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A. G. Irvine, Liewt.-Col., Com. N.W.M.P.
Joun Corron, Superintendent and Adjutant, N.W.M.P.
Avuaustus Jakes, M.B., F.S.C., Lond., Surgeon, N.W.M.P.
Frank Norman, Inspector, N.W.M.P.
A. Suurturr, Superintendent, N.W.M.P.
W. R. Assort, Sergeant-Major, N.W.M.P.
W. Routtepcer, Corporal, N.W.M.P.
AuLAN Macponatp, Indian Agent, Treaty No. 4.
his
Bia x Berar, (Chief.)
mark.
Reeorded 30th March, 1883.
Lib. 80, Fol. 624.
L. A. CATELLIER,
Deputy Registrar-General of Canada.

No. 202.

Know aLL Men By THESE PRESENTS, that we, the Blackfoot Indians, being a
majority of the male members of the Blackfoot Band of the full age of twenty-one
years, assembled in council duly called for the purpose of considering the surrender
of the reserve hereinafter mentioned, and in presence of the Honourable Edgar
Dewdney, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories, and Commissioner duly
authorized to attend said council, do hereby assent to ratify and confirm a certain
treaty made and concluded the twentieth day of June last past between Her Majesty
the Queen, by Her Commisioners, the said the Honourable Edgar Dewdney and
James Farquharson Macleod, C.M.G., of the one part, and the Blackfoot Indians —
by their Head and Minor Chiefs, of the other part.

And in consideration of the terms of the said Treaty, we do hereby unanimously
release and surrender to Her Majesty the Queen all the land reserved to the said
Blackfoot Indians, under and by virtue of a certain treaty made and concluded on
the twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-seven, between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners
‘the Honourable David Laird, and the sail James Farquharson Macleod of the one
part, and the Blood, Blackfeet, Sarcee, Peigan and Stoney Indians of the other part
which said land is more particularly described as follows: “A belt of Ixad on the
north side of the Bow and South Saskatchewan Rivers of an average width of four
miles along said rivers down stream, commencing at a point on the Bow River,
twenty miles north-westerly of the “ Blackfoot Crossing” thereof, and extending to
the Red Deer River at its junction with the South Saskatchewan ; also for a term
of ten years and no longer from the date of the concluding of this treaty when it
shall cease to be a portion of the said Indian reserves, as fully to all intents and pur-
poses as if it had not at any time been included therein, and without any compensa-
tion to individual Indians for improvements of a similar bélt of land on the south
side of the Bow and Saskatchewan Rivers of an average width of one mile along the

seid rivers down stream, commencing at the aforesaid point on the Bow River, and —#

extending to a point one mile west of the coal seam on said river, about five miles
below the said “ Blackfoot Crossing,” beginning again one mile east of the said coal
seam and extending to the mouth of Maple Creek at its junction with the South
Saskatchewan, and beginning again at the junction of the Bow River with the latter
river, and extending on both sides of the South Saskatchewan in an average width
on each side thereof of one mile along said river against the stream, to the junction
of the Little Bow River with the latter river, excepting therefrom all such portions
of the said tract of land as are now included in the Blackfoot Reserve, as fixed in the
said treaty made and concluded on the twentieth day of June last past, together
with all our right, title and interest therein.

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To have and to hold the same unto Her Majesty the Queen, Her Heirs and

successors forever.
Tn Witness WuHEREOF. Sapo-a-Mexico Crowfoot, the Head Chief of the said Black-

foot Band, hath hereto at our request placed his hand and affixed his geal at the Black-
foot Reserve this seventh day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight

hundred and eighty-four.
Signed, sealed and delivered in} his
presence of ( Sapo-A-MEXICcO Sy [L.S.]
mark.

-

EK. DEWDNEY,
Indian Commissioner and Lieut.-Governor.

CANADA, ;
Nortu-West TERRITORIES,
To Wit:

I, Edgar Dewdney, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories and
Commissioner duly authorized to attend a council of the Blackfoot Indians held for
the purpose of considering the surrender of certain lands reserved to the said Indians

by a treaty made and concluded the twenty-seventh day of September, in the year

of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, between Her Majesty

the Queen of the one part, and the said Blackfoot Indians, and the Blood, Sarcee,

Peigan and Stoney Indians of the other part, make oath and-say:
That I was present at the said council which was composed of a majority of the

male members of the said Blackfoot Band of the full age of twenty-oue years, ho
unanimously assented to release and surrender to Her Majesty the Queen the said

reserve as set forth in the deed hereto annexed.

Sworn before me at the Blackfoot)
Reserve, this seventh day of|
February, in the year of Our (

Lord 1884. J
James FE. MacuLeop,

Stip. Magistrate, N.W.T.

