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That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an-
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 deponents, A. ENGLISH,
Adam English and Wilson Jacobs, at Indian Agent.
the Town of Sarnia, in the County of WILSON JACOBS,
Lambton, this 5th day of June, A.D. Head Chief.
1889.

JoHn A. McKeEnzin,
Judge of County Court of the County of Lambton.
Recorded 25th July, 1889. ]
Lib. 129, Fol. 321. i

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

Nor 273

Know ALL Men sy tTHEse Presents, that we, the undersigned Principal Men of
Passpasschase Band of Indians, No. 136, resident on our reserve near Edmonton, in
the Province of Alberta, in the North-West Territories 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 Lidy
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 North-West Territories,
in the County and Province of Alberta, being composed of and known as Passpass-
chase Reserve, No. 136, as surveyed by Dominion Land Surveyors G. A. Simpson

and J. C. Nelson.

To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Wer heirs and —

successors forever, in trust, to dispose of the same to such person or persons and

conducive to our welfare and that of our people.

And upon the further condition that all moneys received from the sale or lease
thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be
placed at interest, and that the interest money accruing from such investment shall
be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants, forever.

And we, the said Principal Men of the said Passpasschase Band 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 con-
nection with the said Passpasschase Reserve, No. 136, as surveyed by the aforesaid
Dominion Land Surveyors, G. A. Simpson and J. C. Nelson.

Ix Witness WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this
nineteenth day of November, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred

and eighty-eight.
Signed, sealed and delivered Z|

the presence of, having been his
first interpreted and explained} NAPASIS, ht [L.8.]
to said Napasis, James Stoney oatt nis
and Antoine. JAMES STONEY, x [L.8.]
JoHN Caper, Interpreter, mark.
Stoney Plain. ANTOINE ‘a [L.S.]
JoserH O, Kitpeni, Advocate. hg hee a
Edmonton.

JOHN CALDER.

Ale

upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most

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DoMINION OF CANADA,
PROVINCE OF ALBERTA.
To Wit: J

William Carnagie de Balenhard personally appeared before me, the Hon. Chas.
B. Rouleau, Judge of the Supreme Court of the North-West Territories, and
Napasis, Chief Man of the said Band of Indians.

And the said William Carnagie de Balenhard 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 Passpasschase Reserve No. 136,
Edmonton Agency, 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
Superintendent-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
surrender.

And the said Napasis, of said Band, 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 William Carnagie de Balenhard.

That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an
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 Man of the said Band of Indians, and entitled to vote at the
said meeting or council.

Sworn before me by the eal

deponents Napasis and W. C. W. C. DE BALENHARD,

de Balenhard, at the Village| Indian Agent.
of Edmonton, in the District} his

of Alberta, this twenty-|_ NAPASIS: x

second day of May, A. a mark,

1889, |

Cuas. B. RouLeau,
Judge of the Sup. Crt. of the N.W.T.

Recorded 22nd October, 1889.
Lib. 127, Folio 625.

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

No. 274.

Know ALL Men sy THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Prin-
cipal Men of the Chippewas of the Thames Band of Indians resident on our reserve
in the Township of Caradoc, in the Province of Ontario 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

Caradoc, in the County of Middlesex and Province of Ontario, containing by
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