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mencing in the eastern limit of Dundas Street, in the southern boundary of the said
Indian Reserve ; thence south forty-five degrees east fifty chains ; thence north >
thirty-eight degrees east parallel to Dundas Street, three hundred chains, more or
less, to the northern boundary of the said Reserve ; thence north sixty-nine degrees
west twelve chains to where the said boundary line forms the first angle ; thence
south sixty-four degrees west one hundred and fifty-five chains, more or less, to where
the said boundary line forms the second angle ; thence north forty-five degrees west
twenty chains, more or less, until] it intersects a line north of Dundas Street and
parallel thereto, produced on a course north thirty-eight degrees east at the distance
of fifty chains on a course north forty-five degrees west from the western limit of
Dundas Street ; thence south thirty-eight degrees west parallel to the said street, one
hundred and sixty chains, more or less, to the southern boundary line of the said Re-
serve ; thence south forty-five degrees east fifty-one chains, more or less to the place
of beginning ; containing two thousand acres, more or less, together with all the
weeds and waters thereon lying and being and all and singular the rights, privileges
and appurtenances thereto belonging. To have and to hold the said pareel and tract
of land and premises with their and every of their appurtenances unto His said Ma-
jesty, His heirs and successors, to the use of His said Majesty, His heirs and suc-
cessors forever. vai

Ix Witness WHEREOF the said parties first above named have to these presents
set and put their hands and seals the day and year first above written.

Signed, sealed and delivered in the
presence of
Ngs.,

J. P.. Carry, Ineut. Royal

Comdg. W.. Cuaus, 2. 8) Goes
ArtTHuR Mair, Ens. 68 Light Regt. on behalf of the Crown, [L.8.]
J. L. Ticue, H. Asst. Surg. to the | ACHETON, (totem) [L.8]
Forces. WIEQUESQUOME, (totem) [L.8]
D. J. Sxenzg, Lieut. 68 Light Regt. NEWOIQUEQUAH, (totem) [L.8.]
D. CaMERON, PAUSHETAUNOQUETOHE, (totem) [L.8.]
N. Corr. WABAKAGEGO, (totem) [L.8]

J. Givins, Supt. Indian Affairs.
ALEX. McDONELL, Asst. Secy. J. A.
Won. Gruet, Int’r. Indian Dept.

Received the day and year within mentioned of His Majesty George the Third
the sum of Fifty Pounds Province Currency, being in full of the consideration money
within mentioned to be paid to us. .

We say received the same by us.

Witness hereto :

J. P. Carty, Lt. Royal Engrs. Comg.
D. J. Sxene, Lt. 68 Inght Regt.

ArTHuUR Mair, Ens. 68th Light Regt. ACHETON (totem)
J. L. Tiche, H. Asst. Surg. to the WEIQUESQUOME (totem)
Forces. — | NEWOIQUEQUAH (totem)
D. CAMERON, | PAUSHETAUNONQUETOKE (totem)
D. Corry, _ WABAKAGIGO (totem)

ALEx. McDonewu, Asst. Secy. 1.4. J

No. 24.

Tuis InDENTURE made the Twentieth day of July, in the year of Our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and twenty,: between John Green, Anthony Smart, Joseph
Smart, Brant Koa, Nicholas Crawford, David Claus, Daniel Green, Tawaneway,
Abram Markle, Moses Lewis, Francis Markle, and John Hill, Chiefs and Principal
Men of the Mohawk or Six Nations Indians possessing and residing on the tract of
land commonoly called the Mohawk Township, in the County of Hastings, in the

