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a and signed by the Chief and Councillors, and by the Principal Men of the
and.
. WILSON JACOBS.
Sworn before me at the Town of Sarnia,
in the County of Lambton, this 20th
day of August, A.D. 1885.
CHARLES ROBINSON,
Judge County Lambton.

Recorded 5th April, 1888. ]
dota 27, Fol... 164. §
L. A. CaTELLIER,
Deputy Registrar-General of Canada.

No. 252.

Know att Men sy 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 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 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.
Ix Wirness WuErEOF, 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.

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Signed, sealed and MicHEL x’ BENEDICT, (Ass!
presence of: j .. ee :
W. J. WHITE, his
RosBert BARR. ALEXANDER x THOMPSON, [L.S.]
mark.
his
THOMAS x LAZAR, [L.8.]
mark.
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PETER x LONGPOINT, [L.8.]
' mark.
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ra PETER x COLWELL, [L.8.]
mark.
DoMINION OF CANADA, 1}
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, |
County oF Huntinepon. §
To Wit: J
Personally appeared before me, George Long, Agent 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 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 Tribe Iroquois, 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 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 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 Baha 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,) THOS. WHITE,
at the Village of St. Regis, in the his
County of Huntingdon, this 16th ALEXANDER = THOMPSON.
day of February, A.D. 1888. J mark.
G. Lona,
Agent.

Recorded 28th March, 1888.
Lib. 117, Folio 469.

L. A. CATELLIER,
Dep. Registrar General of Canada.

IN'o. 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
certain island in the River St. Lawrence aforesaid known by the name of Jacobs