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The Corporate Seal of the Company was
affixed to this deed by order of a Court
of the Company held on the 12th day
of October 1898 in the presence of

JoHN W. Forp
Governor

W. M. Vennine D. C. L.
Charter Clerk

[L.S.]

No. 405.

Know att 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 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 forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, that certain
parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the Township of Mani-
waki in the County of Ottawa and Province of Quebec containing by admeasure-
ment one hundred and one acres be the same more or less and being composed of the
land hereinafter described.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majestsy 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 con-
ducive 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 as to the Department
of Indian Affairs may seem best in our interest.

AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said 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 of the said lands and the disposal of the said money.
Description of parts of Lots 1, 2, and 3 Desert Front Range, Township of Maniwaki,

hereinbefore referred to.—

ALL AND SINGULAR that certain parcel or tract of land situate, lying and
being, composed of parts of Lots 1, 2 and 3 of the Desert Front Range, Township of
Maniwaki, aforesaid, coloured red on the accompanying Plan and more particularly
described as follows: Beginning at the South East Corner of Lot 1 of said Range and
Township and going West 36 Chains more or less to the division line between Lots
3 and 4, thence North following said division line 16 Chains and 50 Links more or
less, to the South boundary of Lot Leased to one John White, thence East following
said South boundary and continuing on the same course 5 Chains and 15 Links more
or less to the South East Corner of Plot of land previously surrendered, thence North
following the East Boundary of said surrendered land 18 Chains and 50 Links more
or less to the South Boundary of Lot 5 of the Village of Maniwaki as shown on
Surveyor John A. Snow’s Plan dated 17th July, 1875, thence East 30 Chains and 85
Links more or less to the East Boundary of Lot 1 of said Range and Township thence
South following said East Boundary 30 Chains more or less to the point of beginning
and containing by admeasurement 101 acres (One hundred and one acres) be the
same more or less.
Desert ont Range,

A true copy (reduee aie of Manwaki, (ue.
20 GE

Chief Surveyor Scale in chains

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1 Dept. of Indian Affairs EAN re ee ae

26 Fely 170

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The bearings are astronomical.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our

seals this thirteenth day of August in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety eight

Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre-

Seas Louis COMMANDANT [L.S.J
TUE MG @NERRET Simon Orsik [L.S.]
Indian Agent. JoHN McDoucGaL [L:S2y
DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, William
PROVINCE OF QUEBEC James McCaffrey Indian Agent, of the
CouNTY OF OTTAWA Village of Maniwaki in the Province of

To Wit: Quebec, and Simon Otjik Chief of the

said Band of Indians.

AND the said William James McCaffrey 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 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 Super~
intendent 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 Sur-
render.

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 William James McCaffrey

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

Maniwaki at the of in | W. J- Bate ;
the County of Ottawa this 20th day ad gen d
of August A.D., 1898. SIMon OTJIk

ANASTASE Roy J.P.

Acecepted by the Governor in Council on the 12th Sept. 1898.

H. G. La MOTHE,
Asst. (RaGs

Recorded 21st October, 1898.
Lib: 149, Fol: 573.
JosEPH PopE
Dep. Registrar General of Canada