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singular the appurtenances, privileges, advantages and hereditaments unto the said
premises appertaining or in any wise belonging forever. To the end and purpose

that Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors, may be graciously pleased to order
‘and direct that the said three hundred acres of land be disposed of by bargain

and sale, and the monies arising therefrom to be applied in the erection of buildings
and the purchase of working oxen, farming implements, seed grain, and such other
articles as may be required for the settlement of the said band of Indians on Wal-
pole Island in the Western District aforesaid.

In Testimony WHEREOF, we, the said Chiefs and Principal Men of the said Band
have hereunto set our names and seals at Amherstburg, Canada West, the eighteenth
day of January, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight.

Signed and sealed in our presence being his
first read and fully explained : Joun x Natty, Chief, [L.8.]
V. W. Taxzor, ; gael
Major R. C. R. Regt., FREDERICK x FISHER, Chief, [L.S.]
a Ws ETO; Be a
oA Ineut. BR. C. R. Kegi., TAWA-KE x SHECASE, Chief Warrior, [L.S.]
THomas ALEX. CLARK, ae
Interpreter, Indian Dept. .. his
Epwarp x Natty, Chief Warror, [LS]
mark.
Approved: Certified,
Evan & KINCARDINE, J: BE. CLENCH:
I. G. Camppeti, Major, Secy. VEST Tc Ar
: Recorded 23rd Feb., 1848, I

Lib. A. ‘Surrenders to the Crown,’ Folio 342.{

R. A. Tucker,
Registrar.

No. 663.

PROVINCIAL REGISTRAR’S OFFICE,
Toronto, 9th June, 1859.

I hereby certify that the three several deeds of indenture and surrender hereto
annexed, reinvesting in Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, a certain piece or
parcel of land, being part of lot No. 2, a clergy reserve, in the first concession,
morthern division, of the Township of Orillia, containing by admeasurement twenty
acres and fifty perches of land, more or less, have been respectively entered upon
the records of this office, reference being made to said instruments will, fully and
at large appear.

WM. KENT,
Deputy Registrar.
To the Chief Superintendent,
Indian Affairs, &., &e. *

Wuereas, formerly when resident in Canada, I, William Charles Hume, now
residing in the county of Wicklow, in Ireland, Esquire, sold and conveyed twenty
acres and fifty perches, more or less, parcel of lot number two in the first concession
of Northern Orillia, in the County of Simcoe, to the Indian Department for a valuable
consideration. And whereas the said deed does not sufliciently convey the fee of
the said parcel of land as was intended. And whereas, I am desirous of conveying
said fee to the said Department, or any person by them appointed in that behalf; and
whereas, I am now resident in Ireland and it is convenient for me to appoint an
attorney for the purpose of executing and delivering a sufficient deed of the said
parcel of land :

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Now know all men by these presents that I, the said William Charles Hume,
formerly of Marechmont, in the Township of North Orillia, County of Simcoe and
Province of Canada. but now of the County of Wicklow, in Ireland aforesaid, do
hereby nominate, constitute and appoint Skeffington Connor, of the City of Toronto,
Esquire, Barrister, my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name to execute
and deliver to the Indian Department of Canada West, or to the Honourable Colonel
Bruce on its behalf, or any other of the officers of the said Department, for the said
Department a good and valid deed in fee simple of the said parcel of land so form-
erly sold and conveyed by me to the said Department or intended so to be.

Dated at the City of Dublin this day of A.D. 1850.

Signed, sealed and delivered

in presence of

JOHN JAS. NUGENT, WM. CHS. HUME, [LS8.]

of Belvedere Place, in the

City of Dublin, Atterney-
at-Law.

Skeffington Connor, of the City of Toronto, Esquire, maketh oath and saith,
that he knows and is well acquainted with William Charles Hume, the party in the
annexed power of attorney mentioned as executing the same, and also with John
James Nugent, the party whose name is set and subscribed thereto as the attesting
witness to the execution thereof, and that he is well acquainted with the respective
hands writing of each of them, the said William Charles Hume and John James
Nugent, having frequently seen them respectively write. And this deponent
further said that the name “Wm. Chs. Hume,” set and subscribed to the said
power of attorney as of the party executing the same is of the proper handwriting
of the said William Charles Hume, and that the name “John Jas. Nugent,” set and
subscribed to the said power of attorney as of the party attesting the execution
thereof is of the proper handwriting of the said John James Nugent.

