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That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the

, male members of the said Band of Indians of the said district, 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 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 Pagoona-kejick doth say :

That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and the majority
of the male membezs 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 deponent and George McPherson, Indian Agent.

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 the Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said
meeting or council.

Sworn before me by the deponents) nig)!
}teorge McPherson and Pagoona-ke- | PAGOONA x KEEJICK, Chief.
jick, at the Town of Rat Portage, in} mark.

GEORGE McPHERSON,

the District of Rainy River, this| Indian Agent
I nt.

eighth day of October, A.D. 1886. J
FRANK GarpINeR, J. P.

Recorded ist December, 1888.
Lib. 128, Fol. 315.
L. A. CATELLIER,
Dep. Registrar-General of Canada.

No. 262.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE,
Orrawa, Dec. 12th, 1888.

Fisher's Grant Indian Reserve.

Sir.—I have the honour to forward herewith a conveyance to Her Majesty from
Robt. P. Fraser ef uv., and I am to point out that Messrs, Stewart and Tanner, in
drawing up the deed, represented Her Majesty in the deed by the Minister of the
Interior, instead of the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. I know of no way
of rectifying this (otherwise than by re-conveying the land to Fraser and taking a
new deed from him), as the interest of the grantors has been conveyed ‘to Her Majesty
by the present deed, and consequently a new deed from them would convey nothing.
The title, however, is now in Her Majesty. LI also transmit file No. 6079 of 1883,
of your Department, and a certificate for $17 in favour of Messrs. Stewart and Tan-

ner, for their services in connection with the matter.
Your obedient servant,

L. VANKOUGHNET, Esq., : GEO. L. B. FRASER,
_ Deputy Supt.-Gen. of Indian Affairs. Acting D. M. J.
Recorded 9th January, 1889. |
Lib. 127, Fol. 403. §

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

+37
Tuis InpENTURE, made this first day of December, in the year of Our Lord one |

thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, between Robert P. Fraser, of Pictou, in the
County of Pictou and Provinee of Nova Scotia, Druggist, and Margaret Catherine,
his wife, hereinafter called the parties of the first part, of the one part, and Her
\lajesty Queen Victoria, represented herein by the Minister of the Interior of Canada,
hereinafter called the party of the second part, of the other part : Witnesseth, that

the said parties of the first party for and in consideration of the sum of three hun- ~

dred dollars of lawful money of Canada to them in hand well and truly paid by the
said party of the second part, at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents,
‘he receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have and each of them hath granted,

surrendered, bargained, sold, aliened, remised, released, conveyed and confirmed, and

by these presents do, and each of them doth, grant, surrender, bargain, sell, alien,
remise, release, convey and confirm unto the said party of the second part, Her heirs,
successors and assigns, all that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and
being at Fisher’s Grant, in the said County of Pictou, and abutted, bounded and
described as follows, that is to say: Fronting on the north side of Boat Harbour,
beginning on the shore of said Boat Harbour at the south-western corner of a lot of
land formerly owned by the late Thomas Mudie, deceased, and running thence

northerly along the western line of said lot to the south-eastern corner of a lot of

land sold by the late William Powell in his life time to James G. Sproull, being lot
number seven on the plan of lands of the said William Powell, deceased, hereinafter
referred to ; thence along the southern line of the said last mentioned tot to the south-
western corner thereof on the eastern line of lands formerly owned by the late
George Ives, deceased ; thence southerly along the said line to the shore of Boat
Harbour, aforesaid ; thence easterly along the courses of the said shore to the place
of beginning, according to a plan and survey thereof made by James S. Fraser, sur-
veyor, dated the 24th day of June, A.D. 1875, which said plan is on file in the
Registry of Deeds at Pictou, aforesaid, being land required for the use of the Indians,
together with all buildings, ways, waters, water courses, privileges, advantages and
appurtenances whatsoever belonging, or in any wise appertaining, to the lands, pre-
mises and hereditaments hereby conveyed or intended so to be, or any part thereof,
and the remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof, and also all the
estate, right, title, interest, dower, right or title to dower, use, property, possession,
claim and demand whatsoever, both at law and in equity of them the said parties of
the first part, of, into, out of, or upon the said lands and premises hereby granted and
released, or intended so to be, and every part and parcel thereof with their and every

of their appurtenances, to have and to hold the lands, premises and hereditaments

hereby granted, or expressed so to be, unto and to the use, benefit and behoof of the
said party of the second part, Her heirs, successors and assigns forever.

