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That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not 2
member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or
surrender.

And the said Joseph Benson 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 tweuty-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 D. 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
jand mentioned in the the said release or surrender.

That he is the Chief of the said Band of Indians, and entitled to vote at the said

meeting or council.

Sworn before me by the aboye]

deponents, at the Town of| DUNCAN JOSHUA McPHEE.

Whitby, in the Co. of Onta-}

rio, this 7th day of Oct.,| JOSEPH BENSON NANIGISHKUNG.
A.D. 1885. | , |

Gro. H. DarTNELL,
Junior Judge County Court, County of Ontario.

Recorded 5th November, 1885,
Lib. 106, Folio 325,

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

No. 220.

Know Att Men sy THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Princi-
pal Men of the Chippewas of the Thames, resident on our Reserve, in the Township
of Caradoc, 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
release, 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 Township of Caradoc, in the
County of Middlesex and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement one
hundred acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of the north half of lot
vumber twelve, in the second range of tne Township of Caradoc aforesaid.

To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and
-vecessors forever, in trust to lease the same to such person or persons, and upon
such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canaaa may deem most conducive
to our welfare and that of our people.

And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the leasing
‘hereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be
paid annually or semi-annually to the wife and children of Joseph French, the
locatee of the said lot.

And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Chippewas of the
Thames, 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
-o be lawfully done, in connection with the leasing of the said land.
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In Witness WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this
twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hund:ed

end eighty-five.

Signed, sealed and delivered in] JoHN Henry, ats. |
the presence of his
THomas GORDON, EpWArD FRENCH, a [LS.]
= mark.
i a alll JOHN FRENCH, [L:8.]
JOSEPH FISHER, [L.$.]
Gro. FISHER, [L.8.]
his
THOMAS FISHER, x [L.8.]
mark.
DomINION OF CANADA, }
_ PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, |
County oF MIDDLESEX. f
To Wit: J

Personally appeared before me, Thomas Gordon, of the Town of Strathroy, in
the County of Middlesex, in the Province of Ontario, Indian Agent, and John Henry,
Chief of the said Band of Indians of the Chippewas of the Thames.

And the said Thomas Gordon 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 the Thames, of the

full age of twenty-one years, then present.
That such assent was given at a meeting or council
icr that purpose and according to their rules.
That he was present at such meeting or council and heard
That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by

tendent-General of Indian Affairs.

That. no Indian was present or vote
member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said

1 of the said Band summoned

such assent given.
the Superin-

d at said council or meeting who was not a
release or sur-

render.

And the said John Henry says :

That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by
of the male members of the said Band of Indians, of the full age of twenty-one years

him and a majority

then present.
. That such assent wa
summoned for that purpose, according to their rules,

said Thomas Gordon.
That no Indian was present or Vv
habitual resident on the reserve of the

mentioned in the said release or surrender.
That he is the Chief of the said Band of Indians, and entitled to vote at the said

meeting or council.

Sworn before me by the said deponents}]
Thomas Gordon and John Henry, at}

the city of London, in the County of+
Middlesex, this 11th day of October,| JOHN HENRY,
| Chief.

A.D. 1885.

Wo. Evuior,
Judge of the County Court, County of Middlesex, Ontario.

Recorded 18th December, 1885, |
Lib. 107, Folio 233. {
L. A. CATELLIER,
Dep. Registrar-General of Canada.

s given at a meeting or eouncil of the said Band of indians
and held in the presence? uf the

oted at such council or meeting who was not an
said Band of Indians or interested in the land

THOMAS GORDON,
Indian Agent.