Provwee or Nova Scotia, |
Hauirax, S.S. i .

Be it remembered that on this seventh day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-four, before me the subscriber personally came and appeared
Christianna Ives, wife of William Ives, mentioned in the foregoing Indenture, who
having been by me examined separate and apart from her said husband, did declare
and acknowledge that she executed the said Indenture as and for her act and deed
without fear, threat or compulsion, of, from or by her said husband, and for a full
release of all her claims to the land therein described.

G. H. ELLIOT,
Barrister and Notary Public.

Recorded 3rd March, 1875.

Lib. S. Folio. 217.
ihe Wi SCOTT,

Secretary of State and Registrar General of Canada.

No. 143.

Know ALL Men BY THESE Presents that we, the Chiefs, Principal Men and
Warriors of the Chippewa Indians, of Sarnia, owning and residing on the Indian
Reserve at Sarnia, being this day assembled with our people in general council, and
acting for and on behalf of the whole merhbership of our, said Band, and with the
free consent of a majority thereof, as expressed in our said council summoned for
that purpose, in presence of the Honourable the Superintendent-General of Indian
Affairs and of Robert Mackenzie, our local Superintendent, have agreed to surren-
der and yield up, and do hereby surrender and yield up 1nto our Sovereign Lady
the Queen, Her heirs and successors, in trust, to be sold for the benefit of ourselves
and our children, all that certain portion of our said reserve, containing about one
hundred and fifty-four acres, be the same more or less, which may be described as
follows, namely : Lots numbers forty-five, forty-six, forty-seven, forty-eight, forty-
nine and fifty of the front range of our said reserve, as shown on the map of the
survey thereof made by P. 5. Donnelly in the year 1855.

To tHE Enp, that the said described piece of land, including the beach and
water privileges in front of the same, may be re-surveyed and sold in such manner,
and on such terms, as the Honourable the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs
may judge to be best for our advantage ; and that the proceeds of the said land, as
the same may be realized, shall be properly invested, and the interest to be derived
therefrom paid over to ourselves, our people and children, at the same times in each
year as it is customary to pay our annuity and interest monies. SUBJECT, NEVERTHELESS,
to the following stipulations and conditions, namely : That the improvements, rents
and other advantages of the present occupants of all the above-described lots of land
shall be faithfully valued, and the full and fair value of the same, together with all
necessary and reasonable expenses of removal, paid to the said occupants, their heirs or
assigns, or invested for their benefit in providing new dwellings and other necessary
improvements on other portions of the said reserve to be allotted to the said parties,
in lieu of the lands to be by them vacated. AND FURTHER, that fair compensation for
any improvements made by other parties on lots on which it may be found desirable
to locate the parties to be removed shall be granted. All to be paid from the pro-
ceeds of the sale of the above surrendered lands; and also that from and out of the
first monies to be received for the sale of the said lands there shall be a distribution
made of four dollars to each individual member of the Band.

In Wirvess to ail which covenants and conditions, we the said Chiefs, Principal
Men, and Warriors, have set our hands and seals to this surrender, executed in
duplicate, and dated at Sarnia, +n the County of Lambton, Province of Ontario, and
Dominion of Canada, this fourteenth day of January, in the year of Our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred end seventy-five.

WittiAmM WaAWANOSH, os
JOHN SUMNER, eS |
his
NicHoLtas PLaIn, x [L.S.]
mark,
James MANass, Pease
Witson JACOBS, [L.S.]
his ye
ANTOINE Ropp, Sr., xX [L.8.]
mark.
his
ANDREW NEYESHECK, X easra
mark.
his
Grorce AsSHQquaquonaBy, x [L.S.]
mark.
his
THomas NaAyAHMEHQUODT, X [1L.8S.]
mark.
his
JOHN KABAYAH, X [LSs]
mark.
his
DANIEL PELAHNA, X ass]
mark,
his
JOSIAH WILLIAMS, X tS
mark.
his
Auprert Ropp, x bays
mark.
his
JOHN THOMAS, X [ease]
mark.
Auex. R. Nuwane, [L.S.]
his
Pere GRAY, x (eS.
mark,
his
Wm. KacHENODING, X (ess
mark.
his
WILLIAM COLLROLL, X [L.S.]
mark.
his
JABEZ NAHMABIN, X [L.S.]
mark.
his
Henry OLIver, X [L.S.]
mark.
his
Isaac STONE, xX pe. Se]
mark,
JABEZ JACKSON, [L.S.]
Jno. NAYAUNQUODT, [L.S.]

