John McDougall, Interpreter, his Peter x Tenesco, , mark. [L.S.1 [L.S. [L.S. [L.s.; [L.S.J 239 his John Bernard, x [L.S.J mark. his Joseph x Commando, \ pis.] " mark. his Bernard x Decoutier, [L.S.J Mark. and two other Indians, members his Pierre x Decoutier, of the Band. [L.S.] mark. his Pierre x McDougall, [L.S.J mark. his John B. x Beaver, [L.S.J mark. his Benjamin x Jolifeur, [L.S.J mark. his Louis x Lacroix, [L.S.] mark. and two other Indians, members of the Band. his Nounce x Francis, [L.S.J mark. his Abraham x McDougall, [L.S.J mark. his Francis x Shemmettie [L.S.J mark. his Louis x Tanascon, [L.&] mark. his Peter x Covart, [L.S.J mark. Dominion of Canada, "j Province of Quebec, 1 County of f To Wit J Personally appeared before me James Martin, of the Village of Maniwaki, in the Province of Quebec, Indian Agent, and Simon Otjik, Chief of the said Band of -Indians. And the said James Martin for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the River Desert, of the full age of twenty-one years, then present. %;--i^a| That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was'present at such meeting or council and. heard such assent given. That be was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a meniber of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Simon Otjik says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present. 240 That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said James Martin. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians, or interested in the land 5mentioned in the said release br surrender. That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the deponents James"] Martin and Simon Otjik, at the Village I of Maniwaki, in the Co. of Ottawa, ] JAMES MARTIN. SIMON OTJIK. this twenty-seventh day of June, A.D., [ 18S§. J J. L. S. Julien, District Magistrate for the Districts of Ottawa and Terrebonne. Recorded 18th October, 1888.1 Lib. 128, Folio 298. J L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. No. 258. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the" undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Somenos Band of Cowichan Indians resident on cur reserve at Somenos, in the Province of British Columbia and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the District of Quamichan, in the Electoral District of Cowichan, and Province of British Columbia, containing by admeasurement five acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of five acres, more or less, commencing at a post 15*68 chains east from Range Post V and VT, Sec. Post 16 and 17: thence 7*00 chains south; thence 8-50 chains east; thence 7'13 chains north-westerly, following the line of the E. & N. Railway; thence 6 chains west to place of commencement, as per annexed sketch. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust to lease and surrender the same to the Cowichan and Salt Spring Island Agricultural Society, upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the lease and surrender thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed at interest, and that the interest money accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants forever. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said Somenos Band of Cowichan Indians do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the lease or surrender aforesaid or the premises. 1 m 111 ZZjz&ZjLcs JL&ojJ. -_- aso- /ND//?Af /?E$EffW?T/OM ^t^%n^/^ *T^^ /^^^>^~ 241 III In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this twenty-ninth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight. Signed, sealed and delivered in 1 the presence of j W. H. Lomas, Indian Agent, Quamichan, B.C. Baptiste Qcil-set-stu.v, x [L.S. Charley with Kolatza, x [LJS. Jim Yellaugh, x \Sf^' Shilcha-milt, x rLJSu Ser-sheair, x LLS. TOO-WHOR-MILT, X £L.S, George Hatulth, x tk-S- QULL-OH-LARNO, X LL .S. Sam Squa-lem, x TLB." Alex Hul Kamm, x fL.S, Tom Saultamilt, x FL.S. ii Dominion op Canada, 1 Province of County of To Wit: Personally appeared before me William Henry Lomas, of Quamichan, Indian Agent of the Cowichan Indians, in the Province of British Columbia, and Baptiste Quilsetstun, Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the said William Henry Lomas for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male i-members of the said Band of Indians of the Somenos Tribe of the full age of twenty- one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a I member of the Band, or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender, And the said Baptiste Quilsetstun for himself doth say: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by me and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years thenpresent. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual, resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians, or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he, the said Baptiste Quilsetstun, is Chief of the said Band of Indians, and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the said two deponents," Wm. Hy. Lomas and Baptiste Quilsetstun, at the Court House of Nanaimo, in the County of Nanaimo, this 10th day y of July, A.D. 1S88, after having been duly explained by me to the Chief, through Alex. Mearns as interpreter. Henry P. Pellew Crease, Judge of the Supreme Court at British Columbia. Recorded 29th October, 18S8.1 Lib. 129, Folio 239. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. 16 W. H. LOMAS. * BAPTISTE x QUILSETSTUN. 1 II: 242 No. 259. Articles of Agreement made this twenty-ninth day of August, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, between the Superintendent- General of Indian Affairs, Ottawa> represented by Francis Ogletree, Indian Agent, Portage La Prarie, of the one part, and the undermentioned members of the Chippewa Tribe of Indians now residing at or near the rapids of the Rousseau River, in the Province of Manitoba, of the other part. Whereas we, the undersigned Chief, Councillors and Indians of the Chippewa Tribe now residing at or near the rapids of the said Rousseau River, on behalf of oorselves and others of the Chippewa Tribe of Indians do hereby agree to cede, release, surrender and yield up, and by these presents do forever quit claim all the -rights, title and interest that we now have or ever had (to the Superintendent- General of Indian Affairs, Ottawa, and bis successors in office), to any and all lands within the Province of Manitoba (and more especially to any claims in Township three (3), Range four (4), east of the First Principal Meridian, in the said Province of Manitoba) : With the exception of our first proportion of, and claim to, the Indian reserve situate at the junction of the Rousseau and Red Rivers, in the said Province of Manitoba, on the following conditions, that is to say: the said Superintendent- General shall grant or cause to be granted to the said Chippewa Tribe of Indians, to be held in trust for them and their heirs forever, the whole of section eleven (11), and the south-east one quarter of section ten (10), in Township (3), Range four (4), east of the First Principal Meridian of the Province of Manitoba, in addition to their portion of the reserve as already mentioned as situate at the junction of the Rousseau and Red Rivers, to be held in trust for them and their heirs forever, in compensation for giving up and removing immediately from all other lands claimed by them in said Township three, Range four, in the Province of Manitoba; and it is hereby distinctly understood by and between the said parties, that if the said section eleven (11), and the south-east one quarter of section ten (10), in Township three (3), in Range four (4), east of the First Principal Meridian, in the Province of Manitoba, aforesaid, be not granted unto the said Chippewa Tribe of Indians and their heirs, to be held in trust for them forever by the said Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, then this agreement shall be void and of none effect. In Witness Whereof, the said parties have hereunto subscribed and set their hand and seal at Dominion City the day and year herein first above mentioned. Signed, sealed and delivered in th presence of, the same having bee: first read and explained : his a Napoleon ELayten, x Interpreter. mark W. A. Letang, James Agnew, Geo. W. Paterson, - L. G. Ramsey, Horatio Agnew. Francis Ogletree, Indian Agent. [L.S.J his Nashwaskoope, x Chief. [L.S.J mark. / . his Kaquaygconiash. x or Biglndion. [L.S.J mark. his ASHWASHCOOPENAIS, X [L.S.J ■,'Vyl*-; mark, his Mashepenais, x [L.S.J mark, his Sheesheebance, x [L.S.J mark. Councillors. his Magmahshekahpow, x [L.S.J mark, his Kahowamaywion, x [L.S.J mark. ■■<" Indians. m iff ii> 1M 243 Letter No. 186,648. Reference No. 109,520. J Department of the Interior, Ottawa, 24th October, 1883. Sir,—I have the honour by direction to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15th ultimo. No 26,306, accepting the offer made in the Deputy Minister's letter of the 11th of July last, for the'transfer to your Department, upon certain conditions, of the whole of Section 11 and the S. E. J of Section 10, Township 3, Range 4 east,' and to inform you that the lands in question are now at the disposal of your Department, instructions having been sent to the Agent of Dominion Lands at Winnipeg for the selection of a section for the school endowment in lieu of Section 11 aforesaid. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, P. B. DOUGLAS, Assistant Secretary. The Deputy Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, Ottawa. Recorded 8th November, 1888. 1 Lib. 128, Fol. 313. j | It 'ji'l&Vy !*• -A- Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. Department of Indian Affairs, Ottawa, 5th November, 1833. I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original letter on fyle m 1 this Department. L. VANKOUGHNET, j i Deputy of the Supt. General of Indian Affairs. Department of Indian Affairs, p||^ Ottawa, September 15th^ 1833. Sir,—Referring to your letter of the 22nd ultimo, I have the honour to inform you that the Indians of the Rousseau River have now relinquished all claim they may have had to Township 3, Range 4 east, provided they receive a title to Section 11, and the south-east quarter of Section 10, Township 3, Range 4, as was intimated would be the case in letter from your Department of the 11th July last. Be good enough to advise me when the lands referred to are placed at the disposal of the Indians. pijwm I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, &S$£ L. VANKOUGHNET, Deputy of the Supt.-Gen.'I of Indian Affairs. John R. Hall, Esq., Acting Deputy Minister of the Interior, Ottawa, I i ^ Recorded 8th November, 188S. | Lib. 128. Fol. 314. j - jj L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. Department of Indian Affairs, Ottawa, November Sth, 1883. I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the of the original letter on fyle in this Department. L. VANKOUGHNET, Deputy of the Supt.-Gen.'l of Indian Affairs. Recorded Sth November, 18S8.1 Lib. 128, Fol. 312. } L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. •16* 244 No. 260. To all to whom these Presents shall come: in the said iaw, James mOreiaUU, IH luc rioviucc Ul a.igw umuaniv/a, a mciiiuci ui mo oouat-t; ui I nion of Canada, Elihu Burritt Edwards, of the Town of Peterborough, ii County of Peterborough and Province of Ontario, aforesaid, Barrister-at-Law, james Meyer, Esquire, of London, England, Governor of the New England Company, and Geor>e Morrice Roger, of the said Town of Peterborough, in the said County of Peterborough and Province of Ontario, aforesaid, Barrister-at-Law. Send Greeting : Whereas, by a certain Instrument under the the Great Seal of the then Province of Upper Canada, bearing date on or about the nineteenth day of April, in the year of Our Loi-d one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, and in the fourth year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, His Majesty did give and grant unto the Reverend Richard Scott, of the Township of Otonabee, the Reverend Alexander Bethune, of Cobourg, Charles Anderson and Charles Rubidge, both of the Township of Otonabee, Esquires, all in the County of Northumberland, in the District of Newcastle, and the Honourable George Herchmer Markland, of the * City of Toronto, in the Homo District, and to their heirs and assigns forever, all that parcel or tract of land situate in the Township of Otonabee, in the County of Northumberland, in the District of Newcastle, in the Province of Upper Canada, containing one thousand one hundred and twenty acres, be the same more or less, being the town plot reservation on the Rice Lake and River Otonabee, in the said Township of Otonabee, commencing on the shore of the Rice Lake, where a red cedar post has been planted at the south-east angle of a certain block of land granted to Charles Anderson, Esquire; then north sixteen degrees, forty minutes, west sixty-three chains to where a red cedar post has been planted at the north-east angle of said block; then south seventy-four degrees, five minutes, west sixty-five chains more or less to within one chain of the River Otonabee ; then northerly following the several turnings and windings of the said river against the stream, always at the distance of one chain therefrom, to within one chain of lot number seven, in the twelfth concession of the said Township; then north seventy-four degrees, five minutes, east along the southern limit of the allowance for road between the reservation aforesaid and lots numbers seven in the eleventh and twelfth concessions of the said Township; one hundred and eighteen chains to the north-east angle of the said reservation, being in the western limit of the allowance for road between the tenth and eleventh concessions of the aforesaid township; then south sixteen degrees, forty minute1*, east along the western limit of the allowance for road produced between the said concessions ninety-six chains fifty links to the Rice Lake; then south-westerly along the water's edge to the place of beginning. Reserving within the same one chain off the front of the said block on the lake as an accommodation for a ferrry, with free access to the beach for all vessels, boats and persons, to have and to hold the said parcel or tract of land hereby given or granted to them, the said Richard Scott, Alexander Bethune, Charles Anderson, Charles Rubidge and George Herchmer Markland, their heirs and assigns for ever, but upon the trusts, nevertheless, and to and for the uses intents and purposes following, -that is to say : in trust to hold the same for ever hereafter to and for the benefit of the Indian Tribes in this Province, and with a view to their conversion and civilization. And whereas it was in and by the said Instrument provided that in case any ofthem, the said Richard Scott, Alexander Bethune, Charles Anderson, Charles Robidge and George Herchmer Markland, or any succeeding trustee or trustees, to be appointed as thereinafter mentioned should happen to die or be desirous of being p i ii 245 m discharged from the powers or trusts thereby in them reposed or vested, or become incapable of acting in the same, then in every such case, and so. often as the same should happen, full power and authority was given by those presents to the said Richard Scott, Alexander Bethune, Charles Anderson, Charles Rubidge and George Herchmer Markland, or the survivor Or survivors of them, or any of them, or any succeeding trustee or trustees of them, the said Richard Scott. Alexander Bethune, Charles Anderson, Charles Rubidge and George Herchmer Markland, or any of them, or the survivor or survivors of them or any of them by any writing or writings under their or his hands and seals, or hand and seal, to be by them or him sealed and delivered in the presence of, and attested by, two or more credible witnesses, to nominate, substitute and appoint any other fit person in the room and place of any of them, the said Richard Scott, Alexander Bethune, Charles Anderson, Charles Rubidge and George Herchmer Markland, or any succeeding trustee who should so die or be desirous of being released or discharged from, or become incapable of acting in the aforesaid trusts or powers, and so from time to time, as often as there should be occasion to nominate, substitute and appoint any other person or Sersons in the place or stead of them, the said Richard Scott, Alexander Bethune, harles Anderson, Charles Rubidge and George Herchmer Markland, or any of them, or any succeeding person or persons to be appointed as aforesaid, who should die or be desirous of being discharged or become incapable as aforesaid, and when and so often as any person or persons should be nominated and appointed as aforesaid, the said parcel or tract of land, hereditaments and premises thereby mentioned, or intended to be thereby granted, should be conveyed with all convenient speed in such manner and form so as that all and every other person or persons so to be appointed as, aforesaid should and might be invested with all_snch powers and authorities, and should and might in all things act in relation to the premises in conjunction with the others of them who should or might survive, or not decliue, or not become incapable to act therein as fully and effectually in all respects and to all intents and purposes as if he or they had originally been in and by these presents a grantee to the uses and trusts, and for the purposes aforesaid, anything thereinbefore contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding. And whereas, by the death, resignation and appointment of the original and succeeding trustees, we, the said the Reverend Edward Riddell Roberts, the Honourable Amos Edwin Botsford, E. B. Edwards, James Meyer and George Morrice Roger, became and are the sole surviving trustees duly nominated, substituted and appointed under the powers and authority contained in the hereinbefore in part recited Instrument. And whereas we are, and each of us is desirous of being discharged from the powers or trusts in us and each of us reposed or vested in and by the said hereinbefore in part recited Instrument and the appointments made thereunder. Now know ye, we, the said the Reverend Edward Riddell Roberts, the Honourable Amos Edwin BotsfordtE. B. Edwards, James Meyer and George Morrice Roger, do, and each of us doth, by virtue and in pursuance of the powers, authority and limitations in the said hereinbefore in part recited instrument contained; and in pursuance of every other power and authority in us and each of us now being, resign, surrender and yield up all powers and trusts thereby and therein reposed or vested in us and each of us, and we do and each of us for himself doth hereby nominate, substitute and appoint Her Majesty Queen Victoria trustee in the room and place of us and each of us, and grant and surrender unto Her Majesty, Her successors and assigns, the parcel or tract of land and premises hereinbefore described. To have and to hold the same in so far only as we and each of us can or may grant and limit the same unto Her Majesty, Her successors and assigns, to the same uses and purposes and upon the same trusts as in the said hereinbefore in part recited Instrument are declared of and concerning the same, and for the purposes mentioned and contained in " The Indian Act," Chap. 43, Revised Statutes of Canada. mmmmmmauasssma 246 In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto s< of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand duplicate). Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of the undersigned witnesses to execution by Rev. Edward Riddell Roberts and ElihuBurritt Edwards. F. I. Bell, Chas. J. Lurrard. Signed, sealed and delivered by George Morrice Roger inpresence of D. W. Dumble, F. W. Gladman. Signed, sealed and delivered by James Meyer in presence of Walter C. Venning, Isaac S. Lister. Signed, sealed and delivered by Honourable Amos Edwin Botsford in presence of F. McDougall, A. W. Burrett. j Recorded 13th November, 188S, 1 Lib. 127, Fol. 392. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. t our hands and seals eight hundred and e this ghtJ sixth day weight (in Eward R. Roberts, Amos E. Botsford, E. B. Edwards, James Meyer, G. M. Roger, l.s; "L.S." x.s: 'L.S/ "L.S." m No. 261. Know All Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal ^len of the Rat Portage Band of Indians resident on our Reserve No. 38 A. B. and C, on the Lake of the Woods and Winnipeg River, District of Rainy River, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady tho Queen, Her heirs and successora forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being iu the said District of Rainy River and Province aforesaid, containing by admeasurement six hundred acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of that certain Island known as the " Sultana Island," and also known as Mining Location X 42, situate near the north shore of the Lake of the Woods. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust to the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the said lands thereof shall, affer deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be" placed at interest, and that the interest money accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants forever. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said Band, do on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the said portion of Reserve No. 38 B. 247 In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals, this eighth day of October, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six. Signed, sealed and delivered") in the presence of j Pagoona Keshick^x Chief. [L.S.J Frank Gardiner, J. P. his Pagoona Keshick, x Ch\ mark: his PAISHU X QUA-BAY, mark, his TAPOH X SASH, . mark, his PEE-TWA X WA-KEJICK, mark. [L-S.] Canada, Province of Ontario, District of Rainy River. To Wit: Personally appeared before me George McPherson, of Assabus Kashing, Indian Agent, and Pagoona Keshick, Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the said George McPherson for himself saith : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Band 38 of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose, and according to their rules. -' That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affaire. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a | member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Pagoona Keshick doth say: - That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one . years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose according to the rules, and held in the presence of the said deponent, Pagoona Keshick, and George McPherson, Indian Agent. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians, or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. - - That he is the Chief of the said Band of Indians, and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the deponents^ George McPherson and Pagoona ' Keshick, at the Village of Rat Portage, in the District of Rainy t River, this 12th day of February, j A.D. 1887. J W. D. Lyon, Stipendiary Magistrate. g. Mcpherson, his PAGOONA x KESHICK, mark. I 248 \M Names of Indians, Rat Portage Band, being on Surrender of a portion of Reserve No. 38 B. JAss-hee-wequa-neash. jA-pce-cheete x jA-mees-Koosis x Henry Alexander x |Enne-nis Kai-quatch x JKai-bais-knng JKees-bee-qnass x JKai-ka-koouse x i teee-pi-twa-yash f&ii-tee-guance^ x iKa-wee-ta-hassin x Ka-wee-tas-knng s pEai-tai-wee-munds (Woman).. Kie-wa-ta-Kei-jick x Ka-kee-way x ]Ka-ma-ta-wee {Lindsay David x QCsque jMm-Trav-wav-be-ness - jMais-h"-kaish ploo-kio-cabow ilee-qni-nish x (Mac-nab x IMatasopetawe-kejick x .-... |Nai-ta-wee-ka-bow x iOtee-ka-bow x fOaawes-tee-qnan jOgie-ma-watchewabe x iPagoona-kejick x jPee-washk JPaishee-qua-bay x JPai-pana-pis-knng x jPee-twa-wa-kejick x Patooeh Sha-boo-ke-jick She-ba-qnan x jTa-pah-sash x JTa-tee-bay-a-wban-webe x .. IWassabis... Wa-say-kie-jidc Wa-sas-kit Total. Rat Portage, Sth October, 1886. G. Mcpherson, Indian Agent. Dominion of Canada, Prov. of Ontario, District of Rainy River. To Wit: Personally appeared before me George Macpherson, Indian Agent of the Rat Portage Band of Indians, and Pagoona-kejick, Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the said George Macpherson for himself saith: 249 That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the said district, of the full age of ^ twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the sand Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the SuperiiiM tendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Pagoona-kejick doth say: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and the majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said deponent and George McPherson, Indian Agent. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is the Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. his Sworn before me by the deponents George McPherson and Pagoona-kejick, at t h e Town of Rat Portage, in the District of Rainy River, this eighth | day of October, A.D. 1886. J Frank Gardiner, J.P. Recorded 1st December, 1888.") Lib. 128, Fol. 315. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada, PAGOONA x KEEJICK, Chief. mark.— GEORGE McPHERSON, Indian Agent. No. 262. Department of Justice, Ottawa, Dec. 12th, 1888. Fisher's Grant Indian Reserve. Sir,—I have the honour to forward herewith a conveyance to Her Majesty from Robt. P. Fraser et ux, and I am to point out that Messrs. Stewart and Tanner, in drawing up the deed, represented Her Majesty in the deed by the Minister of the Interior, instead of the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. I know of no way of rectifying this (otherwise than by re-conveying the land to Fraser and taking a new deed from him), as the interest of the grantors has been conveyed to Her Majesty by the present deed, and consequently a new deed from them would convey nothing. The title, however, is now in Her Majesty. I also transmit file No. 6079 of 1883, of your Department, and a certificate for §17 in favour of Messrs. Stewart and Tanner, for their services in connection with the matter. Your obedient servant, GEO. B. FRASER, ' Acting D. M. J. L. Vankoughnet, Esq., y Deputy Supt.-Gen. of Indian Affairs. Recorded 9th January, 1889.1 | Lib. 127, Fol. 403. } L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. 