ONTARIO,
CouNTY OF ESSEX.

To Wit: J

[. Ebenezer Watson, of the Town of Sarnia, in the County of Lambton, Esq.,
make oath and say :

i. That IT am a Visiting Superintendent of Indian Affairs, authorized by the
Superintendent General of Indian Affairs of the Dominion of Canada, to attend the
meetings or councils of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon, summoned according to
their rules, for the purposes (among others) of making the annexed release or
surrender.

2. That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the
male members of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon of the full age of twenty-one
vears, at a meeting or council thereof, summoned for that purpose (among others)
according to their rules, and held in my presence, at their council house, in the
Township of Anderdon, and attested by the signatures of thirteen of such male
members appended to the said release or surrender.

Sworn before me, at the Town of)
Sandwich, in the County of Es- | EBENEZER WATSON.
sex and Province of Ontario, { |
this 29th day of April, 1880. |
G. W. Leae@art,
Judge of the County Court, County of Essex.

Recorded 3rd August, 1880,
Lib. 60, Folio 483.

iy. A. Caretrier;
Deputy Registrar-General of Canada.

Now iG.

Kxow ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, the undersigned Chief and Warriors
of the Wyandott Indians, of the Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex and
Province of Ontario, being a majority of the male members of the said Wyandott
Indians of the full age of twenty-one years, in council summoned and assembled for
that purpose, among other things, according to their rules, and held in the preseuce
of Ebenezer Watson, Esquire, Commissioner and Visiting Superintendent of Indian
Affairs, duly authorized to attend such council for and in consideration of the trusts
and for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, and of the sum of one dollar of lawful
rioney of Canada (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged), in our names, and
in the name of the whole, and on the behalf of our said Nation or Band, have given,
assigned, released: and surrendered, and by these presents do give, assign, release
and surrender unto Her Majesty, Her successors and assigns, all and singular those
certain parcels or tracts of land situate, lying and being in the Township of Ander-
cn, in the County of Essex and Province of Ontario, being composed of :

Firstly—The south-east quarter of lot number six, in the third coneession of
the said Township of Anderdon, containing fifty acres, be the same more or less.

Secondly—The south-west quarter of lot number nine, in the fourth concession
of the said Township of Anderdon, containing fifty acres, be the same more or less.

Thirdly—The south-east quarter of lot number nine, in the fourth concession
of the said Township of Anderdon, containing fifty acres, be the same more or less.

Fourthly—The north-west quarter of lot number eight, in the second concession
of the said Township of Anderdon, containing fifty acres, be the same more or less.

Fifthly—The south-west quarter of lot number six, in the third concession of
the said Township of Anderdon, containing fifty acres, be the same more or less.

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To have and to hold the said parcels of land unto Her Majesty, Her successors
ond assigns forever, in trust, and for the purposes following, that is to say: In trust,
to grant, convey and assure the same respectively in fee simple as follows, that is
ta say :—

The parcel of land firstly above mentioned unto Victoria Maguire (wife of
Henry Maguire, of the said Township of Anderdon, farmer) who was formerly a
- member of the said Wyandott Indians.

The parcel of land secondly above mentioned unto Almira Clark, a member of
the said Wyandott Indians. :

The parcel of land thirdly above mentioned unto Christine Ramon, who was
formerly a member of the said Wyandott Indians, and now the wife of Pierre Ramon,

of the Town of Windsor, in the said County of Essex, Inland Revenue Officer.
: ~The parcel of land fourthly above mentioned unto Catherine Bernard, who was
fcrmerly a member of the said Wyandott Indians, and now the wife of John Bernard,
ef the said Township of Anderdon, farmer.

And the parcel of land fifthly above mentioned unto Charlotte Marsh, who was
formerly a member of the said Wyandott Indians, and now the wife of Byron M.
‘Marsh, of the said Township of Anderdon, farmer.

In Wirness WuHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this seventh
day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine,
at our council house, in the Township of Anderdon aforesaid.

Signed, sealed and delivered] his ,

in the presence of : \ ice WHITE, [L.S.]

JosePH WHITE, JOSEPH WARROW, [L.S.]

EBENEZER WATSON. S. Wurre, (LS.

THos. B. WHITE, fL.S.]

Gro. G. CLARKE, HE.S5I

: ALEXANDER CLARKE, [is]

ALEX. WHITE, [L.8.]

THOMAS. WARROW, [L.8.]

JOSEPH WHITE, Eas.)

Lewis WaArRow, [L.8.]

RANDOLPH CLARKE, eS.

his
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mark.

JOSEPH J. CLARK, ies.)

P. D. CLARKE. [L.8.]
ONTARIO,

County oF ESSEx.

To Wit:

I, Ebenezer Watson, of the Town of Sarnia, in the County of Lambton, Esquire,
n.ake oath and say :

1. That I am a Visiting Superintendent of Indian Affairs, authorized by the
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs of the Dominion of Canada to attend the
meetings or councils of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon, summoned according
to their rules, for the purposes, among others, of making the annexed release or
surrender.

9. That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the
male members of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon, of the full age of twenty-one
years, at a meeting or council thereof summoned for that purpose among others),
according to their rules, and held in my presence at their council house, in the
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ship of Anderdon, and attested by the signatures of the Chief and thirteen of

oh male members as appears on reference to the said release or surrender.
Sworn before me, at the Town of ’
Sandwich, in the County of Essex, EBENEZER WATSON.

this 29th day of April, 1880. J
G. W. LEGGATT,
Judge of the County Court of the County of Essex.

ONTARIO, |
County or Essex. | i

To ‘Wat:

I, Joseph White, of the Town of Windsor, in the County of Essex, wine merchant
make oath and say :

1. That I am a member of the Wyandott Indians of the Township of Anderdon,
ond one of the Principal Men present at the meeting or council of the said Wyandott
Indians. whereat the within release or surrender was assented to, and as such entitled
to vote thereat.

2. That the within release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male
members of the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon, of the full age of twenty-one years,
at a meeting or council thereof summoned for that purpose (among others) according
10 their rules, and held in the presence of Ebenezer Watson, Esquire, Visiting Super-
s)tendent of Indian Affairs at their council house in the Township of Anderdon, as
attested by the signatures of the Chief and thirteen others of such male members as
will appear on reference thereto. |

Sworn before me at the Town of Wind-|
sor, in the County of Essex, this 30th} JOSEPH WHITE.
day of April, 1880. J
G. W. LeEaeart,
Judge of the County Court of the County of Essex.
Recorded 29th July, 1880.
Lib. 60, Fol. 430.
L. A. CATELLIER,
Dep. Registrar-General of Canada.

Wo... 201i:

Tus Inpenturr, made the twenty-ninth day of April, in the year of Our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five, between David James Cochrane, of
the District of Alberta, in the North-West Territory, Farmer, of the first part; and
Her Majesty the Queen, of the second part :

Witnesseth, that the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the
sim of three thousand five hundred dollars of lawful money of Canada to him in
hand paid, at or before the sealing and delivery of these Presents (the receipt where-
of is hereby acknowledged) hath granted, releasd, relinquished, abandoned and sur-
rendered, and by these Presents doth grant, release, relinquish, abandon and sur-
render unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her successors and assigns forever, all his
estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever, both at law and in equity
ey otherwise howsoever, and whether in possession or expectancy of, in, to, or out of,
all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and
being on the Blood Indian Reserve aforesaid, and being composed of sixty-two acres,
tnore or less, of land under cultivation, the same being fenced. .

Together with all the improvements, buildings, erections and fences thereon

nd thereunto appertaining and belonging.