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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 deponents |

at the City of Hull, in the County | JAMES MARTIN.
of Ottawa, this sixteenth day of/ SIMON OTJIK.
October, A.D. 1889. J

J. T. St. JULIEN,
District Magistrate for the District of Ottawa and Terrebonne.

Recorded 7th January, 1890.
bab. 128, Kol. 616:

L, A. CATELLIER,
Dep. Registrar-General of Canada.

No. 26.

Know ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal
Men of the River Desert Band of Indians resident on our reserve in the Township of
Maniwaki, in the Province of Quebec 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

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 monies received from the leasing thereof

shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be paid to

us and our descendants annually or semi-annually forever.
And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the River Desert Band of

Indians do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and
promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do or cause to

be lawfully done in connection with the leasing of said parcel of land.
In Witness WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this

twenty-third day of August, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-nine.

Signed, sealed and delivered| Simon Orstk, Chief. [L.8.]
in the presence of Joserpu Manass, Sub-Chief. ee Ss
JAMES Martin, Matias Touanana, Sub-Chief. [L.8.]
Indian Agent. JoHN McDovuGatt, [L.8.]
ee : his
Perer x Tenesco, late Chief. [1.8.]
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Jacko x McDoueat., [L.8.]
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LeMAB x WATAGON, [L.8.]
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Frank x Muwncos, [L.8.]
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ABRAHAM OTJIK, [L.S.]
Louis CoMMANDA, [L.S.]
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MicueLt x PEZZENDEWATER, [L.S.]
mark.
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mark.
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ANTOINE x TENESCO, [L.S.]
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Micuet x BucksHot, | [L.8.]
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Pierre x DECONTIER, [L.8.]
mark.
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XAVIER x OTJIK, [L.8.]
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PETER x BUCKSHOT, [L.8.]
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PeTeR x SHEMETTE, [L.8.]
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DoMINIon or .CANADA,
PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, |

County oF OTTAWA.
To Wit: |

Personally appeared before me James Martin, of the Village of Maniwaki, in the
Province of Quebec, Indian Agent, and Simon Otjik, Chief of the said Band of
Indians. e

And the said James Martin 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 Maniwaki 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.
render.
And the said Simon Otjik says :
That the annexed release or surr

ender 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
¢ summoned for that purpose, according to their rules,
pe James Martin.

. That no Indian was present or vote
_ habitual resident on the reserve of the sai

_ 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

council of the said Band of Indians
and held in the presence of the

d at such council or meeting who was not an
d Band of Indians or interested in the land

meeting or council. .
- Sworn before me by the deponents |
at the City of Hull, in the County JAMES MARTIN.
of Ottawa, this sixteenth day of SIMON OTJIK.
October, A.D. 1859. }
J. T. St. JvveN,
District Magistrate for the Districts of Ottawa and Terrebonne.

Recorded 9th January, 1890. /
Lib. 128, Fol. 621. j

L. A. CATELLIER,
Dep. Registrar-General of Canada.

ak A Sed ee Le

>
No. 277.

Kxow ALL Men By THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Princi-
pal Men of the Desert Band of Indians resident on our reserve in the Township of
Maniwaki, in the County of Ottawa, in the Province of Quebec and D
Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our s
assembled, do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim a

Sovereign Lady the Quee
certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lyi

of Maniwaki, in the County of Ottawa and Province of Quebec, containing
measurement one acre, be the same more or less. and being composed of part of lot
number four, Desert Front Range, in the Township of Maniwaki aforesaid, bounded
on the north by the part of Lot 4 surrendered and leased tc S. R. Brock, on the east
by the Gatineau public road, on the south and west by the unsurrendered portion of
said Lot 4, being a square of about two hundred and eight feet on each side.

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 con-
ducive to our welfare and that of our people.

And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the le
shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be paid to
us and our descendants annually or semi-annually forever.

And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the sai
do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise

to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do or ca
done in connection with the leasing of said parcel of land.

asing thereof