102 INom oo". 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 Township of Maniwaki, in the County of Ottawa in the Province of Quebee 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 SIN- GULAR, 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 admeasurement Twenty-One Acres be the same more or less and being composed of The unsurrendered portion of lot number Four Desert Front Range, in the Town- ship of Maniwaki bounded as follows—On the East side by the side line between lots numbers Three and Four Desert Front Range, on the South by the road allowance between said lot number Four Desert Front Range and lot number Twenty Nine, Road Range East, On the West by the side line between said lot number Four Desert Front Range, and lot number Five Desert Front Range and on the North partly by the land leased to Mr. S. R. Brock and partly by the land leased to Mrs. Ellen Moar. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty 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 conducive 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 the Credit of Heirs Pikrewatik and the interest thereon paid to the Heirs of the late Chief Pikrewatik AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said The River Desert 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 parcel of land IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this seventeenth day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Ninety Three Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre- his : eae of Perer x Tenesco Chief [L.8.] JAMES MARTIN mee Indian Agent Louis x Pezzenpewatcu Sub Chief [L.S.] his : mark PETER x ace Chief Smmon Orsix Late Chief [L.S.] mar his his a . Otis “Pasta mre Tons > ee Interpreter [L.S.] mark Marras TCHANANA Late Sub Chief [L.S.] JoHN McDoucGaLn ban en GaR [LS.] Micuet ComunpuN [L.8.] ABRAHAM OTJIK [L.8.] ANTOINE TAWASKA [L.S.] his Smon x TENESCO [L.8.] mark his ANTOIN J. x MICHEL [L.8.] mark 103 his PETER x SHEMETTE [L.8.] mark his MICHEE x JABOT [ELESei mark his GABRIEL x TENESCO [L.S.] mark AMAPYISSTAWA [L.S.] his JACK x DECONTIER [L.8.] mark his ToMA x MENEAS a. [ES.] mark ; his VINCENT x OTJIK [L.S.] mark his BENJ. x APIGAN [L.S.] mark - his JOSEPH x CoMONDO [L.8.] mork his CHARLES x CoMONDO [L.S.] mark his WILLIAM x LACROIX mark his XAVIER x APIGON [L.S.] mark DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, James PROVINCE OF QUEBEC Martin of the Village of Maniwaki in the CouNnTY OF OTTAWA Province of Quebec Indian Agent and To Wit: Peter Tenesco 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 Tenesco 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 said Band of Indians > summoned for that purpose, according to their Rules, and held in the presence of the said James Martin 104 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 said Deponents James Martin And Peter Teneseo at | JAMES MARTIN the Township of Maniwaki in the his Jounty of Ottawa this 27th day of Peter x TENESCO June, A.D., 1893 ; mark The same haying first been read over by me to the said Peter Tenesco who appeared to understand the same and made his mark thereto in my presence. J. T. St. JULIEN Stipendiary Magistrate for the Districts of Ottawa and Terrebonne. Privy Council Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 1st September 1893 JOHN J. McGEE Clerk of the Privy Council Recorded 14th September 1893. Lib. 150 Fol. 1. L. A. CaTELLIER Dep. Registrar General of Canada. No. 3388. Know atu Men sy tHEse Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of The Nikaomin Band of Indians sub-band N-pazal-kua tum resident on our Reserve situate on the North side of the Thompson River in the Province of British Columbia and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said sub-Band in Council assembled, Do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady Tur Queen, her Heirs and Successors for ever, ALL AND SINGULAR, those continuous or separate tracts of land as the case may be known as “alluvial deposits” that may be found in the Unputsput- quatum Indian reserve which said Reserve contains an area of six acres and fifty- three hundredths of an acre and is situated on the right bank of the Thompson River in Township 15, Range 25, West of the 6th I. M. Province of British Columbia. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty THe QuereEn, 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 our wishes are that the said lease shall continue for a period of not over ten years from the date of granting the same. That a sum of not less than $650.00 (six hundred and fifty dollars) be collected on our behalf for said lease, and that the whole of the proceeds of said lease shall be paid to the Indians who sign this surrender their heirs and assigns.