DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, Thomas
Province of Ontario Gordon of Strathroy in the County of
County of Middlesex Middlesex in the Province of Ontario

To Wit: Indian Agent and John Sickles Chief of

the said Band of Indians of the Oneidas
of the Thames.

And the said Thomas Gordon 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 Oneida Reserve of the full age of twenty-
one years then present.

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 +
member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said Release or Sur-
render.

And the said John Sickles 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 John Sickles ;

That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not a
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 said Deponents
Thomas Gordon and John Sickles at

the City of London in the County of THOMAS GORDON
Middlesex this 2nd day of July A.D., JOHN SICKLES
1892

G. ELLiot

Judge County Court
County of Middlesex
Recorded 13th August, 1892.
Lib: 134, Fol: 503.
L. A. CaTeLurer
Dep: Registrar General of Canada.

No. 321.

Kyow all men, by these presents, that Mathilde Durocher of the town of Corn-
wall, in the Province of Ontario, formerly of the township of Dundee, in the Province
of Quebec, widow of the late Alexandre Taillon, Ignace Taillon, of the city of
Montreal, carpenter, Marie Taillon, wife of Damase Lafleche, laborer, with whom she
resides at Casselman Falls, in Ontario aforesaid, and the said Damase Lafleche as
well and duly authorizing his said wife for all the purposes hereof, Sophranie Taillon,
of Cornwall aforesaid, spinster, Olivier Taillon, of Dundee aforesaid, farmer, Marthe

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Taillon, wife of Alexandre Lafleche, carpenter, with whom she resides at Cornwall
aforesaid, and the said Alexandre Lafleche as well and duly authorizing his said wife
for all the purposes hereof, Jean Baptiste Taillon, of Cornwall aforesaid, blacksmith,
Justine Taillon and Lucie Taillon, of Cornwall aforesaid, spinsters, did and do hereby
bargain, sell, assign, surrender, renounce, release, abandon and quit-claim from this
day, henceforth and for ever, with full warranty against all troubles and causes of
trouble and eviction generally whatsoever, to Her Majesty Queen Victoria and to
Her heirs and successors, all those properties known and designated on the official
plan and book of reference of the said township of Dundee as lots Numbers seven D
and eight D on the Chenal range, in said township, containing by admeasurement
sixty acres and three roods, be the same more or less, and as lot Number thirteen C,
on said Chenal range, in said township, containing by admeasurement two acres and
two roods, be the same more or less, with all appurtenances thereon and thereunto
belonging.

To be by Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and Successors, held and enjoyed in
full property from this day, to take possession thereof immediately.

The hereby sold premises belong to the said vendors as being the sole and only
eo-proprietors thereof under and by virtue of a Patent granted by Her Majesty the
Queen on the ninth of September last.

The present surrender, sale, release and quit-claim is thus made for and in con-
sideration of the price and sum of two thousand six hundred and twenty-three dollars
and twenty-six cents, currency, which the said vendors acknowledge to have received
from Her Majesty the Queen, before the execution hereof, whereof quit.

Under and by virtue of these presents, Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and
successors is or are and shall remain duly subrogated in all the rights, claims, interest,
demands resulting or accruing to said vendors in, to or upon the hereby sold premises,
from the aforesaid Patent, or any other title whatsoever.

In testimony whereot the said parties hereto have hereunto set their hands and

seals at Cornwall aforesaid, this Fifth day of May in the year one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-two.

Signed, sealed and delivered in the her
presence of (having been first read MATHILDE x DUROCHER [L.S.]
over and explained) as to the signa- TenmGe aes [L.S.]
tures of Mathilde Durocher, Ignace ua ar i
Taillon, Sophranie Taillon, Marthe Marie x TAILion [L.S.]
Taillon, Alexandre Lafleche, Jean mark
Baptiste Taillon, Justine Taillon, his
Lucie Taillon, Alexander Stafford DAS eed ee.
: ADRIAN I. MACDONELL Sonia TAILLON [L.S.]
As to the signatures of Marie Taillon hie
and Damase Lafléche (having been OLIVIER x TAILLON *[L.S.]
first read over and explained te mark
them, MartTHe TAaIlLLon [L.S.]
Warn 1 his
ae ALEXANDRE x LaruicHe EE.S-}
As to the signature of Olivier Jean imate qe [L.S.]
Taillon (having been first read over JUSTINE TAILLON (L.8.]
and explained). Lucie TatnLon es:

A. I. MAcdoNELL re une
JOHN J. O’SULLIVAN :
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I, Adrian I. MacDonell, of the town of
Cornwall, in the Province of Ontario, at-
torney at law, being duly sworn on the
Holy Bible, do hereby attest and certify

Canada, that I was personally present and did see
Province of Quebee, _J all the vendors named in the foregoing
District of Beauharnois deed of sale and surrender, duly sign and
Parish of St, Anicet. execute the same as an act of their own

free will, that I have subscribed the same
as witness together with Alexander Staf-
ford, Amelia Laflecie and John J. O’Sulli-

van, other subscribing witnesses thereto.

Sworn at St. Anicet aforesaid, this six-

teenth day of May in the year one
thousand eight hundred and ninety- A. T MACDONELL.

two, before me, the undersigned

I. I. Crevier Notary Public
And Commissioner of the Superior Court at Beauharnois.

I Certify this document was received at the Registry Office of the County of
Huntingdon, on the Twenty-fifth day of May one thousand eight hundred and Ninety-
two at Nine o’clock in the forenoon, and is recorded in Register B volume 18 page 748

under number 19870

AND SOMERVILLE
Registrar.

Recorded 22nd May, 1892.
Lib: 139, Fol: 354.

L. A. CaTeLuier
Dep: Registrar General of Canada.

No. 322.

Know all Men sy rHese Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The Micmac tribe of Indians at Redbank Owners of the Reserve on
the Main North West Miramichi River known as the Big Hole Reserve, in the County
of Northumberland in the Province of New Brunswick 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
fishing station situate, lying and being in the Big Hole Reserve, in the County of
Northumberland and Province of New Brunswick

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, her
Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to lease 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 all moneys received from the lease thereof,
shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be paia
uver to us the Indian owners of the aforesaid Reserve