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No. 260.
l’o all to whom these Presents shall come:

We, the Reverend Edward Riddell Roberts, of Chemong, in the Township off
Smith, in the County of Peterborough, in the Province of Ontario, Baptist Clergy-
man, the Honourable Amos Edwin Botsford, of Sackville, in the County of West- —
moreland, in the Province of New Brunswick, a member of the Senate of the Domi-
nion of Canada, Elihu Burritt Edwards, of the Town of Peterborough, in the said
County of Peterborough and Province of Ontario, aforesaid, Barrister-at-Law, James
Meyer, Esquire, of London, England, Governor of the New England Company, and
George Morrice Roger, of the said Town of Peterborough, in the said County of Peter-
borough and Province of Ontario, aforesaid, Barrister-at-Law.

SEND GREETING:

Whereas, by a certain Instrument under the Great Seal of the then Pro-
vince of Upper Canada, bearing date on or about the nineteenth day of April, in
the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, and in the fourth
year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, His Majesty did give
and grant unto the Reverend Richard Scott, of the Township of Otonabee, the
Reverend Alexander Bethune, of Cobourg, Charles Anderson and Charles Rubidge,
both of the Township of Otonabee, Esquires, all in the County of Northumberland,
in the District of Newcastle, and the Honourable George Herchmer Markland, of the —
City of Toronto, in the Home District, and to their heirs and assigns forever, all that
parcel or tract of land situate in the Township of Otonabee, in the County of Nor-
thumberland, in the District of Neweastle, in the Province of Upper Canada, con-
taining one thousand one hundred and twenty acres, be the same more or less, being
the town plot reservation on the Rice Lake and River Otonabee, in the said Town-
ship of Otonabee, commencing on the shore of the Rice Lake, where a red cedar post
has been planted at the south-east angle of a certain block of land granted to Charles
Anderson, Esquire ; then north sixteen degrees, forty minutes, west sixty-three chains
to where a red cedar post has been planted at the north-east angle of said block ;
then south seventy-four degrees, five minutes, west sixty-five chains more or less to
within one chain of the River Otonabee, then northerly following the several turn-
ings and windings of the said river against the stream, always at the distance of one
chain therefrom, to within one chain of lot number seven, in the twelfth concession
of the said Township ;_ then north seventy-four degrees, five minutes, east along the
southern limit of the allowance for road between the reservation aforesaid and lots
numbers seven in the eleventh and twelfth concessions of the said Township; one
hundred and eighteen chains to the north-east angle of the said reservation, being in
the western limit of the allowance for road between the tenth and eleventh. con-
cessions of the aforesaid township ; then south sixteen degrees, forty minutes, east
along the western limit of the allowance for road produced between the said conces-
sions ninety-six chains fifty links to the Rice Lake ; then south-westerly along the
water’s edge to the place of beginning. Reserving within the same one chain off th:
front of the said block on the lake as an accommodation for a ferry, with free access
to the beach for all vessels, boats and persons, to have and to hold the said parcel or
tract of land hereby given or granted to them, the said Richard Scott, Alexander

3ethune, Charles Anderson, Charles Rubidge and George Herchmer Markland, their
heirs and assigns for ever, but upon the trusts, nevertheless, and to and for the uses
intents and purposes following, that is to say: in trust to hold the same for ever
hereafter to and for the benefit of the Indian Tribes in this Province, and with a view

to their conversion and civilization.

And whereas it was in and by the said Instrument provided that in ease any
of them, the said Richard Scott, Alexander Bethune, Charles Anderson, Charles
Rubidge and George Herchmer Markland, or any succeeding trustee or trustees, to

be appvinted as thereinafter mentioned should happen to die or be desirous of being