Sworn at the City of Toronto, this
seventh day of February, in the
year of Our Lord 1852, before me: SKEFFINGTON CONNOR.
ALEX. McDUNALD,
A Commissioner for taking affidavits wm
B. R. for Counties of York, Ontario
and Peel.

Tus INDENTURE, made the sixth day of March, in the year of Our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty one, between William Charles Hume, of the
Township of Orillia, late in the Home District, but now in the District of Simcoe, in
the Province of Canada, Esquire, of the one part, and the Honourable Robert Bruce,
of the City of Toronto, Civil Secretary of the said Province and Superintendent
General of Indian Affairs, of, the other part. Whereas, by a certain Indenture of
bargain and sale, bearing date on or about the twelfth day of January, in the year
of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and made or expressed to
be made between the said William Charles Hume, of the one part, and James Givins,
then of the City of Toronto, in the then Province of Upper Canada, Esquire, Chief
Superintendent of the Indian Department, in the same province, since deceased, of
the other part: It is witnessed that in consideration of the sum of two hundred and
twenty pounds of lawful money of the then Province of Upper Canada, paid by the
said James Givins to the said William Charles Hume, the receipt whereof is thereby
acknowledged, he, the said William Charles Hume, did grant, bargain and sel] unto
the said James Givins, and his successors in office, all that piece or parcel of land,
being part of lot number two, clergy reserve, in the first concession of the northern
division of the Township of Orillia, and commencing at a post planted in the north
side line of the said lot, being twenty-one chains and thirty-three links from the

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north-west angle of the said lot; thence north sixty degrees east twelve chains to
the centre of the said first concession to a post there planted; thence south
thirty degrees east one chain forty links, more or less, to a post there planted and
forming the jog in the said north side line; thence north sixty degrees east eight
éhains to a post there planted; thence south thirty degrees east eight chains twenty-
five links to a post there planted; thence south sixty degrees west forty-one chains
thirty-three links, more or less, to the township line between the Townships of
Orillia and Medonte; thence north thirty degrees west one chain; thence north
sixty degrees east twenty-one chains thirty-three links to a post there planted;
thence north thirty degrees west eight chains sixty-five links, be the same more
or less, to the place of beginning, containing by admeasurement twenty acres
and fifty perches, more or less, with the appurtenances. To hold the same,
but subject as in the said Indenture now in recital is mentioned, unto and _ to
the use of the said James Givins and his successors in the office of Chief Super-
intendent of Indian Affairs, as aforesaid, in trust nevertheless and for the absolute
use and benefit of the Chippewa Tribe of Indians of Lake Huron and Simcog
to be disposed of as they should direct, and for no other trust, end, intent or
purpose whatsoever. And whereas, notwithstanding the absolute sale of the said
lands and hereditaments and the fee simple and inheritance thereof by the sai
- William Charles Hume to the said James Givins as aforesaid, it is apprehended that
under the limitation of the said estate in the said Indenture contained to the use of
the said James Givins and his successors in the office of the Chief Superintendent of
Indian Affairs as aforesaid, instead of a limitation having been made thereof to him
and his heirs he, the said James Givins, took no greater or larger estate than an
estate for life of and in the lands and hereditaments thereby, or intended to be thereby
conveyed, and that on his decease the legal estate therein reverted to the said William
Charles Hume, and that he, the said William Charles Hume, is and now stands seized
thereof in fee simple in possession, but nevertheless as a trustee thereof for the absc-
lute use and benefit of the said Tribes of Indians in the said recited Indenture named.
And whereas the said Robert Bruce is now the Superintendent General of Indian
Affairs in and for the said Province, and as such a successor in the said office of the
said James Givins, deeased. And whereas the said Robert Bruce hath applied to
and requested the said William Charles Hume to convey and assure the said lands
and hereditaments unto him the said Robert Bruce in trust for the absolute use and
benefit of the said Chippewa Tribe of Indians, in manner hereinafter mentioned, which
he hath consented and agreed to do. Now this Indenture witnesseth, that in con-
sideration of the premises, and of the sum of five shillings of lawful money of the
said Province to the said William Charles Hume in hand paid by the said Roberts
Bruce at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is
hereby acknowledged, he, the said William Charles Hume, hath granted, bargained,
sold, aliened, released, conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents doth grant.
bargain, sell, alien, release, convey and confirm unto the said Robert Bruce, his heirs
and assigns, all that said tract or parcel of land and hereditaments hereinbefore
described, and comprised in and conveyed or intended to have been conveyed unto
the said James Givins in and by the said hereinbefore in part recited Indenture, as
aforesaid, with their and every of their rights, members and appurtenances, and the
reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, yearly and other rents, issues
and profits thereof, and all the estate, right, title, interest, use, trust, property, claim
and demand whatsoever, both at law and in equity, of him the said William
Charles Hume of, in or to the same or any part thereof. To have and to hold the
said parcel or tract of land and hereditaments hereby bargained and sold or intended
so to be, with the appurtenances, unto the said Robert Bruce, his heirs and assigns,
to the use of him the said Robert Bruce, his heirs and assigns for ever, in trust
“nevertheless and for the absolute use and benefit of the said Chippewa Tribe of
Indians of Lakes Huron and Simcoe, and to be disposed of as they shall direct, and

