200 No. 383. Know att Men sy THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of Chacastapasin’s Band formerly resident on our Reserve in the Duck Lake Agency in the Province of Saskatchewan 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 Chacastapasin Reserve in the Duck Lake Ageney and Province of Saskatchewan containing by admeasurement Twenty Four Square Miles be the same more or less and being composed of the Cha- castapasin Indian Reserve No 98 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 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 pro rata to our credit, and that of the several Bands with whom we have become amalgamated. 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 disposal of the said land and of the money to be derived from the sale thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this 23d day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Ninety Seven Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre- . his ; sence of IXAH-TA-PIS-CO-WaAT,. a [L.S.] R. S. McKEnNztIeE 4c Tee J. I. Price NU-S00-PAH-TAW-WEIN x [L.S.] mark , his GEORGE x SANDERSON [L.8.] mark his JOHN x SANDERSON [L.S.} mark his NAH-NAH-AH-PEAS-TAH x [L.S.] mark his CHARLES x SANDERSON [L.S.]} mark his JoHN x Fox [L.S.] mark his AH-SIN-NU-WE-KA-POW x [L.S.] mark his JAMES x AH-SIN-NU-WA-KA Pow [L.S.] mark 201 DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, Robert PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAY Sutherland McKenzie of the Settlement NortHweEst TERRITORIES, of Duck Lake in the District of Sas- To Wit: katchewan in North West Territories In- ' dian Agent at the Duck Lake Agency Foge (| and Kah-ta-pis-co-wat, Headman of the said Band of Indians, Namely Chaecasta- pasins Band No. 98 Reserve AND the said Robert Sutherland McKenzie 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 Chacastapasin Indian Reserve No. 98, 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. That there is no chief of said Band of Indians but said Kah-ta-pis-co-wat is their Headman. And the said Headman Kah-ta-pis-co-wat, Headman of the said Band of Indians, there being no chief 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 Kah-ta-pis-co-wat. That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not a _ 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 Headman of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. SWORN before me by the Deponents Robert Sutherland McKenzie and Kah-ta-pis- R. S. McKENZIE. co-wat at the Town of Prince Albert his in the District of Saskatchewan this KKAH-TA-PIS-CO-WAT x 25th day of June A.D., 1897 mark, J. H. McGuire ; Judge Sup. Court ING Wels Recorded 19th August 1897 Lib: 149 Fol: 382 JosEPH Popr Dep: Registrar General of Canada 288—16