~And of and from the payment of the said sum of money Her Majesty is hereby
relieved and discharged henceforth and forever.

THUS DONE AND PASSED, at the said City of Quebec, in the office of the
said Jean A. Charlebois, on the day month and year first above written, under the
number four thousand six hundred and twenty nine.

IN FAITH AND TESTIMONY whereof the said parties have to these presents
first duly read, set and subscribed their names and signatures with and in presence

of the undersigned Notary.
(Signed) T. J. LAMONTAGNE

C. PANET ANGERS
J. A. CHARLEBOIS, N.P.
True copy
J. A. CHARLEBOIS
INERR

No. 421.

Know att Men sy THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The Saugeen Band of Indians resident on our Reserve in the
Township of Amabel in the County of Bruce in the Province of Ontario 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
Sovereign Lady 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
Saugeen Indian Reserve in the County of Bruce and Province of Ontario containing
by admeasurement Nine and fifty seven one hundredths acres be the same more or
less and being composed of all and singular that certain portion or tract of land,
which may be described as follows:—Commencing at an iron post planted on the
boundary between the Saugeen Indian Reserve and the Town of Southampton, at the
intersection of the Kast limit of Craig Street with the South limit of Elm Street;
thence East along a line of posts marking the South limit of the road allowance, a
distance of 76 chains and 37 links to an iron post; thence South 22° 20’ East, a
distance of 18 chains and 97 links to an iron post planted on the North limit of the
road allowance between the Saugeen Reserve and the Township of Arran; thence
North 76° 15’ East along the said North limit of the road allowance, 1 chain and 3
links to a wooden post, thence North Westerly and Westerly following a parallel to
the first two mentioned courses and including a strip of land one chain wide, to the
intersection of the North boundary of the road allowance with the East limit of Craig
Street, thence South one chain to the place of commencement, containing by ad-
measurement an area of 9.57 acres.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty THe oun her
Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to dispose of the same to such person or persons,
and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most
conducive to our welfare and that of our people.

AND upon the further condition that the land hereby surrendered shall be duly
dedicated as a road allowance.

AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said the said disposition of
the said land do 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 disposition of the said land.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our
seals this Seventh day of August in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety nine.
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Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre- ) THomas Sotomon Manpowas. Chief [L.S.]-

sence of JouN NASHKAWA [L.8.]
JOMN SCOFFIELD CEPHAS KAHBIEJE [L.S.]
Davin Roor [L.S.]

Henry RITCHIE [L.S.]

Ep. J. MADWASHEMIND [L.8.]

RicHarp Noon [L.S.]

DaniEL Roor [L.S.]

PauL NASHWAHSOGONABY [L.S.]

DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, John
Province of Ontario Maxwell McNabb of the Village of
County of Bruce Southampton in the Province of Ontario
To Wit: John Scoffield and Thomas S. Mandowab

Chief of the said Band of Indians.

AND the said John Scoffield 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 Chippeway of Saugeen of the full age of
twenty-one years then present. E

That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summoned
for 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 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 Thomas S. Mandowab 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 Thomas S. Mandowab

That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not ar
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
ae JOHN SCOFFIELD

Village of Southampton in the County Fivsoatag Coun

of Bruce this 9th day of August A.D.,
1899
Joun M. McNasp

J.P.

Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 7th Septr 1899
: H. G. La MOTHE
Asst. Clerk of the Privy Council.

MANDOWAB

Recorded 25th September 1899
Lib. 163 Fol 268
P. PELLETIER
Acting Dep: Registrar Generar of Canada