for no other trust, end, intent or purpose whatsoever. And the said William Charles
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Hume doth hereby fi himself, his heirs, executors and administrators, covenant, —
promise and agree to aud with the said Robert Bruce, his heirs and assigns, that he,
the said William Charles Hume, and all and every other person or persons having or
claiming or who shall or may hereafter have or claim any estate, right, title or
interest, property, claim or demand whatsoever, either at law or in equity of, in, to
or out of the said parcel or tract of land and hereditaments hereby bargained and
sold or otherwise assured, or intended so to be, with the appurtenances, by, from,
under or in trust for him, the said William Charles Hume or his heirs shall, and will
from time to time, and at all times hereafter, upon every reasonable request and at
the proper costs and charges of the said Robert Bruce, his heirs or assigns, or the
said trust estate, make, do and execute all such further and other lawful and reason-
able acts, deeds and assurances in the law whatsoever for the further better more
perfectly and absolutely granting, conveying and assuring the said parcel or tract of
land and hereditaments hereby bargained and sold or otherwise assured or intended
so to be, and every part thereof, with their appurtenances unto and to the use of the
said Robert Bruce, his heirs and assigns upon the trusts and for the ends, intents and
purposes hereinbefore expressed, and declared of, and concerning the same as by the
said Robert Bruce, his heirs or assigns, or his or their counsel in the law shall be
reasonably devised or advised and required, so as no such further assurance contain
or imply any further or other covenant or warranty than against the person or persons
who shall be required to make or execute the same, and his, her or their heirs,
executors or administrators, acts and deeds, and so as the person or persons who
shall be required to make such further assurance or assurances be not compelled or
compellable for the making thereof to go or travel from his or their usual place of
abode.
Ix Wirvess WHEREOF the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their

hands and seals the day and year first above written.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the

presence of (by the above named

William Charles Hume, by Skef-

fington Connor, his attorney).

Rosert I. TURNER, WILLIAM CHAS. HUME, [L.8.]
of the City of Toronto, barrister-at-law. By ‘nis attorney,
Signed, sealed and delivered by the] SKEFFINGTON CONNOR.
above named Robert Bruce in the}
presence of : 5 R. BRUCE, [L.8.]

S. Y. CHESLEY.

I hereby certify that the within deed from William C. Hume, Esquire, of the
Township of Orillia, in tne District of Simcoe, in the Province of Canada West, to
the Honorable Robert Bruce, late of Toronto, but now of the City of Quebee, Civil
Secretary of said Province and Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, and dated
the sixth day of March, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-one, is the deed referred to in the affidavit of Solomon Youmans Chesley, of the
City of Quebec, in Lower Canada, Esquire, proving the execution of the same, which
affidavit was made and sworn before me at the said City of Quebec this day, and 3s

annexed to the memorial of the said deed.
Signed and dated at Quebec, in Lower Canada, this nineteenth day of

February, 1852. J.) DUVAG,
J. Superior Court.

A memorial hereof is recorded the 8th day of March, A.D. 1852, at 10 o’clock

a.m., in Liber K. L., folio 57, No. 10896. G. T. LOUNT,
Deputy Regr., County of Svmeoe.

Recorded 21st July, 1852, tn. Lib. GC. Si, folio 9,iue
THO. AMIOT,

D. KR.

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Tuts INDENTURE, made the fourth day of February, in the year of Our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, between the Honourable Robert Bruce, late of
the City of Toronto, but now of the City of Quebec, in the Province of Canada, Civil
Secretary of the said Province and Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, of the
ene part, and Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, of the other
part.

