Recorded 29th December 1897.
Lib: 149, Folio 410.

Josppnu Pore
Dep: Registi'ar General of Canada.

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Know att MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The Sharphead Band of Indians resident on Reserve at White Whale
Lake in the District of Alberta 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 District of Alberta aforesaid containing
by admeasurement Forty Two and Four tenths square miles be the same more or less
and being composed of Indian Reserve Number 141. Surveyed by Mr. Surveyor
Nelson in October 1885 for Chief Sharphead situate on Battle River on the trail from
Calgary to Edmonton.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty THe Queen, her
Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to dispose of 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 disposal
thereof, shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, he
placed pro rata to our credit and that of the several Bands with whom we have become
amalgamated

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 disposal of the said lands and of the proceeds of the sale
thereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our
seals this 11th day of September in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety seven.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre-

sence of

Cus. DE CAZES
Ind. Agent No. *25 Simon Fepr x his mark.

A FE Lake “ 18 JoHN SHARPHEAD x his mark
Agency Clerk “34 OMISEMASS x his mark

G. Trmonni Pre “ 98 Davin YELLOWHEAD x his mark

Henri Buanc “ 31 IsAaAc SHARPHEAD x his mark
Interpreter English into Cree “32 Mr. Joun x his mark
nee “ 87 JoHN PauL x his mark

Paut x Headman White Whale Lake “ 35 JOHN x his mark

mark ; . “45 ALEXIS RANI x his mark
Interpreter cree into Stony

A. E. Forcer

Indian Comr.

*Note.——The numbers given in red ink opposite the names are the numbers by whick
these Indians are known in White Whale Lake Band.
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DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, Chas. de

PROVINCE OF Cazes of Stony Plain Indian Agent and

CouNTY OF Simon Headman of the said Band of In-
To Wit: dians.

AND the said Chas de Cazes 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 White Whale Lake Band 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 :
member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said Release or Sur-
render.

And the said Simon headman says:
That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by him and a majority o°
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 the said Band of Indian-

summoned for that purpose, according to their Rules. and held in the presence of the

said Chas. de Cazes, Indian Agent.
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 Headman. of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said

meeting or council.

Sworn before me by the said Deponents ) (Has pr Cazes

Chas de Cazes and Simon at Stony Indian Agent
Plain Alberta this 11th day of Septem- his
ber A.D., 1897 Simon x Headman

© mark

A E Forcer

Ind. Commissioner
for Manitoba and the North West Territories

Recorded 20th January 1898
Lib 164 Fol 20.
JOSEPH Pope,
Dep. Registrar General of Canada.

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