180 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 Deponents L. E. Otis and Ned Robertson at the | L. E. Orts Village of Roberval in the County of his Chicoutimi this 21st day of January | N®2 x Rosertson A.D., 1896. |b Pierre D AUTEUIL District Magistrate for Chicoutimi District Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 11th Feb 1896 JOHN J. McGEE Clerk of the Privy Council. Recorded 2nd March, 1896. Lib: 139. Fol: 644, L. A. CATELLIER Dep: Registrar General of Canada. No. 375. Kyow att Men sy THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of The Band of Chippewas and Sauteux Indians resident on our Reserve at St. Peters in the Province of Manitoba 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 St. Peter Indian Reserve in the Province of Manitoba containing by admeasurement seventy seven and one fifth acres be the same more or less and being composed of the Northerly three chains of River lot Number Eighty eight and the Southerly one chain of River lot Number Eighty nine and which may be described as follows—Commencing at a point in the rear boundary of the said lot 88. distant perpendicularly three chains from the limit between lots 88 and 89. thence N. 6° 54 E. along the said rear boundary and of the rear boundary of lot 89., 4.49 chains more or less to a point distant one chain perpen- dicularly from the said limit between lots 88 and 89. thence S. 56° 06’ E. and parallel to the said limit 192.00 chains more or less to the left bank of the Red River thence Southerly along the said bank to a point in lot 88. distant three chains perpendicularly from the said limit between lots 88. and 89. thence N. 56° 06’ W. parallel to the said limit 194.00 chains more or less to the point of commencement excepting therefrom the allowance for road from Lower Fort. 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 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 181 ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the disposal of the said land. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this fourteenth day of September in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety five Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre- ) Chief Wm. ASHAM [L.8.] sence of Councillors Ww. SINCLAIR [L.S.] EK. McOoiu 5 W. D. Harper [L.8.] Inspector of Indian Agencies his is Wo. Gray x Eyes’ [LS.] mark Ee his & x JOHN x PRINCE [L.8.] mark DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me Ebene- PROVINCE OF zer McColl of the City of Winnipeg County or March A.D., 1896 in the Province of To Wit: Manitoba Inspector of Indian Reserves. AND the said Ebenezer McColl 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 St. Peter Indian Reserve 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 Ebenezer McColl 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 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 a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the Deponent Ebenezer McColl at the City of. Winni-- { E. McCott, peg in the County of Selkirk this ninth ( dh (Stove day of March A.D., 1896 J D. M. WALKER Co. Court Judge of the Eastern Judicial District Northern Division. 182 — DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me William PROVINCE OF MANITOBA Asham of St. Peter’s Indian Reserve the CouNTY OF SELKIRK twenty eighth day of November A.D. To Wit: 1895 in the Province of Manitoba Chief «f the Band of Indians of St. Peter’s Re- seive. AND the said William Asham 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 St. Peters Reserve 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 William Asham 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 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 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 William Asham at the City of Win- Wir Aerie nipeg in the County of Selkirk this 28th day of November A.D., 1895. L. ‘A. PruptomMe, County Court Judge, Central Division Eastern Judicial District, in the Province of Manitoba Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 1st April 1896 JOHN J. McGEE Clerk of the Privy Council. Recorded, 5th May, 1896; Lib: 150, Fol: 82, JosEPH Popr, Dep: Registrar General of Canada.