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Midland District, of the one part, and Our Sovereign Lord George the Fourth of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Treland, King Defender of the Faith of the.
other part. Whereas His late Majesty King George the Third of Glorious Memory, in
consideration of the attachment and fidelity of the Chief Warriors and People of
the Six Nations of Indians, and being desirous of shewing His royal approbation of
thé same, and of recompensing the losses they had sustained, did give and grant unto
the Chief Warriors and the people of the said Six Nations and their heirs forever,
all that district or territory of land, being parcel of a certain district lately purchased
of the Mississagua Nation and bounded as follows, that is to say: Im front by the Bay
of Quinté, between the mouths of the River Shannon and Bowin’s Creek, about
twelve miles, westerly by a line running north sixteen degrees west from the west
side of the mouth of the River Shannon, and easterly by a line running north six-
teen degrees west from the mouth of Bowin’s Creek, and northerly by a line run-
ning east sixteen degrees north and west sixteen degrees south ut the distance of
‘about thirteen miles back from the Bay of Quinté, measured on the western boundary
aforesaid to the north-east angle of the Township of Thurlow, with a proviso or con-
dition in the said grant contained, that if at any time the said Chiefs, Warriors,
women and people of the said Six Nations should be inclined to dispose of and sur-
render their use and interest in the said district or territory, the same should be’ pur-
chased only for Our said Sovereign Lord the King, His Heirs and Successors
at some assembly of the Chief Warriors and people to be held for that purpose.

And whereas by articles of Provisional agreement entered into at Kingston, in
the County of Frontenac, in the Midland District and Province of Upper Canada,
on the twenty-first day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and nineteen, between the Honorable William Claus, Esquire, Deputy
Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, on the part and behalf of His late
Majesty King George the Third, of the one part, and the Chiefs and Principal Men
of the Mohawk Nation claiming and residing on the said tract or parcel of land, of
the other part, they the said Chiefs and Principal Men of the Mohawk Nation, for the
consideration hereafter mentioned, did agree as well on their own behalf as on behalf
of the Mohawk Nation residing as aforesaid, to sell to His said Majesty, His heirs and
successors, a certain part or portion of the said tract of land so granted to them as
aforesaid, as the same is hereinafter particularly described. Now this Indenture
witnesseth that John Green, Anthony Smart, Joseph Smart, Brant Koa, Nicholas
Crawford, David Claus, Daniel Green, Tawaneway, Abram Markle, Moses Lewis,
Francis Markle and John Hill, Chiefs and Principal Men of the Mohawk Nation
claiming and residing on the said tract of land, commonly called the Mohawk Town-
ship, in the Bay of Quinté, for and in consideration of the annual sum or payment of
four hundred and fifty pounds of lawful money of the Province of Upper Canada to

be paid in each and every year to the Mohawk Indians residing pie 8 tract, and
d

their posterity for ever hereafter in goods at the Montreal prices, have and each of
them hath granted, bargained, sold, surrendered, released and yiel p, and by these
presents do and each of them doth, grant, bargain, sell, surrender, release and yield
up unto our present sovereign Lord the King’s most excellent Majesty, His heirs and
successors, all and singular that parcel or tract of land in the Mohawk Township,
on the Bay of Quinté, in the County of Hastings, in the Midland District, bounded on
the west by the eastern limit of the allowance for road on the eastern boundary of
Thurlow, on the east by the western limit of the allowance for road on the western
boundary line of Richmond, and on the north and south by unconceded lands of the
said Indians, containing fifty-two square miles, which said fifty-two square miles are
described as follows, that is to say:

Commencing at the south west angle of the said tract, where a post has been
planted at the distance of fifty chains from the southern limit of the allowance for
road in front of the second concession of Thurlow in the eastern limit of the allowance
for road on the eastern boundary of the said Township of Thurlow on a course south
- gixteen degrees east at the distance of seventy-five chains from the mouth of Salmon
56 : "a

