115

—
—_

ing or council of the said Band, summoned for that purpose according to the rules
of the said Band, and held at Serpent River, in the said district, on the thirtieth day
of January, A.D. 1882.

Certified and sworn to before me

at Algoma Mills, in the District TAHBISHKOKEZHIK ea
of Algoma, this twenty-third day onan
of May, A.D. 1882.

KE. B. Borron,

Stipendiary Magistrate.

No: 193:

Know att Men sy THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned Sachems, Princi-
pal Chiefs and Warriors of the Six Nation Indians, residing at the Grand River, in
the Province of Upper Canada, being desirous of enabling the issue of free letters
patent of the tract of land and premises hereinafter described unto Aaron Helmer, of
the County of Haldimand, District of Niagara, and the said premises not having
been included in any former surrender to the Crown, do by these presents surrender
and yield up unto Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, all
that parcel or tract of land now in the possession of the said Aaron Helmer, of the
County of Haldimand, District and Province aforesaid, one of our people, situate,
lying and being in the County of Haldimand, District of Niagara, containing by ad-
~measurement one hundred acres of land, more or less, and being part of the territories
of the Six Nation Indians, and which said parcel or tract of land is butted and
beunded as follows, that is to say : Commencing at a stake planted on the east
boundary line of a piece of land belonging to the Grand River Navigation Company
at lock number one, and on the south side of the road leading from the Village of
Indiana to Canboro’; thence north eighty degrees, east forty chains and forty lnyks
to a stake; thence south thirteen degrees, west twenty-five chains to a stake; thence
south eighty degrees, west forty chains and forty links to a stake; thence north
thirteen degrees, east twenty-five chains to the place of beginning. To the end, in-
tent and purpose that Her Majesty may be graciously pleased and enabled to grant
letters patent unto the said Aaron Helmer, his heirs and assigns, free and clear of the
payment of any price or sum of money which His Excellency the Lieutenant-Goy-
ernor might otherwise think just and reasonable. The said one hundred acres of
land being thus freely granted unto the said Aaron Helmer, his heirs and assigns, for
and in consideration of the said Aaron Helmer’s attendance on the Six Nation
Tndians when afflicted with the small-pox, in the years 1837 and 1838.

In Witness WHEREOF, we have subscribed and set our hands and seals in council
the 21st day of Feb’y., in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
forty. :

Signed, sealed and delivered in) his
De pacsence. of ( MosEs een [L.8.]
A, BUNNELL, WILLIAM DOXTADER, fE.S.]
Samu. R. ReyNerv. Joun §. JOHNsoN, [L.S.]
his
JOSEPH FRASER, x RES
mark.
his
SKANAWATY, x [L.8.]
mark. :
his
ONAKARONDONH, x [L.S.]
mark,
his
AGHRIRHON, x [L.8.]

mark.
116

his
IXANORISABON, xX
mark.
his
DEYONHOISEN, xX
mark.
his
AYATAJIWAK, xX
mark.
his
KAKONDENAYE, X
mark.
his
ASHARE-KOWAH, xX

mark.
his

KANYAKARODON, X
mark.
his
KANEDAKEH, xX
mark.
his
KANAYEH, xX

mark.
his

KANONKERIDAWY, X
mark.
his
OKETSKWENH, xX
mark.
his
IsAAc BURNING, xX
mark.
: his
KANYENKODON, xX
mark.
his
DEYOTHOREGHKWENH, xX [L.8.]
mark. ;
his
SHOERESE,
mark.
his
SILVER SMITH, x
mark.
his
HIGHFLIER, xX
mark.
his
JOHN SKYLER, ¥
mark.
his
JOHN WHITECOAT, xX
mark.
his
JOHN OBE, xX
mark.
his
WILLIAM GREEN, X
mark.

No. 194.

Kwow att Men By THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned principal Sachems,

Chiefs and.Warriors of the Six Nations Indians, residing at the Grand River, being
desirous of confirming our former grant of the south half of lot number fifty-one,
in the second concession of Brantford, to Rachel Parker, the wife of James Parker,