And the said Robert P. Fraser doth. hereby for himself and his heirs,
executors and administrators, covenant, promise and agree with the said party of
the second part, Her heirs, successors and assigns, that notwithstanding any act,
deed or thing by the said parties of the first part, or one of them, done or executed,
or knowingly suffered to the contrary, they the said parties of the first part now
have, or one of them now has, good right to grant the said lands, premises and

hereditaments unto, and to the use of, the said party of the second part, Her heirs,

part, Her heirs, successors and assigns, shall and may at all times hereafter peaceably
and quietly enjoy and possess the said lands, premises and hereditaments and receive
the rents and profits thereof without any lawful eviction, interruption, claim or
demand whatsoever from or by the said parties of the first part, or either of them, or
any person or persons lawfully or equitably claiming from under, or in trust for
them or either of them; and that the said parties of the first part and all persons
having or lawfully or equitably claiming any estate or interest in the said lands,
premises and hereditaments or any of them, or any part thereof from, under or in
trust for them, the said parties of the first part, or either of them, shall and

successors and assigns, in manner aforesaid ; and that the said party of the second

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will from time and at all times hereafter, at the request and cost of the said party
of the second part, Her heirs, successors or assigns, do and execute, or cause to be

done and executed, all such acts, deeds and things whatsoever for the further and

more perfectly securing and assuring the said lands, premises and hereditaments and
every part thereof unto and to the use of the said party of the second part, Her
heirs, successors and assigns, in manner as aforesaid as shall and may be reasonably
required; and further, that they, the said parties of the first part, will warrant and
defend the said lands, premises and hereditaments unto the said party of the second
part, Her heirs, successors and assigns, against the lawful claims and demands of all

persons whomsoever.
In Wrrness Wuereor, the parties hereto have to these presents their names and
seals subseribed and affixed on the day and year first above written.

Signed, sealed and delivered R. P. FRASER, [L.S.]
in presence of MARGARET C. FRASER. -[L38.]

CGuas. E. TANNER.

Province oF Nova Scorta,
County oF Pictou, §.8.

Be it remembered that on this first day of December, A.D. 1888, before me the
subscriber personally appeared Margaret Catherine, wife of the within named Robert
P. Fraser, and having been examined by me separate and apart from her said hus-
band, declared and acknowledged that she executed the said within written inden-
ture, as and for her act and deed, without fear, threat or compulsion of, from or by
her said husband, and for a full release of all her claims to the land therein described.

: CHAS. E. TANNER,
Notary Public and Barrister of Supreme Court.

Province oF Nova Scots,
County or Picrou, 8.8.

I hereby certify that Charles E. Tanner, subscribing witness to thts deed, made
oath before me this first day of December, A.D. 1888, at Pictou, in said County, taat
the same was signed, sealed and executed in his presence by Robert P. Fraser and
Margaret C. Fraser therein named.

JOHN FERGUSON,
= Reg’r. of Deeds, Pictou Co.

Recorded 31st December, 1888.
Paneer. Fol. 399.

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

PROVINCE OF Nova SCOTIA,
REGIsTRAR’s OrFice, Picrou, 1st December, 1888.

T certify that the within Instrument was duly registered at 5 p.m. of the above
day in Book 93, pages 114, 115, 116 and 117, on the oath of Chas. K, Tanner, a sub-

seribing witness thereto.
JOHN FERGUSON,

Reg’r.

No. 263.

Know Aut Men By THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Prin-
cipal Men of the Rice Lake Band of Indians resident on our reserve in the Township
of Otonabee, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for nnd 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,—

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