303 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 Chief Bull Head 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 two Deponents Alexander James McNeill and Bull Head at the City of Calgary in the A. J. MeNEILL his District of Alberta N.W.T. this 10th : day of January A.D., 1900, having been : BOLE 5 Beep first interpreted ad explained to said Bull Head D. L. Scorrt, ~ A Judge of the Supreme Court of the North West Territories. George Hodgson sworn as Interpreter. DiS. Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 5th Feb. 1900. : JOHN J. McGEE Clerk of the Privy Council. Recorded 23rd February 1900. Lib. 150, Fol. 644. JOSEPH Pore Dep. Registrar General of Canada. No. 430. Know att Men sy tHese Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of The River Desert Band of Indians resident on vur Keserve at Maniwaki in the County of Wright in the Province of Quebee 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 Lapy THe Queen, her Heirs and Successors forever, ALL AND SINGU- LAR, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the Maniwaki Indian Reserve in the County of Wright and Province of Quebec containing by admeasurement Thirty Nine and Nine tenths acres be the same more or less and being composed of portions of Lots Nos. 14 and 15 in the Road Range West of the _ said Reserve and which may be described as follows, that is to say; Commencing at the South West Angle of the two acre lot situated in the said Lot 14, sold to Henry Thomas Flynn, thence South six chains to the line between Lots 13 and 14; thence East along the said line twenty five chains; thence North seventeen chains to a point in Lot 15; thence West twenty four chains; thence South six chains to the North limit of the aforesaid two acre lot; thence East along the said North limit three chains. 304 ————ve to the North East angle of the said two acre Lot; thence South along the Fast boundary of the said two acre Lot five chains to its South East angle; thence West along the South boundary of the said two acre lot four chains to the point of com- mencement. : TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty Toe 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 con- ducive 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 paid to us and our descendants annually or semi-annually as to the Department of Indian Affairs may seem best in our interests. AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said River Desert 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 sale of the said portions of land and the dis- position of the Monies arising therefrom, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this eighth day of January in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred. Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre-)) JoHN Bre Trenesco Chief [L.S.] sence of Smton OrsiK Sub Chief [L.S.] W. J. McCarrrey : F his Indian Agent ; Pen x Ja Life Sub Chief [L.S.] mark MatTiaS TCHANANA [L.S.] DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, William Province of Quebec James McCaffrey Indian Agent of the County of Wright Village of Maniwaki in the Province of To Wit: Quebec and Simon Otjik Chief of the said Band of Indians, AND the said William James McCaffrey 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 Maniwaki Reserve of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council ae 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 x member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said Release or Sur- render. And the said Simon Otjik says: That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by him and a majority o° 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 William James McCaffrey. 305 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 Before eT me at the Township of Maniwaki in W. J. eee aa igh is 13 the County of Wright this 18th day of SIMON OTJIK January A.D., 1900 Anastasé Roy J.P. Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 5th Feby 1900. JOHN J. McGEE Clerk of the Privy Council. Recorded 28rd. February 1900 Lib: 163 Fol: 282 JosEPH Porr Dep: Registrar General of Canada. ———_——. No. 481. D. B. C, 985 Canada. Territories. CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP. East Saskatchewan Land Registration District. Reference Certificate 1791 This is to Certify that the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs of Canada and his successors in office is now the owner of an estate in fee simple of and in the whole of Legal Subdivisions Four and Three and the West half of Legal Subdivision Two of Section Four in Township Forty four in Range Two West of the Third Meridian in the District of Saskatchewan in the North West Territories of Canada, containing one hundred acres more or less: subject to the encumbrances, liens and “interests notified by memorial underwritten or endorsed hereon, or which may hereafter be recorded in the Register of Title. IN WITNESS WHEREOF TI have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal this Thirty first day of May A.D. 1894 S. BREWSTER Registrar, ~ [LS] Hast Saskatchewan Land Registration District P. O. Address Ottawa Ont: I Certify that the within instrument is duly entered and Registered in the Land Titles Office for the East Saskatchewan Land Registration District at Prince Albert in the North West Territories, at 2 O’clock P.M. on the 31 day of May A.D. 1894 Number 985 Book ©, Fol 126 S. BREWSTER Registrar, ES.D.RD.