213 And also of, in, to or out of any and all other land or improvements whatsoever within the bounds of the said reserve, together with the appurtenances thereunto belonging or appertaining . To have and to hold the aforesaid lands and premises with all and singular the appurtenances thereto belonging or appertaining unto and. to the use of the said party of the second part and his successors in office forever, subject, nevertheless, to the reservations, limitations, provisoes and conditions express- ed in the original grant thereof from the Crown. Upon trust, however, to hold the said land and other property hereinbefore mentioned for the use and benefit of the Indians of said James Seenum’s Band. Tx Witness Wurreor, the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals. ‘Signed, sealed and delivered } in the presence co: \ PETER ERASMUS. [L.8.] Tuos. H. EDMUNDSON, J. EK. Ineram. Received on the date hereof from the said party of the second part the sum of four hundred dollars, the consideration within mentioned. Witness: ) THos. H. Epmunpson, } PETER ERASMUS. J. E. InGRAmM. J : ALBERTA TERRITORY, ) SADDLE LAKE. io. Wit: { I, Thomas Herbert Edmundson, of Saddle Lake, in Alberta Territory, Clerk, make oath and say : 1. That I was personally present and did see the within Instrument and dupli- cate thereof duly signed, sealed and executed by Peter Erasmus, one of the parties thereto. 9. That the said Instrument and duplicate were executed at Saddle Lake afore- said. 3. That I know the said party. 4. That I am a subscribing witness to the said Instrument and duplicate. Sworn before me at Saddle Lake,] in Alberta Territory, this 22nd| THOMAS HERBERT EDMUNDSON. day of August, in the year of( Our Lord 1887. J Gro. A. MITCHELL, A Justice of the Peace for N.W.T. Recorded 12th October, 1887. | Lib. 128, Fol. 54. 5 L. A. CATELLIER, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. No. 246. Know aut Men By THESE PRESENTS, that we, the undersigned Chief and Prin- _ cipal Men of the Blackfoot Tribe of Indians, resident on our reserve, which is situated at or near the Blackfoot Crossing, in Townships numbered twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two and twenty-three, and Ranges numbers nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, _ twenty-two, twenty-three and twenty-four, west of the 4th Initial Meridian, and known as the Blackfoot Reserve, in the District of Alberta and Dominion of Canada, " 7 214 “or. and aeting 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 eoal situate, — lying and being within the said Blackfoot Reserve, in the District of Alberta afore- said : together with all the mining privileges necessary for the proper working and extracting from the ground and carriage of the said coal off the reserve, and ‘also with the permission to erect and maintain buildings and other structures necessary for the prosecution of mining the said coal, saving and excepting that no mines shall be worked or coal extracted at such points where settlements of Indians now exist upon said reserve, and as shown upon the map of said reserve attached hereto, and marked with circles in red ink and numbered from one to eleven inclusive, nor in such loealities as may be objected to by the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, his successors in office, or his duly authorized agent in that behalf. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust, to dispose of such coal and mining rights and privileges ‘n the saine as aforesaid to such person or persons, and upon such terms as the Gov- ernment ofthe 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 there- of shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be, except- ing as hereinafter proyided, dealt with in accordance with the directions for the man- agement of Indian moneys as contained in “The Indian Act” or to be contained in any amendment thereto. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said Blackfoot Tribe of Indians, . do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm whatever the said Government may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the said coal and mining privileges in connection therewith. Provided always, that a sum not exceeding ten per cent. of the proceeds of the coal and mining privileges, as may be directed by the Governor in Council, be paid to’the members of the Tribe from time to time as May seem best. This release or surrender is made for the purpose of carrying out and confirm- ine an agreement entered into on the third of November, 1884, between us, the said Blackfoot Tribe, and Arthur F. Eden, of Winnipeg, Province of Manitoba, by which we authorized him and his associates to mine coal upon the said reserve. In Wrrxess’ WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals, this tenth day of October, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty- seven. , , ; his a : Signed, sealed and delivered in} Cuaro x Mexico, or Growroot, [L.8.] the presence of: f mark. J. W. Trims, his Clerk in Holy Orders. THREE x BULLS, faS.4 L. Douces, Pir. O. M. I. ae Macnus Berea, Runninc x Rassit, [L.S.] Indian Agent. mark. JEAN [7 HEUREUX, his Ind. Dep. Interpreter. smite n° [L.S.] Two Witnesses. eects WHITE x EAGLE, [L.8.] mark. his = RABBIT x CARRIER, [L-S.] mark. his . MEDICINE x SHIELD, [L.8.] mark. EY ah. his CatF x RosBE, [L.8.] mark. | a= fi \/ Ss OF = BLACKFOOT RESERVE shewing Coal Lands theretr Th, HAMMER H/t2, pow RIVER Tp. 2! Tp.2! SEER Sal | sc Goi 2 I ag 7c ac a A ee Cee Rg see = ee oe Tp. 20 4 * = Tp.20 Fa Fa ' { | WEST 44 INITIAL MERIDIAN | 1 | 1 { $0, 215 his Big x PLUME, [L-8.] mark. his Low x Horn, [es ] mark. his LoNE x CHIEF, [L.8.] mark. his WHITE x Pup, [Ees.] mark. his BEAR x CHILD. pS. mark. DomMiInron oF CANADA, DISTRICT OF ASSINIBOIA. + To Wit: J Personally appeared before me, Hayter Reed, of the Town of Regina, in the District of Assiniboia, Assistant Indian Commissioner, and Crowfoot, Chief of the said Band of Indians. And the said Hayter Reed 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 Blackfoot Tribe, 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 tor 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 Superin- tendent-Genl. of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting wno was no} a member of the Band, or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender. And the said Crowfoot 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 Hayter Reed. _ 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 ad entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Swort’ before me by the deponents Hay-) ter Reed’ and Chief Crowfoot, at the| hiss, Town of Regina, in’ the District of See ae MEXICO CROWFOOT. Assiniboia, this fifteenth day of Octo- HAYTER REED. ber, A.D. 1887. James FEF. McLeop, Judge Supreme Ct. N.W.T. | Recorded 2ist November, 1887. ] hap. 129, Fol. 36. j L. A: CaTELuier, Dep. Registrar- -General of Canada.