241 No. 404. THIS INDENTURE made the twelfth day of October in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety Eight. Between, THE COMPANY FOR PROPOGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN NEW-ENGLAND AND THE PARTS ADJACENT IN AMERICA, a body corporate and politic, hereinafter called the said Company,—of the First Part and HER MAJESTY, QUEEN VICTORIA of the Second Part. WITNESSETH for and in consideration of the sum of One Dollar of lawful money of Canada to the said Company paid by Her said Majesty at or before the ensealing and delivery of these Presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and for divers other considerations it thereunto moving the said Company doth by these presents grant and surrender unto Her said Majesty Her Heirs and Successors, All ‘and Singular that parcel or tract of land situate in the Township of Smith, in the County of Northumberland, Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, CONTAINING by admeasurement Fifteen Hundred and Forty Eight Acres and Thirty Six Hundredths of an Acre (1548.36 Acres) be the same more or less, being COMPOSED of the Broken Lots Numbers Sixteen Seventeen and Kighteen and the North part of Broken Lot Nineteen in the Twelfth Concession. The Broken Lots Seventeen, Highteen, Nineteen, Twenty and North parts of Broken lots Numbers Twenty One, Twenty Two, Twenty Three and Twenty Four in the Thirteenth Con- cession and Broken lots numbers Highteen, Nineteen and Twenty, Lot Twenty One and Broken Lots Twenty Two, Twenty Three and Twenty Four in the Fourteenth Concession of the said Township of Smith, COMMENCING on Buckhorn Lake in the Southerly limit of allowance for road between the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Conces- sions; thence North Seventy Four degrees East along the said limit 124 chains more or less to Little Lake; Thence South Westerly, Easterly, Northerly and Easterly around a point of Land; thence South Westerly into Mud Lake; thence South West- erly, following the North Shore of Mud Lake around a point of land into Buckhorn Lake; thence along the Eastern Shore of Buckhorn Lake following the several turn- ings and windings of the same to the place of beginning. Excepting thereout that certain tract of land and premises situate in the Southerly portions of the said Lots Sixteen, Seventeen and Highteen in the Twelfth Concession, being composed of a part of the Chemong Indian Village Plot, according to a Plan of Sub-Division prepared by Thomas R. Hewson, Ontario Land Surveyor, dated August 1891, described as follows; COMMENCING at a point where the Southerly limit of lot One meets the _ water’s Edge of Lake Chemong; thence in a North Easterly course along the Southerly limits of Lots One, Two and Four, 26 chains and Ninety Four links more or less to the Westerly limit of Chemong Street; thence Easterly in a Straight line to the South West Angle of Lot Five, a distance of One chain more or less; thence Easterly along the Southerly limit of said Lot Five, 10 chains and 27 links to the South East Angle of the said Lot; thence Northerly along the Easterly limit of Lots Five and Six, 10 chains and 87 links to the Southerly limit of lot Eight; thence Easterly along the Southerly limits of Lots Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve and the Southerly limit of the Landing, 21 chains more or less to the water’s edge; thence Southerly, Westerly and Northerly along the water’s edge of Lake Chemong 91 chains more or less to the place of beginning, CONTAINING 115 ACRES and Sixty Four hundredths of an acre, be the same more or less. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majessty Her Heirs and Successors forever in trust as a Reserve for the use or benefit of the Mississaguas of Mud Lake Band of Indians. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Corporate Seal of the said Company hath been hereunto affixed and these Presents have been signed by— 288—19 242 The Corporate Seal of the Company was affixed to this deed by order of a Court of the Company held on the 12th day of October 1898 in the presence of JoHN W. Forp Governor W. M. Vennine D. C. L. Charter Clerk [L.S.] No. 405. Know att Men By THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and ~ Principal men of The River Desert Band of Indians resident on our Reserve in the County of Ottawa 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 Mani- waki in the County of Ottawa and Province of Quebec containing by admeasure- ment one hundred and one acres be the same more or less and being composed of the land hereinafter described. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majestsy 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 con- ducive 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 placed to our credit and the interest thereon paid to us and our descendants as to the Department of Indian Affairs may seem best in our interest. 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 to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the sale of the said lands and the disposal of the said money. Description of parts of Lots 1, 2, and 3 Desert Front Range, Township of Maniwaki, hereinbefore referred to.— ALL AND SINGULAR that certain parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being, composed of parts of Lots 1, 2 and 3 of the Desert Front Range, Township of Maniwaki, aforesaid, coloured red on the accompanying Plan and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the South East Corner of Lot 1 of said Range and Township and going West 36 Chains more or less to the division line between Lots 3 and 4, thence North following said division line 16 Chains and 50 Links more or less, to the South boundary of Lot Leased to one John White, thence East following said South boundary and continuing on the same course 5 Chains and 15 Links more or less to the South East Corner of Plot of land previously surrendered, thence North following the East Boundary of said surrendered land 18 Chains and 50 Links more or less to the South Boundary of Lot 5 of the Village of Maniwaki as shown on Surveyor John A. Snow’s Plan dated 17th July, 1875, thence East 30 Chains and 85 Links more or less to the East Boundary of Lot 1 of said Range and Township thence South following said East Boundary 30 Chains more or less to the point of beginning and containing by admeasurement 101 acres (One hundred and one acres) be the same more or less.