25 Majesty the Queen, Her heirg and successors, to and for the use of the Government of Canada, all our rights, titles and privileges whatsoever, which we have or enjoy in the territory described in the said treaty, and every part thereof, to have and to hold to the use of Her Majesty the Queen, and Her heirs and successors forever. And Her Majesty agrees, through Her representatives as hereinafter named to assign a reserve of sufficient area to allow one hundred and sixty acres to each family of five, or in that proportion for larger or smaller families, such reserve to be laid off and surveyed as soon as may be found practicable, at or near the Sandy Narrows of the Beren’s River, on both sides of the said river, reserving the free nav- igation of the said river, and free access to the shores thereof, to all Her Majesty’s subjects. And the said Indians, represented herein by their Chief and Councillor, pre- sented as such by the Band, do hereby agree to accept the several provisions, pay- ments and other benefits, as stated in the said treaty, and solemnly promise and engage to abide by, carry out and fulfil all the stipulations, obligations and conditions therein contained, on the part of the said Chief and Indians therein named, to be observed and performed, and in all things to conform to the articles of the said treaty, as if we ourselves had been originally contracting parties thereto. In Witness Wurreor, the Honourable Thomas Howard, and John Lestock Reid, Esquire, acting herein for Her Majesty, under special authority of the Honourable Alexander Morris, Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and the North-west Terri- tories, and Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Manitoba Superintend- ency, and the said Chief and Councillor, have hereunto subscribed and set their hands at the Beren’s River, this fourth day of August, A.D. 1876. Signed by the Chief and Councillor) THos. Howarp, [L.S.] within named in the presence of| J. Lestock Rem, [L.8.] the following witnesses, the eae NAH-WEE-KEE-SICK-QUAH-YASH (or Jaco, and this adhesion having been first his read and explained by the Rev. H.| Berens, of Beren’s River), Chief, x Jochrane: J , mae mark. Henry Cocurane, Missionary, NUN-AK-OW-AH-NUK-WaPE, x Councillor. JAMES Fier, mark. Owen HUGHES, ALEXANDER Brao, Deve MoCKLE, J.P., Gro. CoLDEE, THomas Pratt, Witam McKay, Tuomas Nixon, JR. No. 149 F. ArticLes or AGREEMENT AND ADHESION TO A TREATY made and concluded at Beren’s River the 20th day of September, and at ‘Norway House the 24th day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, between Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireiand, by Her Com- missioners, the Honourable Alexander Morris, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Manitoba and the North-west Territories, and the Honourable James McKay, of the one part, and the Salteaux and Swampy Cree Tribes of Indians, inhabitants of the country within the limits hereinafter defined and described, by their Chiefs _ chosen and named as hereinafter mentioned, of the other part : We, the Band of Salteaux Indians residing at or near the Big Island and the other islands in Lake Winnipeg, and also on the shores thereof, having had communi- eation of the aforesaid treaty, of which a true copy is hereunto annexed, hereby, and in consideration of the provisions of the said treaty being extended to us, trans- i—23 b J fer, surrender, and relinquish to Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors, to and for the use of the Government of Canada, all our right, title and privileges whatsoever, which we have or enjoy in the territory described in the said treaty, and every part thereof, to have and to hold to the use of Her Majesty the Queen, and her heirs and suecessors forever. And Her Majesty agrees, through Her representatives as hereinafter naimed, to assign reserves of sufficient area to allow one hundred and sixty acres to each family of five, or in that proportion for larger or smaller families, such reserves to be selected for said Indians by a Dominion Land Surveyor, or other officer named for that purpose, with the approval of the said Indians, as soon as practicable. And the said Indians, represented herein by their Chief and Councillors, pre- sented as such by the Band, do hereby agree to accept the several provisions, pay- ments and other benefits as stated in the said treaty, and solemnly promise and engage to abide by, carry out and fulfil all the stipulations, obligations and condi- tions therein contained, on the part of the said Chief and Indians therein named, to be observed and performed, and in all things to conform to the articles of the said ireaty, as if we ourselves had been originally contracting parties thereto. In Witvess Wurreor, the Honourable Thomas Howard, and John Lestock Reid, . Esquire, acting herein for Her Majesty, under special authority of the Honourable Alexander Morris, Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and of the North-west Terri- tories. and Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Manitoba Superintend- eney, and the said Chief and Councillors, have hereunto subscribed and set their hands, at Wapang, or Dog Head, Lake Winnipeg, this twenty-sixth day of July, A.D. 1876. Signed by the Chief and Councillors | Tuos. Howarp, [L.8.] within named in the presence of| J. Lestock Ret, [L.S.] the following witnesses, treaty and| 2 as this adhesion having been first read /( A-KA-CHE-WAYAS, Chief, ae . M mark. and explained by the Rev. Home| (Blood ‘Wein Ricca Cochrane: ais W. W. Kirgesy, Archdeacon of York, KA-TUK-E-PIN-AIS or Harpisty, X Henry Cocurane, Missionary, ; mark. ALEXANDER Beco, (Big Island.) Wituiam Leack, ; his rn + THICKFOOT, X Tuomas Nixon, JR., ee | A. M. Muckte, J.P. I, the Honourable Alexander Morris, Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and the North-west Territories, do hereby certify that the foregoing is treaty of which it purports to be a copy. Given under my hand and seal at Fort Garry, this nineteenth day of July, A.D. 1876. (Dog Head.) SQ ANG-GWA-WA-KA-POW, or JAMES SIN- his cLaIR, x (Jack Head), mark. f Councillors. a true copy of the ALEXANDER Morris, L.G. ee [L.8.] No. 150. We, the undersigned Chiefs and Principal Men of the Alnwick Band of Mississ- ausua Indians for and on behalf of our whole Band in council assembled, do hereby release and surrender unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors