No. 281.

BeEvERLY Ropinson
TO
THE QUEEN

To all to whom these presents shall come or may in any wise concern, Beverly
Robinson of the City of Saint John in the City and County of Saint John and
Province of New Brunswick, Esquire, Executor of the Last Will and Testament of
Peter Fraser late of Fredericton in the County of York and Province aforesaid
Esquire, deceased sendeth Greeting Whereas the said Peter Fraser by his last Will and
Testament bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of June in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty six and made and executed in such manner as is
by Law prescribed for rendering valid the Devisees of lands and hereditaments (after
giving certain specific devises and bequests of certain lands and legacies) did give,
devise, and bequeath all the rest, residue and remainder of all his estate and effects
real and personal of what nature or kind soever the same might consist and wherever
the same might be situated, vested and being and every part thereof to his Executors in
the said Will and to the Survivors and Survivor of them and the Heirs, Executors
and Administrators of such survivor Upon Trust, to sell and dispose of the same
and every part and parcel thereof so soon after his decease as in their or his Judgement
the same or any part or parts thereof can be sold for reasonable and fair prices and
to advantage and until the same could be so sold to let or demise any part or parts
thereof remaining unsold in such manner as they or he should think most advan-
tageous and to apply the monies ensuing from such sale or sales or coming arising or
accruing for rents or interest of any part or parts of his said property so fast as the
same could be realized or collected in manner and to, and for the purposes in the said
Will directed. And did thereby nominate, constitute and appoint the said Beverly
Robinson, George D. Robinson of the City of Saint John aforesaid Esquire, and
George F. S. Berton late of Fredericton aforesaid, Esquire, Executors of his said
Will as by the said Will duly proved in the Surrogate Court for the said County of
York, and duly registered in the Office of Registrar of Deeds and Wills for the
County of Carleton Reference being thereto had will more fully appear. And Whereas
the said George F. S. Berton one of the said Executors so named in the said Will
departed this life in the lifetime of the said Peter Fraser, and the said George D.
Robinson hath by Deed poll duly executed and acknowledged by the said George D.
Robinson and duly registered in the said Registrar’s office absolutely and irrevocably
disclaimed all the Real estate, trusts, Powers and Authorities whatsoever in and by
the said recited Will of the said Peter Fraser devised and bequeathed or
given to the said George D. Robinson and Beverly Robinson as _ aforesaid
as by the same deed will appear. And the said Berverly Robinson hath alone
proved the said Will and taken upon himself the trusts of the said Will. And Whereas
the said Peter Fraser departed this life on the Thirteenth day of August in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty without having revoked or altered
his said Will. And Whereas the said Peter Fraser was in his lifetime and at the time
of his death seized and possessed (among other lands and hereditaments of the tract
of land hereinafter particularly described and mentioned which not having been
specifically devised became and formed part of the residue of the said Testators
Estate so devised to the Executors and Trustees of his said Will as aforesaid). And
Whereas His Excellency Sir Edmund Walker Head Baronet Lieutenant Governor and

