nw orwmene Lot V7 —— LA CA CWYEWING Gra vet. SVT LOT VAAWCEV SARNIA INDIAN RESERVE (a REDUCED CoPy wi (= POA D BETWEEN RANGES VAWO VI Lot /V A 227 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 Messang George Paudush 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 Edwin Harris. 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, Ed-] win Harris and Messang George Pau-| EDWIN HARRIS, dush, at the Town of Peterborough, in} M. G. PAUDUSH. the County of Peterborough, this 20th| day of January, A.D. 1888. | D. W. DUMBLE, Police Magistrate for the Town and County of Peterborough. Recorded 1st March, 1888. Lib. 127, Fol. 155. i 2A. Catenin, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. No. 251. Know ALL MEN BY THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned Chiefs and Warriors of the Indian Band known as the “ Chippewas of Sarnia,” in the County of Lambton and Province of Ontario, in council assembled according to our rules and regulations, and holden in the presence of Adam English, Esquire, our Agent, and of Ebenezer Watson, Indian Lands Agent, in the name and on behalf of the whole Band, do hereby surrender and release unto Her Majesty, Her successors or assigns, that certain parcel of land in the Sarnia Reserve containing by admeasurement one quarter of an acre, be the same more or less, being composed of a part of lot number five in range five of the Sarnia Indian Reserve, as the same is marked out by posts duly planted at the corners thereof and set forth in the diagram hereto annexed, made by John H. Jones, Esquire, a Provincial Land Surveyor. The said surrender being made in order that the said portion of land may be leased to the Gorporation of the Township of Moore, to be used as a gravel pit, for the term of five years from the date of such lease. The conditions of such lease to be as follows, viz. :— The said corporation of the Township of Moore to pay to the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs the sum of one hundred dollars, as follows : Twenty dollars to be paid in advance each year during the continuance of the lease, the first of such payments to be made when the lease has been forwarded to the local Agent, and the like sum of $20 on the 1st day of May, in each of the years 1886, 1887, 1888 and 1889, said payments to be made through the Indian Lands Agent, at the different dates mentioned. bo bo D Provided, that at the expiry of the lease the surface covering said gravel pit shall — be replaced so as to leave the land in a fit state for cultivation. And in ease the land between the gravel pit and the public road should be enclosed and cultivated, the said Corporation will put on a gate at the roadside, and will only require a roadway to the pit. Witness our hands and seals at the council house, on the Sarnia Reserve, this sixth day of May, A.D., 1885. Witness: ) Witson Jacoss, Chief. [L.S.] WILLIAM WAWANOSH, [ JAMES Manass, 2nd Chief. [1.8.] Secretary. ELIJAH GEORGE, RS [L.S.] Siras WAvUBNUNG, “ [L.S.] JABIZ NAHMABIN, me [L.S.] JOHN JOHNSTON, [L.8.] NIcHOLAS PLAIN, [L.S.] JOHN SIMON, [L.S.] ALBERT Ropp, [L.S.] ALEXR. NAWANG, [L.8.] Prerer Ropp, [L.8.] JAMES MENaSS, JR., [L.S.] Isaac OJEBWAY, [L.8.] LUKE JAMES, [L.8.] SHAHWAHNAH, xX [L.8.] LEON OLIVER, x Lise JOSEPH Ropp, (Ls. | SoLoMON JACKSON, [L.8.] IsaAIAH WILLIAMS, X pe] EDWARD JACOBS, X [L.8.] SAMPSON JACKSON, X [L.S.] Lewis WILLIAMS, [L.S.] ANTOINE Ropp, [L.8.] JOSEPH BREAD, xX [L.8.] DANIEL NAMABIN. X [L.S.] I, Ebenezer Watson, of the Town of Sarnia, in the County of Lambton, Indian Lands Agent, make oath and say : : That the annexed surrender of one quarter of an acre of land (as therein describ- ed) was duly made by the Chippewas of Sarnia at a general council called for the purpose, and held according to their rules, on Wednesday, the 6th day of May, 1885 ; and said surrender, having been approved by a majority of the said council, was duly and freely executed by the Chief and Councillors, and Principal Men of the Band. EBENEZER WATSON. Sarnia, this 20th day of August, A.D. 1885. CHARLES RoBINSON, Judge, County Lambton. Sworn before me at the Town ‘| I, Wilson: Jacobs, Chief of the Band of Indians known as the “Chippewas of | Sarnia,” make oath and say :— ; That the surrender hereto annexed was freely and voluntarily made and agreed to on the day of the date thereof by a majority, at a council duly called for the | : | 229 a and signed by the Chief and Councillors, and by the Principal Men of the and. . WILSON JACOBS. Sworn before me at the Town of Sarnia, in the County of Lambton, this 20th day of August, A.D. 1885. CHARLES ROBINSON, Judge County Lambton. Recorded 5th April, 1888. ] dota 27, Fol... 164. § L. A. CaTELLIER, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. No. 252. Know att Men sy THESE PRESENTS, that we the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Iroquois of St. Regis Indians, resident on our reserve in the County of Huntingdon, 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 heirs and successors forever, all and singular, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Township of Dundee, in the County of Huntingdon and Province of Quebec, containing by admeasurement twenty thousand acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of certain lots or parts of lots, some of which have been and others of which are now under lease to parties other than Indians. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust to sell 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 sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be invested as follows, to wit : Twenty thousand dollars shall be devoted to the purchase of lands, adjoining their reserve, they shall receive the same annuity which they now receive, and the balance of interest shall form a fund for the purchase of further land as the necessity may arise. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said Tribe, Iroquois of St. Regis, 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 said above described lands. Ix Wirness WuErEOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this ‘sixteenth day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight. . 2 . his n eal nd delivered in the Signed, sealed and MicHEL x’ BENEDICT, (Ass! presence of: j .. ee : W. J. WHITE, his RosBert BARR. ALEXANDER x THOMPSON, [L.S.] mark. his THOMAS x LAZAR, [L.8.] mark. his PETER x LONGPOINT, [L.8.] ' mark. his ra PETER x COLWELL, [L.8.] mark.