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No. 326.

Know anu Men sy tHese Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The Band of O’Soup, No. 73 in Treaty No. 4, resident on our Reserve
No. 73 in Treaty No. 4 in the Provisional District of Assiniboia in the North West
Territories 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 said Reserve No. 73 in said Treaty No. 4 in the said Pro-
visional District of Assiniboia containing by admeasurement Fifty-six acres be the
same more or less and being composed of a Road allowance 66 feet in width for a
road the exact location of which to be determined by the Superintendent General of
Indian Affairs, or by whomsoever he may thereunto depute and authorize, beginning
at a point on the Northern boundary of Indian Reserve No. 72, in Treaty No. 4,
immediately South of the Agency and thence running Northerly to a point on the
Qu’Appelle River, at or near the Residence of Chief O’Soup, a distance of about 7
miles. ‘ f
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty The Queen, her

Heirs and Successors forever, .in trust to be used for a public Highway 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 WH, the said Chief and Principal men of the said Band of O’Soup No. 73
in Treaty No. 4, 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 said Road allowance

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our
seals this Twelfth day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre- hissy
anes Git Louis O’Soup x Chief [L.S.]
A. McDonatp Havas
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Indian Agent. NEPAHPENESS x H. Man fL.S.]
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his
ALEX GADDIE x H. M. AGES EI
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Barrister Henry x H. M. [L.8.]
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EsSQUuAQUENAKE x H, M. [L.S.]
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This is the document referred to in the affidavit of Allen MeDonald and Louis
O’Soup, sworn before me this 4th day of August A.D. 1890.
E. lL. WETMORE

SSO.
DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, The
Provisional District Honourable Edward L. Wetmore one of
of Assiniboia: the Judges of the Supreme Court of the
To Wit: 7 North West Territories Allen McDonald

the Indian Agent of the Crooked Lake
Agency in the Provisional District of
Assiniboia and Louis O’Soup Chief of
the said Band of Indians.
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AND the said Allen McDonald, Indian Agent, or 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 said Reserve No. 73, in Treaty No. 4,
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 Louis O’Soup Chief of the said Band No. 73 in Treaty No. 4 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 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 Louis O’Soup.

That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not a
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 Louis O’Soup is Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote
at the said meeting or council.

Sworn before me by the Deponents Al--
len McDonald and Louis O’Soup at
the Village of Grenfell in the Provis:
ional District of Assiniboia this 4th | A. McDoNnaLp

day of August A.D., 1890. Having his
been first read over and explained by | Louls x O’SouP

me to the said Louis O’Soup who mark

seemed perfectly to understand the =
same.

FE. L. Wermore
A Judge of the Supreme Court of the
North West Territories

Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 7th March 1893

JOHN J. McGEE
Clerk of the Privy Council
Recorded 29th March 1898.
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L. A. CATELLIER
Dep. Registrar General of Canada

No. 327.

Kyow att Men sy tHess Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The Band of Oochapeweyas No. 71 in Treaty No. 4, resident on our
Reserve No. 71 in Treaty No. 4, in the Provisional District of Assiniboia in the North
West Territories and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole