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No. 160.

Know ALL MEN BY THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Princi-
pal Men of the Micmac Band of Indians in the County of Pictou, resident on our
Reserve at Fisher’s Grant, in the said County, in the Province of Nova Scotia and
Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band,
do hereby remise, release, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign
Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever :

All and singular that certain parcel of land, situated, lying and being in our
veserve, aforesaid, and which may be more particularly known and described as
follows, as laid down on the plan hereunto annexed :

Beginning at the south-eastern angle of a lot of land belonging to William Yves,
merchant, of Pictou; thence to run south forty-one degrees, east sixty-three rods and
iwelve links to a stake and stones; thence north twenty-five degrees, east forty-
seven rods and ten links to a stake and stones; thence north forty-one degrees, west
fifty rods to the north-west angle of said William Ives’ land; and thence south forty-
nine degrees, west forty-five rods along said land to the place of beginning, contain-
ing sixteen acres more or less.

To have and to hold the same unto Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, forever.

In trust, to convey the same to James Gillis Sproule, of Fisher’s Grant afore-
said, in exchange for a like parcel of land belonging to him and lying and bein,
between our two reserves, and for the purpose of connecting the said two reserves,
and which may be more particularly known and described as follows, as laid down
on the plan hereunto annexed: Beginning at the south side of the highway lead-
ing from Fisher’s Grant to Boat Harbour at the south-west angle of the Indian lot
of land known as the Donahoe property ; thence south forty-one degrees, east sixty-
three rods and twelve links along said property to the south-east angle of said lot ;
thence south forty-nine degrees, west thirty rods to the Indian property purchased
from William Ives; thence north forty-one degrees, west forty-four rods to a stake
and stones; thence north twenty-five degrees, east thirty-two rods to the place of
beginning, containing eleven acres, more or less.

And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the Band of Micmac Indians afore-
said, do, on behalf of our people, and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and
promise to ratify and confirm whatever the Government of the Dominion of Canada
may do, or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the conveyance and ex-
change of the said parcel of land hereby surrendered.

Tn Wirxess Wuereor, we, the said Chief and Principal Men have hereunto set
our hands and seals.

Executed at Merigomish, this 28th day of July one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-six.

Signed, sealed and delivered, hav-] |
ing been previously read a PAUL PAUL, Chief, [L.8.]

interpreted in our presence. And eleven other Indians, members of the Band.

CANADA,
Province or Nova Scotia,
To Wit: J

Personally appeared before me the Reverend Ronald Macdonald, P.P., of the
Town of Pictou, in the said Province, Indian Agent, and Paul Paul, of Indian Cove,
in the County of Pictou, Chief of the Band of Micmac Indians, in the County of Pic-
tou, who being duly sworn severally depose and say: That the annexed release or
surrender was duly assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band
of the full age of twenty-one years, at a meeting or council thereof summoned for
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that purpose according to their rules, andcheld in the presence of the said Ronald
Macdonald, Indian Agent, who was duly authorized to attend such council by the
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs. )

Sworn before me by the said depon-) R. MACDONALD, P.P.
ents,the Rev. R. Macdonald and} - his
Paul Paul, this 8th day of Nov., 1876.} PAUL x ee
mark.

And I do hereby certify that I read over the above affidavit to the said Pau
Paul, and that he seemed perfectly to understand the same and made his mark thereto
in my presence.
JAMES FOGO, :

Judge of Probate.
Recorded 4th June, 1877. ‘s :
Lib. S., Folio 444.

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

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No. 161.

Seal of the

(
| Province of Quebec.
LL. A. CarEeLiinr,

CANADA,
PROVINCE OF QUEBEC.
Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c., &e., &e.

To all to whom these Presents shall come,—GREETING :

Wuereas, the Honourable David Mills, Superintendent General of Indian Affairs,
in Our Dominion of Canada, in trust for the Band of Amalecite Indians of the
Province of Quebec, has contracted and agreed with our Commissioner for the sale
of our Crown lands, duly authorized by us in this behalf, for the absolute purchase,
at and for the price or sum of one hundred and nineteen dollars and seventy cents,
cf lawful money of our said Province, of the lands and tenements hereinafter men-_
tioned and described, of which we are seized in right of Our Crown. :

Now Kyow Ye, that in consideration of the said sum of one hundred and nine-
teen dollars and seventy cents, by him the said David Mills, to Our said Commis-
sioner of Crown Lands, in hand well and truly paid to Our use, at or before the seal-
ing of these Our letters patent, We have granted, sold, alienated, conveyed and
assured, and by these presents do grant, sell, alienate, convey and assure unto the
said David Mills, and his successors in office for ever, all those parcels or tracts of
lands situate, lying and being in the Township of Whitworth, in the County of
Temiscouata, in Our said Province, containing by admeasurement three hundred and
ninety-nine acres, be the same more or less, together with the usual allowance for
highways; which said parcels or. tracts of land may be otherwise known as follows,
that is to say: The lots numbers twenty-seven, twenty-eight and twenty-nine, in
the Twelfth Range of the Township of Whitworth aforesaid, the said lots containing
cach one hundred and thirty-three acres.

To have and to hold the said parcels or tracts of land and premises hereinbefore
given, granted and confirmed of Us, Our heirs and successors, unto and to the use of
Our said grantee and his successors 1n office forever, in free and common soceage, by
fealty only, in like manner as lands are holden in free and common soceage in that
part of Great Britain called England. )

And We do hereby direct and appoint that within six months from the day of
the date of these Presents, a copy of this Our grant shall be registered in the office °