21 = ———— And having regard to the importance of the land where the said Indians are now! settled in respect of the purposes of the navigation of the said river and transport in ecnnection therewith, and otherwise, and in view of the fact that many of the said Indians have now houses and gardens on the other side of the river and elsewhere which they will abandon, Her Majesty agrees, through Her said Commissioners, to grant a sum of five hundred dollars to the said Band to be paid in equitable propor- tions to such of them as have houses, to assist them in removing their houses to the said reserve or building others. And the said Indians, represented herein by their Chief and Councillors, pre- sented as such by the Band, do hereby agree to accept the several provisions, pay- ments and other benefits as stated in the said treaty, and solemnly promise and en- gage to abide by, carry out and fulfil all the stipulations, obligations and conditions | therein contained, on the part of the said Chiefs and Indians therein named, to be observed and performed, and in all things to conform to the articles of the said treaty as if we ourselves had been originally contracting parties thereto. In Witness WuHeEREoF, Her Majesty’s said Commissioners and the said Indian Chief and Councillors have hereunto subscribed and set their hands, at the Grand Rapids, this twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five. Signed by the patties in the presence of) ALEX. Morris, L.G@. (ES the undersigned witnesses, the same| JAMES McKay, [L.8.] having been first explained to the| poe bis Indians by the Honourable James Mc-| Peter Bearpy, Chief, x Kay: | eee THos. Howarp, ' JosmpH ATKINSON, X Ropxk. Ross, ! oe E. C. Morris, | : = ec cere MED, | Rospert S. oe ie Auex. MATHESON, | Gonneslors: JosrepH Houston, | CuristineE V. K. Morris. | No. 149 B. MEMORANDUM. The Queen’s Indian Commissioners having met Thick-foot and a portion of the Island Band of Indians at Wa-pang or Dog-head Island on the 28th day of Septem- be1, A.D. 1875, request him to notify the Island Indians and those of J ack-head Point to meet at Wa-pang an Indian Agent next summer to receive payments under the treaty which they have made with the Indians of Norway House, Beren’s River, Grand Rapids and Lake Winnipeg, and in which they are included, at a time of which they will be notified, and to be prepared then to designate their Chief and two Councillors. The Commissioners have agreed to give some of the “ Norway House” Tndians a reserve at Fisher Creek, and they will give land to the Island Indians at the same place. Given at Wa-pang this 28th day of September, A.D. 1875, under our hands. Arex. Morris, D.G. JAMES McKay. 22 I aecept payments under the treaty for myself and those who may adhere to me, end accept the same and all its provisions as a Principal Indian, and agree to notify the Indians as above written. his THICK-FOOT X mark. Wa-PpANnG, September 28th, 1875. Witness: Tos. Howarp, Ropxr. Ross. Recorded 20th December, 1875. ] Lib. 31, Folio 62. § L. A. CATELLIER, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. No. 149 C. We, the Band of Saulteaux Tribe of Indians residing at the mouth of Black — River, on the east shore of Lake Winnipeg, having had communication of the treaty — msde and concluded at Beren’s River the 20th day of September, 1875, between Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners the Honourable Alexander © Morris, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Manitoba and the North-west Terri- tories, and the Honourable James McKay, and the different tribes of Indians and inhabitants of the country within the limits mentioned in the said treaty, hereby, and in consideration of the provisions of the said treaty being extended to us, ~ transfer, surrender and relinquish to Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and succes- — scrs, to and for the use of the Government of Canada, all our rights, titles and privi- leges whatsoever which we may have or enjoy in the territory descript in the said treaty, and every part thereof—and to hold to the use of Her Majesty the Queen, and heirs and successors forever. And Her Majesty agrees through the Acting In- © dian Superintendent, to assign the reserve of sufficient area to allow one hundred ~ and sixty acres to each family of five, or in that proportion for smaller or larger — families, on the banks of the said Black River. Ix Witness Wuereor, the said Acting Indian Superintendent and the said © Indians, represented by their Chief and Councillors, have hereunto subscript and set tleir hands at Winnipeg, the seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred seventy-six. Witness: his J. A. N. PROVENCHER, ems Eee Jas. F. GRAHAM, ee H. MartTINngEAU, JOSEPH xX SAYER, J. P. WRIGHT, mark. j ; his JOHN xX SAYER. mark. Recorded 5th August, 1878. Liber 60, Folio 111. L. A. CATELLIER, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada.