DoMINION OF CANADA,

Province or Onrarto, [

CouNTy OF ONTARIO.
To Wit: }

Personally appeared before me Zacheus Burnham, of the Town of Whitby, in
the Province of Ontario, Judge County Court, Duncan J. McPhee, Indian Agent, —
and Joseph b. Nanigishkung, Chief of the said Band of Indians.

And the said Dunean J. McPhee 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 Rama, 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 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 gaid release or sur-
render.

And the said Joseph B. Nanigishkung 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 Duncan J. McPhee.

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)

at the Town of Whitby, in the| D... Ja) McPiam:
County of Ontario, this 9th day{ J. B. NANIGISHKUNG.
of January, A.D. 1880. J

Z. BuRNHAM, Judge, Oo. Court, Co. Ont.
Recorded 18th April, 1889.
Lib. 131, Fol. 55.
L. A. CAtTELLIER,
Dep. Registrar-General of Canada.

No. 265.

We the undersigned Chiefs and Headmen, on behalf of ourselves and the other
members of the Wood Cree Tribe of Indians, having had explained to us the terms
of the treaty made and concluded near Carlton, on the 23rd day of August and on
28th day of said month respectively, and near Fort Pitt on the 9th day of September,
1576, between Her Majesty the Queen, by the Commissioners duly appointed to
negotiate the said treaty, and the Plain and Wood Cree and other Tribes of Indians
inhabiting the country within the limits defined in said treaty, but not having been
present at the councils at which the articles of the said treaty were agreed upon, do
now hereby for ourselves and the Bands which we represent, in consideration of the
provisions of the said treaty being extended to us and the Bands which we represent,
transfer, surrender, and relinquish to Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors,
to and for the use of the Government of the Dominion of Canada, all our right, title
and interest whatsoever which we and the said Bands which we represent hold and
enjoy, or have held and enjoyed, of, in and to the territory included within the follow-

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ing limits : All and singular that portion or tract of land being the north part of the
‘Land District of Prince Albert, as shown on the maps published by the Honourable
the Minister of the Interior, dated at Ottawa on the 31st day of August, 1885; the
same tract being north of the northerly limit of Treaty No. 6, North-West Territory,
containing 11,066 square miles, be the same more or less, and more particularly
described as follows : Commencing at a point being the north-west corner of pro-
jected Township No. 70, Range 10, west of the Third Initial Meridian; thence easterly
along the northern boundaries of projected Townships Nos. 70 to the north-east cor-
ner of projected Township No. 70, Range 13, west of the Second Initial Meridian;
thence southerly following the east boundary of said 13th Range of projected Town-
ships to the northern limits of Treaty No. 6. into the projected Township No. $0;
thence westerly following the northerly limit of Treaty No. 6 to the south-eastern
shore of Green Lake, being at the north-easterly part of projected T ownship No. 58,
Range 10, west of the Third Initial Meridian; thence following the westerly shore of
Green Lake to the main inlet thereof known as Beaver River; thence up the right
bank of Beaver River to its intersection with the west boundary of projected Township
No. 62, Range 10, west of the Third Initial Meridian ; thence nertherly following the
west boundary of projected townships of Range 10, west of the Third Initial Meridian,
to the point of commencement.

Also, all our right, title and interest whatsoever to all other lands wherever situ-
ated, whether within the limits of any other treaty heretofore made, or hereafter to
be made with Indians, and whether the said lands are situated in the North-West
Territories or elsewhere in Her Majesty’s Dominion, to have and to hold the same
unto and for the use of Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever.

And we hereby agree to accept the several benefits, payments ana reserves }Y0-
mised to the Indians adhering to the said treaty at Fort Pitt or Carlton; with the
proviso as regards the amount to be expended annually for ammunition and twine,
and as respects the amount to be expended for three years annually in provisions for
the use of such Indians as are settled on reserves and are engaged in cultivating the
soil, to assist them in such cultivation, that the expenditure on both of these items
shall bear the same proportion to the number of Indians now treated. with as the
amounts for those two items as mentioned in Treaty No. 6 bore to the number of
Tndians then treated with. And we solemnly engage to abide by, carry out and
fulfil all the stipulations, obligations and conditions therein contained on the part of
the Chiefs and Indians therein named to be observed and performed, and we agree in
all things to conform to the articles of the said treaty, as if we ourselves and the
Bands which we represent had been originally contracting parties thereto and had
been present at the council held near Fort Pitt or near Carlton and had there at-
tached our signatures to the gaid treaty.

In Witness Wuereor, Her Majesty’s special Commissioners and the Chiefs ‘and
Councillors of the Bands hereby giving their adhesion to the said treaty have here-
unto subscribed and set their hands at Montreal Lake this eleventh day of February,
in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine.

Signed by the parties hereto in the pre- JAMES RoBERTS, |
sence of the undersigned witnesses, his Chiefs
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Reeorded 1st. December., 1855. UE aie
In Lib. C.S:,; Folio: 13.

L. A. CaTELuirr,
Dep. Registrar-General of Canada.

No. 266.

Know att MEN By THESE Presents, that we, Joshua Wawanosh, David Wawa-_
nosh, Andrew Nageshig, Johnson Waupugass, William Paumasung and George Ash-
gwawonabie, Chiefs of the Tribe of Chippewa Indians, being possessorgs of a certain
tract or parcel of land lying in the Township of Bosanquet, in the County of Lamb-
ton, Province of Canada, containing by admeasurement one hundred and eleven acres, —
he the same more or less, being composed of lot number twenty-seven, in the sixth |
concession of the Township of Bosanquet, do hereby surrender and yield up unto
'ler Most Gracious Majesty Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Her heirs
and successors, all our claim, right, interest and property whatsoever, both in law
and in equity of, in and to the said parcel or tract of land, forever. ;

To the end and purpose that Her Majesty may be graciously pleased to order and
direct that the said parcel or tract of land above deseribed shall be sold for the
benefit of our tribe, known as the Chippewas of Sarnia.

Ix Testimony WuHEREOF, we, the said Chiefs, have hereunto set our hands and
seals in council assembled at Port Sarnia, in the County of Lambton, this twenty-
seventh day: of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

fifty-five.

Signed, sealed and delivered) JOSHUA WAWANOSH, (totem) [L.S.]
in our presence, being first} ANDREW NAGEESHIGK, o) gilaaced
read and explained. J JOHNSON WUPUGASS, Aaa RSE

FrRoome Tatrourp, V. S. I. A. Davin B, WAwANOSH, poms Pa
Henry P. Cuasz, J. I. D. WILLIAM PAMOSSONG, Pa Lad
GrorGE ASHGWAYWONABIE, Oo tLe

tecorded 1st December, 1855.
In lib. C:8.,. Koliot iat
Geo. Er. Cartier, Regr. ‘

No. 267.

Know ati MEN By THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal
Men of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinté, resident on our reserve, in the Township
of Tyendinaga, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting
on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in council assembled, do hereby re-
lease, 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 Town of Deseronto, in the County of
Hastings and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement three acres, be
the same more or less, and being composed of three acres of land situate on the ~