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ments, privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging for ever. As witness our hands
and seals this 5th day of June, A.D. 1856.

Signed, sealed and delivered in Tuomas NANEGESHEKUNG, by his son

the presence of: JOSEPH NANEGESHKUNG, [L.8.]
Davip Laine SANSON, James BIGwInD, (totem) [L.s.]
ADAM PATERSON, ° GeorGE YOUNG, (totem) [L.s.]
JOHN BEATTIE, JosepH SNAKE, (totem) [ES.]
THOMAS SHILLING, Joun AISENCE, (totem) [L.S.]
JOSEPH NANEGESHKUNG, PETER GADE-QUE-GUNN, (totem) [L.5.]

Interpreter.

Certified to have been executed
in my presence.

T. G. ANDERSON,
S.A.

Cory of a Report of a Committee of the Honourable the Executive Council, dated the

12th July, 1856, approved by His Excellency the Governor General in Council on
the 14th July, 1856.

On a report dated 12th June, 1856, from the Superintendent General of Indian _
Affairs, transmitting for sanction a deed of surrender bearing date 5th June, 1856,
from Thomas Naine-kish-kung and others, Chiefs and Principal Men of the Tribe of
Chippewa Indians residing on the snores of Lakes Couchiching, Simcoe and Huron
in this Province, in favour of the Crown, of about 1,150 acres of land or upwards,
consisting of four islands in Lake Simcoe, one in Lake Couchiching, and all the
islands except three claimed by the Chippewas in the Georgian Bay; and stating

the principal arising from the sales to build a cnurch be given to the Indians
surrendering; the residue to be invested for their benefit, and the interest paid an-
nually to them; and secondly, that a duplicate copy of the surrender be given to the
Chiefs. ;

The Committee recommend that the deed of surrender be accepted and entered
upon the records in the offices of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Provincial

Registrar.
° Certified.

WM. H. LEE,
Ceik aC.
To the Honourable

The Provincial Registrar,
&e., &e., &e.

PROVINCIAL REGISTRAR’S OFFICE,
Toronto, 2nd August, 1856.

I nereby certify that the foregoing surrender, together with the minute in Council
thereon, have been entered upon the records of this office, in Lib. C. S. Surrenders
to the Crown, Folio 149.

THOS. AMIOT,
Depy. Regr.

KNow ALL MEN BY THESE PresENTS that we, the undersigned, John Sunday, John
Simpson, Jacob Sunday, John Pigeon, Joseph Skunk, Thomas Frasure and James
Indian, Chiefs and Principal Members of that portion of the Mississaga Tribe of
Indians formerly living on “Grape Island,” in Lake Ontario, but now settled and
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residing in the Township of Alnwick, in the Neweastle District, Province of Canada,
in general council assembled, as well for ourselves as for each and every member of
that portion of the Mississaga Tribe of Indians to which we belong or form a part,
for the consideration hereinafter mentioned and stipulated, do hereby freely, fully
and voluntarily surrender, convey and forever quit claim, to Our Most Gracious
Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria and Her succegsors, in trust, to be sold or otherwise ~
disposed of, to the best advantage for ourselves and our descendants for ever, all and
singular those islands lying and situate in the “ Bay of Quinté,” on Lake Ontario,
Weller’s Bay and in the River St. Lawrence; and also, all points and parcels of land
claimed by us on the mainland which have not heretofore been ceded to the Crown,
save and except the land claimed and now occupied by our tribe in the said Town-
ship of Alnwick; the principal arising from such sales to be safely funded and the
mterest accruing therefrom to be paid annually to us and our said descendants for
all time to come.

This instrument must be immediately submitted for the consideration of our
Great Father the Governor General, and unless His Excellency is pleased to approve
of the foregoing arrangement, it must be and remain null and void to all intents and
purposes.

Ix Wirness WuereEoF, we have hereunto set our hands, seals and totems at our
village in Alnwick, this nineteenth day of June, A.D. one thousand eight hundred
fifty-six.

Signed and sealed in our JOHN SUNDAY, (totem) (L.8.]
presence, after having JOHN SIMPSON, (totem) [L.S.]
been read and fully ex- _ Jacop SuNDay, (totem) [L.s8.]
plained to the Council. JOHN PIGEON, (totem) [L.S.]
JOHN S, GRAFTON. JOSEPH SKUNK, (totem) [L.S.]

THOMAS FRASURE, (totem) [L.8.] i

JAMES INDIAN, (totem) fis. }

JoHN Storm, (totem), i

THoMAS MARSDEN,

JoHN Rice,
Interpreter. |

Certified to nave been executed! l

in my presence: § °
T. G. ANDERSON,
SecA,

PROVINCIAL REGISTRAR’S OFFICE,
Toronto, 4th August, 1856.

I hereby certify that the foregoing surrender hath been this day entered upon
the records of this office in Lib. C. S. Surrenders to the Crown, Folio 153.

THOS. AMIOT.
a= , Deputy Registrar.

Kxow att Men sy THESE Presents that we, the undersigned George Paudaush,
John Crow, Robert Soper, Peter Nogee, John Bigman, Jacob Crane, James
McCue, Peter Patchey, Isaac Irons and Joseph Muskrat, Chiefs and Principal Men
forming a part of tne Mississaga Tribe of Indians settled and inhabiting the borders
of Rice Lake, Mud Lake, and Seugog Lake, in the Newcastle and Colborne Districts,
Province of Canada, in General Council assembled, as well for ourselves as for each
and every member of that portion of the Mississaga Tribe of Indians to which we
belong or form a part, for the consideration hereinafter mentioned and _ stipulated,
do hereby freely, fully and voluntarily surrender, convey and forever quit claim to
Our Most Gracious Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria and Her successors, in trust, to —
be sold or otherwise disposed of to the best advantage for ourselves and our descendants __

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‘forever, all and singular the islands and*mainland lying and situate in the New-
castle and Colborne Districts, including the islands in Rice Lake which have not
heretofore been ceded to the Crown, save and except the lands now occupied by our
tribe and known as the Indian reservations on the borders of Rice, Mud and Scugog
Lakes in the aforesaid districts, the. principal arising from such sales to be safely
funded and the interest accruing therefrom to be paid annually to us and our said
descendants for all time to come.