Whereas, by a certain Indenture of bargain and sale bearing date on or about
the twelfth day of January, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-six, and made or expressed to be made between William Charles Hume, of the
Township of Orillia, late in the Home District, but now in the County of Simcoe, in
the Province of Canada, Esquire, of the one part, and James Givins, then of the City
of Toronto, in the then Province of Upper Canada, Esquire, Chief Superintendent of
the Indian Department, of the same Province, since deceased, of the other part, it is
witnessed that in consideration of the sum of two hundred and twenty pounds of
lawful money of the then Province of Upper Canada paid by the said James Givins
to the said William Charles Hume, the receipt whereof is thereby acknowledged,
he, the said William Charles Hume, did grant, bargain ‘and sell unto the said James
Givins and his successors in office, all that piece or parcel of land being part of lot
number two, clergy reserve, in the first concession of the northern division of the
Township of Orillia, and commencing at a post planted on the north side line of the
said lot, being twenty-one chains and thirty-three links from the north-west angle of
the said lot; thence north sixty degrees east twelve chains to the centre of the said
first conces:ion, to a post there planted; thence south thirty degrees east one chain
forty link:, more or less, to a post there planted, and forming the jog in the said
north side line; thence north sixty degrees east eight chains to a post there
planted; thence south thirty degrees east eight chains twenty-five links to a post
there planted; thence south sixty degrees west forty-one chains thirty-three links,
more or less, to the township line between the Townships of Orillia and Medonte ;
then north thirty degrees west one chain; thence north sixty degrees east twenty-
one chains thirty-three links, to a post there planted; thence north thirty degrees
west eight chains sixty-five links, be the same more or less, to the place of begin-
ning, containing by admeasurement twenty acres and fifty perches, more or less, with

the appurtenances, to hold the same, but subject as in the said Indenture now in

recital is mentioned unto and to the use of the said James Givins and his successors in
the office of Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs as aforesaid; in trust, neverthe-
less, and for the absolute use and benefit of the Chippewa Tribe of Indians
of Lakes Huron and Simcoe, to be disposed of as they should direct, and for no other
trust, end, intent, or purpose whatsoever.

And whereas, by a certain other Indenture bearing date the sixth day of March
now last past and made, or expressed to be made, between the said William Charles
Hume, of the one part, and the said Robert Bruce, of the other part, after reciting
amongst other things the hereinbefore in part recited Indenture of bargain and sale
and reciting that notwithstanding the absolute sale of the said lands and heredita-
ments and the fee simple and inheritance thereof by the said William Charles Hume
to the said James Givins as aforesaid, it was apprehended that under the limitation
of the said estate in the said Indenture contained to the use of the said James Givins
and his successors in the office of Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs, as afore-
said, instead of a limitation having been made thereof to him and his heirs, he, the
said James Givins, took no greater or larger estate than an estate for life of and in
the lands and hereditaments thereby or intended to be thereby conveyed, and that
on his decease the legal estate therein reverted to the said William Charles Hume,
and that he, the said William Charles Hume, was and then stood seized thereof in
fee simple in posession but nevertheless as a trustee thereof for the absolute use
and benefit of the said tribes of Indians in the said therein and hereinbefore recited
Indenture named; and reciting that the said Robert Bruce was then the Superin-
tendent General of Indian Affairs in and for the said Province, and as such a suc-
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cessor in the said office of the said James Givins, deceased, and that the said Robert
Bruce had applied to and requested the said William Charles Hume to convey and
assure the said lands and hereditaments unto him the said Robert Bruge, in trust for
the absolute use and benefit of the said Chippewa Tribe of Indians, in manner herein-

before mentioned, which he had consented and agreed to do, it is witnessed that for- @

the nominal consideration therein expressed he, the said William Charles Hume,
did grant, bargain, sell alien, release, convey and coufirm unto the said Robert
Bruce, his heirs and assigns, the said tract or parcel of land and hereditaments here-
‘nbefore described and comprised in and conveyed or intended to have been conveyed
unto the said James Givins in and by the said hereinbefore in part recited Indenture
as aforesaid, with their and every of their rights, members and appurtenances, to
hold the same with the appurtenances unto and to the use of the said Robert Bruce,
his heirs and assigns, in trust, nevertheless, for the absolute use and benefit of the
said Chippewa Tribe of Indians of Lakes Huron and Simcoe, and to be disposed of
as they should direct. .

And whereas. Her Most Gracious Majesty has been pleased to signify Her Royal
will and pleasure to take the said land and hereditaments, and the control and
management thereof, into Her own hands, for the use and benefit of said Tribes of
Indians, and that the same shall be conveyed and assured to Her and Her heirs and
successors for that purpose and intent.

