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No. 360.

Know att Men sy THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The Desert Band of Indians resident on our Reserve in the Town-
ship of Maniwaki 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
Maniwaki in the County of Ottawa and Province of Quebec containing by admeasure-
ment One Acre be the same more or less and being composed of part of lot number
Twenty Nine Road Range in the said Township of Maniwaki Commencing at the
Gatineau Road where a post will be planted, two hundred and ten feet South of the
Road Allowance between Lot 4, Desert Front, and Lot 29, Road Range, extending
Southward along the Gatineau Road two hundred and Ten Feet to where a second post
will be placed, from thence Easterly two hundred and ten feet through Lot 29, Gati-
neau Road Range, to where a third post will be planted, from this post Northward two
hundred and ten feet where a fourth post will be planted, and from thence Westerly
two hundred and ten feet to the place of commencement. _

The said piece of land to be a square acre, of which each side will be two hundred
and ten feet, and to be bounded as follows:—On the West by the Gatineau Road,
and on the South, East and North, by the remainder of Lot 29, Road Range.

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 Peter Shemette and his descendants as to the Superintendent General of
Indian Affairs may seem best.

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 t)
ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully
done, in connection with the leasing of the said land and the disposal of the said rent.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our

seals this thirteenth day of August in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ninety four

Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre- his :
BONED OF Peter x TeNnesco Chief [L.S.]

JAMES Marvin ants
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Indian Agent Louis x Comonpo sub Chief [L.8.]
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MIcHEL CoMUNDA [L.S.]
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JoHN x M Doucaut Interpreter [L.S.]
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Louis x PEZZENDEWATCH [L.S.]
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SIMON x OTJIK [L.S.]

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XAVIER x APIGON
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PETER x SHEMETTE
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Bazin x OTsik

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PETER x DECONTIER
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WILLIAM x LACROIX
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Smron x TENESCO
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ABRAHAM x OTJIK
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ALBERT x JABOT

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JOHN x WHITEDUCK
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FRANK x COVART
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XAVIER x JABOT
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JOHN B x JABOT
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BENJAMIN x JOLIFEUR
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Joun B x Comonpbo
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Smon x MICHEL
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JOSEPH x JOLIFEUR
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FRANK x COMONDO
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Matias x TCHENENE
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MIcHEL x JABOT
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JOSEPH x MENASS

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MICHEL x BUCKSHOT
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JOSEPH x LEVERGNE
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DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, James
PROVINCE OF QUEBEC Martin of Maniwaki the Agent of River
County or OrTawa Desert Band of Indians at Maniwaki in

To Wit: the Province of Quebee and Peter Tenisco

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 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 Peter Tenisco 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.

Sworn before me by the Deponents,
James Martin and Peter Tenisco at | JAMES MarTIN,
the Village of Maniwaki in the County his
of Ottawa this twenty eighth day of | PETER x Tentsco.
January A.I)., 1895. mark

Jo. CL. St: Junie,
Stipendiary Magistrate for the Districts
of Ottawa Terrebonne & Pontiac.

Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 4th Feb 1895
JOHN J. McGKE
Clerk of the Privy Council.

Recorded 1st March 1895
Liber 138. Folio 467

L. A. Catreiier

Dep Registrar General of Canada.
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