River, in the Bay of Quinté, measured on the eastern limit of the said boundary,.
on a course north sixteen degrees west; thence north eighty-two degrees
thirty minutes east parallel to a line produced from the front of the second conces-
sion in Thurlow to the front of the third concession of Richmond, eight hundred —
and sixteen chains, eighty-seven links, more or less, to where a post has been planted
at the south-east angle of the said tract in the western limit of the allowance for —
road on the western boundary of the Township of Richmond, at the distance of one —
hundred and sixty-three chains from the Bay of Quinté; thence north sixteen degrees —
thirty minutes west along the western limit of the said allowance for road four
hundred and fourteen chains to where a post has been planted at the north-east angle
of the said tract; thence south eighty-two degrees thirty minutes west parallel to
the southern boundary eight hundred and sixteen chains eighty-seven links, more or
less, to where a post has been planted at the north-west angle of the said tract, in the
eastern limit of the allowance for road on the eastern boundary of Thurlow; thence
south sixteen degrees east along the said limit four hundred and fourteen chains,
more or less, to the place of beginning ; containing thirty-three thousand two hun-
dred and eighty acres, more or less, together with all and every of the woods and
underwoods, ways, waters, water courses, improvements, profits, commodities, here-
ditaments and appurtenances thereon lying and being, or thereto belonging, or in
any wise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders,
rents, issues and profits thereof, with their and! every of their appurtenances; and
also all the estate, right, title, interest, trust, property, claim and demand whatso-
ever, both at 1aw and in equity of them, the said chiefs and principal men and of
the said people of the Mohawks or Six Nations Indians and their heirs and posterity
for ever, of, in, to, or out of the said parcel or tract of land, and premises herein last
particularly described, with their and every of their appurtenances, to have and’ to
hold the said tract or parcel of land, containing fifty-two square miles (equal to
thirty-three thousand two hundred and eighty acres of land) above described, and
premises with the appurtenances unto our said Sovereign Lord, the now King, His
heirs and successors for ever, to the only proper use, benefit and behoof of our said
Sovereign Lord, the now King, His heirs and successors for ever, and the Honorable
William Claus, Esquire, Deputy Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, as afore-
said, on behalf of our said Lord the King, His heirs and successors, doth for himself
and his successors in office, covenant and agree to pay or cause to be paid yearly
and every year in perpetuity, to the said Mohawk Indians now residing on the said
tract, commonly called the Mohawk Township, and to their posterity, the said sum
of four hundred and fifty pounds of lawful money of the said Province of Upper
Canada, to be paid in goods at the Montreal prices.

Ix Witness WHEREOF, the above named Chiefs and Principal men of the said
Mohawk or Six Nations Indians and the said Honorable William Claus on behalf of
His said Majesty, have to these presents set and put their hands and seals the day
and year first above written. |
Signed, sealed and delivered in }

presence of ~

J. TREDENNICK, Capt. 70th Regt. W. Craus, Dy, SO5G: See ni on
G. A. Gotprrop, Lieut. 70th Regt. behalf of the Crown. [L.S]
Ropert V. KERR, his
Joun CLAUS, JOHN X GREEN, [L.S]
JOHN FERGUSON, aes es
BENS. FAIRCHILD. ANTHONY xX SMART, [L.S.]
mark,
his
JOSEPH x SMART, [L.8.]
mark.
his
Brant x Koa, [L.8.]

mark.

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his
NICHOLAS X CRAWFORD, [L.8.]
mark.
Davip CLAUS, [L.S]
his
DANIEL X GREEN, [L.s.]
mark.
his
TAWANEWAY, X (L.s.]
mark.
his
ABRAM X MARKLE, PLS:
mark.
his
Mosrs x LEwIs, [L.S.]
mark.
his
Franois x MARKIE, [L.8.]
mark.
his
Joun x HI, (L.8.]
mark.