E. DEWDNEY,

Indian Com’r and Lieut.-Governor,

CaNaDa, )
Nortu-West TERRITORIES, }
To Wit : J

f Indians, make

I, Sapo-a-Mexico Crowfoot, Head Chief of the Blackfoot Band o
oath and say : é

That I was present and entitled to vote at, a council composed of a majority of
the male members of the Blackfoot Band of the full age of twenty-one years, duly
called to consider the surrender to Her Majesty the Queen, of certain land reserved
to the said Indians by virtue of a treaty made and concluded the twenty-seventh

day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-

seven.
That the members of the sai
the said reserve as set forth in the deed hereto

d council unanimously assented to the surrender of
annexed having been thoroughly

explained.

Sworn before me, at the Blackfoot)
Reserve, this seventeenth day | P his ze
of February, in the year of Our( SAPO-A-MEXICO x CROWFOOT.
“Lord 1884. | atk

James F’. MACLEOD,
Stip. Magistrate, N.W.T.
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Articles or A TRreary made and concluded this twentieth day of June, in the
year of Our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-three, between Her Most Gracious
Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, by Her Commissioners, the Hon-
curable Edgar Dewdney, Lieutenant-Governor and Commissioner of Indian Affairs,

and dames Farquarson Macleod, C.M.G., Stipendiary Magistrate, of the one part, and
the Blackfoot Indians, by their Head Chiefs and Minor Chiefs in council assembled
of the other part.

Whereas by a certain treaty made and concluded on the twenty-second day of
September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven,
between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners, the Honourable David Laird
and the said James Farquarson Macleod, of the one part, and the said Blackfoot
Indians, and the Bloods, Sarcees, Peigans and Stoney Indians, of the other part, it
was amongst other things provided in the words following, viz. : It is also agreed
between Her Majesty and Her said Indians that reserves shall be assigned them of
suilicient area to allow one square mile for each family of five (5) persons, or in that
proportion for larger and smaller families, and that said reserves shall be located as fol-
lows, that is to say : First—“ The reserves of the Blackfeet, Blood, and Sarcee Bands
of Indians shall consist of a belt of land on the north side of the Bow River and South
Saskatchewan River, of an average width of four (4) miles along said rivers, down
stream, commencing at a point on the Bow River twenty miles northwesterly of the
“Blackfoot Crossing” thereof, and extending to the Red Deer River, at its junction with
the South Saskatchewan ; also for the term of ten years, and no longer, from the
date of the concluding of this treaty, when it shall cease to be a portion of said Indian
reserves, as fully to all intents and purposes as if it had not at any time been included

therein, and without any compensation to individual Indians for improvements, of a

similar belt of land on the south side of the Bow and Saskatchewan Rivers, of an
average width of one mile along said rivers, down stream, commencing at the aforesaid
point on the Bow River, and extending to a point one mile west of the coal seam on
said river, about five (5) miles below the said “ Blackfoot Crossing ”’; beginning again
one (1) mile east of the*said coal seam and extending to the mouth of Maple Creek
at its Junction with the South Saskatchewan ; and beginning again at the junction of
the Bow River with the latter river, and extending on both sides of the South Saskat-
chewan in an average width on each side thereof of one (1) mile along said river
against the stream to the junction of the Little Bow River with the latter river.”

And whereas the Blood and Sarcee Indians have been granted other reserva-
tions, and have released all their right to the reservation hereinbefore mentioned,
and it becomes necessary to sell and re-adjust the reserve of the Blackfoot Indians.

It is hereby agreed by and between the parties to these articles that the Black-
foot Reserve shall be and consist of the following land, that is to say: Townships
twenty (20), in ranges nineteen (19), twenty (20), twenty-one (21), twenty-two (22),
twenty-three (23), and twenty-four (24); townships twenty-one (21), in ranges
twenty-two (22), twenty-three (23) and twenty-four (24); and all those parts of
townships twenty-one (21), in ranges nineteen (19), twenty (20) and twenty-one
(21) ; and townships twenty-two- (22), in ranges twenty-one (21), twenty-two (22),
twenty-three (23) and twenty-four (24) ; south of the railway and of a line drawn
parallel to and two hundred and sixty-four (264) feet from the ccntre of the present
road-bed of the Canadian Pacific Railway, excepting and reserving from the said last
mentioned township that part thereof west of a line projected by William Ogilvie,
Esquire, D.L.S., and marking the west limit of the Blackfoot reservation ; also all
that portion of township twenty-three (23), range twenty-four (24), bounded on the
west by the beforementioned line projected by the said William Ogilvie, Esquire,
D.L.S.; on the north-east by a line drawn parallel to and two hundred and sixty-
four (264) feet south-westerly from the centre of the road-bed of the said Canadian
Pacific Railway; and on the south by the southern boundary of the said township,
all west of the Fourth (4th) Principal Meridian.

CN (Ay pe AG

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And Her Majesty the Queen, by Her said Commissioners, parties to these pre-
sents, doth hereby grant to the said Blackfoot Indians the land hereinbefore

lastly described, to have and to hold the same unto and for the use of the said Black-

foot Indians for ever.
And in consideration of the premises, the said Blackfoot Indians, by their Head

Chiefs and Minor Chiefs in council assernbled, do hereby release unto Her Majesty
the Queen all the reserve mentioned and described in the said hereinbefore in part
recited treaty, and all their interests therein, except that portion of the same included

in the reserve settled by these articles.

