IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this thirteenth day of April in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety one. Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the pre- his sence of ERMINE SKIN x [L.8.] N; j Chief. mark D. L, Cunk Hig V. GABILLON J-A-WAS-CHIN x [L.S8.] HLM. mark his KIN-0-WATCH x [L.S.] mark his NEE-KAN-NAH-PAY-O x [L.8.] mark DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me Hayter District oF ALBERTA, Reed of the Town of Regina in the To Wit: Provisional District of Western Assini- boia and Ermine Skin Chief of the said J Band of Indians. And the said Hayter Reed 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 Ermine Skin 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 Ermine Skin says: That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by him and a majority ol 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 Hayter Reed 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 ov 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 ine said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the Deponents Hayter Reed and Chief Ermine Skin at the Town of Calgary in the Provisional HAYTER REED District of Alberta this 15th day of ERMINE SKIN a April A.D. 18 . Wane JAMES MAcLEop, J. S. Ct. Recorded 9th July 1891. Liber 135, Folio 312. L. A. CateLiier Dep: Registrar General of Canada. 288—34 30 No. 296. KNOW ALL MEN sy tTHEs& Presents, that we the Chiefs and principal men and Warriors of the Chippewa & Pottowattomie Indians of Walpole Island, being this day assembled in our Council House in presence of our visiting Superintendent—and referring to a Meeting of Council held at this place on the 18th day of March A.D. 1880—at which Meeting it was duly resolved by a majority of those present at said meeting—that the Assent of these Bands should be given to the issue of a Lease by the Indian Dapartment in favor of Certain Gentlemen who had applied therefor—of Certain Lands & Marshes hereinafter described—And Considering that Consent thereto was then and there duly given— We now do Surrender & yield up to our Sovereign Lady the Queen, and her Successors—All that certain parcel or tract of Land and Marsh, situated in the Pro- vince of Ontario, and County of Kent, bounded by the Chenail Ecarté, Johnston’s Channel, and the navigable waters of Lake St. Clair; and which may be described and. known as St. Ann’s Island, and the Marshes adjacent thereto. To the end that said described territory may be leased to the Applicants for the purpose of Shooting & fishing for such term and on such Conditions as the Super- intendent General of Indian Affairs may Consider best for our advantage— AND having heard read and explained a Lease executed by the Deputy Super- intendent of Indian Affairs in favor of Christopher Robinson Esquire, of the City of Toronto, and certain other Gentlemen in such Lease named—And believing that such Lease was executed in good faith and in accordance with our Consent duly given in Council as aforesaid— We hereby accept of said Lease and Confirm and establish the same. In Testimony WHEREOF we have hereto set our hands and Seals this sixth day of February A.D. 1882. Done in the name and on behalf of the Chippewas and Pottowattomies of Wal- pole Island. ANDREW JACOBS J. G. Birp Chief [L.S.] Sec. Pottowattomes ASH KEE BEE [L.S.] Chief, Pottowattomies [L.S.] his JOSEPH Kowsop x [L.S.] mark i his JAMES SAUGEE x [L.S.] mark J. S. Kivosuk [L.S.] CHARLES KIryosHK JOSEPH JSAAC Councillor, Pottowattomies. [L.S.] We, Ebenezer Watson, of the Town of Sarnia in the County of Lambton, Indian Sperintendent, and Joshua G. Bird, Head Chief of the Chippewas of Walpole Island— Make Oath and say—That at a General Council of the Indians of Walpole Island— held on the 6th day of February A.D. 1882—the Consent given by a Majority of the Indians in General Council Assembled on the 18th day of March A.D. 1880, to the leasing of St. Ann’s Island and adjacent Marshes, to Charles Robinson Esquire, of the City of Toronto, and Certain other gentlemen therein named—was Confirmed—and the Deed of Surrender annexed hereto, freely, and by a large Majority, approved— And that with the full Consent and approval of the Majority of Said Council—Said Deed of Surrender was duly Signed and Sealed by the Chiefs and Councillors whose Signatures are thereto affixed. 31 Sworn before me at Sombra in the County of Lambton, this 9th day of EBENEZER WATSON February 1882. 3) J. G. BIRD Chief P. W. Merritt dig JP. Surrender accepted by Order in Council of 3rd April 1882. JOHN J. McGEE Assta Olen Bo C: Kyow Att MEN sy THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Prin- cipal men of The Band of Indians of the Half Way River Reserve resident on our Reserve at Half Way River in the County of Cumberland in the Province of Nova Scotia 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, the merchantable green spruce and pine timber on that certain parcel or tract of land and premimses, situate, lying and being in the County of Cum- berland and Province of Nova Scotia containing by admeasurement one thousand acres be the same more or less and being composed of the Half Way River Reserve in the aforesaid County of Cumberland. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the said timber 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 conducive 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 annually or semi-annually. 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 ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the disposal of said timber IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this 23rd day of July in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety- one. Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the pre- his senee of PETER x LOUEY i [L.S.] F. A. RAND aul JOHN x LoGAN (RE: S3] mark his LaMEY x PAUL [L.S.] mark his WILLIAM x PauL [L.S.] mark his NEWEL x PavuL [L.8.] mark