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And we, the undersigned, hereby on oath certify before me William Elliot,
Judge of Her Majesty’s County Court for the County of Middlesex, in the Province
of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, aforesaid, that the above release or surrender
was assented to and executed by the Chiefs and principal members of the band of
Chippeway Indians residing on the Indian reserve, in the Township of Caradoc,
assembled at a meeting of such band, summoned for that purpose and who were
entitled to vote at the same.

Sworn before me at Strathroy,
in the County of Middlesex
and Province of Onfario
and Dominion of Canada, ROBT. MACKENZIE, V. 8S. & C.
this 19th day of January, JOSEPH WAUCAUSH.
in the year of Our Lord
one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-two.
Wo. ELLIOT,
Judge of the County Court, County of Middlesex.

Recorded 9th February 1872.
Lib. S. Folio. 59.
J. CO. AIKINS, :

Secretary of State and Registrar-General of Canada.

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INO. 1270

Know att Men By THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned Chiefs and Prin- -
cipal Men of the Oneida Band of Indians owning the Indian reserve in the Town-
ship of Delaware, in the County of Middlesex and Province of Ontario and Dominion
of Canada, for and acting on behalf of our people, do remise, release, surrender, quit
claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors for
ever, all and singular those certain parcels of land forming portions of the above
named reserve, and as laid down on the annexed plan, and which may be known and
described as follows :—

Thirteen hundredths of one acre of Lot No. 19 in Con. A; five acres and eighty-
four hundredths of an acre of Lot No. 20 in Con. A; eight acres and twenty-four
hundredths of an acre of Lot No. 20 in Con. B; one acre and sixty hundredths of an
acre of Lot No. 21 in Con. B; seven acres and sixty-seven hundredths of an acre of
Lot 21 in Con. C; three acres and seventeen hundredths of an acre of Lot
92 in Con. C; two acres and sixty-five hundredths of an acre of Let 22iim< Cone D;
six acres of Lot No. 23 in Con. D, containing together thirty-five acres and thirty
hundredths of an acre of the said Township of Delaware, be the same more or less,
*n orde? that the same may be sold to the Canada Southern Railway Company, in
consideration of the sum of seven hundred and five dollars, being the amount
awarded on the 27th day of October, 1871, -as the value of the same, by arbitrators
chosen for that purpose.

And which amount, after paying to the individual Indians through whose lands
the said line of railway is to be laid out, the amount of the value of their improvements
affected by the same, as fixed by the aforesaid arbitrators appointed to value the
same, shall be invested for the benefit of our band and the interest thereon periodi-
cally distributed among us; or otherwise, should the same be afterwards decided in
council, that principal and interest may be allowed to form a fund, subject to be
drawn on by requisition for public purposes of advantage to our people that may

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In WITNESS WHEREOF, we, the Chiefs and Principal Men of the Oneida Band
aforesaid have set our hands and affixed our seals to this instrument at Delaware
aforesaid, this seventeenth day of January, in the year of one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-two.

Signed, sealed and delivered | iiss cass:
in the presence of MosEs Brown, x Chief, [L-S.]
Ropert Mackenziz, V. 8S. & C. mee
THos. CAWTHORP. ee ee [L.S.]
CornELIUS IRELAND, x Chief [L.8.]
mark
his
Avuaustus Cornetius, x Chief, [L.S8.]
mark
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Wititiam WHitE, x Chief [L.8.]
mark
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PETER PowLis, x Chief, PS .]
mark
his
DANIEL CANADA, x Chief, (leased
mark
= his :
Henry ANTOINE, x Chief, [LS8.]
mark
his ;
Baptiste ScHuyter, x Chief, [L.S8.]
mark
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JoHN DumForD, x Chief, [L.8.]
mark
his :
THomMas HOMER, x [L.8.]
mark
his
WILLIAM DOXTATER, xX [L.S.]
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THOMAS DOXTATER, xX [L.8.]
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WILLIAM CORNELIUS, x = [L.S.]
mark r=
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AnTHoNY Day, ‘x iS [L.8.]
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Lewis THOMAS, x [L.S.4
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Jacop ANTOINE, x Eo.3.]
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Aaron THOMAS, X [L.S.]
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And we, the undersigned, hereby on oath certify before me William Elliot, Judge
of Her Majesty’s County Court for the County of Middlesex, Ontario, and Dominion
of Canada aforesaid, that the above release or surrender was assented to and executed
by the Chiefs and principal members of the Band of Oneida Indians residing on the
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Indian Reserve in the Township of Delaware, assembled at a meeting of such band
summoned for that purpose, and who were entitled to vote thereat.
Sworn before me at Strathroy, |

in the County of Middlesex

and Province of Ontario and

Dominion of Canada, this ROBT. MACKENZIE, V.8S.& C. |
19th day of January, in the , JOHN SICKLES. Chief. —

year of Our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-
two. ‘ j
Wo. ELLIOT,
Judge of the County Court, County of Middlesex.

Recorded 7th February, 1872. |
Lib. S. Surrenders to the Crown, fol. 57. §
J. C. AIKINS,
Secretary of State and Registrar General of Canada.

No. 128.

Know ALL MEN By ‘THESH PRESENTS that we, the Chiefs, Principal Men
and Warriors of the Chippewa Indians of Sarnia, owning and residing upon
the Sarnia Indian Reserve, being this day assembled in general couneil to
the number of ‘sixty, and acting by and with the full authority and consent of
our people, have agreed to surrender and yield up, and do hereby surrender and
yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs ard successors, in
trust, to be sold for our own and our children’s benefit, all that certain portion
of our said reserve, containing about fifteen acres, be the same more or less,
which is commonly called the Indian Mission Lot, immediately south of the Town »
of Sarnia, and which is bounded on the west, first by the public highway and
then by the River St. Clair; on the south by the surveyed line known as the
continuation of the road allowance between the fourth and fifth concessions of the
Township of Sarnia, and on the north and east by the curved Jine bounding the
Great Western Railway track. To the end that the said described piece of land,
including the beach and water privileges in front of the same, may be surveyed
and sold in such manner and on such terms as the Honourable the Chief Super-
intendent of Indian Affairs for the Dominion of Canada may judge to be best for our
advantage, and that the interest to be derived from the proceeds of the said property
when sold shall be divided and paid over to our people, at the same times in each
year as it is customary to pay our annuities and interest moneys; subject, nevertheless,
to the following stipulations and conditions, namely: that an apprepriation of ten
acres of land from the front of lot number twenty-six front range of our said reserve,
shall be devoted and set apart for mission and school uses, in lieu of the land now
being surrendered, and also that the sum of three thousand dollars shall be reserved
4rom the moneys to be received for the sale of the said surrendered land, and the
Wesleyan Methodist Mission premises thereon, ‘and shall be paid out for the erection
of new Wesleyan Methodist Mission buildings, council and school houses, on the
above lot number twenty-six. And further, that the full and free use of the present
mission and council houses shall be continued to our people and the resident mission-
ary until the proposed new buildings are erected and made fit for occupation. In
witness to all which covenants and conditions we, the said Chiefs, Principal Men and
Warriors, have set our hands and seals to this surrender, executed in duplicate, and
dated at Sarnia, in the County of Lambton, Province of Ontario and Dominion of
Clanada, this first day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred

and seventy-two.
WILLIAM WAWANOSH, [L.8.]

JOSEPH WAWANOSH, [L.$8.]
JOHN JOHNSTON, [L,S.]