bo i bo No. 259. ArricLes or AGREEMENT made this twenty-ninth day of August, in the year o Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, between the Superintendent- General of Indian Affairs, Ottawa, represented by Francis Ogletree, Indian Agent, Portage la Prairie, of the one part, and the undermentioned members of the Chippewa Tribe of Indians now residing at or near the rapids of the Rousseau River, in the Pro- vinee of Manitoba, of the other part. Whereas we, the undersigned Chief, Councillors and Indians of the Chippewa Tribe now residing. at or near the rapids of the said Rousseau River, on behalf of ourselves and others of the Chippewa Tribe of Indians do hereby agree to cede, release, surrender and yield up, and by these presents do forever quit claim all the rights, title and interest that we now have or ever had (to the Superintendent- General of Indian Affairs, Ottawa, and his successors in Office), to any and all lands — within the Province of Manitoba (and more especially to any claims in Township — three (8), Range four (4), east of the First Principal Meridian, in the said Province © of Manitoba): With the exception of our first proportion of, and claim to, the Indian ~ reserve situate at the junction of the Rousseau and Red Rivers, in the sit Provincell of Manitoba, on the following conditions, that 1s to say: the said Superintendent al General shall grant or cause to be granted to the said Chippewa Tribe of Indians, y be held in trust for them and their heirs forever, the whole of section eleven (11), © and the south-east one quarter of section ten (10), in Township (8), Range four (4), © east of the First Principal Meridian of the Province of Manitoba, in addition to their : portion of the reserve as already mentioned as situate at the junction of the Rous- { seau and Red Rivers, to be held in trust for them and their heirs forever, in compen- sation for giving up and removing immediately from all other lands claimed by them in said Township three, Range four, in the Province of Manitoba; and it is hereby distinctly understood by and between the said parties, that if the said section — eleven (11), and the south-east one quarter of section ten (10), in Township three ~ (3), in Range four (4), east of the First Principal Meridian, in the Province of Man- toba, aforesaid, be not granted unto the said Chippewa Tribe of Indians-and their — heirs, to be held in trust for them forever by the said Superintendent-General of | Indian Affairs, then this agreement shall be void and of none effect. Ix Witness WuHEREOF, the said parties have hereunto subscribed and set their hand and seal at Dominion City the day and year herein first above mentioned. y ‘ Signed, sealed and delivered in the) FRANCIS OGLETREE, Indian Agent. [L.S.]J presence of, the same having been} Hise first read and explained: J NASHWASKOoPE, x Chief. [L.8.] his mark, Nap , HAYTEN terpreter. his Ne ae Sa 2 KaQuayGooniAsH, x or Big Indian. [L. Sie W. A. Lerane, cour Ties wie JAMES AGNEW, ASHWASHCOOPENAIS, x [L.S.] GeO. W. PATERSON, mark. L. G. RAMSEY, his ASHEPENAIs 5.18 Horatio AGNEW. MASHE Oe [L.S.] mark. his SHEESHEEBANCE, xX [L.8.] mark. - ” Councillors. his MAGMAHSHEKAHPOW, xX [L.S.J mark. his ; KAHOWAMAYWION, xX [L.S.] mark. Indians. 243 Letter No. 186,648. Reference No. 109,520. - : . DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Orrawa, 24th October, 1888. Sir,—I have the honour by direction to acknowledge the receipt. of your letter of the 15th ultimo, No. 26,306, accepting the offer made in the Deputy Minister’s letter of the 11th of July last, for the transfer to your Department, upon certain conditions, of the whole of Section 11 and the S. E. 4 of Section 10, Township 3, Range 4 east, and to inform you that the landg in question are now at the disposal of your Depart- ment, instructions having been sent to the Agent of Dominion Lands at Winnipeg for the selection of a section for the school endowment in lieu of Section 11 aforesaid. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, P. B. DOUGLAS, Assistant Secretary. The Deputy Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, Ottawa. Recorded 8th November, 1888. Lib. 128, Fol. 318. L. A. CaTELLIER, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, Orrawa, 5th November, 1888. I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original letter on fyle in this Department. L. VANKOUGHNET, Deputy of the Supt. General of Indian Affairs. DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, Orrawa, September 15th, 1888. Sir,—Referring to your letter of the 22nd ultimo, I have the honour to inform you that the Indians of the Rousseau River have now relinquished all claim they may have had to Township 3, Range 4 east, provided they receive a title to Section 11, and the south-east quarter of Section 10, Township 3, Range 4, as was intimated would be the case in letter from your Department of the 11th July last. Be good enough to advise me when the lands referred to are placed at the dis- posal of the Indians. , , I have the honour to be, Sir, ‘ Your obedient servant, L. VANKOUGHNET, Deputy of the Supt.-Gen.l of Indian Affairs. Joun R. Hat, Esq., Acting Deputy Minister of the Interior, Ottawa, Recorded 8th November, 1888. Lib. 128, Fol. 314. : L. A. CATELLIER, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. DEPARTMENT OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, Orrawa, November 5th, 1888. I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the original letter on fyle in this department. L. VANKOUGHNET, ) Deputy of the Supt.-Gen.’l of Indian Affacrs. Recorded 8th November, 1888. Lib. 128, Fol. 312. L. A. CATELLIER, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada.