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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, | THOMAS GORDON,
Thomas Gordon and Joseph- Fisher, | Indian Agent.
this second day of January, A.D.{ JOSEPH FISHER,

1883. Chief.
Wo. ELLior, ,

County Judge, Mx.
Recorded 9th March, 1883.
Lib. 80, Fol. 568.
L. A. CarTELLizr,
Deputy Registrar-General of Canada.

No. 201.

Wuerras, 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 Commissioners the
Honourable Alexander Morris, the Honourable James McKay and the Honourable
William Joseph Christie, of the one part, and the Plain and Wood Oree 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 ad-
hesion 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 tars Insrrument Wirnessetu, 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 ot Her Govern-
ment of the Dominion of Canada, all his right, title and interest whatsoever, which
he 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 wher-
ever situted, whether within the limits of any other treaty heretofore made or
hereafter to be made with Indians, or elsewhere in Her Majesty’s territories. fica
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, pay-
ments 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 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 “ 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 signa-
ture to the said treaty as Chief of the said Band.

In Wrrness Wuereor, Allan Macdonald, Esquire, Indian Agent, and the said
“Big Bear,” Chief of the 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 Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-two.. his

Signed by the parties hereto, in the pres- JoE x TANNER,

, : 1 mark.
al
ence of the undersigned witnesses, tae Peter Hourie,

same having been explained to the Hie

Indians by the said Allan Macdonald, Louis x LEVEILLEE,
Esq., Indian Agent, through the In- mark,
terpreter, Peter WHourie and Louis his

Pre x A pot, Chief.

Leveillee.
mark.
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A. G. Irvine, Liewt.-Col., Com. N.W.M.P.
Joun Corron, Superintendent and Adjutant, N.W.M.P.
Avuaustus Jakes, M.B., F.S.C., Lond., Surgeon, N.W.M.P.
Frank Norman, Inspector, N.W.M.P.
A. Suurturr, Superintendent, N.W.M.P.
W. R. Assort, Sergeant-Major, N.W.M.P.
W. Routtepcer, Corporal, N.W.M.P.
AuLAN Macponatp, Indian Agent, Treaty No. 4.
his
Bia x Berar, (Chief.)
mark.
Reeorded 30th March, 1883.
Lib. 80, Fol. 624.
L. A. CATELLIER,
Deputy Registrar-General of Canada.

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, and 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 Commisioners, the said the 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 sail 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 Ixad 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 the said Indian reserves, as fully to all intents and pur-
poses as if it had not at any time been included therein, and without any compensa-
tion to individual Indians for improvements of a similar bélt of land on the south
side of the Bow and Saskatchewan Rivers of an average width of one mile along the

seid 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 all our right, title and interest therein.