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No. 292.

Know Att Men sy THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Prin-
cipal men of The River Desert Band of Indians resident on our Reserve in the Town-
ship of Maniwaki 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 wmto Our Sovereign Lady the
Queen, her Heirs and Successors forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, that certain parcel
tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the Township of Maniwaki in
the County of Ottawa and Province of Quebec containing by admeasurement three-
fourths of one acre be the same more or less and being composed of a piece of land
of a rectangular form two hundred and twenty two feet along the Gatineau road and
one hundred and forty seven feet deep, bounded as follows North by the part of lot
No. 3 surrendered to be leased to A. McCann, on the West by the Gatineau public
road on the South and east by the unsurrendered portion of said lot No. 3.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty The Queen, her
Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to lease 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 rent thereof,
shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be paid to
us and our descendants annually or semi-annually forever

AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said The 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 leasing of said parcel of land

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals
this twenty-ninth day of December in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hun-

dred and ninety.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the pre- his
See. PruTER x TENESCO, Chief [L.S.]
JAMES MARTIN neue
Agent. Louis x PerzzENpEWwatcH Sub-Chief
PrTer x TENESCO mark
Chief [L.8.]
his his
Louis x PrzzENDEWATCH JOHN x M Doucau [L.S.]
mark mark
Sub Chief Smi0on Orsi [L.S.]
his BaziteE Orsi [L.S.]
JoHN x M Douaau Jacko x M Dougan [L.S.]
mark TAneaenates Micnen CoMANDUN [L.S.]
CHARLES x ComoNnpDo [L.S.]
; his
woe -- JOSEPH x JACKO [L.S.]
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his
ALBERT x JABOT [L.S.]
mar’:
his
Simon x TENESCO [L.8.]
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his
PETER x DECOUTRER : [L.8.]

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Matias TCHANANA [L.8.]
his
LEMAP x PEZZENDEWATCH [L.$.]
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his
FRANK x SHEMITTE [L.S.]
mark
his
WILLIAM x Lacroix [L.8.]
mark
his
FRANCOIS x BENJAMIN [L.S.]
mark
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ABRAHAM x M DouGaL [L.S.]

mark
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BENJAMIN x JOLIFOUX

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DOMINION OF CANADA Personally appeared before me, James
PROVINCE OF QUEBEC Martin of the Village of Maniwaki in the
CouNTY OF OTTAWA Provinee of Quebec Indian Agent and
To Wit: Peter Teneseco Chief of the said Band of

Indians.

AND the said James Martin 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 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 Peter Tenesco 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 James Martin

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 pune said —
meeting or council.

Sworn before me by the Deponents James \
Martin. and Peter Teneszo at the }

Village of Maniwaki in the County of fe JAMES oe
Ottawa this 27th day of January AD, PETER x TENESCO
1891. mark

J. T. Sr. Juin
District Magistrate for the
Districts of Ottawa & Terrebonne
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Recorded 26th February 1891
Lib: 140, Fol. 36.

L. A. CaTELuier
Dep. Registrar General of Canada

No. 293.

Know atu Men sy THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Prin-
cipal men of the Se-Shell Tribe of Indians resident on our Reserve at Tsoo-a-Hoie-oie
Queen’s Reach, Deserted Bay, Jervis Inlet in the Province of British Columbia 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, all the slate in or upon or under or within that certain parcel or tract of
land and premises, situate, lying and being in the District of New Westminster and
Province of British Columbia containing by admeasurement Three hundred and
four acres be the same more or less and being composed of all that portion of the
J'soo-a-Hoi-oie Indian Reserve Deserted Bay Jarvis Inlet, described as follows :—

Commencing at the post set up for the South Westerly corner of the Reserve on
the Right bank of a Creek thence East Five chains and Thirty Links, thence North
Ten chains, Thence East Twenty chains, Thence North Thirty chains, Thence East
Twenty chains, Thence North Thirty chains, Thence East Forty five chains, Thence
North Forty chains, to the Line marked A on the annexed sketch, West to the Shore
of Deserted Bay Jarvis Inlet, Thence South Westerly following shore line to Right
Bank of above mentioned Creek at its mouth Thence South Easterly following said
bank of said Creek to the point of commencement, said described portion of said
Reserve being coloured Red on the sketch hereto annexed.

To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, her Heirs and
Successors forever, in trust to dispose of the same to such person or persons, 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 upon the further condition that all moneys received from the disposal made
thereof, shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be
deposited to the credit of the Band and shall be used as may be deemed necessary for
our sole benefit and advantage and for the sole benefit and advantage of our posterity

AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said Se-shell Tribe do on
behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to
ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government made do, or cause to be lawfully
done, in connection with the

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals
this Fifth day of January in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
Ninety One.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the pre- Grorce Kenmen Chief x His mark [L.S.]

sence of Jutes Chief x His mark [L.8.]
P. McTiernan Harry Keo Kwaznecu Chief x His

Indian Agent mark [L.S.]

Witness Paut Suipken Chief x His mark [L.S.]

CHARLEY x His mark [L.8.]

(1) Isipore x His mark [L.8.]

Louris x His mark [L.S.]

{ms x His mark [L.S.]

Timotuy x His mark [L.S.]