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A memorial hereof is recorded in the registry office for the County of Simcoe on

the 22nd day of December, A.D., 1852, at one o’clock p.m., in Liber T., folios 474, 475,
476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 492,
494 and 495; memorial No. 11,602. .

GEORGE LOUNT,
Regr. Co. Simcoe.

PROVINCIAL REGISTRAR’S OFFICE.
QuEBEC, 11th June, 1853.

I hereby certify that the within deed of surrender hath this day been entered
upon the records of this office in Lib.: “C.S. Surrender to the Crown,” Folio 78, ete.

THO. AMIOT,
Depy. Provl. Regr.

ING? (Ae

Know ALL Men By THESE Presents that we, Joseph White, Matthew Greyeyes,
William Clarke, Alexander Clarke, James Clarke, Joseph Warrow, Francis Parke and
Mathias Splitlog, Chiefs and Principal Men of the Wyandott Indians residing in the
Township of Anderdon, in the County of Essex and Province of Canada, in Council
assembled, claiming to be possessed of the sole and exclusive right and title to a cer-

tain triangular tract of land in or adjoining to the Town of Sandwich, by virtue of |

the reservation contained in a deed or grant to His late Majesty George the Thiru,
executed by the principal village and War Chiefs of the Ottawa, Chippewa, Pottowatto-
mee and Huron Indians of Detroit, in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety,

wherein the tract so reserved is thus described “as beginning at the mouth of the

Riviére au Jarvais, commonly called Knagg’s Oreek, running up along border of the
streight to the Huron church and one hundred and twenty arpents in depth,” do here-

hy surrender and yield up unto Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, Her heirs —

and successors, all our right, title, interest, claim, property and demand whatsoever,
both at law and equity, of, in and to that certain part or tract of land aforesaid, situate
lying and being in or adjoining to the town of Sandwich commencing on Detroit
street and running along the River Detroit to the Huron church line, and then along
« small rivulet to a bridge in the Queen’s Highway to Detroit street; then along De-
txoit street to the place of beginning, with all and singular the appurtenances, privil-
eges, advantages and hereditaments unto the said premises appertaining or in anywise
belonging, unto Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors forever, to the end and pur-
pose that Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors, may be graciously pleased to
order and direct that the said parcel or tract of land be first valued and then disposed
cf by bargain and sale, and the monies arising therefrom to be appropriated to the use
and benefit of the said Indians and for no other purpose whatsoever.

Ix Testimony WHEREOF, we, the said Chiefs and Principal Men of the said Wy-
andott Indians have hereunto set our names and seals at Anderdon, Canada West, the
nineteenth day of July, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-

three,

Signed and sealed in our pre- his

sence, being first read and fully JosepH WHITE, x [L.S.]

explained : Ts his
THomas KING, MattHew GrRAy EYES, x [L.8.]

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WiLuam CLARKE, WILLIAM CLAREE, bie SSA
Interpreter. ALEXR. CLARKE, [L.8.]
JAMES CLARKE, [L.8.]J

JOSEPH WARROW, [L.S.x

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FRANCIS PARK, x [L.8.]
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ALExIS MATTHIAS SPLITLOG, [L.S.]

Certified.
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PROVINCE OF CANADA,
County oF ESSEX,
To wit:

Thomas King, of Anderdon, in the County and Province aforesaid, schoolmaster,
maketh oath and saith that the preceding deed of surrender was duly executed in
his presence and that he is a subscribing witness thereto.

THOMAS KING.
Sworn before me at Anderdon,|
the nineteenth day of July,
1853.
WituiaMm GETFIELD, J.P.

Extract from a Report of a Committee of the Honourable ihe Executive Council on
land applications, dated 9th Augusi, 1853, approved by His Excellency the
Governor General in Council on the same day.

On the letter of the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, transmitting a
deed of surrender, dated 19th July, 1853, from the Wyandott Indians of Anderdon
to Her Majesty the Queen, of a certain triangular tract of land in or adjoining to
the Town of Sandwich, and requesting that said deed may be laid before the
Governor General in Council, for the purpose of the trust being accepted and entered
upon the records in the offices of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and of the
Provincial Registrar.

The Committee recommend that the above mentioned deed of surrender be
accepted, and that the same be entered of record in the Crown Lands and Provincial
Registrar’s offices.

Certified.
WM. H. LEH,
Aclg. C.E,C.
To the Honourable
The Provincial Registrar,

&e., &e., &e.

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ProvinclAL REGISTRAR’S OFFICE,
QvrBEc, 19tn August, 1853.

I do hereby certify that the accompanying deed of surrender and extract of
Council have bén duly entered on the records of this Department.

P THO. AMIOT,
Deputy Prov’l Registrar.

Know ALL MEN BY THESE Presents, that we Joshua Waywanosh, Andrew
Nageeshigk, Jackson Wopagass, William Pamossang, Gordon Corning, Joseph Ash-
ewagwonabie and Thomas Nayonnquott, Chiefs and Principal Men of the Tribe of
Chippewa indians occupying and claiming to'be the sole possessors of a certain tract
o: parcel of land in the Township of Sarnia, in the County of Lambton and Province
of Canada, and known and described as the Upper Reserve on the River St. Clair, in

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