291 his SHAY-WAY-ASH, Councillor, x mark . his SHE-SHE-PENSE, Councillor, x mark his MaA-MAH-TAK-CUM-E-CUP, Councillor, x mark ; his PAH-TE-CU-WEE-NINN, Councillor, x mark his KAK-KA-QUIN-IASH, Brave, x mark his ANA-WAY-WEE-TIN, Brave, x mark his TIBIS-QUO-GE-SICK, Brave, x mark his NE-SHO-TA, Brave, x mark his NAT-TEE-KEE-GET, Brave, x mark Recorded 18th March, 1877. ) Lib. 44, Fol. 4. L, A. CATELLIER, Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. No. 125. ARTICLES oF TREATY made and concluded this twenty-first day of August, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, between Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, by Her Commissoner Wemyss M. Smpson, Esquire, of the one part, and the Chippewa Tribe of Indians, inhabitants of the country within the limits hereinafter defined and described, by their Chiefs chosen and named as hereinafter mentioned, of the other part. Whereas, all the Indians inhabiting the said country have, pursuant to an appointment made by the said Commissoner, been convened at a meeting at Manitoba Post to deliberate upon certain matters of interest to Her Most Gracious Majesty, of the one part, and to the said Indians of the other; and whereas ‘the said Indians have been notified and informed by Her Majesty’s said Commissioner that it is the desire of Her Majesty to open up to settlement and immigration a tract of country bounded and described as hereinafter mentioned and to obtain the consent thereto of her Indian subjects inhabiting the said tract, and to make a treaty and arrangement with them, so that there may be peace and good will between them and Her Majesty and that they may know and be assured of what allowance they are to count upon and receive from Her Majesty’s bounty and benevolence. And whereas the Indians of the said tract, duly convened n council as aforesaid, and being requested by Her Majesty’s said Commissioner to name certain Chiefs and Headmen who should be authorized on their behalf to conduct such negotiations and ‘sign any treaty to be founded thereon, and to become responsible to Her Majesty for the faithful performance by their respective bands of such obligations as shall be assumed by them, the said Indians have thereupon named the following persons for that purpose, that is to say :— For the Swan Creek and Lake Manitoba Indians, Sou-sonse or Little Long Kars; for the Indians of Fairford and the neighboring localities, Ma-sah-kee-yash or “ He i—194 who flies to the bottom,” and Richard Woodhouse, whose Indian name is Ke-wee-tah- quun-na-yash or “ He who flies round the feathers;” for the Indians of Waterhen River and Crane River and the neighboring localites, Frangois, or Broken Fingers; and for the Indians of Riding Mountains and Dauphin Lake and the remainder of the territory hereby ceded, Mekis (the Eagle), or Giroux. And, thereupon, in open council the different bands have presented their respectve Chiefs to His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba and of the North-West Territory being present at such council, and to the said Commissoner, as the Chiefs and Headmen, for the purposes aforesaid, of the respective bands of Indians inhabiting the said district hereinafter described; and whereas the said Leutenant Governor and the said Commissioner then and there received and acknowledged the persqns so presented as Chiefs and Headmen for the purposes aforesaid of the respective bands of Indians inhabiting the said district hereinafter described: and whereas the said Commissioner has proceeded to negotiate a treaty with the said Indians, and the same has finally been agreed upon and concluded, as follows, that is to say :— The Chippewa Tribe of Indians and all other the Indians inhabiting the district hereinaf:er described and defined do hereby cede, release, surrender and yield up to Her Majesty the Queen, and Her successors forever, all the lands included within the fol.owing limits, that is to say :— and along the north bank of the stream flowing into St. Martin’s Lake from Lake Manitoba by the general 2ourse of such stream to such last-mentioned lake; thence by the eastern and northern shores of Lake Manitoba to the mouth of the W aterhen River; thence by the eastern and northern shores of said river up stream to the northernmost extremity of a small lake known as Waterhen Lake; thence in a line due west to and across lake Winnepegosis; thence in a straight line to the most northerly waters forming the source of the Shell River; thence to a point west of the same two miles distant from the river, measuring at right angles thereto; thence by