250 This Indenture, made this first day of December, in the year of Our Lord one Hbousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, between Robert P. Fraser, of Pictou, in the County of Pictou and Province of Nova Scotia, Druggist, and Margaret Catherine, his wife, hereinafter called the parties of the first part, on the one part, and Her Majesty Queen Victoria, represented herein by the Minister of the Interior of Canada, hereinafter called the party of the second part, of the other part: Witnesseth, that $the said parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred dollars of lawful money of Canada to them in hand well and truly paid by the said party of the second part, at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, "the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have and each of them hath granted, surrendered, bargained, sold, aliened, remised, released, conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents do, and each of them doth, grant, surrender, bargain, sell, alien, remise, release, convey and confirm unto the said party of the second part, Her heirs, ^successors and assigns, all that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and T>eing at Usher's Grant, in the said County of Pictou, and abutted, bounded and /described as follows, that is to say: Fronting on the north side of Boat Harbour, beginning on the shore of said Boat Harbour at the south-western corner of a lot of land formerly owned by the late Thomas Mudie, deceased, and running thence northerly along the western line of said lot to the south-eastern corner of a lot of land sold by the late William Powell in-his life time to James G. Sproull, being lot number seven on the plan of lands of the said William Powell, deceased, hereinafter referred to; thence along the southern line of the said last mentioned lot to the southwestern corner thereof on the eastern line of lands formerly owned by the late I George Ives, deceased; thence southerly along the said line to the shore of Boat Harbour, aforesaid; thence easterly along the courses of the said shore to the place of beginning, according to a plan and survey thereof made by James S. Fraser, surveyor, dated the 24th day of June, A.D. 1875, which said plan is on file in the Registry of Deeds at Pictou, aforesaid, being land required for the use of the Indians, -together with all buildings, ways, waters, water courses, privileges, advantages and appurtenances whatsoever belonging, or in any wise appertaining, to the lands, premises and hereditaments hereby conveyed or intended so to be, or any part thereof, and the remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof, and also all the estate, right, title, interest, dower, right or title to dower, use. property, possession, claim and demand whatsoever, both at law and in equity of them the said parties of the first part, of, into, out of, or upon the said lands and premises hereby granted and I released, or intended so to be, and everypart and parcel thereof with their and every Iof their appurtenances, to have and to hold the lands, premises and hereditaments i hereby granted, or expressed so to be, unto and to the use, benefit and behoof of the said party of the second part, Her heirs, successors and assigns forever. And the said Robert P. Fraser doth hereby for himself and his heirs, executors and administrators, covenant, promise and agree with the said party of | the second part, Her heirs, successors and assigns, that notwithstanding any act, | deed or thing by the said parties of the first part, or one of them, done or executed, "or knowingly suffered to the contrary, they the said parties of the first part now I have, or one of them now has, good right to grant the said lands, premises and hereditaments unto, and to the use of, the said party of the second part, her heirs, :■ successors and assigns, in manner aforesaid; and that the said party of the second "part, Her heirs, successors and assigns, shall and may at all times hereafter peaceably I and quietly enjoy and possess the said lands, premises and hereditaments and receive the rents and profits thereof without any lawful eviction, interruption, claim or demand whatsoever from or by the said parties of the first part, or either of them, or any person or persons lawfully or equitably claiming from under, or in trust for them or either of them ; and that the said parties of the first part and all persons I having or lawfully or equitably claiming any estate or interest in the said lands, £ premises and hereditaments, or an}' of them, or any part thereof from, under or in trust for them, the said parties of the first part, or either of them, shall and will from time and at all times hereafter, at the request and cost of the said party 251 mi of the second part, Her heirs, successors or assigns, do and execute, or cause to be done and executed, all such acts, deeds and things whatsoever for the further and more perfectly securing and assuring the said lands, premises and hereditaments and every part thereof unto and to the use of the said party of the second part, Her heirs, successors and assigns, in manner as aforesaid as shall and may be reasonably required; and further, that they, the said parties of the first part, will warrant and defend the said lands, premises and hereditaments unto the said party of the second part, Her heirs, successors and assigns, against the lawful claims and demands of all persons whomsoever. In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have to these presents their names and seals subscribed and affixed on the day and year first above written. Signed, sealed and delivered ) R. P. FRASER, in presence of j MARGARET C. FRASER. Chas. E. Tanner. Province of Nova Scotia, ) County of Pictou, S.S. j Be it remembered that on this first day of December^ A.D. 1888, before me the subscriber personally appeared Margaret Catherine, wife of the within named Robert P. Fraser, and having been examined by me separate and apart from her said husband, declared and acknowledged that she executed the said within written inden- ' ture, as and for her act and deed, without fear, threat or compulsion of, from or by her said husband, and for a full release of all her claims to the land therein described. CHAS. E. TANNER, Notary Public and Barrister of Supreme Court. Province of Nova Scotia, \ County of Pictou, S.S. j I hereby certify that Charles E. Tanner, subscribing witness to this deed, made oath before me this first day of December, A.D. 1888, at Pictou, in said County, that the same was signed, sealed and executed in his presence by Robert P. Fraser and Margaret C. Fraser therein named. JOHN FERGUSON, Reg'r. of Deeds, Pictou Co. Recorded 31st December, 1888. ) Lib. 127, Fol. 399. J L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. *$$$$* Province of Nova Scotia, Registrar's Office, Pictou, 1st December, 1838. I certify that the within Instrument was duly registered at 5 p.m. of the above day in Book 93, pages 114, 115, 116 and 117, on the oath of Chas. E. Tanner, a subscribing witness thereto. JOHN FERGUSON, Reg'r. No. 263. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Rice Lake Band of Indians resident on our reserve in the Township of Otonabee, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors,— 252 All and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, "lying and being in the Township of Otonabee, in the County of Peterborough and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement fifteen acres, be the same -more or less; and being composed of the south-west corner of the west half of lot number six in the tenth concession of the said Township of Otonabee, excepting one half acre upon which Alice Anderson resides. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors, for seven years from first January, 1889, in trust, to lease the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion eof Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people; at the ^■expiration of said seven years the landto revert to the Band. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the leasing thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be paid to Alice Anderson. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said ,the Rice Lake Band of - Indians do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the lease of said portion of land. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this eighteenth day of January, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine. Signed, sealed and delivered ] I in the presence of Edwin Harris. SI] tL.S.j [L.S.1 [L.S.1 L.S.1 |L.S. [L.S.1 [L.S.1 [L.S.J Charles Anderson, Jeremiah Crowe, Robert B. Crowe, Wellington Cowe, James Howard, Joseph Loukes, Daniel Fraser, David Cowe, | M. G. Pandush, Robt. Pandush, James Crowe, Robt. Soper, Andrew "Anderson. Dominion of Canada, Prov. of Ontario, Co. of Peterborough. To Wit: Personally appeared before me Edwin Harris, of the Village of Gore's Landing, in the Province of Ontario, Indian Agent, and Missang George Pandush, Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the said Edwin Harris for himself saith :— That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Rice Lake Reserve of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Missang George Pandush says: That the annexed^ release or surrender was assented to by himself and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present. I; 253 That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the 3aid Band of Indians summoned for that purpose according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said Edwin Harris. That no Indian was^present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the said deponents'] Edwin Harris and Missang George Pandush, at the Town of *Peterbor- V EDWIN HARRIS, ough, in the Co. of Peterborough, this I M. G. PANDUSH. 13th day of February, AJ>. 1889. j D. W. DUMBLE, Police Magistrate. Recorded 12th April, 13S9.1 Lib. 93, Fol 661. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. No. 264. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Chippewas of Lakes Huron and Simcoe, resident on our reserve in the Township of Rama, in the County of Ontario, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise^surrender quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, and all singular, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in Lake Coucheching, in the County of Ontario and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement fourteen and one-half acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of Heron Island, in Lake Coucheching, aforesaid. 3?o have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust, to sell the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed to our credit, and the interest thereon paid to us and our descendants annually or semi-annually. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said The Chippewas, of Lakes Huron and Simcoe do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or causo to be lawfully done, in connection with the disposal of said islands In Witness Whereof we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this 27th day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight. Signed, sealed and delivered} J. B. Nanigishkung, [L.S.' in the presence of ) JosEPn Yellowhead, [L.S.' D. J. McPhee. John Kenice, L.S/| John Williams, L.S. Gilbert Williams, [L.S. Joseph Kenice, [L.S. John B. Nangishkung, [L.S.' Michael Germain, [L.S. Augustus Yellowhead, [L.S.' W. M. Beatty, fL.S.; James Ingersol. [L.S.' 254 Dominion op Canada, ^ ["Province of Ontario, I County of Ontario, j ifi^S To Wit: J Personally appeared before me Zacheus Burnham, of the Town of Whitby, in the Proviuce of Ontario, Judge County Court, Duncan J. McPhee, Indian Agent, and Joseph B. Nanigishkung, Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the said Duncan J. McPhee for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Chippewas of Rama, of the full age of I twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs. '^-S^ That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who wa"fc not a I member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or sur- s~xender. And the said Joseph B. Nanigishkung says: That the annexed release" or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said Duncan J. McPhee. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians, and entitled to vote at the said /meeting or council. 'Sworn before me by the deponents ^} at the Town of Whitby, in the I Countv of Ontario, this 9th [ __ day of January, A.D. 1880. J Z. Burnham, Judge, Co. Court, Co. Ont. Recorded 18th April, 1889. 1 Lib. 131, Fol. 55. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. D. J. McPHEE, J. B. NANIGISHKUNG. No. 265. We the undersigned Chiefs and Headmen, on behalf of ourselves and the other members of the Wood Cree Tribe of Indians, having had explained to us the terms e of the treaty made and concluded near Carlton, on the 23rd day of August and on 28th day of said month respectively, and near Fort Pitt on the 9th day of September, 1876, between Her Majesty the Queen, by the Commissioners duly appointed to . negotiate the said treaty, and the Plain and Wood Cree and other Tribes of Indians inhabiting the country within the limits defined in said treaty, but not having been present at the councils at which the articles of the said treaty were agreed upon, do now hereby for ourselves and the Bands which we represent, in consideration of the provisions of the said treaty being extended to us and the Bands which we represent, transfer, surrender, and relinquish to Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors, to and for the use of the Government of the Dominion of Canada, all our right, title and interest whatsoever which we and the said Bands which we represent hold and enjoy, or have held and enjoyed, of, in and to the territory included within the follow- ill ing limits : All and singular that portion or tract of land being the north part of the Land District of Prince Albert, as shown on the maps published by the Honourable the Minister of the Interior, dated at Ottawa on the 31st day of August, 1885; the same tract being north of the northerly limit of Treaty No. 6, North-West Territory, containing 11,066 square miles, be the same more or less, and more particularly described as follows: Commencing at a point being the north-west corner of pro-, jectcd Township No, 70, Range 10, west of the Third Initial Meridian; thence easterly along the northern boundaries of projected Townships Nos. 70 to the north-ea3t corner I of projected Township No. 70, Range 13, west of the Second Initial Meridian; thence southerly following the east boundary of said 13th Range of projected Townships to the northern limits of Treaty No. 6 into the projected Township No. 60; thence westerly following the northerly limit of Treaty No. 6 to the south-eastern shore of Green Lake, being at the north-easterly part of projected Township No. 58, Range 10, west of the Third Initial Meridian; thence following the westerly shore of Green Lake to the main inlet thereof known as Beaver River; thence up the right bank of Beaver River to its intersection with the west boundary of projected Township No. 62, Range 10, west of the Third Initial Meridian; thence northerly following the west I boundary of projected townships of Range 10, west of the Third Initial Meridian, to the point of commencement. Also, all our right, title and interest whatsoever to all other lands wherever situated, whether withiu the limits of any other treaty heretofore made, or hereafter to be made with Indians, and whether the said lands are situated in the North-West Territories or elsewhere in Her Majesty's Dominions, to have and to hold the same unto and for the use of Her Majesty the Queen. Her heirs and successors forever. And we hereby agree to accept the several benefits, payments and reserves promised to the Indians adhering to the said treaty at Fort Pitt or Carlton ; with the proviso as regards the amount to be expended annually for ammunition and twine, and as respects the amount to be expended for three year3 annually in provisions for the use of such Indians as are settled on reserves and are engaged in cultivating the : soil, to assist them in such cultivation, that the expenditure on both of these items shall bear the same proportion to the number of Indians now treated with as the amounts for those two' items as mentioned in Treaty No. 6 bore to the number of Indians then treated with. And we solemnly engage to abide by, carry out and - fulfil all the stipulations, obligations and conditions therein contained on the part o^ the Chiefs and Indians therein named to be observed and performed, and we agree in all things to conform to the articles of the said treaty, as if we ourselves and the Bands which we represent had been originally contracting parties thereto and had been present at the council held near Fort Pitt or near Carlton and had there attached our signatures to the said treaty. In Witness Whereof, Her Majesty's special Commissioners and the Chiefs and Councillors of the Bands hereby giving their adhesion to the said treaty have hereunto subscribed and set their hands at Montreal Lake this eleventh day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine. Signed by the parties hereto in the pres-'] ence of the undersigned witnesses, j the same having been first explained V to the Indians by the Venerable Arch- j deacon Mackay. J A. G. Irvine, Lt.-Colonel, Commissioner. R. Goulet, Commissioner. A. J. McNeill, Indian Department. H. J. Moberly, C. F., H. B. Co. H. H. Alexander, Sergt, N. W. M. P. James Roberts, William Charles Chiefs. his AlMOs Charles, x mark his Joseph Charles, x mark hs Elias Roberts, x mark his John Cook, x mark 256 C. V. Alloway, J. A. Mackay, his 1 2g Archdeacon of Saskatchewan. Benjamin Bird, x •2 mark his £ « Isaac Bird, x mark his Patrick Bird, x sis mark sti Q his g§ •Moses Bird, x -mark @ Recorded 1st June, 18S9.1 Lib. 129, Fol. 318. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. No. 266. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, Joshua Wawanosh, David Wawa- nosh, Andrew Nageshig, Johnson Waupugass, William Paumasung and George I Ashgwawonabie, Chiefs of the Tribe of Chippewa Indians, being possessors of a ^certain tract or parcel of land lying in the Township of Bosanquet, in the County of /Lambton, Province of Canada, containing by admeasurement one hundred and eleven I acres, be the same more or less, being composed of lot number twenty-seven, in the ' nixth concession of the Township of Bosanquet, do hereby surrender and yield up unto Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Her heirs and successors, all our claim, right, interest and property whatsoever, both in I law and in equity of, in and to the said parcel or tract of land, forever. To the end and purpose that Her Majesty may be graciously pleased to order and I direct that the said parcel or tract of land above described shall be sold for the benefit of our tribe, known as the Chippewas 6f Sarnia. In Testimony Whereof, we, the said Chief*, have hereunto set our hands and seals in council assembled at Port Sarnia, in the County of Lambton, this twenty- I seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. Signed, sealed and deli1 ■ in our presence, bein read and explained. Froome Talfourd, V'S. I.. Henry P. Chase, I J. D. delivered ") eing first V ed. ) Joshua Wawanosh, Andrew Nageeshigk, Johnson Wupugass, David B. Wawanosh, William Pamossong, George Ashgwaywonabie, Recorded 1st Dec, 1855. \ In Lib. C.S., Folio 137. j Geo. Et. Cartier, Regr. (totem) [L.S.1 (") L.S. (") L.S. (") "L.S. CO L.S. s, (") "L.S.J No. 267. Know all Men by These Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte" resident on our reserve in the Township of Tyendinaga, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Town of Deseronto, in the County of Hastings and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement three acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of three acres of i land situate on the corner of Brant and Thomas streets, extended on the north side of Thomas street, being part of the east half of lot number thirty-seven in Concession A of the Mohawk Indian Reserve. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust to sell the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that-of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, and - also the sum of one thousand dollars to pay the Indian owner for the land and his improvements thereon, be placed to our credit, and the interest thereon paid to us and our descendants annually or semi-annually for ever. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte" do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the disposal of said land for High School purposes. . In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this 17 th day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine. Signed, sealed and delivered in \ the presence of j Matthew Hill, Indian Agent, Chief Solomon Loft. Chief Jacob B. Brant, Isaac Powles, Andrew Maracle, John P. Brant, Solomon Loft, Samuel Louis, Jonah Brant, John Claus, Douglas Powles, Henry Hill. rL.s. L.S. [l.s: ii.s: X.S. 'L.S. L.S. \L.S. [L.S. L.S. Dominion of Canada, Prov. of Ontario, County of Hastings, To Wit: j Personally appeared before me Matthew Hill, of the Township of Tyendinaga, , Indian Agent, and Solomon Loft, of of County of Hastings, in the Province of Ontario, the same place, Chief of the said Band of Indians, And the said Matthew Hill for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Mohawk Indian Reserve, on the Bay of Quints, of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. ->.'^y$M That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council .or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Solomon Loft, Chief, says : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to oy myself and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present. 258 tl That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in tho presence of the said Agent and myself. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said [emeeting or council. Sworn before me by the two deponents^ Matthew Hill and Solomon Loft, at j the Town of Deseronto, in the County V of Hastings, this 22nd day of May, j AJ). 1889. J E. B. Fraleck, Judge of County of Hastings. Recorded 25th June, 18S9,) lib. 128, FoL 447. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. MATTHEW HILL, SOLOMON LOFT, Chief. Canada, 1 Territories, j Number 1322. R. 6, Folio 224. No. 268. Certificate of Ownership. Assiniboia Land Registration District This is to certify that the Honourable the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs for the Dominion of Canada is now the owner of an estate in fee simple of and in the north half of section number twenty-eight (28), in township number seventeen (17), in range number twenty (20), west of the Second (2nd) Meridian, in the Provisional District of Assiniboia, in the North-West Territories of the Dominion of Canada, containing by admeasurement three hundred and twenty (320) acres of land, more or less, subject to the encumbrances, liens and interests notified by memorial underwritten or endorsed hereon, or which may hereafter be recorded in" the Register of Title, and to the reservations contained in the grant thereof from the Crown. . ,".' . In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal I this fifteenth day of May, A.D. 1888. GEO. A. MONTGOMERY, [L.S.] Registrar, Assiniboia Land Registration District. P. O. Address: Ottawa, Ont. No. 269. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Rat Portage Band of Indians resident on our reserve Number 38 B, near the Village of Rat Portage, in the District of Rainy River, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit-claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign "Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, 'all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the District of Rainy River and, Province of Ontario, containing by 259 admeasurement two thousand nine hundred and eighty-three acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of that portion of the said Reserve 38 B described as follows, that is to say: Commencing at the south-east angle of the said Reserve No. 38 B; thence north-westerly and north-easterly along the eastern boundary of said reserve to the north-east angle of the same; thence due west; a distance of three hundred (300) chains along tne northern boundary of said reserve; thence due south a distance of seventy-five (75) chains to the shores of the Lake of the Woods; thence southerly, following the snores to a point on the said shore lying one hundred and twenty (120) chains, south of the northern boundary of the said reserve; thence due east a distance of ninety (90) chains to the shores of Indian Bay; thence northerly and easterly, following the said shore, to the place of beginning. Also two (2) islands shown and coloured red on the attached plan of the said reserve, the whole containing by admeasurement two thousand nine hundred and eighty-three (2,983) acres, be the same more or less. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust, to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all monies received from the sale, lease or other disposition thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be invested by Her said Majesty the Queen for the benefit and use of us, the Chief and members of Rat Portage Band of Indians, Reserve No. 38 B, our heirs and successors. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said Rat Portage Band, Reserve No. 38 B, do,on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully do'ne, in connection with the said portion ofour Reserve No. 38 B hereby released, remised and surrendered. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals | this sixth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and | eighty-nine. Signed, sealed and delivered } in the presence of J G. Mitchell, S. S. Scovil, M. D. his Pugoonakejick, Chief. X [L.S.] . mark, his Paisheequabay, Counr., x [L.S.] mark. __ his Peetwaywakejick, Counr., x [L.S.] mark. his Tapayaysash, Counr., x mark, his Ogeeniawatohwat, X mark, his Keesheguas, X mark, his Kaikakoouse, X • mark, his Kaeepitwayash, X mark, his Kateeguance, X mark, his Kakeeway, X mark. [L.S.] [L.S.] [L-S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] 260 MlNWAYWAYPENESS, X mark, his Mac nab, x mark. Matasopetawekejick, X mark. his Uaitawekabou, X mark.. his Naitumepeness, X mark, his Peipaunpeskung, X mark, his Sheepaguan, X mark. his Tateebayawbainosbe, X mark. his Wasabis, X mark. his Wasaekeejick, X _ mark. Kaquaitch, X , mark, his Meequanis, X mark, his EUNENIS, X mark. Dominion of Canada, "} Prov. of Ontario, I District of Rainy River, [ To Wit: j Personally appeared before me Pugoonakejick, of the Lake of the Woods, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the 6aid Pugoonakejick fur himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Reserve Number 38 B of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or Surrender. N And the said Pugoonakejick says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by himself and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one |years then present. 261 That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians e summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Swofn before me by the deponents Pugoonakejick, Chief, and R. J. N. Pither, Indian Agent, at the Lake of the Woods, in J- the District of Rainy R ver, this eleventh day of June, A. D. 1889. PUGOONAKEJICK, x mark. ROBERT JOHN NICHOLSON PITHER, Indian Agent, W. D. Lyon, S.M. Recorded, 2nd August, 1889. \ Lib. 129, Fol. 328. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. No. 270. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Wyandotts of Anderdon Band of Indians resident on our reserve in the Township of Anderdon, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement fourteen acres and eighty-six hundredths of one acre, be the same more or less, and being composed of gore at the rear of lot nunaher seventeen in the first concession of the aforesaid Township of Anderdon. