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as aforesaid shall and may be invested with all such powers and authorities, and shall
and may in all things act in relation to the premises in conjunction with the others
of them who shall or may survive or not decline, or not become incapable to act
thereon, as fully and effectually in all respects and to all intents and purposes as if
he or they had originally been, in and by these presents, a grantee to the uses and
trusts for the purposes aforesaid, anything hereinbefore contained to the contrary

L 1 1 “neo, In default ofall om any of which conditions
limitations and restrictions, this said grant and everything. herein contained shall
be, and we nereby declare the same to be null and void to all intents and purposes

same had never been granted, anything herein contained to the contrary thereof in
anywise notwithstanding.

And whereas by an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, passed in the thirty-
first year of the reign of the late King George the Third, entitled: “ An Act. to repeal
Act passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty’s reign, entitled :
‘An Act for making more effectual provision for the government of the Province of

Quebec in North America, and to make further provision for the Government of the
said Province’,” it is declared that no grant of lands thereafter made should be valid
or effectual unless the same should contain a specification of the land to be allotted

and appropriated solely to the maintenance of a Protestant clengy within the said

_ Province in respect of tne lands to be thereby granted.

Now Know Yg, that we have caused an allotment or appropriation of one hun-
dred and sixty acres to be made in lot number fifteen, in the thirteenth concession of

the said Township of Otonabee.
In Testimony Wuereor, we, have caused these Our Letters to be made patent,

and the Great Seal of Our gaid Province to be hereunto affixed,

eal S. Jameson, Witness our trusty and well-beloved Sir John Colborne, K.C3B:;
ttorney General. See ; : ,

Lieutenant-Governor of Our said Province and Major General

Commanding Our forces therein, at Our City of Toronto, this nineteenth day of April,
in the year of Our Lord one thousand eignt hundred and thirty-four, and in the fourth

year of Our reign. iva Ge
By command of His Excellency in Council,
D. CAMERON, Secy.

O. C., 5th February, 1831, administration of
Sir JoHn Corporne, K.C.B.,

Lt.-Governor.
Entered with the Auditor, 22nd May, 1834.

D. Bouton, JR.,
Auditor General.

PRovINCIAL REGISTRAR’S OFFICE,
Monrreat, 14th April, 1845.

I certify that the within is truly and correctly copied from the entry of the
original grant, as it is entered in the records of this office in EK, fol. 491.
R. P. TUCKER,
Registrar.

No. 75.

To all whom these presents shall come,— GREETING.

Know ye that I, the undersigned Cnief of the Band or Tribe of Indians residing
and holding lands at Gros Cap, on Lake Superior, near the Hudson’s Bay Post of
Michipicoton, have surrendered and do surrender by these presents, on my own
behalf and that of my people whom I represent, with their entire knowledge and
consent, unto Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, Her heirs and succesors,
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all and singular that certain tract or parcel of land and premises situate, lying and —
being on the north shore of Lake Superior, in the Province of Canada, and composed —
of an area of land equal to one mile square at Gros Cap, near Michipicoton, com-
prising the whole of said Cap, and extending as far northward as may be necessary —
to produce the said square mile or six hundred and forty acres of land. To have ©
and to hold the said tract of land, with all its appurtenances, unto Her said Majesty —
Queen Victoria, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust for the purpose of being
sold to the best advantage, and the proceeds thereof to be invested in such a fund or
funds as the Governor General or other person administering .the Government of
Canada for the time being may direct, for the use and benefit of me and my people
and our posterity.

In Testimony Wuereor, I, the said undermentioned Chief, for myself and on
behalf of my people, have hereunto affixed my totem and seal in signification of my
signature and deliberate and voluntary act and deed this tenth day of April, in the
year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five.

Read, explained and interpreted at

Michipicoton.
Signed, sealed and delivered to. his
John Mackerrie, of Michipicoton, Tootoomunar x (totem), [L.S.]
on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Joun aeepeeen [L.S.]
Victoria, Her heirs and succes-
sors, in the presence of: ot PAR pment
ALEXANDER HARVEY, ccengnge a mien ag aes #
WILLIAM LANGSKELL, EG) es a

Copy of a Report of Committee of the Honourable the Executive Council, dated 10th E

September, 1855, approved by His Excellency the Governor General in Council
on the following day.

On a communication from the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, trans-
mitting a deed of surrender dated 10tn April, 1855, from Chief Tootomenie, of the
Band or Tribe of Indians residing and holding lands at Gros Cap, on Lake Superior,
to Her Majesty the Queen in trust, of one mile square at Gros Cap, Michipicoton;
and requesting that said deed of surrender may be laid before Your Excellency in
Council, for the purpose of the trust being accepted and entered upon the records in
the offices of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and of the Provincial Registrar:

The Committee recommend that the deed of surrender in question be accepted
and entered upon the records as above stated.

Certified. -
WM. H. LEE,

To the Honourable AES ie
The Provincial Registrar.

Recorded 18th September, 1855, In Lib. ©. S., Folio 185.
THOS. AMIOT.

Deputy Registrar.

No. 753.

Know att MeN By THESE PreESENTS, that we, Josepn White, William Clarke,
Alexander Clarke, James Clarke, Joseph Warrow, Francis Parke and Matthias
Splitlog, Chiefs and Principal Men of the Wyandotte Indians residing in the Town-
ship of Anderdon, in the County of Essex and Province of Canada, in Council
assembled, claiming to be possessed of the sole and exclusive right and title to a
certain triangular tract of land in or adjoining to the Town of Sandwich by virtue
of the reservation contained in a deed or grant to His late Majesty George the
Third, executed by the principal village and war Chiefs of the Ottawa, Chippewa,