a line parallel with the Shell River to its mouth, and thence crossing the Assiniboine River and running parallel thereto and two miles distant therefrom, and to the west- ward thereof, to a point opposite Fort Ellice; thence in a south-westwardly course to the north-western point of the Moose Mountains; thence by a line due south to the United States frontier; thence by the frontier eastwardly to the westward line of said tract ceded by treaty as aforesaid; thence bounded thereby by the west, north- west and north lines of said tract, to the place of beginning, at the mouth of Winnipeg River. To have and to hold the same to Her Majesty the Queen and Her successors forever; and Her Majesty the Queen hereby agrees and undertakes to lay aside and reserve for the sole and exclusive use of the Indians inhabiting the said tract the following lots of land, that.is to say ‘For the use of the Indians belonging to the band of which Mekis is Chief, so much land between Turtle River and Valley River, on the south side of Lake Dauphin, as will make one hundred and sixty acres for each family of five persons, or in the same proportion for a greater or smaller number of persons. And for the he band of which Francois, or Broken Fingers, is use of the Indians belonging to tt Chief, so much land on Crane River, running into Lake Manitoba, as will make one hundred and sixty acres for each family of five persons, or in the same proportion ( . Tica (Fetls SxCCK hake @ GUELISD Fa {7 My ny Fe CReican Z ee" J Lc} pt A Fecal (~~ te 7) TOG ‘6 > 1 2 RC. AMiscion Fr, Aiexanoty, Gand ae wi ravers fv © Preal 1 Up POY Ce bry gd 6 tied Rh. ARARIE PORTA: Shire Lrdipn Villave Marg. P We 4 Cuer Ft Pes Sh a Stoae fori PEG HY, Bure of Yih #e. " “Wrro mp oe: ESve Es BYINNIFES J EP ‘ie é a “ 3 . Hills A f \ Lapa Pan = ee A a [eee ees EL ye gel YSeuriss we 2 Gi Buz Uni Fey frorties: Lyre 293 —— for a greater or smaller number of persons. And for the use of the band of Indians ‘belonging to the bands of which Ma-sah-kee-yash and Richard Woodhouse are Chiefs, fo much land on the river betwen Lake Manitoba and St. Martih’s Lake, known as “Fairford River,” and including the present [fa:an mission grounds, as will make one hundred and sixty acres for each family of five persons, or in the same proportion for a greater or smaller number of persons. And for the use of the Indians of whom Sou-sonce is Chief, so much land on the east side of Lake Manitoba, to be laid off north of the creek near which a fallen elm tree now lies, and about half way between Oak Point and Manitoba Post, so much land as will make one hundred and sixty acres for each family of five persons, or in the same proportion for a greater or smaller number of persons. Saving, nevertheless, the rights of any white or other settler now in occupation of any lands within the lines of any such reserve. And with a view to show the satisfaction of Her Majesty with the behaviour and good conduct of Her Indians, parties to this treaty, She hereby, through Her Com- missioner, makes them a ‘present of three dollars for each Indian man, woman and child belonging to the band here represented. And further, Her Majesty agrees to maintain a school in each reserve hereby made, whenever the Indians of the reserve shall desire 1t. Her Majesty further agrees with Her said Indians that within the boundary of Indian reserves, until otherwise enacted by the proper legislative authority, no in- toxicating liquor shall be allowed to be introduced or sold, and all laws now in force or hereafter to be enacted to preserve Her Indian subjects inhabiting the reserves or living elsewhere within Her North-West Territories, from the evil influence of the use of intoxicating liquors, shall be strictly enforced. And further, that Her Majesty’s Commissioner shall, as soon as possible after the execution of this treaty, cause to be taken an accurate census of all the Indians in- habiting the tract above described, distributing them in families, and shall in every year ensuing the date hereof, at some period during the month of August in each year to be duly notified to the Indians, and at or near their respective reserves, pay to each Indian family of five persons the sum of fifteen dollars, Canadian currency, or in like proportion for a larger or smaller family, such payment to be made in such arti- cles as the Indians shall require of blankets, clothing, prints (assorted colours), twine or traps, at the current cash price in Montreal, or otherwise, if Her Majesty shall deem the same desirable in the interest of Her Indian people, in cash. And the undersigned