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust, to sell the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. . i-^jgj And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed to our credit and the interest thereon paid to us and our descendants annually or semi-annually for ever. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Wyandotts of Anderdon do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the disposal of said parcel of land. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed onr seals this twenty-sixth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine. Signed, sealed and delivered in \ the presence of j Ebenezer Watson. JAMES CLARK [L.S.] I Dominion of Canada, "} ^Province of Ontario, I County of Essex. j To Wit: J Personally appeared before me, Ebenezer Watson of the Town of Sarnia, in the I Province of Ontario, Indian Lands Agent, and James dark, Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the said Ebenezer Watson for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of theWyando.tts of Anderdon of the full &:age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was sriven at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. 3?hat he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given, i That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by theSuperin- tendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. • tlp^i And the said James Clark says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years: | then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that.purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said Ebenezer Watson. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. ' That he is the Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said I meeting or council. Sworn before me, by the deponents"| Ebenezer Watson and James Clark j at the Town of Windsor in the y County of Essex this 26th day of I June, A.D. 1889. -J . C. R. Horne, Judge of the County Court of the County of Essex. Recorded 3rd October, 1889.") Lib. 127, Fol. 620. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. EBENEZER WATSON, JAMES CLARK. No. 271. :jg* Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Chippewas of Sarnia resident on our reserve in the County of Lambton, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her I heirs and successors forever, all and singular those certain parcels or tracts of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Sarnia Indian Reserve, in the County of Lamoton and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement eighteen acres and ^fifty-seven one hundredths of one acre, be the same more or less, being compos*. 1 of the right of way of the Erie and Huron Railway Company through lots E. one, two, three, four, five, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty^^H twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine, forty, forty- one, forty-two, forty-three, and forty-four of the Sarnia Indian Reserve aforesaid. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Qieen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust to sell the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed to our credit and the interest accruing therefrom paid to us and our descendants annually or semi-annually, forever. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Chippewas of Sarnia do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the sale of said parcels of land. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this fourth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighfjg| nine. Signed, sealed and delivered in \ the presence of ) Head Chief Wilson Jacobs. Wilson Jacobs, [L-S.] Daniel Otter, 'L.S.1 Benjamin White, 'L.S.1 Joseph Wawanosh, ;l.s.] James Plain. John Johnston, [L.S.] Lewis Cloud, tL.S.j Silas Waubmong, Jabiz Nahmabin, "L.S.] A. R. Nawang, Peter Rodd, [L.S.] James Manass, Elijah Manass, Robert George, Alex. Rogers, Sampson Jack, Luke James, William Wawanosh. RIO, I ON. J Dominion of Canada, ' Province of Ontario, County of Lambton. To Wit: J Personally appeared before me, Adam English, of'the Town of Sarnia, in the Province of Ontario, Indian Agent, and Wilson Jacobs, Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the said Adam English for himself saith: t That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Sarnia Indian Reserve of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council, and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. 264 And the said Wilson Jacobs says:— That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years £ then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said Adam English. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians, or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. m That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians, and entitled to vote at the said ^meeting or council. t »-^4-i; Sworn before me by the deponents,"] Adam English and Wilson Jacobs, at I A. ENGLISH, the Town of Sarnia, in the County of y Indian Agent. Lambton, this 5th day of June, AD. ] WILSON JACOBS, 1889. J Head Chief. John A. Mackenzie, Judge of County Court of the County of Lambton. Recorded 29th July, 18S9.1 Lib. 129, Fol. 325. j I^Sji L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. No. 272. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Chippewas of Sarnia Band of Indians resident on our reserve in the Township of Sarnia, in the County of Lambton, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band, . in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady tho Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Sarnia Indian Reserve, in the County of Lambton and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement forty-four acres and thirty one hundredths of one acre, be ^the same more or less, and being composed of all that certain tract of land situate, lying and being on Lojs No. 13, in the 2nd and 3rd Ranges of the Sarnia Indian Reserve aforesaid, and adjacent to tho south limit of the right of way of the Grand ;Trunk Railway, whicn may be described as follows: Commencing at a point in said 'Lot 13, in the 2nd Range, distant (500) five hundred feet, measured at right angles to the said south limit of the right of way of the Grand Trunk Railway, and from a point in the said south limit distant (3,373' 6") three thousand .three hundred seventy-three feet and six inches from the intersection of the said south limit with the easterly limit of the road allowance between the 3rd and 4th Ranges ; thence westerly and at a parallel distance of (500) five hundred feet from the said south limit of the Grand Trunk Railway (3,330) three thousand three hundred and thirty >feet, more or less, to the said easterly limit of the load allowance between the 3rd and '■ 4th Ranges; thence northerly and along said easterly limit (500) five hundred feet, more or less, to the south limit of the right of way of the Grand Trunk Railway; thence easterly and along said south limit (4,373' 6") four thousand three hundred and seventy-three feet and six inches; thence south-westerly and on a right line e (1,118) one thousand one hundred and eighteen feet, more or less, to the point of commencement. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust, to sell the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all monies received from the sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed I at interest and the interest accruing from such investment paid annually or semiannually to us and our descendants, forever. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Chippewas of Sarnia Band of Indians do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and I confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm," whatever the said Government may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the sale of said parcel of land. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this fourth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine. Signed, sealed and delivered in ) the presence of j Head Chief Wilson Jacobs Wilson Jacobs, Daniel Otter, Benjamin White, Joseph Wawanosh, James Plain, John Johnston, Lewis Cloud, Silas Waubmong, Jabiz Nahmabin, A. R. Nawang, Peter Rodd, James Menass, Elijah Menass, Robert George, Alex. Rogers, Sampson Jackson, Luke James, William Wawanosh. L.S.1 L.S. lb: lb: tLB. [L.S. L.S. L.S. Dominion of Canada, Province of Ontario, | County of Lambton. To Wit: j Personally appeared before me Adam English, of the Town of Sarnia, in the Province of Ontario, Indian Agent, and Wilson Jacobs, Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the said Adam English for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Chippewas of Sarnia of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That be was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Wilson Jacobs says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians ' summoned tor that purpose, according to their rnles, and held in the presence of the said Adam English. 266 That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an ; habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said I meeting or council. Sworn before me by the deponents, ""j Adam English and Wilson Jacobs, at j the Town of Sarnia, in the County of > Lambton, this 5th day of June. A.D. J 1889. j John A. McKenzie, Judge of County Court of the County of Lambton. Recorded 25th July, 1889. \ Lib. 129, Fol. 321. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. A. ENGLISH, Indian Agent. WILSON JACOBS, Head Chief. No. 273. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Principal Men of Passpasschase Band of Indians, No. 136, resident on our reserve near Edmonton, in the Province of Alberta, in the North-West Territories and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do , hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady j the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular that certain parcel or .tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the North-West Territories, in the County and Province of Alberta, being composed of and known as Passpasschase Reserve No. 136, as surveyed by Dominion Land Surveyors G. A. Simpson and J. C. Nelson. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust, to dispose of the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem mo3t conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale or lease thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed at interest, and that the interest money accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants, forever. Aud we, the said Principal Men of the said Passpasschase Band do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the said Passpasschase Reserve No. 136 as surveyed by the aforesaid Dominion Land Surveyors, G. A. Simpson and J. C. Nelson. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this nineteenth day of November, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight. Signed, sealed and delivered in 1 the presence of, having -been first interpreted and explained to said Napasis, James Stoney ! and Antoine. J John Calder, Interpreter, Stoney Plain, Joseph O. Kildeul, Advocate, Edmonton, John Calder. NAPASIS. JAMES STONEY, x mark ANTOINE, x 267 IlJ ■ i l Dominion of Canada. Province of Alberta. To Wit: William Carnagie de Balenhard personally appeared before me, the Hon. Chas. B. Rouleau, Judge of the Supreme Court of the North-West Territories, and Napasis, Chief Man of the sail Band of Indians. And the said William Carnagie de Balenhard for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Passpasschase Reserve No. 136, Edmonton Agency, of the full age of twenty-one years, then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for tjbat purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. , That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Napasis, of said Band, says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to hy him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said William Carnagie do Balenhard. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians, or interested in the laud mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is a Chief Man of the said Band of Indians, .and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the said deponents Napasis and W. C. de Balenhard, at the Village of Edmonton, in the District of Alberta, this twenty- second day of May, A. D. 1889. Chas. B. Rouleau, Judge of the Sup. Crt. of the N. W. T. Recorded 22nd October, 1889.1 Lib. 127, Folio 625. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. - W. C. DE BALENHARD, Indian Agent. his J NAPASIS x No. 274. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Chippewas of the Thames Band of Indians resident on our reserve in the Township of Caradoc, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Township of Caradoc, in the County of Middlesex and Province of Ontario, containing by n*^ 268 admeasurement one hundred and one acres, be the same more or less, and beinc ■composed of lot number nine in the sixth range of the Caradoc Indian Reserve, in the aforesaid Township of Caradoc. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust to lease the same to such person or persons, and upon -such terms as the Government of the Dominionof Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the leasing thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be . paid to the wife of William Delery and her children. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Chippewas of the Thames do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do or cause : to be lawfully done in connection with the leasing of said parcel of land. In Witness Whereof we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this thirty-first day of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and «ighty-nine. Signed, sealed and delivered in ] the presence of J Thomas Gordon, Indian Agent.. Chief Joseph Fisher, John French, Samuel French, Moses Waucauh, Abel Waucaush, John Chicken, . John T. Henry, Geo. Fisher, Lucius Henry, Job Fisher, Geo. Fisher, Jr., Isaac McGahey, L.S. L.S." l.s; [L.S.] [L.S. [L.S. [L.S. Dominion of Canada, Province of Ontario, ■County of Middlesex, To Wit: j Personally appeared before me Thomas Gordon of the Town of Strathroy in the Province of Ontario, and Joseph Fisher, Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the said Thomas Gowion for himself saith : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Caradoc Reserve of the full age of twenty- one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned -for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. * That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting Vy the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. * And the said Joseph Fisher says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the «aid Thomas Gordon. * if! 5:- w ill! 1 j II I) That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not ar» habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the said deponents^ Thomas Gordon and Joseph Fisher, at the City of London, in the County of Middlesex, this fifteenth day of August, A.D. 1889. J_««aHBa«Ha____« F. Davis, Judge of the County Court of the County of Middlesex. Recorded 25th October, 1889,1 Lib. 127, Fol. 627. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar General of Canada. THOMAS GORDON. JOSEPH FISHER. No. 275. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Maniwaki Band of Indians resident on our reserve in the Township of Maniwaki, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen,'Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Maniwaki Indian Reserve, in the County of Ottawa and Province of Quebec, containing by admeasurement one acre and ninety-six hundredths of an acre, be the same more or less, and being composed of the old Indian burying ground as shown on plan of survey thereof by G. C. Rainboth, Esqr., P. L. S., dated 4th October, 1888, on file in the Department of Indian Affairs. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, i^ trust, to lease the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the leasing thereof shall after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed to our 'credit, and the interest thereon paid out to us and our descendants annually or semi-annually forever. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Maniwaki Band of Indians do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the leasing of said parcel of land or any portion thereof. ~M In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this second day of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty- nine. Signed, sealed and delivered in ) I the presence of j James Martin, Indian Agent. Simon Otjik, Chief, Matias Tchanana, Sub-Chief, John McDougall, Interpreter, his Peter x Tenesco, late Chief. mark. Chako McDougall, Louis Pezzenetewaber, [L.S.1 [L.S.1 [L.S.J [L.S.] Dominion of Canada, Province of Quebec, County op Ottawa. To Wit: Personally appeared before me James Martin, of the Village of Maniwaki, in the Province of Quebec, Indian Agent,-and Simon Otjik, Chief of the said Band of Indians. i%i^i§i And the said James Martin for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Maniwaki Reserve of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. . And the said Simon Otjik says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said James Martin. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. 271 That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the deponents ^ 2??^?' at the City of Hull, in the County I JAMES MARTIN, of Ottawa, this sixteenth day of f SIMON OTJIK. October, A.D. 1889. j J. T. St. Julie n, District Magistrate for the District of Ottawa and Terrebonne. Recorded 7th January, 1890. \ Lib. 128, Fol. 616. j L. A. Catellier, Sft&S^ Dep. Registrar General of Canada. No. 276. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the River Desert Band of Indians resident on our reserve in the Township of Maniwaki, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, ! remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen. Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Maniwaki Reseiwe, in the County of Ottawa and Province of Quebec, containing by admeasurement one half acre, be the same more or less, and being composed of part of lot number three, Desert Front Range, ; Maniwaki Reserve, bounded as follows: On the east and south by the-unsurrendered portion of Lot No. 3, Desert Front Range, on the west by the public road, and on the north partly by the piece of ground leased to Messi-3. McCracken, Boyle & Co., and partly by the unsurrendered portion of Lot No. 3, being a square of about one hundred and forty-seven feet each side. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust, to lease the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all monies received from the leasing thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be paid to us and our descendants annually or semi-annually forever. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the River Desert Band of Indians do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the leasing of said parcel of land. In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this twenty-third day of August, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine. Signed, sealed and delivered ) tn the presence of j James Martin, Indian Agent. Simon Otjik, Chief, [L.S.] Joseph Manass, Sub-Chief, [L.S. Matias TcHANANA,"£K&-C7»e/, TLB: John McDougall, [L.S. his Peter x Tenesco, late Chief, [L.S.] mark, his Jacko x McDougall, [LB.] mark, his Louis x Pezzenetewaber, [L.S.] mark. III Bazil Otjik, his Simon x Tenesco, mark, his Lemab x Watagon, mark, his Frank x Mungos, mark. Abraham Otjik, Louis Command!, Francis Lacompte, his Bernard x Decontier mark. Jacko Decontier, x mark. his Semo x Makuteneno, mark, his Michel x Pezzenetewaber, mark. his Abraham McDougall x mark. his ''i-^ Antoine x Tenesco, mark, his Michel x Buckshot, mark. mark, his Pierre x Decontier, mark, his Xavier x Otjik, . mark, his Peter x Buckshot, mark, his Peter x Shemette, \ mark. And one other Indian, a member [LS.] P--S-] [L.S.] [LJS.] i [LA] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] of the Band. I Dominion of Canada, I Province of Quebec, County of Ottawa. To Wit: Personally appeared before me James Martin, of the Village of Maniwaki, in the Province of Quebec, Indian Agent, and Simon Otjik, Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the said James. Martin for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Maniwaki Reserve of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. 11 m That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Baud or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Simon Otjik says : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of* the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years, then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said James Martin. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians, and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the deponents ^) n the County [ at the City of Hull, in «.ue wauij i of Ottawa, this sixteenth day of f October, "A.D. 1889. j J. T. St. Julien, District Magistrate for the Districts of Ottawa and Terrebonne Recorded 9th January, 1890. Lib. 128, Fol. 62i. L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. JAMES MARTIN. SIMON OTJIK. No. 277. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Desert Band of Indians resident on our reserve in the Township of Maniwaki, in the County of Ottawa, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, 'quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors for ever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the Township of Maniwaki, in the County of Ottawa and Province of Quebec, containing by admeasurement one acre, be the same more or less, and being composed of part of lot number four, Desert Front Range, in the Township of Maniwaki aforesaid, bounded on the north by the part of Lot 4 surrendered and leased to S. R. Brock, on the east by the Gatineau public road, on the south and west by the unsurrendered portion of said Lot 4, being a square of about two hundred and eight feet on each side. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors for ever, in trust to lease the same to such pcrsyn or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conductive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all monies received from the leasing thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be paid to us and our descendants annually or semi-annually forever. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Desert Band of Indians do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the leasing of said parcel of land. 18 274 In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this twenty-third day of August, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine. Signed, sealed and delivered ) in the presence of ) James Martin, Indian Agent. Simon Otjik, Chief, [L.S/ Joseph Menass, Sub-Chief, [L.S." Matias Tchanana, Sub-Chief, [L.S.1 John McDougall, Interpreter, [L.S.J his Peter x Tenesco, Late Chief, [L.S.] mark. Jacko x McDougall, [L.S.] mark, his Louis x Pezzenetewaber, [L.S.] mark. Bazil Otjik, [L.S.] his Simon x Tenesco, mark. > Lemab x Watagon, [L.S.] mark. J^gslfi his Frank x Mungos, [L.S.]. mark. Abraham Otjik, FL.S.] Louis Commanda, [L.S.J his "^s-fs Francis x Lacompte, [L.S.] mark. Bernard x Decontier, [L.S.] mark, his Jacko x Decontier, [L.S.] mark, his Semo x Makuteneno, [L.S.] mark. • . bis Michel x Pezzenetewaber, [L.S.] mark. his Abraham x McDodgall, [L.S.] mark, his Antoine x Tenesco, [L.S.] mark. his »*t'"'^""^a->;?'SS Michel x Buckshot, [L.S.] mark, his % Pierre x Decontier, [L.S.] mark, his Xavier x Otjik, - [L.S.] mark, his Peter x Buckshot, [L.S.] mark, his Peter x Shemette, [L.S.] mark. And one other Indian member of the Band, [L.S.] II 1 1 275 Dominion of Canada, Province of Quebec, County of Ottawa. To Wit: Personally appeared before me James Martin, of the Village of Maniwaki, in the Province of Quebec, Indian Agent, and Simon Otjik, Chief of the said Band of I Indians. And the said James Martin for himself saith : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Maniwaki Reserve of the full age of twenty-one years then present. • That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Simon Otjik says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said James Martin. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworu before me by the deponents ^ at the City of Hull, in the County " of Ottawa, this 16th day of October, A.D. 1889. J. T. St. Jdlien, District Magistrate for the Districts of Ottawa and Terrebonne. Recorded 8th January, 1890.1 Lib. 12S, Fol. 618. j L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. JAMES MARTIN, SIMON OTJIK. No. 278. Know all Men by these Presents, that we. the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Whycocomagh Band of Indians resident on our reserve at Whyco- comagh, in the County of Inverness, in the Province of Nova Scotia and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Whycocomagh Reserve, in the County of Inverness and Province of Nova Scotia, containing by admeasurement nine hundred and thirty-six and one-quarter square yards, be j the same more or less, and being composed of that portion of land on the south-west corner of the Whycocomagh Indian Reserve now occupied by one Daniel McLeod. j 276 it i> n tv. -<imft unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and Tato^^to^^-^ge1^ Jh 7 or per80ns and noon Sh^W&S^ of£a Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that,of°»^g£n ihat all moneys received from the leasing 1 A?d^nfter^deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be . thereof shall, after ^^ ™£nnally ^r semi-annually forever. paid to us and our des^ndants^annuany o ^ ^ m omagh Band Tr ^ ^n^Sh^ o^l^ S^r ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, of Indians do on behalf ot om peop h id Government may do or cause and promise to ratify and confirm, J^e fcasin- of said portion of land, provided Sa^e^ n° 8piritU°US ,iqUOrS 8haU ^ k^t^»^bB^,^OTV^on^e^r^^ affixed our seals ^^«£^ z^jss™** g- ^1^ ^ ninety. Signed, sealed and delivered j in the presence of j Donald McIsaac, Indian Agent. his [L.S.] [L.S [L.S. [L.S. [L.S.] [L.S.] L.& 1'L.S." '■L.S.'* L.S." "l.s: l.s: L.S. .L.S., ;l.s: Sullian x Newell, Sub-Chief. mark Peter x Googoo, Simon Barker, Peter Googoo, - his John x Bernard, mark his Joseph x Newell, mark Stephen x Nevan, Andrew x Bernard, Stephen x Newell, Thomas x Alic, Freman x Newell, Stephen x Brazil, *§gjSk- Joseph x Newell, Francis x Googoo, Peter x Cabbo, Dominion of Canada, Province op Nova Scotia, County of Inverness. ™^^£Bfo«££? ru.« to 5 . fig - *. m<£^Tto^SZ& Wi» of tho mycocomagh Indian Beserve of *' K ?££%££&-Kor council of the said Band summoned for that purpose ^«*hto^0t„g"or council and hea.'d such assent given.. SS hee^5^ao*o^ToCa«egnd such council or meeting by the Supcrm- tendent^eneral ofMan A&.^ ., or moe(. ^ W!;s nota surrender. hig And the said Sullian Newell x Sub-Chief, says: mark. 9 : I J: \m : "~~~ i< ._-« assented to by him and a majority ofiS^^*^^**™ "hefai1 aslottwentr"°neyea" ?henpresent- . I l MMf or coancil of the said Band of Indians That such assent wa* given at «,™«°^,S °* f>»^ and heW ia tbe presence of snmmoned for that purpose, according to then , the said Donald Mclsaac. ., or meeting who was not That no Indian was present^« votedrt»qn^ rf ^.