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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.
Lib 135 Fol. 581

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
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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 Succes-
sors forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises,
situate, lying and being in the said Reserve No. 71 in said Treaty No. 4 in the said
Provisional District of Assiniboia containing by admeasurement Forty 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 whomscever he may thereunto depute and authorize, beginning
at a point on the Qu’Appelle River in said Reserve No. 71 in Treaty No. 4, near the
Eastern side thereof, and thence running Southerly a distance of about 5 miles to
connect with a road running Northerly from Whitewood.

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 WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said Band of Oochapeweyas
No. 71, 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 tenth day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety

Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre- ni sanrcee.
Sonee or OOCHAPEWEYAS x Chief [L.S.]
A. McDonaLp mark Pe
Indian Agent KAH-NE WAS QUAHAW x H. M. [L.8.]
mark
his
Oo-ssH-WAS TIN x H. M. [L.S.]
mark
his
JXAH-TA-KE-HAH-coos x H. M. (L.s.]
mark
his
KEI-HE-MUSQUA x H. M. , [L.S.]

mark
This is the document referred to in the affidavit of Allen McDonald sworn to

before me on the 21st day of January 1893 and averred to by Oosawistan and Little

Assiniboine the same day.
Ek. L. WETMORE

Ieee:
DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, The
DISTRICT OF Honourable Edward L. Wetmore a judge
To Wit: of the Supreme Court of the North West

Territories Allen McDonald, Indian Agent
of the Crooked Lake Agency in the Pro-
visional District of Assiniboia and Oosa-
wistan one of the principal men of the
said Band of Indians hereinafter men-
tioned and Little Assiniboine a member
of the said Band of Indians.

AND the said Allen McDonald 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 said Reserve Number 71 in Treaty
Number 4 of the full age of twenty-one years then present.
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That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band, summoned
for that purpose, 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
awnember of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said Release or
Surrender.

And the said Oosawistan and Little Assiniboine for themselves say:

That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by Oochapeweyas 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 counci! of the said Band of Indians
summoned for that purpose, according to their Rules, and held in the Presence of the
said Oosawistan and Little Assiniboine

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 the said Oosawistan is a Principal man of the said Band of Indians and
entitled to vote at the said meeting or council.

Sworn before me by the Deponents Al-) A. McDoNnaALp
len McDonald at the Town of Mooso- his
min in the Provisional District of As- + OOSAWISTAN x

siniboia this 21st day of January A. eats his
D., 1893. LitrLe ASSINIBOINE x
mark

E. L. Wetmore

A Judge of the Supreme Court of the
North West Territories

And I certify that the above Oosawistan and Little Assiniboine personally came
before at the same time and place and that I read over and explained to them that
part of the aforegoing document containing the Statements alleged to be made by
them therein that such reading over and explaining was done through the Inter-
preter Harry Cameron and in the presence of the above named Allan McDonald
that the said Oosawistan and Little Assiniboine seemed perfectly to understand the
same and respectively made their marks thereto in my presence and averred that their
Statements were true. As they were Pagan Indians I had no means or method of
administering any oath to them in this matter that I am aware of.

E. L. WETMORE
J. S.C.

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

JOHN J. McGEE

Clerk of the Privy Council
Recorded 29th March 1893.
Lib 135 Fol 534.

L. A. CateLiier

Dep, Registrar General of Canada