Now ris InpeENTURE WITNESSETH, that in consideration of the premises and of
the sum of five shillings of lawful money of the said Province to the said Robert Bruce
in hand paid at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt
whereof is hereby acknowledged, he, the said Robert Bruce, hath granted, bargained
sold. aliened, released, conveyed, and confirmed, and by these presents doth grant,
bargain, sell, alien, release, convey and confirm unto Her Majesty, Her heirs and
successors, all that the said tract or parcel of land and hereditaments hereinbefore
described’ and comprised in and conveyed or intended to have been conveyed unto
the said James Givins in and by the said hereinbefore in part recited Indenture as
aforesaid, with their and every of their rights, members and appurtenances, and the
reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, yearly and other rents, issues
and profits thereof, and all the estate, right, title, interest, use, trust, property, claim
and demand whatsoever, both at law and in equity, of him the said Robert Bruce, of,
in or to the same or any part thereof. To have and to hold the said parcel or tract
of land and hereditaments hereby bargained and sold or intended so to be, with their
and every of their rights, members and appurtenaces, unto Her Most Gracious
Majesty Queen Victoria, Her heirs and successors for ever, to the end, intent and pur-
pose that Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, shall be the better enabled to
make or authorize such use or disposition of the said parcel or tract of land and
Lereditametns to and for the benefit and advantage of the Indians aforesaid as Her
said Majesty, Her heirs and successors, shall deem just and expedient. And the said
Robert Bruce doth hereby, for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators,
covenant, promise and agree to and with Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors
that he, the said Robert Bruce, and all and every other person or persons having or
claiming, or who shall or may hereafter have or claim any estate, right, title, or
interest, property, claim or demand whatsoever, either at law or in equity, of, in, to
or out of the said parce] or tract of land and hereditaments hereby bargained and
sold, or otherwise assured or intended so to be with the appurtenances, by, from, under
or in trust for him the said Robert Bruce, or his heirs, shall and will, from time to
time, and at all times hereafter, upon every reasonable request and at the proper costs
and charges of Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, make, do and execute all such
further and other lawful and reasonable acts, deeds, and assurances in the law
whatsoever for the further, better, more perfectly and absolutely granting, conveying
and assuring the said tract or parcel of land and hereditaments hereby bargained and
sold or otherwise assured or intended so to be, and every part thereof, with their
appurtenances, unto and to the use of Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, to the
intent and purpose aforesaid, according to the true intent and meaning of these

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presents, as by Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, or Her or their counsel in the —
law, shall be reasonably devised or advised and required, so as no such further
assurance contain or imply any further or other covenant or warranty than against
the person or persons who shall be required to make or execute the same and his,
Her or their heirs, executors or administrators, acts and deeds, and so as the person
or persons who shall be required to make such further assurance or assurances he
not compelled or compellable for the making thereof to go or travel from his or
their usual place of abode. ,

In Witness WHEREOF, the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their
hands and seals the day and year first above written.

. li *
Signed, sealed and delivered ia R. BRUCE. [L.S.]

presence of
bs S. Y. CHESLEY,
MIcHAEL TURNER.

I hereby certify that the within deed from the Henourable Robert Bruce, late
of the City of Toronto, but now of the City of Quebec, in the Province of Canada,
Civil Secretary of the said Province and Superintendent General of Indian Affairs,
to Her Most Gracious Majesty Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, and dated the fourth day
of February instant, is the deed referred to in the affidavit of Solomon Youmans
Chesley, of the City of Quebec, in Lower Canada, Esquire, proving the execution of
the same, which affidavit was made and sworn before me at the said City of Quebec
this day, and is annexed to the memorial of the said deed.

Signed and dated at the City of Quebec in Lower Canada, this nineteenth day of

February, 1852.
J. DUAL,

J. Superior Court.

A memorial hereof is recorded in the Registry Office for the County of Simcoe
on the 8th day of March, A.D., 1852, at 11 o’clock a.m., in Liber K.L., folio 58, No.

10897.
Gy LOUNT,

DA.

Recorded 24th July, 1852, in Lib. C. S., fol. 55.
THO. AMIOT,

Depuly Registrar.