The instrument must be immediately submitted for the consideration of our
great Father the Governor General, and unless His Excellency is pleased to approve of
the foregoing arrangement, it must be and remain null and void to all intents and

. purposes.

Ix Witness WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands, seals and totems at

Mud Lake, this 24th day of June, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six.

Signed and sealed in our presence, | GrorRGE PAUDAUSH, (totem) [L.8.]
having been read and fully explained JoHN Crow, (totem) [L.S.]
to the Council: i RoBert SoPER, (totem) oS]

JNO. SHORT, PETER NOGEE, (totem) [L.S.]
Luxe T; Skyz, JoHN BIGMAN, (totem) [L.8.]
M. G. Paupusn, Interpreter. Jacop ORANE, (totem) [is]
JOHN FAWN, JAMES McCuE, (totem) Liss
JAMES SCHOFIELD, PETER PATCHEY, (totem) [L.8.]
WILLIAM MARSDEN, Tsaac TRONS, (totem) fe.S4
JACOB ORANE, Jr. JosrepH Muskrat, (totem) [eee

Certified to have been executed in my presence.

T. G. ANDERSON,
See igaae

PROVINCIAL REGISTRAR’S OFFICE,
Toronto, 4th August, 1856.

I. hereby certify that the foregoing surrender hath this day heen entered upon
the records of this office in Lib. C. S. Surrenders to the Crown, Folio 154.

THOS. AMIOT,
Deputy Registrar.

Crown LAND DEPARTMENT,
Toronto, 18th February, 1857.

Entered upon the records of this Department m i W. No.39.

Copy of a Report of a Committee of the Honourable the Executive Council, dated the
12th July, 1856, approved by His Excellency the Governor General in Council on
the 14th July, 1856.

On a report from the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, submitting two
surrenders made by the Mississagua Indians of Rice and Mud Lakes, and by the
Mississaguas of Alnwick, of certain lands and islands which they claim.

The Superintendent General states that the above surrenders were obtained ky
Captain Anderson in June last; that the only stipulations attached to them are that
the monies arising from the sale of such surrendered lands may be invested for the
benefit of the bands surrendering, and that a duplicate of the instrument be given to
such bands.

That the surrender by the Mississaguas of Mud and Rice Lakes comprises the
islands in Rice Lake hitherto surrendered, and all the islands and mainland lying
and situate in the Newcastle and Colborne Districts, except the reservations on the
shores of Rice, Mud and Scugog Lakes.

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That some of these islands are valuable, one in Balsam Lake containing 1,000

acres. That some doubts exist as to whether these islands were or were not included
‘n a former surrender, but that there does not seem to be any objection to deciding

the matter by accepting the present cession.
That the Mississaguas of Alnwick cede the islands belonging to them in the Bay

of Quinté, Lake Ontario, Weller’s Bay and the River St. Lawrence, and certain parcels

of territory on the mainland.
That to the islands in the Bay of Quinte and Lake Ontario their title is

undisputed. That the ground on the mainland and the islands in the St. Lawrence,
are claimed by other parties.

He therefore suggests that in accepting this surrender it would be advisable to
insert a stipulation that the covenant as to the investment of the proceeds for the

benefit of the Mississaguas of Alnwick should be held binding only so far as the title

of that band shall be found to be good, but that they shall be considered as having:
now waived all right hereafter to raise claims to these surrendered lands, this cession

being considered final as regards them.
The Committee recommend that the surrenders be accepted in the manner and

upon the conditions suggested by the Superintendent General, and that they he
recorded in the offices of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and of the Provincial

Registrar respectively.
Certified.
WM. H. LEE,

C.nk. C.

To the Honorable
The Provincial Registrar,

&e., &e., &e.

PROVINCIAL REGISTRARS OFFICE,
Toronto, 4th August, 1856.

I hereby certify that the foregoing Minute in Council, together with the two

accompanying surrenders, have respectively

office in Lib. C.S., folios 152, 153, 154, 155.
THOS. AMIOT,

Deputy Registrar.

Non 79:

To all to whom these presents shall come :—

Be it known that whereas Peter Jones Kegedonce, George A. Tabegwun, John
Thomas Wabatick, John Snake, Abner Elliot, John Johnson and Charles Keeshick,
on the part of the Chippewa Indians residing at Nawash, Owen Sound; and Baptist
Beauvin, a Mohawk Indian, residing on the Caughnawaga Tract, on the north shore
of Owen Sound, on the part of the three Caughnawaga families who remain located
on said tract, were appointed by their respective people at a full Couneil to proceed
as a deputation to Toronto, for the purpose of treating with their Father the Governor
General for a surrender of the reserve which they respectively occupy.

And whereas the contemplated treaty between the Crown and the said Nawash
Indians for the surrender of the aforesaid reserve has been this day made and exe-
euted, it is deemed by all the parties named desirable that the said Caughnawaga
families should also surrender and yield up to the Crown the lands which they occupy
-n the aforesaid Caughnawaga settlement, and remove to Cape Croker with the Na-
wash Band, and it is therefore agreed upon by all the contracting parties that the said

been entered upon the records of this