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Commander in Chief of the said Province for and on behalf of Her Majesty Queen
Victoria hath agreed with the said Beverly Robinson for the purchase of the said
tract of land for Public uses: that is to say, for the use of the Melicette Tribe of
Indians at the Meductic in the County of Carleton During the of Her Majesty in
Lieu of a Tract of land of which the said Indians have been wrongfully deprived as is
alleged. Now Know Ye that the said Beverly Robinson as such only existing Trustee
and Executor as aforesaid and in pursuance of the trusts and powers vested in him
by the said Will of the said Peter Fraser, deceased, for and in consideration of the
sum of Two Hundred Pounds of lawful money of New Brunswick to him in hand
well and truly paid in full for such purchase as aforesaid, the receipt whereof the
said Beverly Robinson doth hereby acknowledge and of and from the same and every
part thereof doth hereby acquit, release and discharge Her said Majesty Her Heirs
and Successors forever by these Presents, Hath Granted, Bargained and Sold Aliened,
Released and Confirmed and by these presents Doth Grant, Bargain, and Sell, Alien,
Release and Confirm unto Her said Majesty Victoria by the Grace of God of the
Unned Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith &e and
to Her Majestys Heirs and Successors All that certain tract, piece and parcel of land
situate, lying and being in the Parish of Woodstock and known and described as the
lower part of Lot Number Twenty-seven in the Nova Seotia Grant to Brown and
others and Granted in the same Grant to Benjamin Peck Griffith the part of the said
tract or lot Number Twenty seven hereby conveyed being bounded on the lower side by
the Church and School Lot and on the upper side by lands at present owned and
occupied by A. K. S. Wetmore Esquire and being thirty two rods in front on the River
Saint John and extending to the rear preserving the same width Two Hundred and
Fifty chains of four poles each and containing Two Hundred Acres more or less.
Together with all buildings, erections and improvements thereon and all ways, waters,
water courses, liberties, easements, privileges, profits, advantageous, hereditaments and
appurtenances whatsoever to the said tract, piece and parcel of land belonging or in
any wise appertaining and the Reversion and Reversions, Remainder and Remainders,
Rents, Issues, and Profits thereof, and all the estate, right, title, interest, use, claim
and demand whatsoever both at Law and in Equity of him the said Beverly Robinson
as such Executor and Trustee as aforesaid of, in or to the same or any part or parcel
thereof. To Have and to Hold the said lot, tract, piece or parcel of land hereby
eranted and released or intended so to be, unto Her Majesty her Heirs and Successors
forever for the uses and purposes set forth and explained in the above recited during
the Pleasure of Her Most Gracious Majesty or for such other Public uses and purposes
as to Her Majesty her Heirs and Successors may be graciously pleased to apply the
same anything in these presents contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.

In Witness Wuereor the said Beverly Robinson hath hereunto set his hand and
seal the Twenty-second day of May in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Fifty One.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered in presence
of
The words “can be sold” being interlined
in the first page, and the words > B. Roprnson [L.S.]
“recited deed” struck out and recited
during interlined on the last page.
OuarLes A. Hartr =

Saint Joun S.S.

Be it remembered that on the Twenty-sixth day of May in the year of Our Lord
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-one before me Thomas Harding, Esquire,
Mayor of the City of Saint John and one of the Justices of the Inferior Court of
Common Pleas in and for the said City, personally appeared Beverly Robinson the

Grantor in the foregoing Deed named who acknowledged that he executed the same

freely and voluntarily for the uses and purposes therein expressed and contained.
Tuomas Harpine Mayor and one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas.

Province of New Brunswick
County of Carleton. 5

Registrar’s Certificate.

I, John S. Leighton Registrar of Deeds and Wills in and for the County of
Carleton in the Province of New Brunswick Do Hereby Certify the annexed and
foregoing to be a true copy of a deed duly Recorded in Book “M” of Records of
said Carleton County as Number 5018 on pages 228, 229, 230 & 231 on the fourth
day of August A.D. 1851. The same having been carefully compared.

In Testimony Wuereor I have hereto set my Hand and affixed my Official Seal
at Woodstock this Twenty-second day of November A.D. 1907.

[L.8.] JOHN S. LEIGHTON
Registrar of Deeds and Wills

in and for Carleton County

No. 282.

Know Att MeN By THESE PRESENTS That We, the undersigned Chief and Principal
men of the Blood Tribe of Indians resident on our Reserve in the District of Alberta,
North West Territories and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the
whole people of our said Band in Council assembled, Do hereby release, remise, sur-
render, 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 said Blood Reserve in the District of Alberta,
North West Territories containing by admeasurement about four hundred and forty
acres be the same more or less and being composed of that portion of the Blood
Reserve lying and being at the junction of the Belly and St. Mary’s rivers, being
bounded on two sides by the said Rivers, on the South side by the Southerly limit
of section number three in Township number eight Range twenty two west of the
fourth initial Meridian and on the west side by the westerly limit of said section
number three, saving and excepting the north west quarter of said section number
three which has already been surrendered by us the said Indians on the ninth day of
September one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six

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 We, the said Chief and Principal men of the said Tribe of Blood Indians
do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, whatever the
said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the said
land hereinbefore described

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