Signed and sealed in the |
presence of §
Davin Lairp, Minister of Interior.

Rost. Mackenziz, V. Supt. and Comr.

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ALEXANDER RCGERS,

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Luke PAPAHMEGONCE,
ELisAn Grorce,
' his
DanteL NAHMABIN, xX
mark,
his
JOHN HaALFpAy, x
mark.
S his
JAMES HALFDAY, X
mark.
WILLIAM JACKSON,

JAMES PLAIN,
his
Prerer Mernass, °x
mark.
his
Mosrs Henry, x
mark.
_his
JOHN WALKER, X
mark.
WILLIAM JACOBS,

Francis Rogers,
SoLomMon NAGESHIG;
Ropert Isaac,

BenJAMIN WHITE,
his
WILLIAM SHABENAIS X
mark.
his
SoLoMon JACKSON, X
mark,
his
Lisa IDAVIDy yx

mark.
his

PAvE Ropp ies
mark.
his
SoLtomMon ADAM, X
mark.
his
Perer WILLIAMS X
mark.
his
JOSEPH PEPESEDA, X
mark,
his
FRANCIS CoLLROLL, X
mark,
his
JACCB MAapWAYAH, X
mark.

SinAs WAHBEMONG,
EPHRAIM JACKSON,
Peter Ropp,

JAMES MANASS, JR.,
his

JOHN WILLIAMS, X
mark.

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[L.S.]

We, Robert Mackenzie, Local Superintendent and Commissioner, and William
Wawanosh, Chief and Interpreter to the Chippewa Indians of Sarnia, do hereby affirm
and certify that the following surreader was freely assented to at a full general
council of the said Band, summoned for that purpose on the date therein mentioned,
and that the said assent was given all but unanimously, there being but six dissen”

ters therefrom.
ROBIS MACKENZIE, VS. & C.
WILLIAM WAWANOSH.
Sworn before me at the Town of Sarnia. |
in the County of Lambton, ‘this!
fifteenth day of January, A.D., 1875.1
CHARLES Ropinson, f
Judge County Court, |
County of Lambton. |
Recorded 18th February, 1875.

Liber S, Folio 212. :
R. W. Scort, Secretary of State and Registrar General of Canada.

No. 144.

Know att Men sy THESE Presents, that we, the Chiefs, Principal Men and War-
riors of the Chippewa and Pottowatomie Indians of Walpole Island, being this day
assembled in our council house to the number of about two hundred, in presence of
our Visiting Superintendent, have agreed to surrender, and do hereby surrender and
yield up unto our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her successors and assigns, all that
certain portion of land and marsh, forming the lower or southern portion of our said
island, which may be described as follows, namely : All that is bounded on the west
by the St. Clair River, on the east by the Shewetagan Creek or Channel, and on the
south by the Lake St. Clair, which portion is commonly known as Squirrel Island ;
thence from the southern mouth of the Shewetagan Channel or Creek along the
shore to the mouth of Johnson’s Lake, and thence in a northerly direction to Goose
Lake ; from thence westerly along the eastern edge of the swamp or marsh known
as Grassy Bend until Shewetagan Channel is reached.

To rue Enp that the said described territory may be leased for sporting. or shoot-
ing purposes, to such persons, and on such terms as the Honourable the
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs for the Dominion of Canada may consider
to be most for our benefit and advantage, and the preservation of our game from
unlicensed trespassers—conditional, however, on the full reservation to ourselves and
our people of the right to trap muskrat and take fish over the said described
territory. :

And also, that the rental to be derived from the leasing of the same shall be dis-
tributed to us and our people, semi-annually, as an addition to our ordinary annuity
and interest monies, in the following manner and proportion, namely: Three-fourths
to the Chippewas and one-fourth to the Pottowatomies of this Island.

In Wrrness Wuereor, we have hereunto set our hands and seals at Walpole
Island, this seventeenth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-five.

CHARLES KIYOSHK, JosEPH Isaac, x
ALEX. JOHNSON, X OHAWAY, X
JosePH Kowsop, x PADATHIGOSHING, X
JACOB KIYOSHK, X NAHNAHQUA, X
PETME-GE-SHIG, X MASHKEYAH, X

6. BIRD; x (JUEESHQUAH, x