DoMINION OF CANADA, |
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, \

CouNTY OF BRUCE.
To Wit: |

Personally appeared before me, Henry Madwayosh, of the Saugeen Indian Re-
serve, and James Telfer Conaway of the same place, Indian Agent, and the said Mad-
wayosh being Chief of the said Band of Indians, called Chippewas.

And the said Conaway 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 Chippewas of Nawash, of the full age of

twenty-one years, then present.
That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoued

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 Superin-

tendent-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 Madwayosh 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 Madwayosh, on the 23rd day of July, 1886.
‘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 }

Henry Madwayosh and James Telfer | HENRY H. MADWAYOSH,
Conaway, at the Village of Saugeen,>

in the Co. of Bruce, this 28th day of | JAMES T. CONAWAY.
July, A.D. 1886. | )

Wm. BARRETT, |
Wier udge C.-C. Co. Bruee.
Recorded 6th October, 1886.
Lib. 106, Folio 522.
L. A. CaTELLIER,
Dep. Registrar-General of Canada.

No. 226.

Know ALL Mrn By THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal
Men of the Chippewas of Nawash, resident on our reserve, in the Province of On-
tario 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 elaim 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 Griffith’s Island, in the County of Grey and Province of Ontario, containing by
odmeasurement sixteen acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of that
‘certain portion of Griffith’s Tsland aforesaid described as follows : Commencing at a
post driven at the edge of the bank on the shore of the island at a point north s gs
west magnetically 13 chains, 7 7 links from the centre of the circular stone lighthouse
tower; thence south 80°, west magnetically 6 chains and 91 links; thence south 10°,
east magnetically 20 chains; thence north 80°, east magnetically 5 chains and 80
‘inks, more or less, to a post at the water’s edge of the Georgian Bay; thence following
the coast of the island northward to the place of beginning.

To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and
successors for ever, 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
t» 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 at interest, and that the interest money
accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our
descendants forever, in connection with the Chippewas of Nawash.

And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Chippewas of Nawash
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 and disposal of the said portion of Griffith’s Island.

In Witness WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this
fifth day of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

Signed, sealed and delivered) ABNER ELLIOT, [L:S.]
in the presence of W. ANGUS, ates. .
FRED’K LAMORANDIERE. JAMES TORNALL, _ [L.8.]
JOHN AKIWENZIE, . [L.S.]
CHARLES JONES, [L.S-]
DantieEL ELuiot, = MESS
JO;SEPH AKIWENZIE, [L.8.]
FRANK NabDswov, [L.8.]
PauL JOHNSTON, [L.S.]
SOLOMON JONES. [L.S.]
DoMINION OF CANADA, )
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, [
County oF Bruce.
To Wit: J

Personally appeared before me, J. W. Jermyn, of the Village of Cupe Croker, in

the Province of Ontario, Indian Agent, and Fredk. Lamorandiére, Secretary of the
said Band of Indians.

And the said J. W. Jermyn 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 Chippewas of Cape Croker, 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 accordingeto 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 Superintendent-
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 Fredk. Lamorandiére 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 J. W. Jermyn.
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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 Secretary of the said Band of Indians, and entitled to vote at the
said meeting or council.

Sworn before me by the deponents, |
J. W. Jermyn and Fredk.|
Lamorandiére, at the Village of
Martin, in the County of ey
this 15th day of July, Al D.|
1886. |

Wm. BaRRETT,
Junior Judge Co. Bruce.
Recorded 5th October, 1886.
Mab 106, Kolio 519. i
L. A. CATELLIER, e
Dep. Registrar-General of Canada.

J. W. JERMYN,
Indian Agent.

No. 22%.

eeueues to Her Tuis InpENTURE, made the twenty-first day of July, in the
eS OP Grae, year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-one,

sions © and D, con- between John Harris, of the Town of London, in the County of

taining sv acres, by Middlesex, in the District of London and Province of Canada,
John Harris and his

wife, in trust for Esquire, and Amelia Harris, wife of the said John Harris, of the
the Oneida Nation one part, and Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria, by the Grace
ge tndians. of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Treland,
Queen, Defender of the Faith, of the other part :

Witnesseth, that the said John Harris for and in consideration of the sum of
three hundred pounds of lawful money of the Province of Canada to him in hand
paid at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is
bereby acknowledged, hath granted, bargained, sold, aliened, transferred, surrendered
and yielded up, and by these presents doth grant, bargain, sell, alien, transfer, sur-
render and yield up, unto Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors, all and singular
those certain parcels or tracts of land and premises situate, lying and being in the
Township of Delaware, in the County of Middlesex, in the London District and Prov-
ince aforesaid, containing together by admeasurement four hundred acres, be the
same more or less, and being known as lots numbers eighteen in Blocks C and D,
in the said Township of Delaware ; which said lot eighteen in Block C is butted and
bounded as follows, that is to say :

Commencing at the easterly corner of the said last mentioned lot at the allow-
ance for road between lots numbers eighteen and nineteen ; then south seventy de-
grees, west sixty-seven chains fifty links, more or less, to the allowance for road
between Blocks C and B; then north twenty degrees, west twenty-nine chains eighty
links, more or less ;_ then north seventy. degrees, east sixty-seven chains fifty links ;
then south twenty degrees, east twenty-nine chains eighty links, more or less, to
the place of beginning ; and which said lot eighteen in Block D is butted and bounded
as follows, that is to say :

Commencing at the easterly corner of said last mentioned lot at the allowance
for road between lots numbers eighteen and nineteen; then south seventy degrees,
west sixty-seven chains fifty links to the allowance for road between Blocks D and
C; then north twenty degrees, west twenty-nine chains eighty links; then north
seventy degrees, east sixty-seven chains fifty links ; then south twenty degrees, east
twenty-nine chains eighty links, more or less, to the place of beginning.

Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments and appurtenances
thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions,
remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof, and of every part and