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No. 803.

Know ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that we, David Wawanosh, Joshua Wawa-
nosh, Andrew Nageshig, Johnson Wapugais, William Pamussung and George Ash-
quawonabie, Chief and Principal Men of the Tribe of Chippewa Indians, claiming to
be the possessors of a certain island in the River St. Clair, called Stag Island, contain-
ing about sixty acres, more or less, do hereby surrender and yield up unto Her Most
Gracious Majesty, Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Treland, Her heirs and successors, for ever, all our claim, right, interest and pro-
perty, and demand whatsoever, both in law and in equity, of, in and to the aforesaid
island, called Stag Island.

To the end and purpose that Her Majesty, or Her assigns, may be graciously
pleased to grant the said Stag Island unto David McCall, of the Town of Sarnia, in the
County of Lambton, Province of Canada, Esquire.

In WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our totems,
at Sarnia, in the County of Lambton aforesaid, this nineteenth day of January, in
the year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.

Signed and sealed in our pres- Davin Wawanosu, (totem) LS. |
ence, after being first read JOSHUA WAWANOSH, (totem) [L.S.]
and explained: ANDREW NAGESHIG, (totem) [L.S.]

FRooME TauFrourp, 8.I.D. JOHNSON WAPUGAIS, (totem) [L.S]
JoHN S. THORNTON. WILLIAM PAMUSSUNG, (totem) LE.S.3

GEORGE ASHQUAWONABIE, (totem)  [L.S.]

Copy of a Report of a Committee of the Honourable the Executive Council, dated 28th
January, 1857, approved by His Excellency the Governor General in Council on the
following day.

On a communication from the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, dated
93rd January, 1857, transmitting the deed of surrender from the Chiefs and Principal
Men of the Chippewas of Sarnia of a certain island in the River St. Clair, called Stag
Island, to Her Majesty the Queen, to the end and purpose that it may be granted to
David McCall, of the Town of Sarnia, and requesting that the surrender may be
accepted and entered upon the records of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and of
the Provincial Registry.

~ The Committee recommend that the surrender be accepted and entered upon thé
records of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and of the Provincial Registry.

Certified.
. WM. H. LEE,
OMIA GE
To the Honourable
The Provincial Registrar,

&e., &e., &e.

ProvinciAL ReGISTRAR’S OFFICE,
Toronto, 3rd February, 1857.

I hereby certify that the foregoing surrender, together with the Minute in

Council thereon, have this day been entered upon the records of this office in Lib.
C. S., Folio 162.
THO. AMIOT,

Deputy Registrar.

Crown Land DEPARTMENT,
Toronto, 19th February, 1857,

Entered upon the records of this Department in L. W. No. 39.
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