^ M interested ,„ the meeting or council. DONALD McISAAC, Indian Agent, SULLIAN xNEWE^L^ Sworn before me by the> «ud^deponents ^ rtthe office of LaucbhnMcDoagA I ?ntheCountyofInverness thlSeighth f day of January, A.D. 1890. J L. McDougall, Stipendiary Magistrate. Recorded 3rd March 1890. j Lib. 128, Fol. 631. j L- A- C^.LSkrar-G^mZ of Canada. No. 279. ^ dred and eighteen acres, *^»™ ^om> Bun-ard Inlet; toge&er«** * CapalanoIndian Eoserve, nearine working and estraetrnz trora ine *^^S?S»^ni3aii. «? other structures necessary for the pretention of mining the said minerals or■ *>al ^ w To have and to hold tie said minerals andeori unto* ^^ Her heirs and "»»»*%^&g££X"h. Dominion of Canada may 5=SSud^^^^-o^peop^ from the J the ^ fSS^^-=^ reserve In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this fourteenth day of March, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety. [US.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [LS.] [L-S] [L.S.] Dominion op Canada, Province of British Columbia, County of Westminster. To Wit : Personally appeared before me Patrick McTiernan, of the City of New Westminster, in the Province of British Columbia, Indian Agent, and Joe, one of the Principal Men of the said Band of Indians. And the said Patrick McTiernan for himself saith : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Capalano Indian Reserve of the cfull age of twenty-one years then present Signed, sealed and delivered in 1 his the presence of J Capalano, x Patrick McTiernan. mark, his Job Apaluck, x mark. his Ned, x mark. • his Croney, X mark. his Dick, x mark. his Jim, x mark. his George, x mark. his Jacob, x .mark. his James, x mark. * his Tommy, x mark. his BlLLEY, X mark. his "»- iWI^Ui Charley, x mark. his Chelampts, X mark. his Tom, x mark. his 'Charley, x mark. his Jack, x mark. if #!P^iP##3Pii^f That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. * TC1I ' That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said lease or surrender. And the said Joe Apaluck says: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority . of the male members of the said Band of Indians of tho full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said Patrick McTiernan. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an habitual resident on the reseiwe of the said Band of Indians or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. » That he is ene of the Principal Men of the said Band of Indians and entitled to :VOte at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the said deponents") P. McTIERNAN, Patrick McTiernan and Joe, at the j ^ City of New Westminister, in the V jqjj x APALUCK. County of Westminster, this 31st day I mark of March, A.D. 1890. J W. Norman Hob, Judge of the County Court of New Westminster. Recorded 14th May, 1S90. i Liber 128, Folio 659. L. A. Catellier, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. No. 280. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the White Fish River Band of Indians resident on our reserve on the White Fish River,, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in tho White Fish River Indian Reserve, in the District of Algoma and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement one acre, be the same more or less, and being composed of one acre of land on the east side of the mouth of the White Fish River, and to be within two hundred feet of the acre rented to Messrs. J. & T. Charlton, and now occupied by Messrs. J. W. Howry & Son. To have and to hold the same unto ner said Majesty the*Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust, to lease the same to such person or persons and upon such terras as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the leasing thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be paid to us and our descendants annually or semi-annually. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the White Fish River Band of Indians do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, I 280 and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the leasing of said parcel of land. In Witness Whereof we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this eighteenth day of March, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety. red) Signed, sealed and delivered ] in the presence of Jas. C. Phipps, Visiting Superintendent, A. Pelekey, Interpreter. his James x Nongahbow, Chief, mark • his John x B. Buynah, mark his Duncan x McGregor, mark his . John x Keyhengobiness, mark David Nahwegahbuk, his Jacob x Nongahbow, mark Gregor McGregor, his Moses x Buynah, mark his Andrew x Pebmusey, mark John Mitchell, Jr. [L.S.] [L.S.] [LS.] [LS.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] [L-S.] [L.S.] [L.S.] Dominion of Canada, | Province of Ontario, I *--'cl District of Algoma. f • To Wit: J Personally appeared before me James C. Phipps, of the Town of Manitowaning, in the Province of Ontario, Indian Supt., and James Nongahbow, Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the said James C. Phipps for himself saith: That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the White Fish River Reserve of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned for that purpose and according to their rules. That he was present at such meeting or council and heai-d such assent given. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at paid council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release Or surrender. And the said James Nongahbow says : That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to their rules, and held in the presence of the said James C. Phipps. *1 m 'i4'«^i9*^U*<*«'*'"^'"" X I was not an nd That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was no - habitual resident on the reserve of the said Band of Indians or interested in thel mentioned in the said release or surrender. That he is a Chief of the said Band of Indian I meeting or council. Sworn before me by the said James} C. Phipps and James Nongahbow, * deponents, at the Town of Sault Ste. Marie, in the District of Algoma, this 19th day of March, A.D. 1890, having I been first read over and interpreted | to the said James Nongahbow, who i an Indian, and seemed perfectly to I understand the same, and made his.| mark thereto in my presence. - Walter McCrea, Judge D. A. Recorded 22nd May, 1890, ) i^*§ I Lib. 133, Folio 26. J L. A. Catellier, |||3SS" Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. ind entitled to vote at the said JAMES C. PHIPPS, bis JAMES x NONGAHBOW. mark. No. 280£. Articles of Provisional Agreement entered into on the ninth day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, between George Iron .side; Superintendent of Indian Affairs, on behalf of His Majesty, of the one part and Tumraago, Metwechewin, Sagawsonac,Maquamlss,Tekumagawsie,Pemekuawassiffae -Queckkyick, Pawbetang, Wawjattin, Pemuseh, Lagetch and Canotaoo-, -Chiefs and' Principal Men of the Chippawa Nation of Indians inhabiting and claiming the tract of land hereinafter descrbed, of the other: Witnesseth, that for and in° consideration of the yearly sura often dollars in goods at the Montreal price, to be paid by His vsaid Majesty to every man,'woman and child of the said Chippawa Nation of Indians inhabiting and claiming the said tract, so long as such man, woman and child shall - livet but such annuity to cease and be discontinued to be paid in right of any individual who may have died between the respective periods of payment and the several individuals then living only shall be considered as entitled to receive the ^yearly payment of ten dollars in goods as above stated, which tract may be known as follows, viz ;—Commencing on the northerly side of the River Thames at the • south-west angle of the Township of London. Thence along the western boundary line of the Township of London in a course north twenty-one degrees thirty minutes west twelve miles to the north-west angle of the said township. Whence on a course about south sixty-two' degrees thirty-minute3 west forty-eight miles more or less until it intersects a line on a course produced north two miles from the north-east angle of the Shawanese Township; then south two miles to the north-east ano-Ie of the said Shawanese Township; then along the eastern boundary line of the said •township twelve miles and half, more or less, to the northern boundary line of the Township of Chatham; then east twenty-four miles, more or-less, to the River "Thames; then along the water's edge of the River Thames against the stream to the place of beginning. Reserving a tract of land coloured red on the plan aceompanv- ing this description, situate on the northerly side of the River Thames, nearly opposite the northerly angle of the Township of Southwold and south-west anode of the Delaware Township containing fifteen thousand three hundred and sixtv acres. Ako reserving two miles square, distant four miles above the rapids, which are near the source of Big Bear Creek, nearly parallel to the Moravian village, leaving five hun- 19 R iiti I. 2$2 dred and fifty-two thousand one hundred and ninety acres for the contents of the pur- chase. And the said Tummago, Metwichewa, Sagawsowi, Maquamiss, Teckumagawsie, Pemikaoawassigai, Quckkyick, Parobitang, Waweatick, Nestagouch, Pemeoch, - Qagetch, as well for themselves as for the Chippawa Nation inhabiting and claiming the said tract of land as above described, do hereby fully, freely and voluntarily surrender and convey'the same to His Majesty, without reservation or limitation, in perpetuity; and the said George Ironside, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, does nereby, on behalf of His Majesty, promise and agree to pay yearly to every man, woman and child of the said Chippawa Nation of Indians inhabiting and claiming fe the said tract of land above described, the sum of ten dollars in goods at the Montreal -price, so long as such man, woman and child shall live, but such annuity to cease and be discontinued to be paid in right of any individual who may have died between "the respective periods of payment, and the several individuals then living only shall be considered as entitled to receive the yearly payment of ten dollars in goods, as above stated, which sum the.said Chiefs and Principal People, parties hereunto, .-acknowledge as a full remuneration for the lands hereby sold and conveyed to His Majesty. £gg||| N|llS In Witness Whereof, the parties have hereunto set their hands and seals on the day first above mentioned, at Amherstburgh, in the Township of Maiden, Western I District, and Province of Upper Canada. George Ironside, ?¥fe- .S. I. Affson b h If of the Croivn. Signed, sealed and delivered in ) I. presence of: } J. P. Hawkins, Lieut.-Col. Commanding, J. Reed, Capt. 68th Lt. Infy. Regt, J. PORTOCK, Lieut. Royal Engineers, Thomas Black, Ensign, 68th Regt, R. Richardson, Surgeon, Ind. Dept, Wm. Hands, Jun, , | Clerk, Ind. Dept., George Rapp, Interpreter, Ind. Dept., J. B. Caslette, . Interpreter, Ind. Dept., A true CO] Tumago, Metwetchwin, Sagawsonai, Maquamaniss, Tecumagawsic, quckyick, Pemicunacsassugai, Pawbetang, "Wawcattin, . 'Pemusch, Sagetch, •Canotuing. >pyJ J. B. Clench, ID. A^PPE^DIX. THE SIIGIMI OF Sill SI. LOUIS CAUGHNAWAGA RESERYE. 20 I % CONTENTS OF APPENDIX. DEEDS RESPECTING THE SEIGNIORY OF SAULT ST. LOUIS AND THE CAUGHNAWAGA RESERYE. ^•00j Page. A. First Grant, Louis XIY, 29th May, 1680 287 B. English translation of same „ ." 288' C. Second Grant, Count Frontenac and J. Duchesneau, 31st October, 1680 289 D. English translation of same 290 E. Deed of Concession (Seigniorial form) Jesuits to Pierre Lefebvre, Jr. 3rd January. 1762 291 F. English translation of same 292 j G. General Gage's judgment, 27th March, 1762, Indians vs. Jesuits 293 H. English translation of same 298 I. Ordinance (under Royal instructions) Governor Murray, 20th September, 1704, confirming decrees of Military Tribunal, &c 304 J. Ordinance (under Royal instructions) Governor Murray, 12th November, 1764, extending delay for appeal, &c 305 1 K. Declaration of " Foi et Hommage " made by Rev. Father Jean Joseph Cazot, 19th May, 1788 306 Ii. English translation of same 311 M. Commission (Lord Dalhousie) 19th December, 1827, ordering all Censi- taires to execute Titres Nouvels 317 20| HI' "A." TITRES DU SAULT ST-LOUIS. Ire Concession—Date 1 Fontainebleau le 29 3iai 1680. ' (Enregistrie au Greffe du Gonseil Souverain a Quibec le 24 octobre 1680). LOUIS, par la Grace de Dieu, Roy de France et de Navarre. A tous ceux qui ces presentes lettres verront, saint: Nos tres chers et bien aimez les religieux de la Compagnie de Jesus, residans en notre pays de la Nouvelle-France, nous ont trds humblement fait remontrer que les terres de la Prairie de la Magdelaine qui leur ont &6 cy-devant concedles, Stant trop humides pour estre ensemencees et pourvoir a la subsistence des Iroquois I qui y sont establis, il seroit k craindre qu'ils ne se retirassent, s'il ne nous plaisoit leur accorder la terre nominee le Sault, contenant deux lieues tie pays de front a I commencer k une pointe qui est vis-i-vis les rapides St. Louis, en montant le long du lac sur pareille profondeur, avec deux Isles, islets et b&tures qui se trouvent aude- vant, et joignant aux terres de la dite prairie de la Magdelaine, cequi leur donneront lieu, non seulement de retirer les dits Iroquois, mais m§me d'en augmenter le nombre, et d'estendre par ces moyens les lumieres de la foy et de I'evangile : a ces causes, d^sirant contribuer k la conversion et instruction des dits Iroquois, et traiter favo- rablement les dits exposants, nous leur avons fait et faisons don, par ces presentes, I signees de notre main, de la dite terre nomm^e le Sault, contenant deux lieues de pays de front k commencer k une pointe qui est vis-a-vis les rapides St. Louis, en montant le long du lac, sur pareille profondeur, avec deux isles et islets et natures qui se trouvent au-devant, et joignant aux terres de la dite prairie de la Magdelaine, a la charge que la dite terre nominee le Sault nous appartiendra toute deTrichee, lorsque les dits Iroquois l'abandonneront. Permettons a tous ceux qui voudront porter aux dits Iroquois des bagues, cou- teaux et autres menues merceries et choses scmblables, de le faire: faisons tres expresses inhibitions et defenses aux Francois qui s'habitueront parmy les dits Iroquois et autres nations sauvages, qui s'establiront sur la d. terre nomnme le Sault, d'avoir et tenir aucuns bestiaux, et k toutes personnes d'establir aucun cabaret dans le bourg des dits Iroquois qui sera basty dans la dite terre. Si donnons en mandement k nos aimez et maux gens tenant notre conseil souverain a Quebec, et k tous autres nos officiers justiciers qu'il appartiendra, que ces presentes nos lettres de don et de concession ils ayent k faire lire et enrggistrer et du contenu en icelles faire jouir et user les dits exposants, cessant et faisant cesser tons troubles et emp§chements qui pourroient leur Stre donnez au contraire car tel est notre plaisir. En temoin de quoy nous avons fait mettre notre seel k ces dites presentes. Donne" k Fontainebleau, le vingt-neuvieme jour de may l'-an de grace mil-six- cent-quatre-vingt, et de notre rdgne le trente-buitieme. (signe") LOUIS, (sign^) COLBERT, par le roy. 1 [ ill «B." TITLES RESPECTING SAULT ST. LOUIS. 1st Grant—Dated Fontainebleau, France, 29th May, 1680. (Registered at the Office of the Conseil Souverain al Quebec, 2±th October, 1680). (Signed) LOUIS. (Signed) COLBERT. By the King. 1 ^ LOUIS, by the Grace of God, King of France and of Navarre. To all to whom these presents may come, greeting: S^M^^? Our dearest and well beloved, the Religious Order of the Society of Jesus, sSresiding in our Dominion of New France, have caused it to be most humbly represented to us that the lands of the Prairie de la Magdalene, which were heretofore granted to them, being too damp for the purpose of sowing and of providing for the ^sustenance of the Iroquois who nave thereon settled, and that it is feared they might "leave if we were not pleased to give them the land called "Le Sault" containing -two leagues in width from a point opposite the St. Louis Rapids, going up along the Lake by an equal depth, with two Islands, Islets and Shoals, which are in front and adjoining the lands of the said Prairie of La Magdalene, which would allow them not only to receive the said Iroquois, but even to increase their number, and to ^spread by that means the knowledge of Faith and of the Gospel; for these reasons, desiring to contribute to the conversion and instruction of the said Iroquois and to deal favourably with the said Petitioners, we have made and do make them a dona- '..tion by these presents signed with our hand, of the said land called " Le Sault " containing two leagues in width from a point opposite the St. Louis Rapids, going up along "the Lake, by an equal depth, with two Islands, Islets and Shoals which are in front and adjoining the lands of the Prairie of La Magdalene on condition that the said land called "Le Sault" shall belong to us, when the said Iroquois will give it up, toute difrichie (free and clear as it then may be without any claims on us). We permit and allow all those who wish to bring to the said Iroquois Rings, •Knives, and other small mercery and such things, to do so; we do most expressly prohibit and forbid the French who may live with or go among the said Iroquois o and other Indian Nations who may settle on the said land called " Le Sault" from having and keeping any cattle, and all persons from keeping any public-house among the dwellings (dans le bourg) of the said Iroquois which may be built on the said land. Therefore We order Our beloved and Faithful men holding Our Sovereign Council at Quebec, and all our other judicial Officers whom it" may concern, to have these presents our Letters of Donation and of grant read and registered and to permit the said Petitioners to use and .enjoy the same, ceasing and putting a stop to all troubles and hindrances which might be caused to them to the contrary, for such is our pleasure. —"-i-v- In faith whereof we have signed these presents and affixed our Seals. Given at Fontainebleau the twenty-ninth day of May in the year of Grace One thousand six hundred and eighty and of our reign the thirty-eighth. | us 289^ ttC." • li TITRES DU SAULT ST. LOUIS. 2b Concession—Dat£ X Quebec le 31 Octobre 1680. (Enregistrie au Greffe du Conseil Souverain a Qyi&bec le 2 octobre 1719.) LOUIS de Buade, comte de Frontenac, conseiller du roy en ses conseils, gouverneur et lieutenant-general pour Sa Majesty en Canada, Accadie, Isle de Terre-Neuve et autres pays de la France Septentrionale: et Jacques Duchesneau, chevalier, aussi conseiller du roy en ses conseils, intendant de la justice, police et finances au dit pays. Sur ce qui nous a 4t6 remontre" par les Reverends pdres de la compagnie de Jesus, que Sa Majesty, par ses lettres patentes du vingt neuf mars mil-six-cent- quatre-vingt registry au conseil souverain de Quebec le vingt neuf octobre ensui- vant, leur ayant fait don de la terre nomme'e le Sault, contenant deux lieues de pays de front, k commencer k une pointe vis-a-vis les rapides St. Louis, en montant le long du lac, sur pareille profondeur, avec deux isles et islets et b&tures qui se trouvent au-devant et joignant aux terres de la Prairie de la Magdelaine, pour les raisons mentionnees 6s dites lettres et auc clauses et conditions y port^es, ils requerroient qu'il nous pint leur voulOir accorder un restant de terre d'une liene-et demye ou environ de longueur, k prendre depuis la dite terre nomme'e leSault, en montant le long du lac, vers la seigneurie de Chateauguay, sur deux lieues de profondeur, ce qui - leur donneroit encore plus de lieu d'y attitrer les Iroquois et autres sauvages, d'en augmenter le nombre, et d'estendre par ce moyen les lumieres de la foy et de Pevan- gile: Nous, en vertu du pouvoir k nous donne" conjointement par Sa Majste", et pour faciliter encore d'avantage aux dits Reverends peres de la compagnie de Jesus les moyens de continuer les soins qu'ils prennent depuis si longtemps et avec tant de zele pour la conversion et instruction des dits Iroquois et autres sauvages, leur avons donnS, accorde* et conce"de", donnons, accordons'et conce*dons par ces pr&sentes, le dit restant de terre d'environ une lieue et demye de longueur, k prendre depuis la dite terre nomm^e le Sault, tirant vers la seigneurie de Chateauguay, avec deux lieues de profon.deur, pour en jouir par les dits ReV£rends Peres aux mSmes charges, clauses et conditions portees par les susdites lettres patentes de Sa Majeste", et de prendre d'elle la confirmation des presentes d'aujourd'huy en un an. En te*moin de quoy nous avons signe" ces presentes, et k icelles fait mettre les sceaux de nos armes. Donne" k Quebec, de trente-unteme Octobre mil six cent quatre-vingt. (sign^) FRONTENAC. (signt) DUCHESNEAU. 290 <D.» TITLES RESPECTING SAULT ST. LOUIS. 2nd Grant—Dated Quebec, 31st October 1680. ' (Enregistered in the Office of the Conseil Souverain at Quebec, 2nd October, 1719.) Louis de Buade, Count of Frontenac, Councillor of the King in his Councils, Governor and Lieutenant General for His Majesty in Canada, Acadia, the Isle of Newfoundland and other parts of Northern France; and Jacques Duchesneau, Knight, also Councillor of the King in his Councils, Minister (Intcndant) of Justice, Police and Finance in the said country. With regard to what was represented to us by the Reverend Fathers of the Society of Jesus, that His Majesty by'his Letters Patent of the twenty-ninth of May One thousand six hundred and eighty, registered at the Sovereign Council at Quebec on the twenty-ninth of October ensuing, having made to them a gift of the land called " Le Sault" containing two leagues in width from a point opposite the St. e Louis Rapids going up along the lake, by an equal depth, with two Islands, Islets and Shoals which are in front, and adjoining the lands of the Prairie of La Magdalene, for the reasons mentioned in said Letters and in the clauses and conditions therein laid; and whereas they have asked that we might be pleased to grant them a piece of land of one league and a half or thereabouts in length, to be taken from • the said land called " Le Sault" going up along the Lake, towards the Seigniory of Chateauguay, by two leagues in depth, which would afford them a still better opportunity of drawing thereto the Iroquois and other Indians, to increase their number and to spread by that means the knowledge of Faith and of the Gospel. We, by virtue of the power given to us conjointly by His Majesty, and in order to facilitate still more the said Reverend Fathere of the Society of Jesus with the I means of continuing the care and pains which they have been doing for a long time and with such zeal, for the conversion and instruction of the said Iroquois and other Indians, we have given, granted and conceded, do give, grant and concede to them : by these presents, the said piece of land of about one league and a half in length, to be taken from the said land called " Le Sault" extending towards the Seigniory of Chateauguay, by two Leagues in depth, to be used and enjoyed by the said Reverend Fathers on the same conditions, clauses and terms as are set forth in the aforesaid ^Letters Patent of His Majesty, and that they shall obtain from him a ratification of I the presents in a year from to-day. In faith whereof we have signed these presents and affixed the seal of our Arms. Given at Quebec, on the thirty-first of October one thousand six hundred and I eighty. (Signed) FRONTENAC, (Signed) DUCHESNEAU. 291 e: ii:«i COPIE DE CONCESSION FAIT PAR LES J^SUITES EN FORME SEIGNEU- RIALE, A PIERRE LEFEBYRE, FILS, EN DATE DU 3 JANYrER 1762. 3 Janv. 1762—Concession par le Pr. Well a Pierre Lefebvre, fils. Fut presente le tres Reverend P6re Bernard Well prgtre religieux de la Compagnie de Jesus au nom et comme gerant les affaires de la mission des Reverends Peres jesuites Seigneurs du Sault St. Louis, lequel au dit nom a par ces presentes volontai- rement bailli et concede k titre de Cens et Rentes FonciSres et Seigneuriales et non racheptablcs promis et promet de garantir de tous troubles et empe'chements quel- oonques k Pierre Lefebvre, fils, de Louis Lefebvre habitant de Laprairie acceptant et "accepteur par ce m§me pour luy ses hoirs et ayans causes k l'avenir d'une terre et ooncession sise et situle au d. lieu du Sault St. Louis, sur la Riviere St. Pierre de trois arpents de front, sur le profondeur qu'il peut y avoir depuis la dite rivi&re Saint Pierre jusqu'& la moitie des terres d'entre cette riviere et le ruisseauLapalme. tenant d'un cote k Louis Dupuis et d'autres aux terres non eonce"d€cs, par devant k la dite riviere St. Pierre et par derriere k la profondeur des terres re"serve"e3 pour les tenan- oiers du ruisseau Lapalme ainsi que la d. terre se poursuit et comporte sans aucunes reserves que celles cy-apres expliquees. La presente concession faite k la charge par le dit preneur, ses hoirs et ayans cause de payer a compter de la Saint Martin prochaine k perpe"tuite" aux dits Seigneurs, leurs receveurs on ayans causes en leur demeure on au dit lieu du Sault par chacun an trois sols de cens pour toute la ditte concession, un pour cliacun arpent -de terre en superficie et un demy minot de Bled pour chaque vingt arpents de terre en superficie Le tous de rentes foncieres et Seigneuriales et non racheptables, argent ■de France nonobstant toute diminutions d'especes. Le dit Cens portant droit de Lods et Yeutes Saisine et Amande quand le cas y echoira k la charge aussi par le dit preneur de mettre en vaieur la d. terre d'y tenir oufaire tenir feu et lieu suivant les reglements, de donner du decouvert k ses voisins, de souffrir sur la d. Concession tous les chemins et ponts qui seront juge"s et n6cessaires pour l'utilite" publique, de faire moudro au moulin de la ditte Seigneurie tous les grains qu'il recueillera sur la ditte concession sans pouvoir les faire moudre ailleurs qu'en payant le droit de mou- ture ordinaire. Se Reservant les dits Seigneurs Concetlants tou3 les Bois qui leur aeront necessaires sur la d. concession tant pour les Batiraents du Manoir Seigneu- riale, presbytere, Eglise et moulin de la ditte Seigneurie, que pour le retablissement d'iceux: Ensemble ceux pour la construction des Yaisseaux, de ne pouvoir vendre, donner ny transporter la ditte concession, k gens de main morte a moins de representor hora me vivant et raourant, Se Rdservant les dits Seigneurs eonce"dants le droit de re*trait feodal en cas de Yentes soit du tout ou parties de la d. Concession, en reraboursant k l'aequereur le prix de son acquisition, frais raise et loyaux couts, sera tenu le dit preneur de faire incessamraent borner sa d. terre par un arpenteur et du proces verbal qui en sere fait en fournir copie au d. Seigneurs dans un mois k peine de nullite des presentes: et sera tenu le dit preneur de fournir aux dits Seigneurs concedants une grc^se de3 presentes en forme Executoire. Car ainsy et fait et passe ' au dit Montreal, Etude de Mtre Panet, Tun des dits notaires, Fan Mil sept cent soixante deux, le trois Janvier apr&s-midy et a le dit R. P. signe et le dit preneur declare ne scavoir ecrire ni signer de ce en qui lecture faite. (signe) - P. MEZIERE, N.P. (eigne) PANET, N.P. 292 4F." COPY OF DEED OF CONCESSION MADE BY THE JESUITS IN SEIGNIO- RLLL FORM IN FAYOR OF PIERRE LEFEBYRE, Jr., DATED 3rd January, 1762. 