50 No. 158. Surrenper, by the Chief and Band of the Ojibway Indians residing on the Rama Reserve, in the County and Province of Ontario, and Dominion of Canada, to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, of a portion of lot number sixteen, in the sixth ceneession of the Township of Rama. Kxow att MEN By THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Prin- cipal Men of the Rama Band of Ojibway Indians, resident on our reserve at Rama, in the County of Ontario, Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and act)ng oa behalf of the whole people of our said Band, do hereby remise, release, surrender, — quit claim and yield up unto our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and succes-— sors forever,— All and singular that certain parcel or tract of land situated, lying and being 1n | our reserve in the Township of Rama aforesaid, being composed of the northerly portion of lot number sixteen in the sixth concession of the said Township of Rama, better known and described as follows, that is to say :— Commencing at the north-east angle of the said lot sixteen in the sixth conces- sion: thence south-easterly following the line between lots fifteen and sixteen, forty-one chains and sixty links (41. 60) to the northerly bank of “Black River” ; thence in a south-westerly direction following the said northern bank to the lne- between lots sixteen and seventeen; thence north-westerly along the line between — lots sixteen and seventeen four chains (4.00) more or less, to the aforesaid bank of river: thence following the said bank of river in a northerly and westerly direction, twenty-four chains (24) more or less to the line between the said lots sixteen and seventeen; thence following the said line twenty-three chains (23) to the southern limit of the line between the sixth and seventh concessions; thence easterly along said southern limit thirty chains more or less to the place of beginning—containing by admeasurement one hundred and sixteen acres (116) more or less. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Ber 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 Dominion may deem most conducive to the interest of us and our people in all time to come. And upon the further condition that any moneys received from the sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual expenses of management, be placed at interest, and the interest money accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or semi- annually to us and our descendants. 4 And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the Rama Band of Ojibway Indians aforesaid, do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the Government of the said Dominion may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the disposal and sale of said land. Tx Wirvess Wuereor, we, the said Chief and Principal Men, have set our hands — ond affixed our seals unto this Instrument, in the year and at the place stated below. — Executed at Rama this tenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and seventy-six. Sioned, sealed and delivered (having J. B. NanecesuKune, Chief, [L.S.] been first read and interpreted) in our PETER JACOBS, (L.S.] @ presence: ELIsHA SANDY, [L.8.] GEORGE SNAKE, [L.S.] WituiaM PLUMMER, JOSEPH ST. GERMAIN, [L.S.}@ Supt. Comr. LA. JOHN WILLIAMS, [L.8.] D. L. SANSON, MicuareL St. GERMAIN, [L.S.j9 J. B. NANEGESHKUNG, WILLIAM SNAKE, X [L.8.] Chief. JoHN SIMcog, JR. xX [L.8.] JACOB SHILLING, xX (L.8.] JAMES BENSON. [L.8.] 51 DoMINION oF CANADA, ] PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. | To Wit: J Personally appeared before me William Plummer, of the city of Toronto, in the said Province, Indian Superintendent and Commissioner, and Joseph Benson* Naningishkung, of the Township of Rama, in the County and Province aforesaid, Chief of the Rama Band of Ojibway Indians, who, being duly sworn, severally de- rese and say ; and the said William Plummer, for himself, saith that the annexed release or surrender was assented to by the said Joseph Benson Naningishkung, he being a Chief, and the only Chief of the said Tribe or body of Indians, assembled at a meeting or council of the Band summoned for that purpose. That he was duly authorized to attend such council by the Minister of the Interior. That the meeting or council was held in his presence, and he heard such assent given. | And the said Joseph Benson Naningishkung for himself saith : That he is a Chief, and the only Chief of the Rama Band of Indians aforesaid, and was entitled to vote at the council or meeting above mentioned. That the annexed release or surrender has been assented to by him. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the Band summoned for that purpose at which he was present, and also the said other deponent William Plummer. Sworn before me by the «*'4 deponents, William Plummer and Joseph Benson WILLIAM PLUMMER, Naningishkung, this eleventh day of | J. B. NANEGESHKUNG. February, 1876. JAS. Rost. Gowan, Senior Wide Co. Ot., ee. Simcoe. Recorded 28th May, 1877. ] Liber S., Folio 441. } L. A. CatvELLIER, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. No. 159. Tuts INDENTURE, made in duplicate, the fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, in pursuance of the Act to facilitate the conveyance of real property, intituled: “An Act respecting Short Forms of Conveyances.” Between John Moon Trenouth, of the Township of Rama, in the County of Ontario, in the Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, Lumberer, of the first part : Her Majesty Queen Victoria of the second part : And Agnes Ann Trenouth (wife of the said party of the first part), of the third part: WIrtnesseEtH, that in consideration of the sum of six hundred and eighty dollars cf lawful money of Canada, now paid by Her Majesty to him, the said party of the first part (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged), he, the said party of the first part, doth grant and surrender unto Her Majesty 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 Township of Rama, in the County of Ontario, in the Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, containing by admeasurement one hundred acres of land, more or less, known and described as and being composed of the south ~ half of lot number eighteen in the fifth concession of the said Township of Rama.