Chiefs, on their own behalf and on behalf of all other In- dians inhabiting the tract within ceded, do hereby solemnly promise and engage to strictly observe this treaty, and also to conduct and behave themselves as good and loyal subjects of Her Majesty the Queen. They promise and engage that they will in all respects obey and abide by the law; that they will maintain peace and good order between each other, and also between themselves and other tribes of Indians, and between themselves and others of Her Majesty’s subjects, whether Indians or whites, now inhabiting or hereafter to inhabit any part of the said ceded tract, and that they will not molest the person or property of any inhabitants of such ceded tract, or the property of Her Majesty the Queen, or interfere with or trouble any person passing or travelling through the said tract, or any part thezeof, and that they will aid and assist the officers of Her Majesty in bringing to justice and punishment any Indian offending against the stipulations of this treaty, or infringing the laws in force in the country so ceded. . In WitNess Wuereor, Her Majesty’s said Commissioner and the said Indian \Chiefs have hereunto subscribed and set their hands at Manitoba Post this day and year herein first above named. Signed by the Chiefs within named, in as presence of the following witnesses, Indian Commassvoner, the same having been first read and NRKIS. = explained: ‘a arih Wemyss M. Simpson, Ese 294 ApaMs G, ARCHIBALD, his Lieut. Gov. of Manitoba and SOU-SONSE, X the N.-W. Territories, ee his 5 JaMES MoKay, P.L.C., MaA-SAH-KEE-YASH, x MOLYNEUX ST. JOHN, a mark i ). A. ARCHIBALD ae A cea ERAN GOI, t é mark HENrI BOUTHILLIER, PAUL DE LARONDE, DonaLp McDoNaLp, EizA McDOoNaLp, ALEXANDER MuIR, Sr. RICHARD WOODHOUSE. DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF CANADA, REGISTRAR’s BRANCH, Orrawa, 15th December, 1871. I hereby certify that the within treaty has been duly entered on the records of this Department in Lib. S., folio 52 to 56, inclusive. J. Cy ATKENS: | Secretary of State and Registrar-General of Canada. No. 126. Kxow Att MeN By THESE PRESENTS that we, the undersigned Chiefs and Prin- cipal Men of the Chippewa Band of Indians owning the Indian reserve in the Town- ship of Caradoe, in the County of Middlesex, Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of our people, do remise, release, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular those certain parcels of land forming portions of the above named reserve, and as laid down on the annexed plan, and which may be known and described as follows :— Six acres and eighteen hundredths of an acre of Lot No. 11, in Range No. 5; one acre and ninety-seven hundredths of an acre of Lot No. 10, in Range No. 4; five acres and sixty hundredths of an acre of Lot No. 9, in Range No. 4; four acres and sixty-seven hundredths of an acre of Lot No. 8, in Range No. 4; three hundredths of an acre of Lot No. 8, in Range No. 3; five acres and twelve. hundredths of an acre of Lot No. 7, in Range No. 3; five acres and twelve hundredths of an acre of Lot No. 6, in Range No. 3; two acres and four hundredths of an acre of Lot No. 5, in Range No. 3;two acres and ninety-one hundredths of an acre of Lot No. 5, in Range No. 2; five acres and sixty-two hundredths of an acre of Lot No. 4, in Range No. 2; three acres and forty-two hundredths of an acre of Lot No. 3, in Range No. 2—containing together forty-two acres and sixty-eight hundredths of an acre, be the same more or less, in order that the same may be sold to the Canada Southern Railway Company for the purposes of said railway, in consideration of the sum of eight hundred and ninety dollars, .being the amount awarded on the 27th. day of October, 1871, as the value of the same by arbitrators chosen for that purpose. , And which amount, after paying to the individual Indians through whose lands the said line of railway is to be laid out, the amount of the value of their improve- ments affected by the same, as fixed by the aforesaid arbitrators appointed to value the same. shall be invested for the benefit of our band and the interest thereon peri- odically distributed among us. Ix WitNess WueEREoF, we, the said Chiefs and Principal Men of the Chippewa Band aforesaid, have set our hands and affixed our seals to this instrument at Caradoc, this eighteenth day of January, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two. his Sioned, sealed and delivered in} Joun Tomico, x Chief, [L.8.] 7 ; mark presence of i ed Rost. Mackenzig, V. 8. & C. Josern Fox, x Chief, [L.S.] W. Livineston, I.C. mark