3rd January 1762 -Deed of Concession* from Father Well to Pierre Lefebvre, Jr. Was present the Yery Reverend Father Well a Priest of the Society of Jesus in the name of and as Manager of the affairs of the Mission of the Reverend Jesuit Fathers, Seigniors of Sault St. Louis, who in his said name has by these presents voluntarily granted and conceded under title of cens et Rentes Foncieres and Seig- ; niorial, and not redeemable promising to warrant against all disturbances and impediments whatever, to Pierre Lefebvre, son of Louis Lefebvre farmer of Laprairie- hereunto present and accepting for himself his heirs and legal representatives for all future time of a lot of land and concession lying and situated in the aforesaid place of Sault St. Louis,.on the River St. Pierre being three arpents in width, by whatever depth there may be found therein commencing at the' said River and extending as far as the half of the lands lying between the said River and a brook called Ruisseau Lapalme, bounded on one side by the lands of Louis Dupuis, and on the other by lands not yet granted, in front by the said River St. Pierre and in the rear by the lands reserved for the tenants of the Ruisseau Lapalme, the whole as . comprised and contained in the said lot of land without any reservations other than those hereinafter set forth. The present concession was made with obligation on the part of the Accepter,. his heirs and legal representatives to pay commencing on Saint Martin's day then next and thenceforth forever to the said Seigniors their Agents or legal representatives at their residence or at the aforesaid place called the Sault, each and every year three sols of Cens for all the said Concession, one for each arpent of land in superficies and one half bushel of wheat for every twenty arpents of land in superficies, The whole as ground and Seigniorial Rentes and not redeemable, money of France notwithstanding any diminution of specie. The said Cens bearing the right of Lods et Yentes Saisine et Amande whenever the same become due with obligation on the part of the said Accepter to turn the said lands to account, to inhabit or cause the same to be inhabited according to regulations, to grant right of way to his neighbors, to permit the construction of all roads and bridges on the said Concession ' which may be adjudged and deemed necessary for the public good, to cause all the- grain which he may gather on the said Concession to be ground at the Seigniorial' mill without his having the right to have the same ground elsewhere except upon paying the customary miller's fee. The said Seigniors reserving all the wood necessary for the construction such as the Manor-house, the Presbytery, the Church and the Seigniorial Mill, and which may be found on the said concession as well as- the wood necessary for the repairing of the said constructions: Likewise the wood I necessary for the construction of ships, with prohibition to sell, give or transfer the said Concession to any persons in mortmain unless such persons represent those who are capable of receiving (homme vivant et mourant) The said Seigniors reserving to themselves the right of redemption (Retrait feodal) in case of sale of either the whole or of portions of the said concession, by reimbursing the purchaser the price of his purchase as well as costs incurred and legal dues, the said Accepter being obliged to cause his land to bo bounded immediately by a Surveyor, and to furnish a copy of the proces verbal of the same to the said Seigniors within a month, under penalty of the nullity of these presents : and the said accepter shall be bound I to furnish the said Seigniors with an exemplification of these presents in Executory m 293 form. This done and passed at Montreal aforesaid, in the study of Mtre Panet, one of tho aforesaid Notaries, in the year One thousand sevon hundred and sixty-two, on the third day of January in the afternoon, and the said R. F. has signed, and the said accepter has declared that he can neither writo or sign, these presents having been duly read. (Signed) P. MEZIERE, N.P. (Signed) PAN KT, N.P. «G." COPIE DU JUGEMENT PRONONCE PAR LE GENERAL GAGE EN DATE DU 22 MARS 1762. L'ari§t cy-dessous a ete enregistre com me suit: Extrait des Rigistres du Gouvernement de Montrial. Par devant Son Excellence Thomas Gage Gouverneur do Montreal et assiste de son conseil savoir : Mrs: Frederic Haldimand, Colonel du 4rne Bataillon de Roial Ameriquain, Guillaume Browning, major du 466me'Re*giment, Hebert Monster, major du 4eme Bataillon de Royal Ameriquain, et Gabriel Christie, major et marechal-de-logis des Armes de Sa Majeste. Entre les Sauvages Iroquois et autres sauvages du Sault St. Louis comparant par Mr. Clauss leur Procureur, deraandeur d'une part: Et les Ties Reverends peres de la Compagnie de Jesns, comparante par le Reverend pere Wett, leur procureur, defendeur, d'autre part. Apres que le dit Sr. Demandeur, nous a presente un ecrit au dit nom et dont il s'agit concue en ces termes : Qu'a- la reddition de ce pais toutes choses avaient ete bien concerte pour maintcnir les d. Sauvages dans la possession de leurs terres au • Sault.St. Louis, mais qu'aujourd'huy les Peres Jesuites leurs missionnaires conce- dant contiuuellement aux Francais les terres qui dependent Uu territoire da Sault St. Louis, qui cependant ils croyaient leur appartenir par un titre de concession a eux fait par sa M.T.C. Et que s'il n'y est promptement remedie ils se verraient bientot obliges d'abandonner leurs propres champs pour se retirer avec leurs families dans les bois, Attendu qu'iis n'y trouvent plus suffisamment de terre pour les faire subsister. Qu'en outre ii leur avaient ete anciennement rerais parchemin ce qui faisait leur . titre et qu'un de leur Chef Tavait toujours garde, jusqu'a quelques terns avant sa mort, qu'il l'avait remis entre les mains de sa femme en lui recommandant de le • .garder toujours soigneusement, mais qu'un des peres Jesuites le lui avait extorque sous pretexto de Religion auquel elle n'avait pu se defendre. Que pareillement ils entendent avoir droit dans tous les batiments faits au dit Sault, ainsi qu'& l'Eglise et k ses fournitures, Attendu que trois ans, mfme avant qu'elle fut commencee les Jesuites leur avait fait connaftre qu'iis avaient intention de b&tir une Eglise, et leur demandant s'ils voudraient y contribuer, ce qui fut Fait par certain nombre de Castors. Qu'iis ont fournis au retour de leur chasse par an pendant les d. trois annees consecutives et proportionnement k leurs dites chasses. Qu'iis ont en outre toujours pi Ste la main k toutes les bStisses soit en y travaillant eux-mSmes ou par leurs femmes et qu'iis ont contribuer k tous les achats faits depuis la d. Eglise b&tie tant pour la chasse quo des autres fournitures pour igelle. Le dit R. P. Wett a dit pour defense se qui suit, savoir: Que le parchemin est un pure fable. Que quatre ou cinq Gouverneurs Francais successivement en sont convenu, au surplus s'il avait jamais existe un pareil parchemin 1'original s'entrou- verait ou au Chateau on au Conseil Souverain de Quebec. 294 Qu'en vain pour contenter les Sauvages on I'aurait cherche et fait cherche, qu'il est probable que le Ministerial Anglais ne sere pas plus heureux en cette recherche, qu'il n'en est pas de mSnie des titres des Reverends Peres je.suites cnregistres au I Conseil Souverain de Quebec le 24 8bre, 1680, c'est-a-dire plus de quarante ans avant que la mission fut ou elle est aujourd'huy, les lettres patentes du Roy donnees a Fontainebleau le 29 may 16S0. Signe, Louis. Et sur le replis, par le roy. Colbert, doivent en faire foi. Que le Roy se serait contredit si la fable du parchemin etait une realite et non un comte fait k plaisir pour endormir les Sauvages, que la terre est aux Religieux de la Compagnie de Jesus qui est le fond de la question decide par les titres dont on a l'original, qu'on verra par l'evidence de la Calomnie impute a un ministre du Seigneur que Ton dit sans fondement avoir agit contre tons les droits divins et humains en enlevant le pretendu parchemin. Que sans doutes les Sauvages diront qu'il est perdu, cequi n'arrive dans aucuns autres titres, les originaux ne s'en trouvent n'y au Chateau n'y au Conseil Souverain de Quebec, un practicien conclura aussitot que tels titres ne sont point reels mais supposes au surplus le dit parchemin doit se trouver au moins k la Chambre des Comptes k Paris que s'il est plus ancien que les titres des Peres jesuites aussi par ce parchemin le Roy cassait la donation qu'il leur avait faite. Cinq generaux ne leur eussent point laisser la possession pendant quatre-vingt-deux ans raalgre les plaintes des Sauvages qu'il avait intergt de menager en ce terns. . Que le Sieur Perthius a servis d'interprete plus d'une fois en cette affaire et pent temoigner si les Jesuites n'ont pas toujours eu gagne de cause. La possession ou ils se sont maintenus on est une preuve. Les arrets de la juridc. de Montreal qui les autorisaient a en disposer en maitres en toutes propriete et comme bon leur sern- blera en est une autre, des terres reuhies au domaine en est une troisieme, Pinstitu- tion d'une paroisse a St. Pierre autorize par les puissances et sa Majeste m§me en fait une quatrieme, les titres de la concession disent expressement que les habitants qui demeureront parmis les Sauvages ne pourront vendre aucuns boissons n'y faire de Cabaret cela suppose permission de donner des emplacements a d'autres qu'aux • Sauvages. Qu'il ne reste plus qu'a- prouver la faussete de ce qtt'alleguent les Sauvages en disant qu'iis ne peuvent aller sur leurs terres qu'en etant inquietes ppr les habitants 4 qui ont les a vendus tous leurs champs sontdu cote de Chateauguay terrains appurtenant aux Jesuites. ||| Que voulant tenir lieu de pdre aux Sauvages ils leur ont abbandonne tout ce terrain c'est-a-dire plus d'une lieu et demie sur toute la profondeur qui est plus de deux lieues qu'on defie de nommer aucuns habitant qui on des titres des Jesuites de cc c6te Ik. Qu'outre cela il y a encore une lieu et demie de frond sur toute la pro- ; fondeur en descendant vers le moulin ou il n'y a que trois habitants, que voil& plus deux lieux et derai de front de terre non concede sur toute la profondeur ou les sauvages peuvent faire'leur champ, pourquoi disent-ils aujourd'hui qu'il leur manquent de terrain de leur aveu depuis plus de quarante ans ils n'ont point defriche un quart de lieu et encore ne sont-ils point etendu e.s profondeur pour le3 avantages les Jesuites leur ont cedes une lieu et demie non reversible a Sa Majeste. Mais dira-t-on pourquoi les Jesuites ont-ils fait des concessions : les defendeurs repondent: 1° C'est que le Roi voulait une terre toute defrichee qui lui reviendrait lorsque les missionnaires quitteraient le Sault, il fallait done en prendre les moyens en con- cedant aux habitants. / 2° Toutes les Seigneuries ne sont donne par Sa Majeste qu'& la charge de concession ce qui est si vray que Ton en a retires k de3 particuiiers paree qu'iis n'y faisaient pas de concession. 3° L'intention de Sa Majc3te en gratifiant les jesuites etait sans doute de leur donner quelque chose que Ton eut donne s'il n'avait pu faire des concessions. Le Roy pretendait charger les Jesuites de la Batisse et de 1'entrotien total d'une Egli>e vaste, des bdtiments necessaires aux missionnaires et de leur propre subsistance pour remplir ce dessein il leur donne une Seigneurie ou par le moyen des habitants les missionnaires puissent remplir ses vues. If 295 Que Ton traitte les jesuites apr&s cela d'Interesses pour avoir fait valoir la sixieme partie tout au plus des bienfaits du Roy et cela pour subvenir k leur subsis- - tcnce et k l'entretien total d'une Eglise, des b&tiroents et de tout ce qui est neces- saire. lis passent sous silence l'entretien des raalades de tous les villages a qui les missionnaires continuent de fournir gratis la subsistence et remedy quoiqu'ils ne touchent plus depuis quelque terns les cinq cents livres dont sa M.T.C. les gratifiaient pour les indemniser. Le defendeur repond' en outre aux questions qui luy ont ete laite pourquoi leurs titres ne portent pas comme toutes les autres charges et obligations absolue de conceder sous peine de Retrait, Que c'est Sa M.T.C. voulant les avantager n'a pas voulu qu'on pu les contraindre en justice de conceder qu'autant qu'iis lejugeraient convenable selon les circonstances des terns et des lieux. Ajoute le dit pere defendeur qu'il n'y a plus d'inconvenient k conceder, aussi tous les generaux et intendant Francois interprettes naturels de Sa M.T.C. y ont-ils souscrits. 1° par la possession ou ils ont toujours maintenu les Jesuites depuis lors. 2° par l'erection de la Cure de St. Pierre k laquelle les dits jesuites n'ont aucune part. 3° par quantite d'arrSts de reunion k leur domaine avec permission de vendre. Qu'au reste si malgre la prescription de quatre-vingt deux ans et les jugements de tant de Gouverneur et Intendant Francois il restait encore quelque doute sur ^interpretation qu'on doit donner au don de S.M.T.C. les dits defendeurs s'offrent d'obtenir d'elle-mgme une explication propre a. dissiper tout doutes et cela le plus t6t possible. Les dits defendeurs demandent en consequence k n'etre Jusqu'alors aucu- nement troubles ni inquietes dans la possession des terres dont est question. Le sieur Perthius apres avoir prgte serment de dire verite a dit qu'ayant deux fois servi d'interprete aupres de Messieurs les Generaux Francois a ce sujet que Mons. De Yaudreuil a dit en outre qu'il allait examiner leurs propositions pour voir si les plaintes etaient bien fondees et avait en consequence ecrit aux Capitaines de Milices pour les prier de souffrir les sauvages lever des ecorces chez leurs habitants vue la situation des affaires qu'iis ne pouvaient aller plus loin et on a laisse les peres Jesuites en joiiissance qui est tout ce qu'il a dit, scavoir : Nous, ayant ouy.Ies parties sur ce consider avec attention la concession des terres du Sault St. Louis accorde par.feue Sa M.T.Ch. Louis 14, elle nous parait le seal titre par laquelle on puisse juger du titre de cet etablissement et decider le proces cidessus. . - ^f^f^s*^* ~J\ Pour ce qui regarde le parchemin dont les Sauvages disent avoir ete autrefois eh possession et en avoir ete prive comme il est dit dansjeurs plaintes, Nous somme3 d'a^s que si le parchemin eu existe il ne pouvait confenir qu'un extrait ou une copie entiere des concessions Mtes en leur faveur. Nous sommes d'opinion que la concession des terres du Sault St. Louis futrfaite aux R.R. P.P. jesuites dans la seule et unique intention d'y fixer des Iroquois et autres Sauvages et que tout ce que ce terrain porrait produire entierement destiner k leur profit et avantage, les raisons dont les HR. PP. Jesuites se servent dans leur requeue et qui paraissaient avoir determine Sa Majeste T.C. k accorder cette concession etait fondee sur la crainte que les Iroquois etablis dans ces tems-l& sur la Seigneurie de Laprairie et occupaient des terres trop humides pour Stre ensemencees ne vinssent k se retircr, alleguant qu'au moyen de cette nouvelle concession non seulement on les retiendraient mais qu'on en augmenterait'le nombre et qu'on eten- drait par ce moyen les lumieres de la foi et de l'Evangile. Dans toutes les autres concessions accordees par Sa M.T Ch. ou les Gouverneurs les Seigneurs qui les obtiennent sont obliges d'y etablir des .habitants au defaut de " quoi ils perdent leur Seigneuries. Mais dans la Concession des terres du Sault St. Louis au lieu de telles conditions Sa Majeste fait tr£s expresse inhibition et defense aux Francais qui s'habitueraient parmi les Iroquois ou autres nations sauvages qui s'etabliront sur la dite terre nominee le Sault, d'avoir et tenir aucun Bestiaux. Cette condition seule renferme 296 ■ 1'impossibilite aux Francais de s'etablir sur les dites terres et prouve que S.M.T.C. les reservaient et destinaient sans reserve k l'usage des Sauvages sans qu'aucun Francais put y obtenir aucune concession. Nous sommes aussi d'avis que les RR. PP. jesuites ne peuvent point §ti*e regarde comme les Seigneurs temporels des dt. terres, la difference remarquable que Ton trouve dans les tormes dont cette concession est concus et ceux employes daus toutes les autres concessiens en est une preuve evidentc, celle du Sault n'est point concedee k titre de fief Seigneuriale S.M.T.Ch. n'y fait point mention de Haute, Moyenne et Basse Justice, du droit de peOho et de*chasse, elle n'est chargee d'aucune .redevance n'y obligation de fournir homme vivant et mourant qui fera et portera foy et hommage a. Sa Majeste en son Chateau St. Louis de Quebec. Les precautions I nous paraissent des preuves incontestables que les terres du Sault ne sont point une Seigneurie dont les R.R. P.P. Jesuites puissent se dire les Seigneurs mais qu'elles sont des terres concedees par Sa M.T.C. uniquement pour y fixer et etablir des sauvages qui d'ailleurs par leur nature ne pourraient pas etre assujetis aux droits de lods et ventes, Haute, Moyenne et Basse-Justice. Sa" M.T.C. defendant la concession I qu'4 la charge que la d. Terre nomme le Sault nous appartiendra toute defrichee lorsque les dits Iroquois l'abandonneraient, fait connaitre que son intention n'etait point que les RR. PP. Jesuites retirassent aucun avantage par la dite concession exceptl peut-Stre le profit qui leur revenait des terres occupes jusqu'alors par les I Sauvages dans la Seigneurie de Laprairie, ce qui fait encore une preuve que ce don a ete uniquement fait pour les dits Sauvages. Le terme tout defrichee dont il est fait mention ne saurait s'interpreter autrement sinon que lorsque les Sauvages vien- draient a abbandonner ce terrain toute la dite Concession retournerait k Sa M.T.C. - dans l'etat de defriehement ou elle pourrait Stre alors sans qu'iis puissent rien exiger pour le travail qu'iis y auraient faits, si Sa Majeste avait pretendu que les R.R. P.P. Jesuites fissent defricher ce terrain elle les aurait charge comme de coutume d'y etablir des habitants. Pour ce qui regarde Fespace de terrain d'environ une lieu et demie compri3 I entre la Concession du Sault et cello de Chateauguay, lequel les R.R. P.P! jesuites reclament comme un don qui leur avait ete fait en propre independant des conditions annexees a. la concession du Sault et non reversible au Roy, aprds avoir examine cette seconde concession qui s'est trouve parmis les archives et fut faite k Quebec le iff 30 8bre 1680 par le Comte de Frontenac, alors Gouverneur General en Canada, Nous avons trouves les tormes suivantes: " Donnons et accordons le d. restant de terre d'environ une lieu et demie pour en jouir par les d. RR. PP. jesuites aux me mes - charges clauses et conditions portees par les susdt. lettres patentes de Sa Majeste." Les deux concessions ne peuvent done Stre regarde que comme donne aux mSmes fins et sous les me mes charges, clauses et conditions,'par consequent le don que les RR.PP. Jesuites croient avoir fait aux Sauvages n'est en effet qu'un don imaginaire. Supposant que cette erreur provient de ce que R. P. jesuites n'ont pas bien examine la Concession originale ou n en ont point fait prendre une copie enti&re. La possession de quatre-vingt deux annees sur laquelle les RR. PP. Jesuites fondent leur droit - n'est de leur propre aveu et de celuy d'autre personne rien moins qu'une" possession tranquiie, les Sauvages ayant toujours renouvelie leur droit aupres de chaque Gou- verneurlet ce differend n'ayant jamais ete vinde juridiquement par le Gouverneur n'y aucnne Chambre, e'est par consequent determinable aujourd'huy par les voies de la Justice) L'etablissement de la Cure de St. Pierre et la quantite d'arrets de reunion au domaine avec droit de vendre que les RR. PP. Jesuites ont obtenu dans differents terns proviennent sans doute de ce qu'iis ont pris possession de ce terrein du Sault comme s'ils elles leur appartenaient, qu'il s'en sont consider et fait croire les Seigneurs et que personne au nom des Sauvages ayant fait decider leurs droits les titres ont par ce moyen evites Pinspeetion d'une Chambre de Justice et les pretentions des Sauvages gens bonnes et ignorahts les Regies du Barreau ont subsistes sans etre examine ou juges. 297 u II nous parait absurde d'avoir recours k Sa M.T.C. Louis 15 pour qu'elle veuille -nous faire expliquer le sens et le but d'une concession accordee en Amerique il y a -82 ans faites avec sagesse et sans obscurite par son Bisayeul Louis 14 et c'est pour remplir les bonnes intentions avec toute justice et equite quo nous au d. nom de Sa Majeste Brittannique qui seule est Souveraine et a droit de faire exercer la justice •dans sa province du Canada. Ordonnons que depuis la date des presentes les deux Concessions dont est parie ci-dessus soient reunis dans une seule et mSmo concession sous le nom de Concession -des Iroquois du Sault, borne d'une c6te par la ligue de Laprairie de la Magdelaine et de Pautre par celle de Chateauguay. Et comme apres avoir examine avec attention les termes de la d. Concession et l'avoir compare a plusieurs autres nous ne voyons point que les RR. PP. jesuites -ayont obtenu aucun droit Seigneuriaux sur la d. Terrein, nous sommes au contraire nnanimement convaincus par les sages precautions'prises dans la dite acte que Sa 3eu Majeste T.C. n'a jamais suppose que les RR. PP. Jesuites dussent Stre Seigneurs temporels des Sauvages, que la necessite des termes obligeaient de se rassembler -aupres de Montreal, c'est pourquoi nous frustons et deboutons les d. RR. PP. Jesuites -de tous droits temporels qu'iis pourraient s'§tre arroge sur les dites terres soit par •la condescendance des Gouverneurs ou Intendants seul titre par laquelle ils se sont procures les achapts de reunion au domaine qu'iis ont obtenus dans differents temps soit par droit de possession ou autres raisons qu'iis pourraient alleguer et ordonnons -que les dits Sauvages du Sault Seraient mis en possession et jouissent paisiblement pour eux leurs heritiers et autres Sauvages qui voudraient se joindre k eux de tout le terrein et le revenu que la dite Concession peut produire et persuade que rien ne •eontribue plus efficaeement k civiliser et eclairer les nations Sauvages qu'en tenant reiigieusement les engagements que Pon prend avec eux et en prevenant tout sujet .de mesintelligence entr'eux et les habitants etablis dans leur voisinage. Nous ordonnons que les limites de la concession des Iroquois du Sault soient tracees le plut6t possible par un arpenteur jure et qu'elle fut bornee avec des pierres assujetties en terre marquees aux armes de Sa Majeste Brittanique et que le plan jiguratif en soit remis k notre greffe, ordonnons en outre que l'E«rlise, le Presbitere appele la maison Seigneuriale avec tons les autres b£timents fait par les d. RR. PP. Jesuites sur la dite concession ou qui leur sont legue soient regardes et appartiennent -directement aux Sauvages les regardant k cet egard comme s'ils formaient une paroisse, et les dits Sauvages se trouveront par la- obliges k main tenir les d. Bati- ments qui resteront neanmoins destines k Pusage des missionnaires qui viveront avec -eux, et a Pegard des frais que les d. RR. PP. jesuites ont supporte a cet egard nous le croient suffisamment dedommage 1° par les revenus qu'iis ont retires jusqu'a pre-/ .sent des habitants qu'iis ont etablis sur la dt. concession en second lieu par la valleur -des terres que les Sauvages ont abbandonne k la Prairie de la Magdelerae ce que les ISEl. PP. Jesuites pouvait avoir concedes k des habitants des que des Sauvages furent transfers au Sault. Et comme nous sommes obliges de voir que les Iroquois et Sauvages du Sault juissent paisiblement et en entier des bienfaits k eux accordes par Sa M.T.C. nous Ordonnons k tous les habitants qui ont des concessions particulidres sur le terrain de la concession des Iroquois du Sault ayent a. apporter les originaux de leur Concession entre les mains de Me. Panet Notaire de cette Yille avant le pre. Juillet de la presente annee affin qu'il en soit Ordonne comme ei-dessous.. 1° Toutes concessions accordees par les RR. PP. Jesuites jusqu'4 ce jour et sur' jesquelles les habitants n'ont point tenu feu et lieu seront annuiees et de nulle valeur. 2° Toutes les concessions accordees depuis le 8 7bre 1760 dans quelle etat le terrain concede puisse se trouver aujourd'hui seront annulies et les habitants obliges de les abbandonner avant le pre. 9bre 1762. Condns. par le present les d. RR. PP. jesuites k rembourser aux d. habitants les rontes et autres droits seigneuriaux qu'iis pourraient avoir des d. Concessions. 