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discharged from the powers or trusts thereby in them reposed or vested, or become
incapable of acting in the same, then in every such case, and so often as the same
should happen, full power and authority was given by those presents to the said
Richard Scott, Alexander Bethune, Charles Anderson, Charles Rubidge and George
Herehmer Markland, or the survivor or survivors of them, or any of them, or any
succeeding trustee or trustees of them, the said Richard Scott, Alexander Bethune,
Charles Anderson, Charles Rubidge and George Herchmer Markland, or any of
them, or the survivor or survivors of them or any of them by any writing or writ-
ings under their or his hands and seals, or hand and seal, to be by them or him
sealed and delivered in the presence of, and attested by, two or more eredible wit-
nesses, to nominate, substitute and appoint any other fit person in the room and
place of any of them, the said Richard Scott, Alexander Bethune, Charles Anderson,
Charles ‘Rubidge and George Herchmer Markland, or any succeeding trustee who
should so die or be desirous of being released or discharged from, or become incapa-
ble of acting in the aforesaid trusts or powers, and so from time to time, as often as
there should be occasion to nominate, substitute and appoint any other person or
persons in the place or stead of them, the said Richard Scott, Alexander Bethune,
Charles Anderson, Charles Rubidge and George Herchmer Markland, or any of
them, or any succeeding person or persons to be appointed as aforesaid, who should
die or be desirous of being discharged or become incapable as aforesaid, and when
and so often as any person or persons should be nominated and appointed as afore-
said, the said parcel or tract of land, hereditaments and premises thereby mentioned,
or intended to be thereby granted, should be conveyed with all convenient speed in
such manner and form so as that all and every other person or persons so to be
appointed as aforesaid should and might be invested with all such powers and
authorities, and should and might in all things act in relation to the premises in
conjunction with the others of them who should or might survive, or not decline, or
not become incapable to act therein as fully and effectually in all respects and to all
intents and purposes as if he or they had originally been in and by these presents a
grantee to the uses and trusts, and for the purposes aforesaid, anything thereinbe-
fore contained to the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.

: And whereas, by the death, resignation and appointment of the original and
succeeding trustees, we, the said the Reverend Edward Riddell Roberts, the Honour-
able: Amos Edwin Botsford, E. B. Edwards, James Meyer and George Morrice Roger,
became and are the scle surviving trustees duly nominated, submitted and appointed
under the powers and authority contained in the hereinbefore in part recited Instru-
ment.

And whereas we are, and each of us is desirous of being discharged from the
powers or trusts in us and each of us reposed or vested in and by the said herein-
before in part recited Instrument and the appointments made thereunder.

Now know ye, we, the said the Reverend Edward Riddell Roberts, the Honour-
able Amos Edwin Botsford, E. B. Edwards, James Meyer and George Morrice Roger,
_ do, and each of us doth, by virtue and in pursuance of the powers, authority and
limitations in the said hereinbefore in: part recited instrument contained, and in
pursuance of every other power and authority in us and each of us now being, resign,
surrender and yield up all powers and trusts thereby and therein reposed or vested
in us and each of us, and we do and each of us for himself doth hereby nominate,
substitute and appoint Her Majesty Queen Victoria trustee in the room and place of
us and each of us, and grant and surrender unto Her Majesty, Her successors and
assigns, the parcel or tract of land and premises hereinbefore described.

To have and to hold the same in so far only as we and each of us can or may
grant and limit the same unto Her Majesty, Her successors and assigns, to the same
uses and purposes and upon the same trusts as in the said hereinbefore in part
recited Instrument are declared of and concerning the same, and for the purposes
mentioned and contained in “The Indian Act,” Chap. 48, Revised Statutes of Canada.

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ly Wirxess Wuerror, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this sixth day —
of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight-eight (in
duplicate).

Signed, sealed and delivered in presence” Epwarp R. Roserts, — [1L.8.]
of the undersigned witnesses to execu- Amos EK, Borsrorp, iS: 4
tion by Rev. Edward, Riddell Roberts | EK. B. Epwarps, [L.S8.]
and Elihu Burritt Edwards. JAMES MEYER, [L.8.]

Fy i. Bere: G. M. Rocer, Ese

Cuas. J. LURRARD. 5
Signed, sealed and delivered by George .
Morrice Roger in presence of:
D. W. DUMBLE,
F, W..GLADMAN.
Signed, sealed and delivered by James
Meyer in presence of:
WALTER C. VENNING.
Isaac §. Lister.
Signed, sealed and delivered by Hon.
ourable Amos Edwin Botsford in pre-
sence of:

F. McDovuGAatt,
A. W. BENNETT.

Recorded 13th November, 1888, }
Lib. 127, Fol. 392. i

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

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No. 261.

Know att Men py THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and
Principal Men of the Rat Portage Band of Indians resident on our Reserve No. 38
A. B. and C., on the Lake of the Woods and Winnipeg River, District of Rainy
River, 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 said District of Rainy River and Province
aforesaid, containing by admeasurement six hundred acres, be the same more or less,
and being composed of that certain Island known as the “ Sultana Island,” and also
known as Mining Location X 42, situate near the north shore of the Lake of the
Woods.
To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and ~
successors forever, in trust to 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. 7

And upon the further condition that all moneys received front the said lands
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 Chief and Principal Men of the said 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 connection with
the said portion of Reserve No. 38 B.