272 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 the town of Sarnia in the County of Lambton this 8th day of May A.D., 1899 W. J. Proctor J.P. A. ENGLISH Indian Agent “Winutiam W. WawanosH Head Chief Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 5th July 1899 JOHN J. McGEE Clerk of the Privy Council. ‘ Recorded 18th July 1899. Lib. 150. Fol. 628. JosePH Pops Dep. Registrar General of Canada. No. 418. Know atu Men sy TuHEse Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of The George Gordon Band of Indians resident on our Reserve in the North West Territories 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 Succes- sors forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the George Gordon Indian Reserve No 86 containing by admeasurement Six Square Miles be the same more or less and being composed of 2 strip of land one mile wide along the Eastern boundary of the said Reserve TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty Tue Queen, her Heirs and Successors forever, in exchange for land of equal area or greater along the Western and Southern boundaries of our said Reserve. 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 said land. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this Nineth day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety nine. Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre-} (H.M.) JoHN CocHRANE [L.S.] sence of (H.M.) Josian Pratt [L.S.] S. SwINrorp his Indian Agent (H.M.) Day x Birp [L.8.] Witness his eee H. A. CarRuTHERS Moses x GORDON [L.S.] Agency Clerk. mark his CHARLES x PRATT [L.S.] mark his ALEXANDER x MCNABB [L.S.] mark 278 his Birrern x NOSE [L.S.] mark ALFRED McNaBB [L.s.] his JXISSISPIASS x [L.S.] mark DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, Sydney Province of Assiniboia Swinford Indian Agent of the Touch- N.W.T. wood Agency Touchwood Hills in the To Wit: Province of Assiniboia and Josiah Pratt Headman of the said Band of Indians. AND the said Sydney Swinford 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 Geo. Gordon’s Reserve No. 86 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 Jand mentioned in the said Release or Sur- render. And the said Josiah Pratt 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 Sydney Swinford 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 Headman of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the Deponents S. Swinrorp at Touch- Indian Agent wood Hills in the North West Terri- { Josian Pratt tories this 12th day of May A.D., 1899 ) Headman JosEPH HoLuis dl IPy Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 11th July 1899 JOHN J. McGEE Clerk of the Privy Council. Recorded ist August 1899 Lib 148 Fol. 567. JOSEPH Popr Dep. Registrar General of Canada