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The removal at onee took place, and the land was sold by the agent for £377.10.0
($1,510) on the 8th October, 1849, to Joseph Ward, who paid down £125.0.0, ($500) and
a further sum of £54.0.0 ($216), for the improvement made by the Indians, but no
portion of this money was ever accounted for.

These families removed from their old homes, and deprived of the promised assist-
ance. have at times suffered much, and for the want of teams and farming implements,
have been unable properly to cultivate their lands.

A further sum of £75.0.0 ($300) paid by the purchaser of the land in Anderdon,
has been appropriated in part, to pay for the erectiun of the Chief’s house and to pro-
vide him with some supplies which are much required.

The remainder of the purchase money and interest when collected from Mr. Ward,
will be equally divided among the surviving members of this band.

No. 97.

KNow ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that we Joseph White, Alexander Clarke, Joseph
Warrow, Senior, Alexis Splitlog, George Clark, Solomon White, Thomas White, Joseph
Warrow, Junior, and James Clark, the Chiefs and Principal Men of the: Wyandott
Indians resident in the Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex and Province
of Canada, on the Detroit River, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our
tribe and nation, do hereby remise, release, surrender, quit-claim and yield up unto Our
Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular that cer-
tain parcel or tract of land situated in the Province of Canada, being the island in the
said Detroit River known as Fighting Island, Turkey Island or Ile d’Inde, and all
appurtenances thereunto belonging to have and to hold the same to Her said Majesty
the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust to sell and convey the same to
such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of this Province shall
or may deem most conducive to the interests of us the said Chiefs and Principa: Men
and our people; and upon the further condition that the moneys received for the sale
thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expense of management, be placed
at interest for our benefit and that of our people in all time to come, and that the said
interest shall be paid semi-annually to us and our descendants. And we the said Chiefs
and Principal Men of the Wyandott Tribe of Indians do for ourselves and on behalf
of our people hereby ratify and confirm whatsoever the Government of this Province
hath done or caused to be done in connection with the disposal and sale of the said

island. |
Ix Witness WuEREOF, we, the said Chiefs and Principal Men have hereunto set
our hands and affixed our seals at the Township of Anderdon, this twenty-seventh day
of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.

Signed, sealed and delivered in his
ee sa le JOSEPH x WHITE, [L.8.]
oa ae 4 ne ; mark and seal.
Tn, Wie LBGCAET ALEX.. CLARKE, [L.8.]
Judge County Court, ae
County of Essex. JOSEPH x Warrow, Sr., [L.S.]
FrROOME JALFOURD, mark and seal.
Aen ALExIs M. SPLITLOG, [L.8.]
GEO. CLARKE, [L.8.7
P. WHITE, [L.8.]
Tuos. B. WHITE, [L.8.]
JOSEPH Warrow, Jr., [L-8.]
JAMES CLARKE, [L.S-]

And we hereby certify that the above release or surrender has been assented to
and executed by the Chief and principal members of the tribe of Indians above men-

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tioned, assembled at a meeting of such band or tribe, summoned for that purpose,
according to their rules, and entitled to vote thereat.
G. W. LEGGATT,
Judge County Court, County of Essex.

FROOME TALFOURD,
Visiting Superintendent Indian Affairs.

PROVINCIAL REGISTRAR’S OFFICE,
QUEBEC, Ist June, 1863.

I hereby certify that this surrender has been duly entered on the records of this
office in Lib. O.S. Surrenders to the Crown, Folio 231, under the authority of an.
Order in Council dated 15th May, 1863.

WM. KENT,

Dep. Prov. Registrar.
Department of Crown Lands.
Entered in Letters Received, Bk. 19, p. 365.
Quebec, Ist June, 1863.

No. 98.

At a General Council of all the Chiefs, Principal Men and adults belonging to the
Sarnia Band, held this sixth day of November, 1862, it was decided by vote to sur-
render to the Department the merchantable oak and pine timber standing on the
unoccupied portions of the reserve in the Township of Sarnia, and also on the reserve
in the Township of Bosanquet (Sables.)

Im order that the same may be sold and the proceeds invested in the usual
manner, the interest produced thereby to be divided with our other moneys half
yearly.

Given under our hands this 6th day of November, 1862.

On behalf of the Sarnia Indians.
DAVID B. WAWANOSH, Head Chief.
FROOME TALFOURD, V.S.J D.,
On behalf of the Indian Department.

To all to whom these presents shall come we, the Sachems and Chief Warriors
of the Six Nations Indians, inhabiting and owning the lands situate, lying and being
on the Grand or River Ouse, in the County of Haldimand, in the Province of Upper
Canada, send greeting.

Whereas His late Majesty did by a certain instrument bearing date the twenty-
fifth day of October, in the year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and
eighty-four, under the hand and seal of Sir Frederick Haldimand, then Governor of
Quebec, allot and grant unto us upon the banks of the said river running into Lake
Erie, six miles deep from each side of the said river, beginning at Lake Erie. and
extending in that proportion to the head of the said river. And whereas the
Honorable William Claus, of the Town of Niagara, in the District of Niagara, hath
been for the last thirty years our trustee, and hath during all that time conducted
and managed our affairs with great advantage to our interests, and made profitably
available our money without any compensation from us whatever,

And we the said Sachems and Chief Warriors willing to attribute such dis-
‘interested conduct to feelings which have characterized his ancestors, Sir William
Johnson and Sir John Johnson, towards our nations, beside his father who served
with us during the whole of the French war as well as that of the rebellion, and
being more particularly able to be our friends from speaking our languages, and who
together with himself have resided with and amongst us and guarded our interests

with parental solicitude.
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