3° En consideration du terns des depenses et travaux que les habitants etablis sur la d. concession avant le 8 7bre 1760 pourraient avoir fait et vouloir prevenir qu'eux 298 et leurs families ne souffrent de Perreur. qui s'est commise k cet egard nous ordonnons qu'iis continuent k jouir paisiblement du terrain qu'iis occupent aujourd'hui par la concession qu'iis ont obtenu des R R jesuites sans cependant qu'iis puissont Pa^gran- dir parachapdes Sauvages et autres pretextes, leurordonnant qu'iis viennentse pour- voir d'autres actes de concessions 4 notre Greffe le quinzo Juillet prochaine. Et afin que les Sauvages puissent jouir de leurs rentes le Gouverneur sera tenu de nommer et etablir une personne pour Stre le receveur des rentes et autres droits seigneuriaux qui pourront provenir des Concessions ci-dessus et nous obligeons le dit receveur des rentes et autres droits seigneuriaux qui pourront provenir des Concessions ci-dessus et nous obligeons le dit receveur d'en rendre compte aux d. Sauvages tous les 2 de fevrier de chaque annee jour de la Chandeleur en presence du dit Gouverneur ou de celles de personnes par lui autorisee pour cet effet. Les revenus des dites rentes sera employes au maintien de PEglise et autres batiments du Sault, et le surplus remis • entre les mains des Sauvages afin qu'iis en fassent ce qu'iis jugeront k propos. Et comme la Concession des Iroquois du Sault en general est reversible k Sa Majeste lorsqu'ils Pabbandonneront et que les droits de juridiction sur quelqu'autre que les Sauvages qui y sont Etablis par abu*, ne peuvent appartenir qu'a- elle. Nous man- dons le dit receveur des ordres et pouvoirs necessaires pour y maintenir les droits de Sa Majeste a cet egard de mSme que les rdglements que nous^trouverons necessaires au sujet du Cure et de la paroisse de St. Pierre. Ordonnons d^sa- present que ces d. habitants continuent de faire moudre leurs grains au moulin des RR. PP. jesuites etablis sur la terrain de Laprairie jusqu'd ce qu'il nous plaise d'en ordonner autrement. Mandons etc. Fait et donne au Chateau de Montreal le vingt deux Mars mil sept cent soixante deux. (signe) G. MATURIN, Secretaire. PANET. Nous soussignes certifions que ce qui precede est une vraie copie d'une ordon- nance rendue le vingt deux mars dix sept cent soixante deux par Thomas Gage et son Conseil, extraite du Registre des audiences pour les annees 1761 et 1762, depose lequel Registre parmi les archives de la Cour Superieure a Montreal. Montreal ce vingt neuf Octobre Mil huit cent quatre vingt cinq. (signe) HONEY & GENDRON P.C.S. H." TRANSLATION OF GENERAL GAGE'S JUDGMENT. (From the Ordinances of His Excellency the Governor of the 22nd March, 1762.) ISP The following decree was registered as follows:— V Extract from the Registers of the Government of Montreal. Before His Excellency Thomas Gage, Governor, of Montreal, assisted by His Council, ■ to wit, Messrs Frederick Haldimand, Colonel of the 4th Battalion of the Royal American, and William Browning, Major of the 46th Regiment, Herbert Munster, v Major of the 4th Battalion of the Royal American, and Gabriel Christie, Major - and Quarter-Master of His Majesty's Armies. Between the Iroquois Indians and other Indians of Sault St. Louis, appearing by Mr. Clauss, their Attorney, Plaintiff, ou the one part: And the Yery Reverend Fathers of the Society of Jesus, appearing by the Reverend Father Wett, their Attorney, Defendant, on the other part. After that the said Plaintiff had laid before us a writing in the said name, which is in question, and conceived in these terms:— illlil 299 li 1! That at the surrender of this Country all things had been well arranged to maintain the said Indians in possession of their lands at Sault St. Louis, but that now the Jesuit Fathers, their missionaries, were granting continually to the French the lands forming part of the territory of Sault St. Louis, which, however, they believed belonged to them by a title of grant given them by His Most Christian Majesty. And that if matters are not promptly set right, they wouffl soon see themselves obliged to give up their own fields to withdraw with their families to the woods, considering they do not any longer find there enough land to afford a means of living. That besides they were formerly given a parchment which constituted their title, and that one of their Chiefs had always kept it till some time before his death. That he had placed it in his wife's hands after having recommendod her to always keep it carefully; but that one of the Jesuit Fathers had extorted it from her under. a re.isrious pretence against which she had been unable to defend herself. That likewise they mean to have a title to all the buildings put up at the said Sault as well as to the Church and its furnishings, seeing that even three years pre- . vious to its having been commenced the Jesuits had informed them that they intended to build a Church and asked them if they wished to contribute towards it, which was done by giving each year a certain number of Beavers on their return from hunting during the three consecutive years and in proportion to their hunts. That besides they always helped in erecting all the buildings by working at them either themselves or by lending the assistance of their wives, and that they contributed towards all the purchases made since the said Church was built as much for the Shrine or altar as for the other furnishings for the same. The said Reverend Father Wett said for his defence as follows, to wit:—That the parchment is a mere story; that four or five French Governoi s have successively admitted this, besides, if such a parchment had ever existed, the original thereof would be either at the Castle or at the Sovereign Council of Quebec. That to satisfy tho Indians it has been and would be searched for in vain, that it is probable that the English Administration will not be more successful in their search; that the same thing does not exist in regard to the titles of the Reverend Jesuit Fathers enregistered at the Sovereign Council of Quebec, on the 24th of October 1680, that is, more than forty years before the mission was where it is now. The King's Letters Patent given at Fontainebleau on the 29th of May 1680,'signed ltLouis" and on the fold " by the King, Colbert" prove that. That the King would have contradicted himself if the story of the parchment was a reality, and not a tale which somebody took pleasure in inventing to quiet the Indians. That the land belongs to the Religious Fathers of the Society of Jesus,-which is the gist of the question decided by the titles of which we htive the originals. That it will be seen -. by the evidence of calumny charged against a Minister of the Lord who it is said without cause, acted against all divine and humane rights by carrying off the fictitious parchment. That undoubtedly the Indians will say that it is lost, which does not occur in regard to any other titles, the originals of which are to be found either at the Castle or at the Sovereign Council of Quebec. A practitioner would immediately infer therefrom that such titles are not real, but supposititious. Besides the said parchment should be found at least at the board of accounts at Paris. That if it be older than the titles of the Jesuit Fathers, therefore by that parchment the King revoked the donation which he had made to them. Five generals would not have allowed them the possession during eighty two years, notwithstanding the complaints of the Indians, whom he had an interest in treating with consideration at this time. That Mr. Perthius served as an interpreter more than once in the matter, and can give proof if the Jesuits have not always won their cause. The possession in which they have maintained themselves is a proof of it. The Decrees of the Juris- 1 diction of Montreal which authorized them to dispose of the same as Masters in full ownership and as they may think fit, is another proof of it. Lands which were joined to the estate is a third one. The establishment of a Parish at St. Peter's J 21 300 authorized by the powers and His Majesty himself is a fourth one. The titles of grants say expressly that the Inhabitants who will stay among the Indians shall not sell any liquor or put up any Public House. That supposes leave to give building grounds to others than to the Indians. That there only remains to prove the falsity of what the Indians allege when they say that they cannot go on their lands without being disturbed by the Inhabi- tants to whom they were sold. All their fields are on the Chateauguay side and are grounds belonging to the Jesuits. That wishing to be as Fathers to the Indians they gave up all that land, that is to say, more than one league and a half by the whole depth, which is more than two league. That nobody dare name any inhabitant who holds titles from the Jesuits on that side. That in addition to that there is still a league and a half in width by the whole depth, going down towards the Mill, where there are but three inhabitants. That there are more than two leagues and a half in width of uugranted land by the whole depth where the Indians can make their fields. Why do they say now that I they want land. On their own confession for more than forty years they have not cleared one fourth of a league, and yet they have not reached the depth. To favor them the Jesuits have made over to them one league and a half which is not revert- ible-to His Majesty. But, shall it be said, why have the Jesuits made giants ? The defendants answer:— 1. Because the King wanted land all cleared which would go back to him when the Missionaries would leave the Sault. It was therefore necessary to take the proper means by making grants to the inhabitants. 2. All the Seigniories are given*by His Majesty only on the condition that grants be made, which is so true that some are withdrawn from certain individuals - because they did not make grants. 3. His Majesty's intention in favoring the Jesuits was undoubtedly to give them something which he should have given had he not been able to make grants. The King meant to make the Jesuits undertake the house and the whole keeping of a spacious Church, of the necessary buildings for the Missionaries and their own sustenance. To accomplish that purpose, he gives them a Seigniory, where with th& help of the inhabitants the Missionaries may meet his views. Let somebody after that treat the Jesuits like interested parties because they made the best of "the sixth part at the utmost of the King's favors, and this to provide for themselves and for the keeping on the whole of a Church of the buildings and all that is necessary. They pass over in silence the maintenance of the sick of all the Yillages for whom the Missionaries continue in providing free of cost sustenance and medicines, although they have not been receiving for some time the five hundred livres with which His Most Christian Majesty favored them to indemnify them. The Defendant answers besides to the questions which they were asked why "their titles do not bear like all the others an absolute condition to make grants under pain of withdrawal. That His Most Christian Majesty being willing to favor them 'did not wish that they might be compelled in justice to make grants only as much as they would deem it advisable according to the circumstances of times and of places. The said Father Defendant adds that there exists no longer any disadvantage in making grants, and so all the French Generals and Commissioners (Intendants) His 3Iost Christian Majesty's Natural Interpreters thereto consented. 1. By the possession in which they have always maintained the Jesuits since then. 2. By the institution of the Parish of St. Peter in which the said Jesuits have • no share. 3. By a number of decrees of union to their estate with leave to sell. Also, if notwithstanding a prescription of eighty-two years and the Judgments of so many I French Governors and Commissionaries (Intendants) there still remained some doubts on the interpretation which should be given to His Most Christian Majesty's I;' 301 $U! donation, the said Defendants offer to obtain from Himself an explanation which will do away with all doubts and that as soon as possible. The said Defendants ask accordingly that they be not till then in any wise troubled or disturbed in the possession of the lands in question. Mi*. Perthius after having taken his oath to tell the truth saJd that he hud Berved twice as an interpreter before Messrs. the French Generals on the subject that Mr. de Yaudreuil had said besides that he was going to examine their propositions to see if the complaints were well founded and that he had, in consequents, written to the Militia Captains to beg of them to allow the Indians to cut off bark among their inhabitants considering the state of affairs that he could not go further and the Jesuit Fathers were allowed to remain in possession; which was all he said. To wit:— We, having heard the parties with regard to that, considered attentively tho grant of the lands of Sault St. Louis made by His late Most Christian Majesty Louis XIY, it seems to us to be the only title by which one can judge of the right to that establishment and decide the foregoing suit. As regards the parchment of which the Indians say that they formorly were in possession, and of which they have been deprived, as it is said in thoir complaints, we are of opinion that if theparchment had existed it could contain but an extract or a full copy of the grants made in their favor. We are-ofopinion that the grant of the lands of Sault St. Louis was made to the R.R. Jesuit Fathers with the sole intention of settling there Iroquois and other Indians and that all the soil could produce was wholly intended for thoir profit and advantage. The reasons which the R.R. Jesuit Fathers use in thoir petition, and which seemed to have determined HisMost Christian Majesty to make this grant, wero founded on the fear that the Iroquois who had settled at that time on tho Seigniory of Lap rairie and occupied lands which were too damp for the purposo of sowin" should happen to leave, alleging that by means of that new grant, thoy would be not only kept back but that their number would be increased and that by that means the knowledge of Faith and of the Gospel would be spread. In all the other concessions granted by His Most Christian Majosty or the Governors, the Seigniors who obtain them are obliged to settle inhabitants, and in absence of this they lose their Seigniories. • But in the concession of the lands of Sault St. Louis, instead of such conditions His said Majesty most expressly prohibits and forbids the French who would go among the said Iroquois or other Indian Nations who would settle on the said land called " Le Sault" from having and keeping any Cattle. This only condition contains an impossibility for the French to settle on the said lands and proves that His MosJ Christian Majesty reserved an** intended them unreservedly for the use of the Indians and that no Frenchman could obtain thereon a grant. "Vf^ are also of opinion that the R.R. Jesuit Fathers cannot be considered like the Temporal Lords of the said lands. The remarkable difference which is found between the terms in which that concession is worded and those used in all the other concessions, is evident proof that "Le Sault" is not granted as a Seigniorial Fief His Most Christian Majesty does not make therein mention of High, Mean, and Low Justice, of the right to fish and to hunt. He does not impose upon them any due or obligation to procure a living and moving person who shall do and bear fealty and -homage to His Majesty in his Castle St. Louis of Quebec. The precautions seem to \q unquestionable proof that the lands of " Le Sault" are not a Seigniory of which the R.R. Jesuit Fathers can call themselves the Seigniors; but that they are lands granted by His Most Christian Majesty solely to settle there Indians, who be-ides from their nature could not be subjected to the rights of lods et ventes, High, Mean or Low Justice. His Most Christian Majesty making the grant on the only condition that the said land called "Le Sault" shall belong to him toute defrichie when the said Iroquois would give it up, makes it known that his intention was not that " the R. R. Jesuit Fathers would draw any advantago by the said grant, except perhaps the profit which accrued to them from the lands occupied till then by the 21J 302 Indians in the Seigniory of Laprairie. This constitutes another proof that gift was "made solely for the said Indians. The term " all clear," of which mention is made, could not be construed otherwise than that when the Indians should happen to leave that land, the whole of the said concession would go back to His Most Christian Majesty in the state of clearing where it could then be and that they could not claim anything for the work which they have done there. If His Majesty had meant that the R. R. Jesuit Fathers should clear that land he would have ordered them as usual to settle inhabitants there. As regards the space of land of about one league sfod a half contained between the concession of Le Sault and that of Chateauguay, which the R. R. Jesuit Fathers claim as a gift which had been made to them as their own, independent of the conditions annexed to the concession of " Le Sault" and not revertible to the King, after having examined that second concession which was found among the records arid was made at Quebec on the 30th of October, 1680, by the Count de Frontenac, the Governor General in Canada, we have found the following terms :—" We give " and grant the said rest of land of about one league and a half to be possessed by " the said RR. Jesuit Fathers on the same conditions, clauses and terms set forth " in the aforesaid Letters Patent of His Majesty." Therefore both concessions should be considered as having been: given for the same, purposes and under the same conditions clauses and terms ; consequently the gift which the R. R. Jesuit Fathers think they made to the Indians is indeed but an imaginary gift. Supposing that this error arises from the R.R. Jesuit Fathers not having well examined the original concession, or from not having had a full copy of it taken, the possession of eighty- two years on which the R. R. Jesuit Fathers found their right, it is on their own admission and that of other persons nothing less than a quiet possession, the Indians having always revived their rights before every Governor, and that dispute never having been judicially settled by the Governor or any Court of Justice, it is consequently determinable now by the means of the law. The establishment of the living (cure) of St. Peter and the number of decrees of Union to the estate with a right to sell which the Jesuit Fathers have obtained at different times, undoubtedly proceed from their having taken possession of the land "Le'Sanlt" as if it had belonged to them, from their having considered themselves and made people believe that they were the Seigniors of the same and because nobody having had in the Indians name their rights determined, the titles have by that means escaped the Inspection of a Court of Justice and the claims of the Indians, uneducated people, unacquanited with the rules of the Bar; have stood without being examined or determined. It seems to us absurd to have recourse to His Most Christian Majesty Louis XYI, in o*der that he may be willing to have explained to us the meaning and the object of a concession granted in America eighty-two years ago and wisely and distinctly made by His Grandfather Louis XIY, and it is with the purpose of realizing good intentions with all justice and equity that we in the name of His Brittanic Majesty, who alone is Sovereign and has a right to cause justice to be administered in his Province of Canada. Order that from the date of the presents the two concessions of which it is hereinabove spoken, be united in one, and the same concession, under the name of " Concession of the Iroquois of the Sault" bounded on one side by the line of the Prairie of La Magdalene and on the other by that of Chateauguay. And also after having examined attentively the terms of the said concession and and compared it with several others, we do not see that the R. R. Jesuit Fathers have obtained any Seigniorial rights on the said land ; we are en the contrary unanimously convinced by the wise cautions taken in the said deed that his late Most Christian Majesty never supposed that the R.R. Jesuit Fathers should be temporal Lords of the Indians, whom the needs of the times obliged to meet near Montreal. Therefore we deprive and nonsuit theR. R. Jesuit Fathers of all temporal rights which they might have assumed on the said lands either by the condescension of the 303 pernor, or the ^^^ -Union to the ^^^^Z^^l^d we order that the said Indians of the or other reasons ^^%^f^Xj peaceably for themselves their heirs and »Sr^^ theJolelandandrevenueSI aaid concession can PJ^uce contributes more efficaciously to civilize ai And being of opinion *^t nothing com, ^ } whld he Indian Nations than by scrap™ ,Ja 1 °t betWeen them, and t nd enlighten the SX^th them,"and by preventing all cans SfabUants settled in their ™^\^onCeS5ion 0f the Iroquois of tho Sault be We order that the^boundaries of the^J£^J ^ the lh£its 0f said concession drawn as aocm»po»ito^^ ed with His British be marked with s^ft^^ Majesty's Arms, and that tbefignr^ve P^1 called the Seigniorial House J We orderbesides that the Church the, pa g Fatherg on ^ ^ with all the other^building> put ^^Jtothem, be considered as belonging and Concession or which have been bequeaineu ^ , reffar<i t0 that as though °d~g directly to the ™£%*$™£ffiS tSby fin! themselves obliged to f^&^&^W^"** -side/them suiHcient.y compensated: h received up to the present time from the 2. By the value of ^J? p ^ jSfuuWthera may have granted to inhabitants ' oss^c^^ Majesty, we order all the n^J^S the originals of their concessions rilfe^S3S^£?- ***J*of the presentyear ,n0'der that U may te as hereinbelow presented: ^ itFathers antil this day, and on i All concessions granted bv tbe «.ifc cancelled and worthless. which the inhabitants have not held/«e8M«jma'^^ ^^ ,n whatever <„,„, Srmiht have from the said concessions SfgniorialH^^ 3. In consideration for thatbefatf we order that they do continue to,bin Pgcf^eP°obtained from the which tSey occupy W^^^S^ R. R. Jesuit Fathers, ^^^^^fwie and provide themselves with other Indians or in other ways, orfen»«Jg!™ „ tle fifteenth of July next. Deeds of Concession at our record 0&c^otvb™^nts theGovemor shall be bound And in order that thelndians may ^^^^Se wntoandoOierSeignioriiil to appoint and establish aperwnto be ^J^coneessions, and we bind the rights which may P1*00^^^ tKdTlndians on the 2n, receiver to render an account of'it.to^ojaiai^^ Goveraor or each year, Candlemas Day authorized by him to that and we bind the said d of February in in presence of the said Governor or rf those persons fleet. The income of said rents •r or ui iuujc |/v-»- shall be used for the Saiu. reuta 3jj.ci.L wv, ~~-- -- , _ed by mm w um~■ ««"— -",: ~ " f +t,„ oauu and the remainder placea m^^P^t^^iM '^they thu,k fit- And as the concession of the Iroquois of the Sault in general i3 revertible to His Majesty when they shall give it up, and the rights of jurisdiction over others than the Indians who have settled there by abuse can belong only to him, We invest the said Receiver with the necessary orders and powers to maintain there His "' Majesty's rights in regard to that, as well as the regulations which we shall think 1 necessary respecting the Cure and Parish of St. Peter. We order from this moment that those said inhabitants continue to have their grain ground at the Mill of the R. R. Jesuit Fathers erected on the land of Laprairie till we are pleased to order otherwise. We order, &c. Done and given at the Castle of Montreal on the twenty-second of March, one • thousand seven hundred and sixty-two. (Signed) C. MATURIN, Secretary. PANET. 0 We the undersigned do certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an.Ordiuanee rendered on the twenty-second of May one thousand seven hundred and sixty-two, by Thomas Gage and his Council; extracted from the Register of Audiences for the years 1761 and 1T62, which register is deposited among the Records of the Superior Court at Montreal. Montreal this twenty-ninth of October one thousand eight hundred and eighty- five. v£*s|^%ci (Signed) HONEY & GENDRON, P. S. C. *L" COPY ORDINANCE. (Under Royal Instructions Governor Murray, 20th September, 1764). An Ordinance for ratifying and confirming the Decrees of the several Courts of Justice, established in the Districts, of Quebec, Montreal and Trois-Rivieres, prior to the establishment of Civil Government throughout this Province, upon the tenth day of August, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four. Whereas upon the conquest of this Country, His Majesty's Commander in Chief of the Forces in America, did order and direct Justice to be administered to the I inhabitants thereof, by Courts established for that purpose in the several Governments into which the" Province was at that time divided, of which His Majesty, through one of His Secretaries of State, was pleased to signify His Royal Approbation, and to command the same to subsist and continue, until Civil Government could with propriety be settled therein, And In order to satisfy any doubts which might arise, with regard to the decisions of the said Courts, and as far as may be to prevent all vexatious lawsuits which might at present or hereafter arise therefiom, His Excellency, the Governor, by and with the advice, consent and assistance of His Majesty's Council, and by virtue of the power and authority to him given by His Majesty's Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, Hath thought fit to ordain and declare ; and his said Excellency, by and with the advice, consent and assistance aforesaid, doth hereby ordain and declare, That from the eighth day of September in the year one thousand seven hundred and sixty, the date of the capitulation of Montreal, until the tenth day of August last, from which time Civil Government took place throughout this Province, all orders, Judgments or Decrees of the Military Council of Quebec, and of all other Courts of Justice in said Government, or in those of Montreal and Trois- Rivteres, do stand approved, ratified and confirmed, and shall have their full Force and effect, except in such cases where the value in dispute exceeded the sum of three hundred pounds sterling, when either party may appeal to His Majesty's Governor and Council of the Province, provided such appeal be lodged with the Clerk or Deputv Clerk of His Majesty's Council of Quebec, within two months after the publication hereof, and sufficient security is given by the Appellant to pay all such costs and charges as shall be awarded thereon, if the Decree is affirmed ; and from the Governor Snd Council an appeal lies to the King and Council, where the value in dispute amounted to the sum of five hundred pounds sterling or upwards, the Appellant <rivin<r sufficient security as aforesaid, if the decree is affirmed And ifis hereby further ordained and declared, that if before tho publication of the present Ordinance and since the establishment of Civil Government throughout the Province any person has been arrested, or process issued upon any Matter alreadv tried before any of the Courts aforesaid, in .the several Governments of Quebec Montreal and Trois-Rivieres, before the tenth day of August last, the person so arrested or against whom such Process has been issued, shall lay their case in writing bv wav°of Petition before His Excellency and the Council, together with an attested copv o"r copies of such Decree or Decrees, that examination being had of the same if properly founded, the action may be immediately dismissed; the partie3 ' nevertheless preserving their right of appealing as aforesaid, where the value of the matter so tried, shall appear to have exceeded the said sums of three hundred pounds sterling, and five hundred pounds sterling. • ,,w And it is herebflurther ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, that the Judges Justices of the Peace, and other Magistrates or Civil Officers of this Province3 whom it doth or may concern, upon application of the several parties, shall out in execution all such orders, Judgments or Decrees of the said Courts the same - bein<r -nroperlv attested, as have not been already executed, saving to the several part?es concerned, their ri^ht of Appeal as aforesaid, where the mutter in dispute exceeded the above limited^sums of three hundred pounds sterling, and five hundred POUnGi^Nrby%[is Excellency the Honorable James Murray Esq., Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Province of Quebec, and Territories therein depending in America Yice-Admiral of the same, Governor of the Town of Quebec, bolonel Commandant of the Second Battalion of the Royal American Regiment, etc etc. In Council at Quebec the 20th day of September, AnnoDomini, 176-1, and in the fourth 1" P vear of 'the Rei<m of our Sovereign £ord George the III, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain; France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, etc., etc. (Signed) JAMES MURRAY. * By order of His Excellency in Council. (Signed) J. GRA5T, D. Secretary. mi COPY ORDINANCE. (Under Royal Instructions Governor Murray, 12th November, 1764). An Ordixw-ce for amending and explaining an Ordinance of His Excellency the Governor and Council of this Province made the twentieth day of September last intituled : An Ordinance for ratifying and confirming the Decrees of the several Courts of Justice established in the Districts of Quebec, Montreal and Trois-Rivieres, Drior to the establishment of Civil Government, throughout this Province, upon the tenth dav of August, one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four ; and for enlarging the time'for lodging appeals from the Decrees of such Court therein mentioned. Whereas dmibts mav arise respecting