. * And it is lastly fully understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto
that all the stipulations set forth and rights reserved to Her Majesty the Queen by

the said hereinbefore in part recited treaty shall apply to the reserve settled by

these articles.
In Witness Wuereor, Her Majesty’s said Commissioners, and the said Indian

Head and Minor Chiefs, have hereunto subscribed and set their hands at the “ Black-
foot Crossing” the day and year herein first above written.

Epcar DEWDNEY,
Indian Com. and Lneut.-Gov.

JAMES F. MACLEOD,

Signed by the said Commissioners and >
Head and Minor Chiefs in the pre
sence of the following witnesses, the
same having been first explained ‘by

Jean L’Heureux, Blackfoot Inter- his
preter. i Crowroor, or CHAPo x MEXICO,
A. Lacomss, O.M.L, Cath. Miss. , ae
C. E. Denny, Indian Agent. Op SuN, or MaTose x APIW,
JoHN C. NELSON, mark, —
W. PocKLINGTON. T = eat his
G. E. Smnon, HREE BULLS, or Had ee
JEAN L’? HEUREUX, Gigs.
Interpreter, Indian Dept. Wuite EaGLe, or PITAH x SIKSINUM,
mark.
é his
Low Horn, or EKKAS x KIN,
mark.
his
Bear CHILD, or Kayo x OKOSIS,
mark.
his
BuLL ELK, or PONONA x STAMIX,
mark.
his
Bia PLUME, or OMAKSI x SAPOP,
mark.
his
CaLr Rose, or ONIS x TAH,
mark.
his
WEAZEL CALF, or APAN x ONISTAH,
mark,
his
Rappit CARRIER, or ATTISTAH x HOES,
mark.
his
Lone Cuter, or NE x TENAH,
mark.

his
Mepicinr SHIELD, or NATO x AOTAN,
mark.

his
: JAGLE Rip, or Pita x PikKis,
mark.
his
SITTING EAGLE, or PITAH x PI.

' mark.
Recorded 18th March, 1885.

Lib. 95, Fol. 548. }

TL. A. Catetimr,
Deputy Registrar-General of Canada.

No. 208.

Know atu Men sy THEse Presents, that we, the Blood Indians of the Black- —
foot Tribe, being a majority of the male members of the Blood Band of the full age
of 21 (twenty-one) years, assembled in council, duly called for the purpose of con-
sidering the surrender of the reserve hereinafter mentioned, and in presence of the
Honourable Edgar Dewdney, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories
and Commissioner duly authorized to attend the said council, do hereby assent to
ratify and confirm a certain treaty made and concluded the second day of July last
past between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners the said Honourable °
Mdgar Dewdney and James Farquharson Macleod, C.M.G., of thé one part, and the
‘Blood Indians, by their Head and Minor Chiefs, of the other part.

And, in consideration of the terms of the said treaty, we do hereby unanimously
release and surrender to Her Majesty the Queen all the land reserved to the said
Blood Indians under and by virtue of a certain treaty made and concluded on the
twenty-seventh day of September, in the year Our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-seven, between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners, the Hon-
curable David Laird and the said James Farquharson Macleod, of the one part, and
the Blood, Blackfeet, Sarcee, Piegan and Stony Indians of the other part, which
said land is more particularly described as follows : “A belt of land on the north
side of the Bow and South Saskatchewan Rivers, of an average width of four
miles along said rivers, down stream, commencing at a point on the Bow River
twenty miles north-westerly of the ‘Blackfoot Crossing’ thereof, and extending to
the Red Deer River at its junction with the South Saskatchewan ; also for a term
cf ten years, and no longer, from the date of the concluding of this treaty, when
it shall cease to be a portion of said Indian reserves, as fully to all intents and
purposes as if it had not at any time been included therein, and without any com-
pensation to individual Indians for improvements, of a similar belt of land on the
south side of the Bow and Saskatchewan Rivers of an average widti of one mile
along said rivers, down stream; commencing at the aforesaid point on the Bow
River, and extending to a point one mile west of the coal seam on said river, about
five miles below the said ‘ Blackfoot Crossing’ ; beginning again one mile east of
the said coal seam and extending to the mouth of Maple Creek at its junction with
the South Saskatchewan ; and beginning again at the junction of the Bow River
with the latter river, and extending on both sides of the South Saskatchewan in an
average width on each side thereof of one mile, along said river against the stream,
to the junction of the Little Bow River with the latter river,” together with all our
right, title and interest therein.

To have and to hold the same unto Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and
successors forever.

Ty Wirxess Wuerreor, Mekasto (Red Crow), the Head Chief of the said Blood
Band, hath hereto at our request placed his hand and affixed his seal at the Blood