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That he is Secretary of the said Band of Indians, and entitled tu vote at the

said meeting or council.
Sworn before me by the deponents John}

W. Jermyn and Frederick Lamoran-| Je, W., JERMYN.

diére, at the Town of Owen Sound,}

in the County of Grey, this 20th day| FREDK. LAMORANDIERE.
of Noy., A.D. 1885. |

SAMUEL J. CANE,
Junior Judge, County Court, County of Grey.
Recorded 14th January, 1886. ]

Lib. 106, Fol. 349. i
L. A. CATELLIER,

Dep. Registrar-General of Canada.

No. 223.

Know ALL MEN py THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal
Men of the Chippewas of Saugeen, resident on our reserve, in the Province of Ontario
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, qurt claim and
yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all
end singular those certain parcels or tracts of land and premises situate, lying and
being in the Georgian Bay and Lake Huron and Province of Ontario, containing by
admeasurement , be the same more or less, and being
composed of all the islands owned by the said Band in Lake Huron and Georgian
Bay, and known as the Saugeen Fishing Islands and Cape Hurd Islands, and extend-
ing from Chief’s Point, Lake Huron, to Cabot’s Head, Georgian Bay, excepting
Barrier, Griffith and Hay Islands.

To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and

successors forever, in trust, to sell 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 sale thereof,
shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed at
interest, and that the interest money accruing from such investment shall be paid
annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants forever, along with the Chip-
pewas of Nawash.

And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Chippewas of Sau-
geen, 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
ke lawfully done, in connection with the sale of the said islands.

In Wirness WuHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals
this fifteenth day of October, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred

and eighty-five.

Signed, sealed and ope Henry H. MapwayosuH, Chief. [Les.]
in the presence of : snata ee ri
JAMES TELFER Conaway, JOHN KADUHGEGW oan a ae [L.8.]
Indian Agent. JoHn GroraE, Councillor. iis.
his
Smrpson x QuaKeEsHic, Councillor. [L.S.|
mark.
JosHuA MEDUASHEMIND, Councillor. | L.S.]
Davin Root, Councillor. [L.S.]
JoHN Kerwaguauum, Councillor. [1L.8.]
AuEx. Mapwayosu, Interpreter. [u.S.]

CrpHas Kansuoe, Secretary. [ LS.

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DoMINION OF CANADA,
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, |
CouNTY OF BRUCE.
To Wit: |

Personally appeared before me, James Telfer Conaway, of the Village of South-

ampton, in the County of Bruce, in the Province of Ontario, Indian Agent of the
Chippewas of Saugeen, and Henry H. Madwayosh, Chief of the said Band of Indians.
And the said James Telfer Conaway 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 Saugeen Indian Reserve, 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 Superin-
tendent-General of Indian Affairs.

That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not a
member of the Band, or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or sur-
render.

And the said Henry H. Madwayosh says :

That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by him and a majority
of 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 Indians
summoned for that purpose according to their rules, and held in the presence of the
said James Telfer Conaway. ,

That no Indian wag present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an
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 Chief of the said Band of Indians, and entitled to vote at the said
meeting or council.

Sworn before me by the said deponents)

James Telfer Conaway and Henry H.| JAMES TELFER CONAWAY,

Madwayosh, at the Town of Walker-$ Indian Agent.
ton, in the County of Bruce, this 17th| HENRY H. MADWAYOSH, |
day of October, A.D. 1885. | Chief.

J. J. KINGSMILL,
Judge, County Court, County of Bruce, Ontario.

Recorded 11th January, 1886.
Lib. 107, Fol. 251.

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

No. 224.

Kxow att Men py tHese Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal
Men of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinté, resident on our reserve, in the Town-
chip of Tyendinaga, in the Province of Ontario, 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, all and singular those certain parcels or tracts of
land situate, lying and being in the Township of Tyendinaga, in the County of Hast-
ings, Province and Dominion aforesaid, ‘containing by admeasurement one hundred

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