139 No. 356. i U. 107 Canada. CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP. Territories. Reference Certificate U. 76 South Alberta Land Registration District. This is to Certify that Her Majesty the Queen, is now the owner of an estate in fee simple, of and in East half of Section Twenty-six in Township Twenty and Range Twenty-seven West of the Fourth Initial Meridian containing by admeasurement Three hundred and Twenty acres, more or less subject to the encumbrances, liens and interests notified by Memorial underwritten or endorsed hereon, or which may here- after be recorded in the Register of Titles. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this Fifth day of November A.D. 1894. P. M. BARKER Im & Act Registrar, South Alberta Land Registration District. I Certify that the within instrument is duly entered and Registered in the Land Titles Office for the South Alberta Land Registration District at Calgary in the North West Territories, at 10.10 o’clock A.M. on the 5th day of November A.D. 1894 Number 1321 Book F Fol 149 P. M. BARKER Im. & Act Registrar S. A. DL. BR. D. Dated 5th day of November A.D. 1894 negister U Folio 107 [L.S.] No. 357. Kyow att Men sy tHese Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of The Cumberland Band of Indians resident on our Reserve at Cumberland House 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 Cumberland Indian Reserve in the Province of Saskatchewan containing by admeasurement Six Hundred and Forty and Sixty Six Hundredths Acres be the same more or less and being composed of ALL and SINGULAR that certain parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being part of Cumberland Island composing the Northwest portion of the Cumberland Indian Reserve at Cumberland House, Saskatchewan, North West Territories, and more particularly described as follows :— 140 BEGINNING at the post at the North West Corner of the Reserve of the Hudson’s Bay Company, Thirteen (13) chains, more or less, due North, and Eleven (11) chains, more or less, due West of Cumberland House, and running West Fifty nine (59) chains, thence South One Hundred (100) chains, thence East Sixty Five (65) chains, more or less, to the Edge of Pine Island Lake; thence Northerly along the Western Edge of said Lake to its intersection by the line forming the South boundary of the said Hudson’s Bay Company’s Reserve, thence West along said line Twenty Four (24) chains, more or less, to a post marking the South West corner of the said Reserve of the Hudson’s Bay Company, thence North Forty Two (42) chains and Forty Eight (48) links, more or less, to the point of beginning; Contain- ing an area of Six Hundred and Forty acres and Sixty-six (66) Hundredths of an Acre, more or less; Excepting and Reserving from out the same a small tract of land, at the South Eastern Corner of the Reserve of the Hudson’s Bay Company, Claimed by the Church of Rome and Containing an area of Sixty-Six (66) Hundredths of an acre. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty Tue 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 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 parcel of land. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this Third day of August in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Ninety-three. i livered, in the pre- his st eee SE eee JEREMIAH x CRANE Chief [L.S.] Frep. J. Scorr jnerls S. CARTER JoserH x Paut Councillor [L.S.] JNo. A. CONNOP meee 7! ‘fal 1s aces raeee SAMUEL x GREENLEAF [L.S.] J. Reaver Indian Agent. nae CANADA x [L.S.] mark . his FREDERICK x MCGILLIVRAY [L.S.] mark his PHILIP x GREENLEAF [L.S.] mark his DoNALD x NABAISE [L.S.] mark his NARCISSE x PAUL [L.S.] mark 141 e his Davin x TEABoY [L.8.] mark his JEREMIAH x FRIDAY [L.S.] \ : mark A his ALBERT x GREENLEAF [L.S.] mark his JAMES x STEWART [L.8.] mark his JOSEPH x PauL JR. [L.8.] mark his PETER x Bupp [L.S.] mark DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, George PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN McCrum of the District of Cumberland N. W. Terr. North West Territories Joseph Reader To Wit: Esquire and Jeremiah Crane Chief of the - ! said Band of Indians. AND the said Joseph Reader 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 Cumberland Reserve, Pas 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 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 Jeremiah Crane 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 Joseph Reader, Indian Agent. 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. 142 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 Deponent) J, Reaper Ind Agent at the District of Cumberland in the his _N. W. Terr. this third day of August, | Jeremisn x Crane Chief A.D., 1893. mark Witness GEO. McCruM Gro. McCrum, Jee Ne Wiels Re Sworn before me at Cumberland House this 19th day of Sept. A. D. and re-attested by authority of His | J. Reaper Indian Agent Excellency the Governor General in his 5 Council under the provisions of Sec- JEREMIAH x CRANE Chief tion 2 Cap. 30 of the Statutes of Can- ae ada 54-55 Victoria. Gro. McCrum JB, NAW es Original Surrender accepted by His Excellency the Governor General on the 19th Oct. 1894. JOHN J. McGEE Clerk of the Privy Council. Recorded 12th November 1894. Lib 140 Fol. 363. L. A. CaTELLIER Dep. Registrar General of Canada. No. 358. Know att Men sy truese 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 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 One Acre and Eight one Hundredths of one acre be the same more or less and being com- posed of that parcel of land commencing at a point in the West limit of the road allowance between Ranges Three and Four, at a distance of Seven Links North from the centre line of Lot 9, thence South Sixty-two degrees West Eight chains and Sixty-four Links, thence North Twenty-eight degrees West, One chain and Twenty Links, thence North Sixty-two degrees East Nine chains and thirty-six links to the West limit of the road allowance between Ranges 3 sand 4, thence South Three degrees West One chain and Thirty Nine links to the place of beginning.