45 AND the said Absalom Dingman 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 Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte 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 its 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 a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said Release or Sur- render. And the said Jacob B. Brant 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 its Rules, and held in the presence of the said Absalom Dingman 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 Abraham Dingman and Jacob B. Brant | A. DINGMAN at the Town of Deseronto in the > Jacos B. Brant County of Hastings this 24th day of - Head Chief. December A.D., 1891 ) J. M. McCuntoucu A Commissioner of Police-in and for the Province of Ontario. Recorded 3rd May, 1892. Lib: 139, Fol. 295. L. A. CATELLIER Dep: Registiar General of Canada. No. 305. Kyow atu MEN sy THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Prin- cipal men of The Rice Lake Band of Indians resident on our Reserve in the Township of Otonabee, 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 for eight years ALL AND SINGULAR, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the Township of Otonabee in the County of Peterborough and Province of Ontario containing by admeasurement Fourteen and one quarter acres be the same more or less and being composed of the cleared part of the North one third of the West half of lot Number five in the Tenth Concession of the aforesaid Township of Otonabee, excepting thereout one acre of land upon which the dwelling house is situated 46 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 leasing thereof, shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be pajd to John D. Muskrat and Elizabeth Muskrat for their mutual benefit and support. AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said the Rice Lake 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 portion of land In Witness WuHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this twenty second day of March in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety two Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre-) Joun D. Muskrat [L.S.[ sence of JEREMIAH CROWE [L.S.] Epwin Harris WELLINGTON COWE [L.S.] JAMES Howarpb [L.S.] Dan Cowen, Jnr. [L.s.] Rost. PaupasH [L.S.] Dan Fawn [L.S.] Henry Howarp [L.S.] Dan CowkE [L.S.] Mappen Howarp [L.S.] ANDREW ANDERSON ‘[LS.] : JAMES JARVIS [L.S.] JOSEPH LOUKES [LS.] DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, Edwin PROVINCE OF ONTARIO Harris of the Village of Gore’s Landing County OF PETERBOROUGH in the Province of Ontario Indian Agent To Wit: and Messang George Paudash Chief of the said Band of Indians. AND the said Edwin Harris 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 Rice Lake 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 its 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 a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said Release or Sur- render. And the said Messang George Paudash 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 its Rules, and held in the presence of the said Edwin Harris. 47 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 Zi Edwin Harris and Messang George Paudash at the Town of Peterborough + Epwin Harris in the County of Peterborough this | M. G. PAupAasH 26th day of March A.D., 1892. D. W. DuMBLE Police Magistrate Recorded 6th May 1892. Lib: 139, Fol: 301. L. A. CateLLier Dep: Registrar General of Canada. No. 306. On this twenty-eighth day of the month of April, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, in the afternoon. Before Mtre. Israel Isaie Crevier, undersigned Public Notary for the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, therein residing in the Parish of St. Anicet, in the district of Beauharnois. Personally appeared Mr. Joseph Leclair, of the township of Dundee, farmer, and Dame Adele Chatlain, his wife, whom he doth hereby well and duly authorize for all the purposes hereof. Who did and do hereby bargain, sell, assign, surrender, renounce, release, aban- don and quit-claim from this day, henceforth and for ever, with full warranty against all troubles and causes of troubles and eviction generally whatsoever unto 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, in the said Province of Quebec, as lots Numbers One A, One B, Two A, Seven B, Seven C, and Seven E, on the Chenal Range, in said township, containing together by admeasurement two hundred and sixteen acres, two roods and two perches, more or less, with all the appurtenances thereon and thereunto belonging. | To be by Her Majesty the Queen and 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 under and by virtue of a Patent granted by Her Majesty the Queen, on the twelfth day of October last. The Present Surrender, sale, release, and quit claim is thus made for and in consideration of the price and sum of two thousand four hundred and ninety-eight dollars and eighty-eight cents, currency, which the said vendors acknofWledge to have received from Her said Majesty the Queen, before the execution hereof, whereof quit. Under and by virtue of these presents, Her Majesty the Queen and 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. Whereof acte: Thus done and passed at Dundee aforesaid, under the Number eight thousand and one in the Repertory of said Notary, on the day, month and year