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Chief Surveyor
Dept. of Indian Affairs

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No. 315.

Know stiu Mpn By THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of the Che-er-no Band of Indians resident on our Reserve at Beecher
Bay, Vancouver Island in the Provinee 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 Sovereian Lapy
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 District of
Metchosin in the County of ........ .. and Province of British Columbia, containing
by admeasurement four acres be the same more or less and being composed of all that
portion of land known as the Albert Head Indian Fishing Reserve

To Have anp to Hotp the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, her Heirs and
Successors forever, in trust to dispose the same to such person or persons, and upon
such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem best.

AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said Cheerno Band of Indians
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 Albert Head Indian ‘Reserve.

In Witness Wurreor, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this
9th day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety two

Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the pre- } __ his
sere Ort JXLITWHAEN x [L.S.]

W. H. Lomas Sea

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Indian Agent ScLaY-A CUM x [L.S.]
Quamichan, B.C. mark :
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Sraucutun (Doctor) x [L:8.]
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DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, Wil-
Provinee of British Columbia liam Henry Lomas, of Quamichan, In-
County of Victoria dian Agent of the Che-er-no Band of
To Wit: Beecher Bay, Vancouver Island in the

Provinee of British Columbia and Sclay-
a-cum Chief of the said Band of Indians.

Personally appeared before me, William Henry Lomas, of Quamichan, Indian
Agent of the Che-er-no Band of Beecher Bay, Vancouver Island, in the Province of
British Columbia, and Sclay-a-cum, Chief of the said Band of Indians.

AND the said William Henry Lomas 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 Che-er-no Band 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 and according to its 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 Sclay-a-cum 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 its Rules, and held in the presence of the
said

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

Sworn before me by the Deponents W. H.
Lomas and Sclay-a-cum at the City of | W. H. Lomas

Victoria in the County of Victoria ; his
this day of June A. D., | SCLAY-A-CUM x
1892. mark

FarquaHar Macrar

Police Magistrate in and for the
City of Victoria.

Recorded 13th August 1892
Lib: 135, Folio 465.

L. A. Cate.Lier

Dep: Registrar General of Canada.

No. 316.

Know Att Men By THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The Bridge River Band of Indians resident on our Reserve in the
Lillooet Indian District 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 SoOvEREIGN
Lapy 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 Lillooet
Indian District in the Province of British Columbia containing One Hundred
and Sixty Acres be the same more or less and being composed of that certain portion
of Reserve Number One of the Bridge River Indians of the Lillooet Indian District,
in the Province of British Columbia, as set forth in the attached tracing by being
colored blue thereon and described as follows ComMeEnciNG at the intersection of the
Northerly limit of the said Reserve with the left Bank of Thirteen Mile Creek, thence
South Easterly following the base of the mountains two miles thence at right angles