69

No. 168.

Tus INDENTURE made the fifteenth day of January, in the year of Our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight :

Between William Elias Jones, of Swan River, in the North-west Territories,
Gentleman, and Her Majesty Queen Victoria—

Witnesseth, that the said William Elias Jones, for and in consideration of the
sum of one dollar of lawful money of Canada, to him in hand paid by Her Majesty
(the receipt whereof is hereby by him acknowledged), doth grant and surrender
unto Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, all and singular that certuin strip of
land, one chain and a half in width situate, lying and being in the North-west Terri-
tories of the Dominion of Canada, and being composed of that part of the public
trail or travelled road leading from Westbourne to Fort Ellice, which hes within the
south-east quarter (fractional) of section nineteen in the sixteenth township in th»
twenty-third range, west of the Principal Meridian in the said North-west Territories.

To have and to hold the said strip of land hereby granted and surrendered, or
intended so to be, unto Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors forever.

In Witness Wuereor, the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands and seals.

Signed, sealed and delivered |
in presence of A. McDonatp. § W. EK. JONES. [L.8.]
CANADA,

NortH-WeEst TERRITORIES,
Swan RIvER.
eon VV At ;
I, Allan McDonald, of Swan River, in the North-west Territories, make oath
and say : ,
1. I was personally present and did see the within Instrument duly signed,
sealed and delivered by the within named William Elias Jones, the party thereto.

9. That the said Instrument was executed at Swan River, in the North-west
iTerritories.

3. That I know the said William Elias Jones.
4. That I am a subscribing witness to the said Instrument.

Sworn before me at Swan River, in the |
North-West Territories of the Domin- |
ion of Canada, this fifteenth day of |
January, A.D. 1878. J

Matw. Ryan,
Stipendiary Magistrate.

Recorded ist February, 1878. |
Lib. 27, Fol. 523. §

LL. A. CATELLIER,
Deputy Registrar-General of Canada

A. McDONALD.

No. 1683.

Know att MEN By THESE Presents, that we, the Chief and Principat Men of the
Band of Indians, owning and residing on the Indian reserve at River Desert, in the
Township of Maniwaki, in the County of Ottawa, in the Province ot Quebec and
| Dominion of Canada, being this day assembled with our people in general council,
and acting for and on behalf of the whole membership of our said Band, and with
the free consent of a majority of the male members thereof, of the full age of twenty-
one years, summoned for that purpose according to our rules, and in the presence of
| Patrick Moore, Esquire, our agent, duly authorized to attend such council by the
| Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, have agreed to surrender and yield up,