the manner by which Appeals by the said Ordinance is directed to be brought before His Excellency the Governor and Council of this Province, or to the King in Couucil, may be prosecuted according to the true intent and meaning of the said Ordinance, and also as to what sum, and to whom the security therein nieutioned, for prosecuting such Appeals, ought to be given.; for explaining whereof. His Excellency the Governor, by and with the advice consent and assistance of His Majesty's Council of this Province, doth hereby ordain and declare, that if any person or persons shall think himself or themselves aggrieved by any order, judgment or decree of the Military Council of Quebec, or of any other Courts of Justice in the said Government, or of those of Montreal or Trois-Rivieres, prior to the establishment of Civil Government throughout this Province in August last, where the value in dispute exceeded the sum of three hundred pounds sterling ; every such person or persons may by Petition, Appeal to His Excellency the Governor and Council, and to no other Court of Judicature of this Province whatsoever ; provided that security be first given by the Appellant to answer such charges as shall be awarded in case the first sentence be affirmed. Provided also, that such appeal be lodged with the Clerk, or Deputy Clerk of the Council, within the space of three months from the • publishing hereof. And provided always that if the matter in dispute amounted to . the sum of five hundred pounds sterling or upwards, every Appellant or person petitioning as aforesaid (in case any such o?der, judgment or Decree of the said Military Courts shall thereupon be affirmed, and within fourteen days thereafter) may in like manner appeal to His Majesty in Council upon giving good and sufficient security, effectually to prosecute the same, and answer the condemnation, as also to pay such costs and damages as shall be awarded in case the sentence of the Governor, or Commander in Chief for the time being, and Council be affirmed. Given by His Excellency the Honorable James Murray Esq., Captain General and Governor in Chief of tho Piovince of Quebec, and Territories thereon depending in America, Yice-Admiral of the same. Governor of the Town of Quebec, Colonel- Commandant of the Second Battalion of the Royal American Regiment, etc., etc. In Council at Quebec the 12th day of November, Anno Domini, 1764, and in the fifth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the III, by the Grace of God, of Great^Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, etc., etc. (Signed) JAMES MURRAY. By order of His Excellency in Council. (Signed) H. KNELLER, D. C. C. COPIE DE DECLARATION DE FOI ET HOMMAGE FAIT FAR LE REVEREND PERE JEAN JOSEPH CASOT, CONTENANT UN EXPOSE DES TORRES POSSEDEES PAR LES JESUITES, EN DATE DU 19 MAI 1788. Districts de Quebec et de Montreal—Les Reverends Peres Jesuites, - - * DU 12 DlCEMBRE 1781. En PROcf dant a la confection du Papier Terrier du Domain du Roy, en la Province de Quebec :—Est comparu au chateau Saint-Louis^ en la ville de Quebec, & pardevant Nous Frederick Haldimand, Capitalne-G£n6ral &' Gouverneur en Chef de fa Province de Quebec, et Territoires en dependans en Amerique, Yice-Admiral & Garde du Grand Sceau d'icelle, Ge"ne"ral et Commandant en chef des Troupes de Sa Majeste", en la dite province etFrontieres,&c, &c, &c, le Reverend Pere Jean Joseph Casot, Pr§tre Religieux de la Compagnie de Je^us, Procureur des Missions de la dite Compagnie e*tablie en cette Province & de leur College, tant dans cette ville de Qudbec, que dans eelle de Montreal qui au dit nom, nous a avoue* et declare" que les Rgv^rends Peres Je"suites tiennent en plein Fief deSa Majeste", les Fiefs et Seigneuries cy'apr&s declares tant suivant les Lettres Patentes d'Amortissement accordees par Sa Majeste" tre? chre"tienne aux dits Reverends Peres de la dite Compagnie, le douze mai mil six cent soixante dix-huit, sans, en vertu d'icelles, qu'iis puissent jamais Stre contrains de mettre les dits Fiefs & Seigneuries, hors de leurs mains, ni qu'iis soient tenus pour iceux de payer a Sa Majesty aucuns devoirs et droits, donner homme vivant & mourant, faire foi et hommage, de payer d'indemnite" ou droit du Franc Fief & Nouveau Acquilt, que suivant les autres titres en vertu desquefe ils possedent qui seront cy-apies sur chucun des dits Fiefs & Seigneuries ^nonces dans le present aveu et d^nombreraent, savoir, Primo : le Fief et Seigneurie de Notre-Dame des Anges vulgairement appelle" Charles-bourg, contenant une dtenduede terre de quatre lieues proche cette ville de Quebec, tirant vers les Montagnes de l'Ouest, partie sur la petite Riviere St-Charles et partie sur le fleuve St-Laurent, qui leur a 6t4 conee"dd par titre du dix mars mil six cent vingt-six, de Monsieur le Due de Vantadour, ci devant Yice Roy en la Nouvelle-France, confirm^ par la Compagnie du QuinzeJanvier Mil six cent vingt-sept, qui compose le dit Fief et Seigneurie de Notre-Dame des Anges, qui est d'une lieue de front sur le dit espace de quatre lieues de profondeur, joignant du c6te" du Nord-Est au Fief et Seigneurie de Beauport, et au Sud-Ouest le Fief et Seigneurie Dorsainville, B6rne" pardevant partie k la petite riviere St-Charles et partie au fleuve, et par derriere au bout de la dite profondeur aux Terres non cone€de"es : sur lequel dit Fief et Seigneurie, il y a une eglise d6di£e k St-Charles et un Presbitere construits^sur un terrain d'environ quatre arpents en superficie k 1'usage du cur6, et quatres DiffiSrentsDomaines quese sont r6serv€s les Dits Seigneurs savoir: un de sept arpents sur quarante de profondeur, dont cinquante-quatre arpents de terre en culture, vingt en prairies et le reste en bois de bout. Un idem, ou mai- tairie de deux arpents de front sur trente de profondeur, dont quinze arpents en culture, cinq en prairie et le reste en bois debout; la dite maitairie appellee le Passage, ou les dits Reverends Peres font entretenir un Bag, un idem de vingt arpents de terre en superficie tous en prairies, un autre Domaine de sept arpents deux perches de front sur cinquante de profondeur, dont cent arpents-en culture, soixante en prairies et le reste en bois debout. Que dans ce Fief & Seigneurie est un arriere-fief, appelle Fief Begon, appartenant aujourd'ui k Charles Stewart, Ecuyer, de la consistance de quatre arpents quelques perches de front sur le fleuve, jusques a vingt-quatre arpents de profondeur, au bout desquels le dit arriere-fief est de sept arpents de front sur toute la profondeur du dit Fief et Seigneurie, charge" envers les dits Reverends Peres Seigneurs Fe"odauxde la Foy est Hommage avec une anne"e de Rach&t k chaque mutation de possesseur, & le relief en cas de vente, sur lequel arriere-fief sont deux Domaines, le premier sur le bord du fleuve de la largeur du dit arriere-fief sur la dite profondeur de vingt-quatre arpents, sur laquelle il y a une maison a deux Stages en pierre, une grange et une dtable, vingt arpents de terre en culture, et quatre-vingts en prairies ; le second de dix arpents de large, y compris une teire en Boture, sur la profondeur du dit Fief et Seigneurie, sur lequel sont les mgmesBatiments que sur le premier, un verger d'environ trois arpents en superficie, complante d'arbres fruitiers, douze arpents en culture et quatre en prairies le rest en bois debout. Les Habitants censitaires r£le"vans du dit arriere-fief, seront de"nomme's cy-apr^s k leur rang, a observer que l'He aux Ruaux situe"es dans le fleuve St. Laurent qui a 6te" concede aux dits ReYSrends Peres en Fief et Seigneurie comprise dans les Lettres Patentes de Sa Majeste" trds chre*tienne du vingt mars mil six cents soixante- huit, depend du dit Fief et Seigneurie de Notre-Dame des Anges & releve du Manoir Seigneuriale qu'iis ont conce"de" k Feu Monsieur Maitre Guillemin, cy-devant Con-' seiller au Conseil Sup^rieur de la Nouvelle-France moyennant quinzelivres de rentes & deux deniers de cent: que cette He a change" de main & dont ils ne connoissent point 1'actuel deterapteur, n'en e"tant point paye" et n'ayant r£cu depuis le Conquete aucuns droits de Lods & Yentes des diffe"rentes mutations.—Secundo. Le Fief et Seigneurie de St-Gabriel, commune"ment connu sous les noms d'ancienne et Jeune Lorette, contenant une lieue et demie de front sur dix de profondeur donne aux dits Reverends Peres par Robert Giffart, Ecuyer, Seigneur de Beauport et Dame Marie Renouard, son epouse, par acte de Donation entre vifs passe" devant Paul Yachon, Notaire k Quebec, le deux noverabre mil six cent soixante-sept et date" par erreur du ouze du dix mois dans les lettres d'Amortissement, Que pour l'inteliigence de la dite lieu 308 et demie de front, telle qu'elle est ci-dessus designee eonforradmont aux ditcs Lettres d'Araortissement, il faut observer que le dit Giffart obtint de la Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France, un premier titre de concession en date du seize Avril Mil six cent quarante-sept de deux lieues de terre en la Nouvelle-France, k prendre en mgmes en-droits de sa premiere concession, en rangeant icelle ou de proche en proche autant qu'il se pourrait faire sur dix lieues de profondeur, dans les terres vers le Nord- Ouest, pour en jouir par lui en toute propriety. Justice et Seigneurie et tenir les choses sus-dites k Foi & Hommage, que lui, ses successeur3, ou ayans cause seront tonus de porter au Fort St. Louis a Quebec, conformement a la coutume de la Prevote" & Vieomte" de Paris, et a la charge que les appellations des Juges qu'il pourroit y Etablir, ressortiront nuement au Parl^ment ou Cour Souveraine qui sera cy-ap: es ,erig£e au nom de la dite Compagnie a Quebec, ou ailleurs, mais qu'attendu que le dit ^Giffart n'a pu jouir du contenu en la dite premiere concession parcequ'il se trouvait borne* d'un c&t6 aux terres conc£d£es aux dits R£v6rends P6res etd'autre c<5te" k eel les concedees a la Compagnie de Beaupr£. ii pria la dite Compaguie afin que la dite premiere concession ne lui fut inutile, de la transmettre et accorderenautreen droit encore non conce*de* sdit au Nord, soit au Sud, en consequence de quoi il en obtint un second titre de concession en date du Quinze Mai au dit An Mil six cent quarante sept de la mime quantity de terre exprime*e par la dite premiere concession a prendre en proche et en lieux non concedes, soit au Nord, soit au Sud, ainsi qu'elle seroit d£sign<5e par Monsieur de Montmagny, lors Gouverneur en la Nouvelle-France, et~ que'par la dite donation entre vifs du dit Giffart et son Spouse, £tant ensuite du premier titre de concession, ils n'ont donne" aux dits R6v€rends P&res que la dite lieue et demie cy-dessus dans les dits deux lieues de front, le dit Giffart et son Spouse ayant reserve la demie lieue de surplus comme l'ayant don ne'e et concgdee aux Dames Keligieuses de l'Hotel Dieu de Quebec, laquelle lieue et demie de . terre de front sur dix lieues de profondeur, compose anjourd'hui le dit Fief et Seigneurie de St-Gabriel, situ6 dans les terres a une lieue et demie du Fleuve, qui est le bout de la profondeur - du Fief et Seigneurie de Sillery appurtenant aux dits R6v6rends P6res, tenant le dit Kef et Seigneurie St-Gabriel, du c6te* du Nord-Est aux Dames Religieuses de l'Hotel Dieu, a cause de la dite demie lieue k elle donne" par le dit Giffart & son Spouse, qui r£l&ve quant a la justice du dit Fief St. Gabriel comme en ayant 6i6 d6membr6 par le dit Giffard, & du cote* du Sud-Ouest au Fief et Seigneurie de Champigny, appar- tenant aux he*ritiers Prevost, represents par le Sieur Duchesnay, sur lequel Fief et Seigneurie, les dits Reverends Peres ont un domaine do quatre ou cinq arpents environ en superficie, et deux Eglises d&liees k Notre-Dame de Lorette, ainsi que deux Pres- biteres, construits sur des Terrains chacun de trois Arpents en superficie k l'usage des cur£s Tertio, le Fief et Seigneurie de Belair, antreraent la montagne k Bonhomme, contenant une lieue de front sur deux lieues ou environ de profondeur, situe" au bout de la profondeur du dit Fief et Seigneurie Demaure ou St-Augustin tirant vers la rivi&re Jacques-Cartier, born€ au Sud-Ouest au Fief et Seigneurie de Neuville ou Pointe-aux-Trembles, & d'autre coli au Nord-Est, au Fief et Seigneurie de Godard- viile d'un bout au Sud-Est par le devant a la dite Seigneurie de Demaure ou St. Augustin et d'autre bout au Nord-Ouest a la Riviere Jacques-Cartier, qui leur appartient k cause des diffSrentes acquisitions qu'iis en ont fait des h£r£tiers et repre- sentants feue Guillaume Bonhomme, a qui le dit Fief et Seigneurie appartenait poar lui avoir 6t6 concede par Messieurs de la Barre et Demeule, Gouverneur G6n6ral et- Intendant de la Nouvelle-France, le vingt-quatre novembre Mil six cent quatre-vingt- • deux, pour par lui ses hoirs ou ayants cause en jouir a I'avenir a titre de Fiefet & Seigneurie, haute, moyenne et basse justice, avec droit de Chasse et de p§che dans l'e"tendue des dits lieux, a la charge de la Foi et Hommage k rend re y porter au . Chateau St^Louis k Quebec, duquei il relevera aux droits y redevances accoutume*s snivant la coutume ; que les Appellations du Juge qui y sera €tabli, resortiront a la Prevoste de Quebec: de tenir et faire tenir feu et lieu paries tenanciers : de conserver et faire conserver les Bois de Chene qui se trouveront propres a la construction des vaisseaux: de donner avis au Roy ou a ses Gouverneurs des Mines, Miuieres ou Mine"- raux, si aucuns se trouvent dans"Te"lendue des dites lieux, et de laisser et faire laisser, tous chemins et passages necessaires, lequel titre de concession a ete continue, par arrete du Conseil d'Etat du Roy, le Quinze Avril Mil six cent quatre-vingt-quatre, duquel Fief et Seigneurie le R^v^rend Pere Claude Dupuy, Procureur des Missions et College de la dite Compagnie a rendu et porte* Foi et Hommage k Sa Majeste" tres chretienne, entre les mains de Monsieur Hocquart, cy-devant Intendant en la Nouvelle-France, le huit Avril Mil sept cent trente-trois, sur lequel Fief ec Seigneurie ily a un domaine etabli contenant neuf arpents de front sur la profondeur du dit Fief et Seigneurie, dont cinquante arpents en culture, vingt en prairies et le reste en bois debout. Quarto, le Fief et Seigneurie de Sillery situe* sur le bord du Fleuve St. Laurent, contenant une lieue de front sur une lieue & demie ou environ de profondeur, jusqu'au Fief et Seigneurie St. Gabriel qui le termine par derriere, tenant du Cote du Nord-Est k la pointe de Puisseaux et la ligne qui separe le dit Fief et Seigneurie d'avec celui de St-Michel, appartenant a Messieurs les Ecclesiastiques dn Se"minaire de Quebec et du Cote* du Sud-Ouest au Fief et Seigneurie de Godardville avec droit & moyenne & basse justice & de peOhe, k eux appartenant par titre de Concession qui leur en a e*te* accorde* par Messieurs de Callieres et Bochard de Champigny cy-devant Gouverneur General & Intendant en la Nouvelle-France, le vingt trois octobre Mil six cent quatre vingt dix neuf, au bas duquel titre est l'approbation de Sa Majeste" tr&s chretienne de la dite Concession en date du six May. Mil sept cent deux, sur lequel Fief et Seigneurie sont deux arrieres-fiefs relevant de lui savoir, celui de Monceaux appartenant au Sieur Charles Auguste Rheaume contenant sept arpents de front sur environ quarante-cinq ou cinquante de profondeur, charge" envers le Seigneuriale Manoir du dit Fief de la Foy et Hommage aux droits et redevances presents par la Coutume : Et celui nom ml St Ursule, appartenant aux Dames Reli- • gieuses Ursulines de Quebec, contenant deux cents cinquante trois arpents en superficie, sans aucune charge que la continuation de leur bonne volonte" et eharite envers les enfants des Sauvages, et de donner un simple aveu & de"nombrement des dites terres, aux Reverends Peres de vingt ans en vingt ans, un domaine contenant cent arpents en superficie a- I'usage du Cure. Quinto, le Fief et Seigneurie de Batiscan d'environ deux lieues de front sur le fleuve St Laurent sur vingt lieues de profondeur, joignant d'un cote" au Nord-Est au Fief et Seigneurie Ste. Marie, et du cote du Sud- Ouest auFiefet Seigneurie de Champlain pardevant le fleuve St. Laurent et par derrmre les terres non concedes, aux dits Reverends Peres appartenant comme leur ayant ete donne* par Monsieur Jacques de Laferte, conseiller aumSnier ordinaire du Roy, abbS de Ste. Magdeleine. L'un des Messieurs de la Compagnie de la Nouvelle- France, par acte de Donation entre vifs passe devant Cousinet & Bergeron, Notaire3 au Ch&telet de Paris le treize Mars Mil six cent trente-neuf, sur lequel Fief et Seigneurie il y a un Moulin nouvellement construit, et qui n'est point encore acheve, et une Eglise et un Presbitere sur un terrain de deux arpents en superficie k I'usage du Cure, un arriere fief contenant un quart de lieue de front au-dessus de la Riviere • Champlain, sur une lieue de profondeur possede par les heritiers La Touche de Champlain, charge envers les dits Reverends Peres de la Foi et Hommage suivant la Coutume, dont les habitants censitaires qu'en dependent seront declares k leur rang dans le present aveu et denombrement. Sexto, le Fief et Seigneurie du Cap de la Magdeleine, contenant deux lieues de front le long du fleuve St. Laurent, depuis le Cap nomme les trois rivieres, en descendant le dit fleuve, jusqu'3, Tendroit ou les dites deux lieues peuvent s'etendrc sur vingt lieues de profondeur, les dites deux lieues situees du Cote du Nord du dit Fleuve, et en icelles comprises les Bonis des Rivieres & Prairies qui sont sur le dit Fleuve, & sur les dites trois Rivieres aux dits Reverends Pdres appartenant, comme leur ayant ete donne par le m§me Sieur Jacques de Laferte, abbe de la Magdeleine, par contrat de donation entre vifs passe devant Trettie et . Duchesne, Notaires au ChStelet de Paris, le vingt Mars Mil six cent cinquante-un, sur lequel Fief et Seigneurie il y a une eglise et Presbitere sur un terrain de trois arpents en superficie k I'usage du Cure: deux arrieres-fiefs en outre des dites deux lieues de front sur vingt lieues de profondeur, le premier d'une demie lieue de front sur deux lieues de profondeur concede k feu Jacques Hertel, Sieur de la Frenaye, appartenant k un nomme Chartier, charge envers les dits Reverends Peres de la Foi 310 ■et Hommage suivant la coutume, le deuxieme d'une demie lieue de front sur la m§me profondeur de deux lieues concedees & feu Nicolas Marsolet, Sieur de St. Ao-nan, charge egatement envers les dits Reverends Peres de la Foi et Hommage suivant la Coutume, la dite etendue de deux lieues de front sur vingt lieues de profondeur, cora- posant avec les deux arrieres-fiefs de demie lieue chacun de front sur deux lieues de profondeur, le dit Fief et Seigneurie du Cap de la Magdeleine, situe au nord du neuve St. Laurent, joignant en total au Nord-Est du Fief et Seigneurie de Champlain et au bout de la profondeur du dit Fief de Champlain aux terres non concedees et au . Sud-Ouest au Cap et terres de Trois Rivieres: sur .lequel Fief et Seigneurie est un trjOisi£me arriere fief d'un quart de lieue de front sur une demie lieue de profondeur. Borne au Nord-Est k l'arrilre-fief Marsolet & au Sud-Ouest au premier censitaire du dit Fief et Seigneurie possede par les heritiers de Joseph Rivard, k la charge de la Foi et Hommage envers les dits Reverends Peres et de payer un marc d'argent k chaque mutation de possesseur, les habitants censitaires des dites trois arrieres fiefs seront declares a leur rang dans le dit aveu et denombrement: les dits six Fiefs et : Seigneuries sis & situSs dans le District de Quebec. Septimo, le Fief et Seigneurie aux dits Reverends Pere appartenant sis vers les Trois-Rivieres de vingt trois arpents de front sur le fleuve St. Laurent, sur vingt-cinq arpents de profondeur, borne ;du cote du Nord-Est k la Commune de Trois-Rivieres, et au Sud-Ouest k la censive du Roy & de quatre-vingt-seize arpents en superficie, etant au bout de la profondeur des vingt-cinq arpents qui eontjent la dite commune, Borne du cote du Nord-EsL a- Monsieur le Chevalier de Niverville, et du cote du Sud-Ouest au Marquisat Dusable, par le devant au Sud-Est a la profondeur de la dite commune et par derriere au Nord-Ouest k la censive du Roy aux dits Reverends Peres appartenant, comme com- pris dans les Lettres d'Araortissement de Sa Majeste ti^s chretienne du douze May Mil six cent soixante-dix-huit. Octavo, le Fief et Seigneurie de Pile St. Christophe •etant au milieu de la Riviere des Trois-Rivieres, contenant quatre-vingt arpents ou environ eioigne d'une demie lieue tant du Cap des Trois-Rivieres que du Cap de la Magdeleine, ayant du cote du Sud 1'lle Sauvaget & Claude David du cote du Nord de Pile du Sieur Boucher, & du cote de l'Est l'lle de la Poterie, k eux appartenant pour leur avoir ete concede par Mr. de Lauzon, cy devant Gouverneur-General en la Nou- "velle-France, le vingt Octobre mil six cent einquante-quatre pour en jour par eux en franehe aumone a perpetuite sans aucune charge. Nono, le Fief et Seigneurie vulgairement nomme de Pachirigny situe en la ville des Trois-Rivieres consistant d'une part en quatre perches de terre de front sur hnit perches de profondeur , concede par Monsr. Montmagny, ci-devant Gouverneur General de la Nouvelie France k feue Pachirigny Capitaine Sauvage dans le dit lieu des Trois Rivieres, & d'autre part ■en vingt toises en quarre d'augmentation concedees au mSine Pachirigny par Mon. Daillebbut aussi ci-devant Gouverneur en la Nouvelie France, les dites deux . portions de terre contigues et tenante en leur totalite du c6te du Nord Est a la rue St Louis, du cote du Sud Ouest k la rue St Antoine, par le devant au Sud Est a la rue qui separe le dit fief d'avec les fortifications de la dite ville, et par le derriere au Nord Ouest k la rue Notre Dame, a titre de fief et Seigneurie haute, moyenne et basse justice, appartenant aux dits Reverends Peres, comme leur ayant ete concede apres la mort du dit Pachirigny, par Messieurs de Calliereset Bochardde Champigny ' Gouverneur General et Intendant, le vingt trois Octobre Mil six cent quatre vingt dix neuf avec le fief et Seigneurie de Sillery cy-dessus explique, approuve par Sa Majeste ties chretienne le 6ix may mil sept cent deux, sur lequel fief et Seigneurie . les dits Reverends Peres n'ont aucun domaine, mais ou il y a une place de quatre vingt six pieds, et demie de front sur la dite rue Notre Dame sur cent deux pieds de profondeur en revenant vers le Sud Est, laquel le place est restee jusqu'i present en cette etat, attendu que le corps de garde occupait ancienhement une grande maison situee sur la dite place, & dont les dits Reverends Peres n'ont point dispose, raalgre la translation qui a ete faite dans le temps du Gouvernement Francais du dit ancien corps de garde pres le Gouvernement ou il a ete construit aux frais de Sa Majeste tres chretienne un batiment k cet effet. Decimo, le fief et Seigneurie vulgaireraent • appelie la prairie de la Magdeleine, contenant deux lieues de front sur quatre lieues ^^L^IL, 311 de profondeur, situe le long du fleuve St Laurent ducotedu Sud, a commencer depuis l'He Ste Heiene jusqu'd, un quart de lieue au deli d'une prairie dite de la Magdeleine^ vis-a-vis les iles qui sont proches du Sault de l'lle de Montreal, ensemble, les bois, Prairies, Lacs, Rivieres, Etangs & Carrieres qui se trouveront dans-la dite etendue, avec droit de pe*che dans le Fleuve St. Laurent & des iles Boquet & Foquet, He de Jones, Batures & Carrieres qui sont au-devantde3 dites deux lieues de front avec tous droits de Seigneurie, haute, moyenne et basse justice, dont le front du dit fief & Sei- gneurie joint au Nord, est le Barronnie de Longueuil & du Sud Ouest le fief et Seigneurie du Sault St. Louis, sur lequel fief et Seigneurie il n'y a point de domaine reserve: mais deux Eglises et deux PresbitereSj l'une au village des Prairies et l'autre k la cote St-Phillippes, construits sur des terrains a I'usage des Cures, le3 dits quatre fiefs et Seigneuries scis et situes dans le district de Montreal. Que sur le3 dits fiefs & Seigneuries de Notre Dame des Anges, de St. Gabriel, de Belair, de Silleiy, de Batiscan, du Cap de la Magdeleine, du fief vers les Trois Rivieres, de l'He St. Christophe, de Pachirigny, sont les etablissements & habitan3 censitaires, ainsi qu'il suit dans l'aveu et denombrement cy-apres et des autres parts. Ici se trouve le denombrement des etablissements et habitants censitaires dans & chaque Seigneurie. (48 pages). Lequel aveu & denombrement contenant quarante-huit pages. Le dit comparant au dit nom, nous a dit contenir la verite & a signe avec nous, ainsi signe sur le registre, Fred : Haldimand & Casot: Lequel aveu & denombrement, nous recevons sous le Bon Plaisir de Sa Majeste, et sans prejudicier en aucune fagon k l'article de l'Acte de Quebec, concernant les maisons Religieuses. En temoin de quoy nous lui avons fait expedier et ddlivrer ces presentes, que nous avons signe, k icelles fait apposer le cachet de nos armes et contresigner par le Greffier du Papier Terrier. Signe: Fred. Haldimand, plus has par Son Excellence P. F. CugnetTavecParaphe. Collationnee & vidime mot k mot par les Notaires Publics en la Province de Quebec, soussignes, en presence de Gabriel Elzear Taschereau, Thomas Scott, Ecuyers, .deux des Commissaires etablis pour 1'Enqulte des biens imraeubles des Jesuites en cette Province a l'expedition en papier, exhibee aux dits Commissaires par le Reve-r rend Pere Jean Joseph Casot, Pi §tre Religieux & Procureur des Jesuites en la chambre de la Procure du College de Quebec & k 1'instant a eux remis. » Quebec le dix-neuf May Mil sept cent quatre vingt huit. (Signe) J. PINGUET, Xre Public. CHS. YOYER, THO. SCOTT, 0. E. G. TASCHEREAU, C. E. Certifiee pour vrai copie de l'Aveu et Denombrement fait par le Reverend Pere* Casot, en 1781. Departement des Terres de la Couronne, Quebec 11 mars 1890. (Signe) E. E. TACH^, Assistant Commissaire. TRANSLATION OF DECLARATION MADE BY REY. FATHER CAZOT BEFORE GOVERNOR HALDIMAND, QUEBEC, 19th MAY, 1T8S. Districts op Quebec and Montreal.