Tus INDENTURE, made and concluded this seventeenth day of June, in the year
of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, between William Yellow-
head, Thomas Naningishkung, James Bigwind, George Young, Joseph Snake, John
Aissance, James Aissance, Peter Gadahgegwun and John Jones, the Principal Chiefs,
Warriors and people of the Indian Tribes commonly designated and known as the
Chippewas of Lakes Huron and Simcoe, of the one part; and Her Majesty, the Queen,
Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
of the other part, Witnesseth: that for and in consideration of the sum of five
shillings of lawful money of the Province of Canada by Her said Majesty to the said
William Yellow-head, Thomas Naningishkung, James Bigwind, George Young,
Joseph Snake, John Aissance, James Aissance, Peter Gadahgegwun and John Jones,
well and truly paid at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt
whereof they do hereby acknowledge, and for and in vonsideration of the further
condition and trust hereinafter contained and expressed, they, the said William
Yellow-head, Thomas Naningishkung, James Bigwind George Young, Joseph Snake,
John Aissance, James Aissance, Peter Gadahgegwun and John Jones, have, and each
and every of them hath granted, bargained, sold, released, surrendered and forever
yielded up, and by these presents do and each and every of them doth grant, bargain,
Pr sell, release, surrender and forever yield up unto Her said Majesty, Her heirs and
tes successors, in trust, for the purpose of enabling Her said Majesty, Her heirs and

successors, to sell the same to the best advantage for the use, benefit and behoof of
them the said William Yellow-head, Thomas Naningishkung, James Bigwind, George
Young, Joseph Snake, John Aissance, James Aissance, Peter Gadahgegwun and
John Jones. and their people and posterity forever, all that certain piece or parcel of
land and premises situated, lying and being in the northern division of the Township
of Orillia. in the County of Simeoe, and in the Province of Canada, being composed
of part of lot number two, in the first concession of the said northern division of the
said Township of Orillia, and commencing at a post planted on the north side line of
said lot, being twenty-one chains and thirty-three links from the north-west angle of
the said lot: thence north sixty degrees east twelve chains, to the centre of the said
first concession, to a post there planted; thence south thirty degrees east one chain
forty links, more or less, to a post planted and forming the jog in the said north side
line: thence north sixty degrees east eight chains, to a post there planted; thence
south thirty degrees east eight chains twenty-five links, to a post there planted ;
thence south sixty degrees west forty-one chains thirty-three links, more or less, to
township line between the Townships of Orillia and Medonte; then north thirty
degrees west one chain; thence north sixty degrees east twenty-one chains thirty-
three links, to a post there planted; thence north thirty degrees west eight chains
and sixty-five links, be the same more or less, to the place of beginning, containing
by admeasurement twenty acres and fifty perches of land, more or less, together with
all the rights, privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any wise apper-
taining, and all the estate and interest of them the said William Yellow-head, Thomas
Naningishkung, James Bigwind, George Young, Joseph Snake, John Aissance, James
Aissance, Peter Gadahgegwun and John Jones, their tribe, nation and people : To
have and to hold the same to Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors,
for the purpose herein already mentioned forever.

Ix Testimony Wuereor, the said Principal Chiefs and Warriors, on their own
behalf as well as on behalf of their tribe, nation and people, do hereunto make and
affix their sign or totem against their seals, respectively, at Orillia, on the day and
date first herein written.

Read, explained in Council, sign-) Cater WintiaM YELLOW-HEaD, (his totem) [L.8.]
ed. sealed and delivered in the} CumvTHomas NanINncIsHKUNG,(his totem) [L.S.]

apne, a aS

presence of CuIEF JAMES BIGWIND, (his totem) [L.S.]
ADAM PATERSON, CHIEF GEORGE YOUNG, (his totem) [L.S.]
Commissioner Queen’s Bench, Cuter JOSEPH SNAKE, (his totem) [L.8S.]
JOHN SIMPSON, Curer JoHN AISSANCE, (his totem) [L.S.]
JOSEPH NANEGISHKUNG, CureF JAMES AISSANCE, (his totem) [L.S.]

Interpreter, CHIEF JOHN JONES, (his totem) [L.S.]
Certified, PETER GADAHGEGWUN. (his totem) [L.S.]

T. G. AnpreRson, V.S.I.A.
Witness to signature of James Aissance:
W. B. HAMILTON,
JOHN SIMPSON,
Witness to signature of John Jones:
CHARLES KEESHICK, ~ |
Interpreter. J
JOHN SIMPSON, |
Witness to the signature of Peter
Gadahgegwun:
Frep C. M. FRASER,
JOHN SIMPSON,

Certified,
T. G. Anperson, S.I.A.

Recorded 24th July, 1852, in Lib. C. S., Fol. 60. ‘THO, AMIOT,
Deputy Registrar.