Tt is hereby expressly declared to be understood and agreed upon by and between
the parties to the within Indenture at the time of the execution thereof, that the con-

sideration for the purchase of the land thereby surrendered shall be paid in the follow-

ing manner, that is to say, that instead of a gross annual payment of four hundred and

fifty pounds in goods as within mentioned each individual of the Mohawks or Six
Nations Indians now residing on the Mohawk tract in the Bay of Quinté, shall receive
during his, her or their life or lives an annual payment of two pounds and ten shillings
in goods at the Montreal prices, that being about the share or dividend that would accrue
to each individual according to the present population, and that such annual payment
of two pounds and ten shillings in goods as aforesaid shall be made for ever hereafter
to every individual that may be residing in the said tract at the time of the annual
distribution and shall be in full discharge of the consideration in t i
mentioned, provided that each individual be descended from the present lawful and

rightful occupiers of the said tract, and provided also t
d in any one year the sum of Four hundred and fifty pounds.

Witnesses: a
J. Trepennick, Capt. T0th Regt. pee ey Li
G. A. Gotprrop, Lieut 70th Regt. his
Ropert V. KERR, ANTHONY X SMART, [L.8.]
JoHN CLAUS, fo
oH a
JOHN FERGUSON, JosePpH x SMART, {L-S.]
BENJ. FAIRCHILD.
mark.
his
Brant x Koa, [ES.4
mark.
his
NiIcHOLAS X CRAWFORD, [..S.
mark.
Davip CLAUS, (L.S]
his
DANIEL X GREEN, [L.8.]
mark.
|

his '
TAWANIWAY, X LLS. 14
mark,
his
ABRAM X MARKLE, [L.8.]
mark.
his r
Moses x Lewis, [L.8.]
mark.
his \
FRANCIS xX MARKLE, [L.S.]
mark.
his
JoHN x HILL, [L.8.]
mark.

No.,25.

Tuis INDENTURE, made the eighth day of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and twenty-two, between Tummago, Metwichewin, Sagawsouai, Maqua-
miss, Tecumagawsie, Pemekunawassigai, Quekijick, Pawbetang, Wawiattin, Pemuseh,
Sagetch, and Canotung, the Chiefs and Principal men of the Chippewa Nation of
Indians inhabiting and claiming the tract of land hereinafter mentioned and des-
cribed, of the first part, His Majesty George the Fourth, by the Grace of God of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, of the
second part, and the Honorable William Claus, of the Town of Niagara, in the Dis-
trict of Niagara, Deputy Superintendent General of Indian Affairs in the Province
of Upper Canada, of the third part.

Whereas by a_ certain provisional agreement entered into the ninth day of May,
in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, between George
Ironside, Superintendent of Indian Affairs on behalf of His late Majesty King George
the Third of blessed memory, of the one part, and the said Tummago, Metwichewin,
Sagawsouai, Maquamiss, Tekumagawsie, Pemekunawassigai, Quekijick, Pawbetang,
Wawiattin, Pemuseh, Sagetch, and Canotung, of the other part, it was egreed that
in consideration of an annuity of two pounds and ten shillings of lawful money of
Upper Canada to be paid in merchandise at the Montreal price, to each man, woman
and child of the said Chippewa Nation of Indians, then inhabiting and claiming the
said tract of land, and who shall be living at the respective times appointed for the
delivery of the said merchandise, during their respective lives, and to their posterity
for ever, provided the number of annuitants should not at any time exceed two
hundred and forty, being the number of persons then composing the said Nation,
claiming and inhabiting the said tract of land, they the said Tummage, Metwichewin,
Sagawsouai, Maquamiss, Tekumagawsie, Pemekunawassigai, Quekijick, Pawbetang
Wawaittin, Pemuseh, Sagetch, and Canotung, should surrender to His said late
Majesty and His successors, without limitation, or reservation, all that parcel or tract
of land lying on the northerly side of the River Thames, in the London and Western
Districts of the Province aforesaid, containing about five hundred and eighty thousand
acres, and hereinafter more particularly described.

Now tuis INDENTURE WITNESSETH, that in pursuance of the said agreement, and
as well in consideration of the said annuity of two pounds and ten shilling to be paid
in merchandise at the Montreal prices to each of the men, women and children of
the said Chippewa Nation of Indians who at the date of the said agreement were

inhabiting and claiming the said tract of land hereinafter described and intended to