—The Reverend Jesuit Fathers, 12th December, 1781. In proceeding to the preparation of the " Papier Terrier "of the Kings Domain in the Province of Quebec. . Appeared at the Chateau St. Louis in the City of Quebec and before us Frederick Haldimand, Captain General and Governor in Chief of the Province of Quebec, 312 and territories, thereon dependant in America, Yice Admiral and Custodian of the Great Seal of the same, General and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's troops in the said Province and Frontiers, etc., etc., the Reverend Father Jean Joseph Cazot, Priest of the Society of Jesus, Administrator of the Missions of the said Society established in this Province and of their College as "well in the City of Quebec as in that of Montreal, who in his said capacity has acknowledged and declared that the Reverend Jesuit Fathers hold in full fief from His Majesty the fiefs and Seigniories hereinafter enumerated as in and by His Letters Patent of Amortissement granted by His Most Christian Majesty to the said Reverend Fathers of the said Society on the twelfth day of May sixteen hundred and seventy-eight, without, in virtue of these presents, it being possible for them to be compelled to part with the said fief and Seigniories, without their being obliged to pay to His Majesty any rights or dues whatever, to make grants, to render faith and homage, to pay the indemnity or right of Franc Fief and Nouveau Acquilt, except in accordance with the other titles, by right of which they possess which as regards each of the Fiefs and Seigniories in particular shall be hereinafter set forth in the present Aveu et denombrement, namely:— Rrst. The Fief and Seigniory of Notre Dame des Anges commonly called Charles-Bourg, containing in extent of land four leagues near the City of Quebec stretching towards the Mountains on the west, situated in part on the small River St. Charles and in part on the River St. Lawrence, which was granted to them by title of the tenth day of March Sixteen hundred and twenty-six, by Mons. the Duke of Yantadour, heretofore Yiceroy of New France, confirmed by the Company on the fifteenth day of January sixteen hundred and twenty-seven, and which composes the said Fief and Seigniory of Notre Dame des Anges which is one league in width, by the said extent of four leagues in depth, bounded on the North East side by the Fief and Seigniory of Beauport and on the South West side by the Fief and Seigniory of Dorsainville, bounded in front in part by the little River St. Charles, part by the River St. Lawrence, and in the rear, at the end of said depth, by lands not yet granted, on which said Fief and Seigniory there stands a Church dedicated to St. Charles and a Presbytery built on a piece of land of about four arpents in superficies for the use of the Cure, and four different Domains which the said Seigniors have reserved to themselves to wit, one of seven arpents by forty in depth, whereof fifty-four arpents are of arable land, twenty in pasturage, and the rest in wood. A like piece or Farm of two arpents in width by thirty in depth whereof fifteen arpents are of arable land, five suitable for pasturage, and the remainder in wood, the said Farm termed the passage, whereof the said Reverend Fathers hold a Lease, a like piece of land of twenty arpents in superficies, all in pasturage, another domain of seven arpents two perches in width bv fifty in depth whereof one hundred arpents are of arable land, sixty pasturage and the remainder in wood. That in the said Fief and Seigniory is a dependant Fief called Fief Begon, . belonging at the present time, to Charles Stewart Esquire, containing four arpents and some perches in width on the River and twenty-four arpents in depth, in the rear of which the said dependant fief has a width of seven arpents by the total depth of the said Fief and Seigniory, charged with faith and homage to the said Reverend Fathers as Feudal Lords, and subject to the payment of one years dues on each change of owner, and to the " relief" in case of sale, in which dependant fief there are two domains, the first on the bank of the River to the extent of the width of the said dependant fief and having the said depth of twenty-four arpents, whereon there is a two story Stone House, a Barn and a Stable, twenty arpents of arable land and eighty of pasturage; the second being often arpents in width, therein comprised a piece of land on Roture having the depth of the said Fief and Seigniory whereon there are the same buildings as those above mentioned, an Orchard of about three arpents in superficies, planted with fruit trees, twelve arpents in arable land, four in pasturage, and the rest in wood. The Censitaires holding land in the said dependant fief shall be hereinafter enumerated according to their place, and be it moreover observed that the Island called " lie aux Ruaux " situated in the said River St. Lawrence, which was granted to the said Reverend Fathers in Fief and Seigniory comprised in the Letters Patent of His Most Christian Majesty of the twentieth March Sixteen hundred and sixty eight forms part of the said fief and Seigniory of Notre-Dame des Anges and belongs to the Seigniorial Manor which tbey granted to Mons. Guilleniin deceased, heretofore Councillor of the Superior Council of New France for the price of fifteen livres of rent and two sols, as cens, which said Island has changed hands and the actual holder of which is to them unknown, having neither received payments of lods et vents for the different changes since the conquest. Second. The Fief and Seigniory of St. Gabriel commonly known under the names of Ancienne et jeune Lorette, containing one league and a half in width by ten in depth given to the said Reverend Fathers by Robert Giffart, Esq., Seignior of Beauport and Dame Marie Renouard, his wife, by act of gift inter vivos yasaed before Paul Yachon, Notary at Quebec on the second of November Sixteen hundred and sixty-seven, and by error dated the eleventh of the said month in the letters of Amdrtissement. In order to understand the said width of one league and a half in width and such as is hereinabove set forth conformably to the said letters of Amor- tissement it is necessary to remark that the said Giffard obtained from the Company of New France a first Deed of Grant dated the sixteenth of April Sixteen hundred and forty seven of two leagues of land in New France to take the same from the same locality as his first concession, adjoining the same, or as near as may be, by ten leagues in depth from the lands lying towards the North West, to be enjoyed by him in full property justice and Seigniory and to hold the same subject to faith and. homage, which he, his successors or legal representatives shall be obliged to render at Fort St. Louis at Quebec conformably to the customs of the Prevote & Yicomte de Paris, subject to the condition that the nomination of the Judges whom he may therein establish shall revert of right to the Parliament or the Sovereign Court which shall be hereafter created in the name of the said Company at Quebec or elsewhere, but inasmuch as the said Giffart has not been able to enjoy that which formed the object of the first concession, because his land was bounded" by lands granted to the said Reverend Fathers, and on the other side by lands granted to the Company of Beaupre, he asked the said Company in order that the said first concession might not prove useless to him, to transfer and grant to him another in a locality not yet granted to the North or to the South, in consequence whereof he obtained a second Deed of Grant dated the fifteenth day of May in the said year Sixteen hundred and forty-seven of the same quantity of land set forth in the said first concession to be taken near there and from lands not yet granted either to the north or to the south in manner to be decided upon by Mr. De Montmagny, then Governor of New France, and that by the said gift inter vivos made by the said-Giffart and his wife emanating I from the said first Deed of Grant, they only gave to the said Reverend Fathers the said league and a half hereinabove mentioned of the said two leagues of frontage,* the said Giffard and his wife having reserved the said half league over and above at a distance of one league and a half from the River which is the limit of the depth of the Fief and Seigniory of Sillery belonging to the said^Reverend Fathers, said Fief and Seigniory of St. Gabriel extending on the north east as far as les Dames Reli- gieuses of the Hotel Dieu owing to the said league and a half granted to them by the said Giffart and his wife, which comes under the jurisdiction of the Fief St. Gabriel,1 it having been detached therefrom by the said Giffard, and on the South West side to the Fief and Seigniory of Champigny, belonging to the heirs Peuvret, represented I by Sieur Duchesnay, on which said Fief and Seigniory the said Reverend Father™ have a domain of four or five arpents or thereabouts in superficies and two Churches 'dedicated to Our Lady of Lorette, as well as two Presbyteries constructed on the lands, each of three arpents in superficies, for the use of the Cures. Third. The Fief and Seigniory of Belair, otherwise called "La Montagne a Bonhomme " containing one league in front by about two in depth situated in the rear of the Fief and Seigniory Demaure or St. Augustin, extending towards the River Jacques Carrier, bounded on the Son th West by the Fief and Sei^niorv of Neuviile or Point aux Trembles, and on the other side, to the North East by the Fief and Seigniory of Godarville, at one extremity towards the South East in front by the Seigniory of Demaure or St. Augustin and at the other extremity to the North West by the River Jacques Cartier which belongs to them in virtue of different acquisitions which they have obtained from the heirs and representatives of the late Guillaume Bonhomme, to whom the said Fief and Seigniory belonged, having been granted to him by Messrs de la Barre and Demeules, Governor General and Intendant of New France on the twenty fourth day of November Sixteen hundred and eighty two the same to be enjoyed by himself and his heirs or representatives hereafter under title of Fief and Seigniory, possessing High mean and low justice with right of Fishing and hunting throughout the whole extent of the said lands, subject to faith and homage to be rendered at Fort St. Louis at Quebec whence spring all usual rights and dues according to the Coutume, that the nomination of the Judge who shall therein be established shall revert to the Prevoti of Quebec and that they provide for the welfare of the tenants, to preserve and cause to be preserved all trees of Oak which may be found fit and proper for the construction of Ships, to give notice to the King, or to his Governors, of the discovery of any Mines Ores or Minerals should any be found throughout the extent of the said lands, and to leave open, and cause to be left open all necessary roads and passages, which Deed of Grant was confirmed by order of the Kings Council of State on the fifteenth day of April Sixteen hundred and eighty four; for which Fief and Seigniory the Reverend Father Claude Dupuy administrator of the Missions and College of the said Society rendered faith and homage to His Most Christian Majesty represented by Monsieur Hocquart heretofore Intendant of New France on the eighth day of April Seventeen hundred and thirty three, in which said Fief and Seigniory there is a domain established containing nine arpents in width by the depth of the said Fief and Seigniory whereof fifty arpents are arable land, twenty are in pasturage and the remainder in wood. Fourth. The Fief and Seigniory of Sillery situated on the Bank of the River St. Lawrence being one league in width by a league and a half or thereabouts in depth extending as far as the Fief and Seigniory of St. Gabriel, which bounds it in the rear, bounded on the North East side by the Point de Puiseaux and by the line which separates the said Fief and Seigniory from that of St. Michel belonging to the Reverend Gentlemen of the Seminary of Quebec, and on the South West side by the Fief and Seigniory of Godarville with right of mean and low justice and of fishing to them belonging in and by virtue of a Deed of Grant made in their favor by Messieurs de Callieres and Bochard de Champigny heretofore Governor General and Intendant of New France on the twenty third day of October Sixteen hundred and ninety nine, at the foot of which grant appears the approbation of His Most Christian Majesty to the said concession dated the sixth day of May Seventeen hundred and two, in which said Fief and Seigniory there are two dependant Fiefs subject thereto, namely that of Monceaux belonging to Sieur Charles Auguste Reaume, containing seven arpents in width by about forty five or fifty in depth subject to the obligation of Faith and Homage and to the payment of all rights and dues to the Seigniorial Manor of the said Fief as prescribed by the Coutume ; and that of St. Ursula belonging to the Ursuline Nuns of Quebec containing two hundred and fifty three Arpents in superficies, without any other obligation than that of extending their good will and charity to the children of the Indians and to give a simple Aveu et denombrement of the said land to the said Reverend Fathers every twenty years ; a domain containing One hundred arpents in superficies granted to Sieur Jean Bond- field and a Church and Presbetery standing on the piece of land four arpents in superficies for the use of the Cure. Fifth. The Fief and Seigniory of Batiscan being about two leagues in front on the River St. Lawrence by twenty Leagues in depth, bounded on "the North East side by the Fief and Seigniory of Ste. Marie and on the South West side by the Fief and Seigniory of Champlain, in front by the River St. Lawrence, and in the rear by a i i - ,. + „Mr,fmi tho cr-i^pl'^unrnnir to the said Reverend Fathers, who acquired X^]&2^ and Almoner in Ordinary to the King Abbe of St. Magdeleine, one of the members of the Company of ISew France by Seed of Gift inter°vivos,passed before Cousinet & ^^9^^^^^ telet of Paris on the thirteenth day of March Sixteen hundred and Jhirty nine on which said Fief and Seigniory there is a Mill newly built, but which is not yet completed aid a Church and Presbetery standing on a piece of land of two arpents in TperficL for the use of the Cure appendant fief containing a qnarter of a League inwidth, above the River Champlain by one league in dep h, postedb> the Heirs of La louche de Champlain, subject to Faith and Homage in favor of thesaid Reve rend Fathers according to the Custom and the Censitaires thereof shall be enumerated according to their rank in the present Aveu et denombrement. Z?JM &?ixth The Fief and Seigniory of Cap de la Magdeleine containing two leagues in fronfatont the S . Lawrence beginning at the Cape called the Three Rivers and d^ffi River to a plaice where the said two leagues would terminate bvWenS? leagues in depth, the said two leagues being situated on the >orth^side of the S Rive/comprising the Banks of the Rivers and the pasture lands which lie on the said River, and on the said three Rivers belonging to the sa*Bewwd Fathers, the same having been granted to them by the said Sieur J«g~deLflfeite Ahho of La Magdeleine by Deed of Donation inter vivos passed before lreme anci DucLfne Notafetat the'chatelet of Paris on the twentieth day of March Sixteen huiidredand fifty one, and in which Fief and Seigniory there is a Charon *^P£- beterv built on a piece of land three arpents in superficies for the use of the Cure two dependant fiefs over and above the said two leagues in width by twerJy indepth^ the firet having a width of half a league by a depth of two leagues grantedt0Jacques Hertel, deceased, Sieur of La Fre nay e belonging to one Chartier■subject tofeithand homage towards' the said Reverend Fathers according to the Cou ume the^cond beinglialf a league in width by the said depth of two J^ «-g^£, ™S Mnr^lPt doeeased Sieur of St. Agnan, likewise subject to faith and nomagt iwmuuh the" d t» Fathers according'to the Contuse the said extent of two league inwidth by twenty in depth forming together with the two ^pendant bef» rf ba fa I LJuein width, by two in depth, the said Fief and Seigniory ot Capdela ilngdele me stoated to the north of the River St. Lawrence bounded in its entnet^towads the forth East by the Fief and Seigniory of Champlain and in the rear of the .aid Fief PhamnHin by lands not vet granted and on the South West by the Cape and lands Sffita which Filf and Seigniory, there is a thM dependenceof a qnarter of a league in width by half a leagne m ^j^^Tlwi^ offtJ life shaU be ehumeSratedPacco,-din'g to their rank in the present Aveu etiej taement: the said six fiefs and Seigniories lying and situated m the District of SEVENTH. The Fief and Seignioiy belonging to the Reverend Fathers situated set Three Rivers being twenty three arpents wide on the River St. Ijawrence oy ?lentr fivfarpents in°depth, bounded o/the Xorth East by the Common of Three ! don6thePSouth WeSb^the Kings Domain and being ™*fc«-g» \£ fuperfi'cies, beingin the rear of the depth of twenty five ar pent* ^^ChevXr de I Ltd Common, bounded on the North East side by lands of Mons le Cheva er ae HverviTirand on the South West side by the lands of the Marquisatc DmSKJ front to the South East by the depth 01 the saidCommon ir.the rear t.the >o, h River of Three Rivers containing eighty arpents or thereabout,, half a league distant 22 316 as well from the Cape of Three Rivers as from the Cape of La Magdeleine, having on its South side the He Sauyaget and Claude David, on the North side of the Island ' of Sieur Boucher, and on the East side of the Island of LaPoterie to them belonging -they having obtained the same from Mr. de Lauzon, heretofore Governor General of New Frauce on the twentieth day of October Sixteen hundred and fifty four to be held by them in " franche aumone " for ever without condition. Ninth. The Fief and Seigniory commonly called Pachirigny situatein the Town of Three Rivers consisting partly offourperches in front in width,.by eight in depth granted by Mr. de Montmagny, heretore Governor.General of New France to Paehe- rigny deceased, Indian Chief, in the said locality of Three Rivers, and partly of twenty square toises of an increase, granted to the said Pachirigny by Mr. Daillebout also heretofore Governor of New France, the said two portions of land adjoining and bounded in their entirety by St. Louis Street on the North East side, St. Antoine Street on the South West side, and in front to the South East by the Street which separates the said Fief from the fortifications in the said Town and in the rear to the North "West by Notre Dame Street, under title of Fief and Seigniory, high, low and mean justice belonging to the said Reverend Fathers, the same having been conceded to them after the death of the said Pachirigny by Messieurs de Callieres & Bochard de Champigny Governor General and Intendant respectively on the twenty third of October Sixteen hundred and ninety nine with the Fief and Seigniory of Sillery hereinabove described and approved of by His Most Christian Maj'esty on the -sixth day of May Seventeen hundred and two, in which said Fief and Seigniory the said Reverend Fathers have no domain whatever, but wherein there is a place eighty- six feet and a half in width on the said Notre Dame Street by One hundred and two feet in depth towards the South East, which place has remained up to the present time in this state inasmuch as the garrison formerly occupied a large house situated on the said land, and whereof the said Reverend Fathers have made no disposal, notwithstanding that under the French Government the then Garrison near the 'Government House was removed to a building constructed for its use at the expense of His Most Christian Majesty. Tenth. The Fief and Seigniory commonly called Laprairie de la Magdalene containing_two leagues in width by four leagues in depth situated on the bank of the River St. Lawrence on the South side, beginning at St. Helens Island and extending a quarter of a league beyond a Prairie called de La Magdeleine opposite the Islands which are near the Sauk of the Island of Montreal, together with the Woods, Prairies .Lakes, Rivers, Marshes and Quarries which may be found throughout its extent with right to fish in the River St. Lawrence, and the Islands Boquei and Poquet, Island de Jones, and tho Islets and Rocks which are to be found in front of the said two leagues of width, with all the Seigniorial rights, high, low and mean justice; the said Fief and Seigniory being bounded in front to the North by the Barony of Lon- gueuil, and to the South West by the Fief and Seigniory of Sault St. Louis, in which said Fief and Seigniory no domain has been reserved but two Churches and two Presbeteries, one of the Village des Prairies and the other at Cote St. Phillippes have been constructed on the lands for the use of the Cures, the said four Fiefs and Seigniories being situated and lying in the District of Montreal. That on the said Fiefs and Seigniories of Notre Dame des Anges, St. Gabriel, Belair, Sillery, Batiscan," Cap de la Magdeleine, the Fief at Three Rivers, He St. Christophe, de Pachirigny are the establishments and Censitaires as set forth in the Aveu et Denombrement hereinafter mentioned, and elsewhere. (Here follows the denombrement of the holdings and of the Habitants, Censitaires in each Seigniory, 48 pages.) The said Appearer in his said capacity declares this to contain the truth, and has signed with us. Thus signed in the Registry " Fred. Haldimand and Cazot," which said Aveu et Denombrement we receive according to the good pleasure of His jfajesty and. without in any wise prejudicing the section in the Quebec Act concerning religious houses. In witness whereof we have caused these presents to be 317 forwarded and delivered to him, having first signed them and having thereto caused the seal of our Arms to be attached thereto and countersigned by the Clerk of the ** Papier Terrier." Signed Fred. Haldimand, and lower down by His Excellency, P. P. Cugnet,with Paraphe. Collated and compared word for word by the undersigned Notaries Public for the Piovince of Quebec, in the presence of Gabriel Elzear Taschereau, Thomas Scott, Esquires, two of the Commissioners created for the Enquete respecting, and for the recording of the immoveable property of the Jesuits in this Province, declared to the said Commissioners by the said Father Jean Joseph Cazot, Priest and Director of the Jesuits, in the Treasurers office of the College of Quebec, and thereupon to them delivered. Quebec, 19th May, Seventeen hundred and eighty-eight. . r (Signed) J. PINGUET, Nre Public. CHS VOTER, THOMAS SCOTT, C. E. G. TASCHEREAU, " Certified true copy of the Aveu et Denombrement made by the Reverend Father Cazot in 1781. Department of Crown Lands, Quebec, 11th March 1890. (Signed) E. E. TACffl£, Assistant Commissioner. lM." COPY OF COMMISSION ISSUED BY LORD DALHOUSIE, 19th DECEMBER 1827. Signed Dalhousie Governor. George the Fourth by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and . Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith :— To the Chief Justice of Our Court of Kings Bench 'of and for Our District of Montreal in our Province of Lower Canada, and other the Justices of Our said Court. Greeting. Whereas all and every the Estates real and personal, moveable and immoveable situate in Canada which did heretofore belong to the late order of Jesuits have become and are vested in and do beloug to us. And whereas we are lawfully seized and possessed of the Seigniory of Sault -St. Louis making part and parcel of the said Estates situated lying and being in Our. said District of Montreal by reason of which said Seigniory we are also seized possessed and entitled to divers domains " ArrUres Fiefs " " Droit de Quint " " Cens'* " Droit de Lods et Ventes" rights of{< Banaliti" of Mills, rents and other Seigniorial rights dues and dutieSj belonging due and owing to us, upon and in respect of rents, tenements, real or immoveable Estates situated in the said Seigniory, and which were heretofore held and enjoyed by the said late Order of Jesuits as Seigniors in possession of the said Seigniory. And whereas our rights and interests in the said Seigniory of Sault St. Louis are liable to be impaired and suffer diminution and cannot be effectually and sufficiently enforced for the want of a Papier Terrier or Land Roll of the said Seigniory which it is necessary should be made and completed forthwith in due form of law. Now Know Ye that in consideration of the premises and in order to maintain and preserve Our just and legal rigv .s in the said Seigniory We do assign, authorize and require you that, at the instance of our Attorney General or in ease of his absence from our said District of Montreal, of Our Solicitor General of our said Province, you do enjoin and command in such manner and form as maybe usual and may serve to convey due notice to the persons concerned, all and every the Vassals Lessees, Emphyteutic Lessees, Tenants, " Censitaires " and persons hold in o- and seized or possessed as owners of and in lands and tenements situated in the said Seigniory of Sault St. Louis/ subject and liable to such feudal and Seignioriat rights dues and duties as aforesaid, that they do appear before such Public Notary as by you may be appointed ih this behalf, at some certain time and place in the said Seigniory and before such Notary to whom we hereby give the necessary authority for that purpose render fealty and Homage for and in respect of the Fiefs by them half of the -said Seigniory, and make and deliver " Aveu et denombrement " containing a description in detail of the said Fiefs with their names, boundaries and Abuttals, to be signed by them and the said Notary, and also by the said Lessees, Emphyteutic "Lessees, Tenants " Censitaires " and persons aforesaid. That they do also designate and point out the lands and tenements by them held of us in the said Seigniory and all and every the " cens " rents and other Seigniorial rights to which the same are subject or liable : that they do acknowledge the same and make out and deliver in the form required by law a true and faithful Declaration of the extent, boundaries, rents, charges, dues and duties of and upon the said lands, and tenements whereof they are or may be respectively seized, and* that they do pay and satisfy all feudal and Seigniorial rights dues and duties accrued thereupon, and exhibit the titles by which they respectively hold said lands and tenements in order that a Land Roll or a Papier Terrier " thereof may be made in the usual and accustomed manner. And in case of refusal or neglect to yield obedience in the premises We do will and require (due regard being had to our Royal Prerogative and just and legal rights) that the person and persons so refusing and neglecting be summoned before you in due courie or Law to the end that thereupon you may cause to be done what to right and justice shall appertain. ^g|| And We Do further assign, will and require, you to do and execute, and cause to be done and executed, all other matters and things appertaining to your office as Justices of Our said Court that may lawfully be done for the better and more perfect making and completing of a true and exact land Roll or *' Papier Terrier " of the said Seigniory of Sault St. Louis in the form required by law. In Testimony Whereof we have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Our said Province of Lower Canada to be hereunto affixed. Witness our trusty and well beloved George. Earl of Dalhousie, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath, Our Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over the Province of Lower Canada, Vice Admiral of the same, &c, &c. - At our Castle of St. Louis in Our City of Quebec in Our said Province, the nineteenth day of December in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred ■and twenty-seven and in the Eighth year of Our Reign. Signed. ^-^11 Signed, Ls MONTIZAMBERT, D. Actg Prov. Secy. G. Province of Lower Canada Lettre de Terrier for the Seigniory of Sault St. Louis. . Fiat. Recorded in the Registrars office of the Records at Quebec, the twentieth day of December 1827, in the ninth register of Letters Patent, and commissions, Folio 325. Ls 3IONTIZAMBERT, \^?V§ - Acf9 P^ov. Regr. ! ^ University of British Columbia Library DUE DATE 1 nsj ■■■'<'i * BEC30REB8 QttECtr MOV 2 1 JAN 10 JUL 1 <■ m. JUN t 7 PQ1> KM 1ft Aue '6RFE APR 13 199! P- APR 2 REM FEB -1 198* $E$7 v fa® SEP ' 5 iggg FORM NO. 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Indian treaties and surrenders. From 1680 to 1890. In two volumes. Vol. II
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