88 Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 7th March 1893 JOHN J. McGEE Clerk of the Privy Council No. 330. Know stu Men sy 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 County of Ottawa in the Province of Quebee 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 parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the Township of Maniwaki, in the County of Ottawa and Province of Quebec con- taining by admeasurement One & thirteen hundredths acres be the same more or less and being composed of all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land situate lying and being in the unsurrendered portion of Lot No. 3 in the Desert Front, Maniwaki Indian Reserve, Province of Quebee containing one acre and thirteen hundredths of an acre of land be the same more or less and which may be described as follows: commencing at the Hast end of the Southerly boundary of the lot leased to Jeremiah Quaile thence easterly on the said southerly boundary produced 200 feet, thence northerly 250 feet more or less to the South East angle of the Lot leased to J. Moore, thence West along the South boundary of said lot 210 feet more or less to the lot leased to McCracken and Boyle, thence Southerly along the easterly boundary of said lot 100 feet more or less, to the northerly boundary of the lot leased to Jeremiah Quaile, thence Easterly along the said northerly boundary 47 feet more or less, to the North East angle of the said lot, thence Southerly along the easterly boundary of the said lot 147 feet more or less to the point of commencement. 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 leasing thereof, shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be paid to the Heirs of the late Chief Pitnewatik AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said 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 the said land 2 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this second day of January in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety three Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the pre- his : per Ne PETER x TENESCO Chief [L.S.] JAMES MARTIN Z mee Indian Agent Louis x Przzenpewatcu Sub. Chief [L.S.] his : mark PETER x TENESCO Chief his mark JouHN x McDoucaut Interpreter __[L.S.] his : mark Louis x Prezzenpewatcu Sub Chief Simon Orsi [L.S.] mark Bazite Orsi [L.S.] re ny bias Lo? leased to J Moore Let leased OIG LOG 7 t MCracken LS Lot tobe surrenderea Sbj acres Colored ~read op the oregernad Tracing showing the loe of Land in Lot No.3 Desert Lront, Maniwaki, Que. projosed to be surrenderca eo ale aL Me. Fen Zan Cone a A true copy (reduced) Arey Chief Surveyor Dept. of Indian Affairs 42 fany. 1GO% ie 89 Matias TCHANANA [L.8.] MicHEL COMANDUN [L.S.] Moses BEsINDNA [L.8.] his MicnteL x BucksHor [L.8.] mark his JOHN x WHITEDUCK [L.S.] mark his Smmon x TENESCO [L.8.] mark ABRAHAM OTJIK [L.8.] his ALBERT x JABOT [L.S.] mark his PETER x OTTAWA [L.8.] mark his PETER x BUCKSHOT [L.8.] mark | his JoHN Bone x COoMANDO [L.S.] mark DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, James PROVINCE OF QUEBEC Martin of the Village of Maniwaki in the CouNnTY oF OTTAWA Province of Quebec Indian Agent and To Wit: Peter Tenesco Chief of the said Band of Indians. 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. That he was duly authorized to attend such council or meeting by the Superin- tendent General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said Release or Sur- render. ‘ And the said Peter Tenesco 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 James Martin. 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. 90 Sworn before me by the Deponents James Martin and Peter Tenesco at | JAMES MartTIN the Village of Maniwaki in the County his of Ottawa this 27th day of January | PETER x TENESCO. ALD.) 1893: TAs J. T. Sr. JULIEN District Magistrate for the Districts of Ottawa & Terrebonne Accepted by His Excellency the Governor General in Council 27th February 1893 Joun J. McGEeE Clerk of the Privy Council Recorded 23rd March 1893 Lib: 138 Fol: 829 L. A. CATELLIER Dep: Registrar General of Canada. No. 331. KNow ALL MEN BY these presents that we the undersigned Chiefs and Warriors of the Caughnawaga Band of Indians now residing on that piece or parcel of land described and marked on Messrs. Dennis and Boulton’s map of the Saugeen Indian Peninsula as the “ Reserve of the Caughnawaga Indians a copy of which is hereunto annexed. In consideration of the sum of Six Hundred and seventy two pounds and two Shillings of lawful money of Canada to us in hand paid by the Indian Depart- ment of the said Province, the receipt. whereof we do hereby acknowledge. Have by these presents sold assigned transferred and set over unto the said Indian Department the said “ Reserve of the Caughnawaga Indians—Saving and excepting and always reserving out of the same Three hundred acres of land (for the benefit of three families of the said Band of Indians (intending residents on the same) to be chosen decided upon and appointed by the said Indian Department. To have and to hold the same unto the said Department upon the trusts and for like purposes of other lands held by the said Department for the benefit of Indians. In Witness Whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals at the town of Sydenham in the County of Grey this Fourth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty six In Presence of ATONWA x TEHAIASE [L.S.] Tsaac MAY ATONWA x TEKAISNWAONTERE [L.S.] M. ANDERSON. THAWIS x SAIASONNITAKEREN [L.S.J Certified to have been Executed in my ¢ WISHE x SAKSTISHOTTHA [L.S.] presence Sak x SAKSHENTHETHA [L.8.] T. G. ANDERSON JOHN x KATAHENDAT [L.S.] Seclie AL _) Roron x THARONTAWAKON [L.S.] Sara x THEKANIATAREKON [LS8.] Sose x KETONHA [L.S.] Sosk x ORAKWAKEN [L.8.] SaS8aTis x TESENNITOKEN [L.S.] HEenNIAS x KARAKWASA [L.8.] SAKSARIE x OTSETOKON [L.S.]J