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Given under my hand and seal at arms at the Castle of St. Lewis, at Quebec, this
twenty-fifth day of Oetober, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, and in the
twenty-fifth year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace
of God of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith and so forth.

FREDERICK HALDIMAND.

By His Excelleney’s command.
R. MATHEWS.
Registered 20th March, 1795.)
Wo. JARVIS. )

ProvinciAL ReGisTRAR’s: OFFICE,
QuEBEC, 23rd June, 1862.

I hereby certify the within to be a true and faithful copy of the record-of the
original grant, as entered in Lib, A., Folio 8 (manuscript.) /

WM. KENT,
Deputy Provincial Registrar.

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Wuereas, the Chippewa Indians of Sarnia in General Council assembled upon
their reserve on Wednesday, the twelfth day of December, in the year of Our Lord ~
one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, at which were present about one hundred i
of our Chiefs, Principal Men and Warriors, did covenant and agree with William ‘
Spragge, Esquire, Deputy Superintendent of Indian Affairs, for the Province of Can-
ada, and Robert Mackenzie, Esquire, our Visiting Superintendent, to surrender and
yield up to Our Sovereign Lady the Queen to be sold for the benefit of our people
so much of our said reserve containing about seven hundred and fifty acres, and,
situate immediately adjoining the Town of Sarnia as lies between the present southerly
limit of the said town and the track and land set apart for the Great Western Rail-
way, subject nevertheless upon the said lands being sub-divided into town lots to a
zrant being made by the Crown respectively to Chiefs Joshua Wawanosh of a town
lot upon which his dwelling house now stands, to David Wawanosh of a town lot
upon which his dwelling house now stands, and to William Wawanosh of a town lot
upon which his dwelling house now stands, and likewise of a town lot upon which
his barn now stands, and to compensation being made to them through the officers
of Indian Affairs for the loss of improved lands to be given up by them for sale, situate
upon the lands comprehended by this strrender, and in consideration likewise of
there being relinquished, and which has been destroyed, a certain quit-claim deed
executed by the Chippewas of Sarnia comprehending two hundred acres of land form-
ing the north-westerly part of the said reserve. Know therefore all men by these -
presents that we, Joshua Wawanosh, David Wawanosh, William Wawanosh, George
Aishquagonaby, Thomas Nahyahnaquodt, Jacob Pethadick, Antoine Rodd, Francis
Laviar, Nicholas Plain, John Johnston, William Wahbuck, Isaac Shahwahnoo and
David Sappah, the Chiefs, Principal Men and Warriors of the Sarnia Indians, do hereby
by and with the consent of our people and on their behalf hereby convey, surrender
and yield up to Our Sovereign Lady the Queen Her heirs and successors absolutely
and for ever so much of the said Sarnia Reserve comprising about seven hundred and
fifty acres, as lies as aforesaid between the southerly limit of the Town of Sarnia and
the track, and land appropriated and used by the Great Western Railway, subject to
the conditions aforesaid, and likewise that the interest to be derived from the pro-
ceeds of the said lands when sold, shall be divided and paid over to our people at semi-
annual periods at the same time as it is the custom to pay our annuities and interest
monies.

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In Wirness WHEREOF, we the said Chiets, Principal Men and Warriors, have here-
unto set our hands and seals. Dated at Sarnia, in the County of Lambton, this
thirteenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

sixty-six (ig duplicate).

Wo. Spracce, D.S.I.A. JOSHUA x WAWANOSH, (totem) [L.S.]
Rosr. Mackenziz, V.S. D. B. WawANosH, {L.S8.]
WILLIAM WAWANOSH, [L.8.]

Grorcre x ASHQUAQUONABY, (totem) [L.S.]
THOMAS x NAYAHNUHQUODT,(totem) [L.S.]

JAcoB PETANDICK, (totem) [L.8.]
Davin x SAHPAH, (totem) [L.S.]
ANTOINE x Ropp, (totem) | Eee
FRANCIS x LAVIAR, (totem) Pas. |
NIcHOLAS x PLAIN, (totem) fe ep
JOHN JOHNSTON, hese
WILLIAM x WAHBUCK, (totem) [L.S.]
Isaac SHAH-WAH-NO, [L.S.]
JoHN x OBEDIC, (totem) ES

IT certify that this surrender executed in duplicate was made and signed by J oshua
Wawanosh and the thirteen other Indians principal men of the Sarnia Band whose
names and seals are affixed thereto, and was assented to by their people in Council in
my presence and that of the Visiting Superintendent by the large majority of sixty

votes to twenty votes.
WM. SPRAGGE,

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J, Charles Robinson, of the Town of Sarnia, in the County of Lambton, Esquire,
Judge of the County Court of the said County, do hereby certify, that on Thursday,
the thirteenth day of December, in the year of Our Lortl one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-six at Sarnia aforesaid, the above deed was duly executed in my presence
by Joshua Wawanosh, David B. Wawanosh, William Wawanosh, George Ashquai-
wonaby and others, Chiefs, Principal Men and Warriors of the Chippewa Indians of
Sarnia aforesaid, whose names and seals are subscribed and set to the said deed fo.
the number of fourteen, and that the said Chiefs, Principal Men and Warriors, did
then freely and willingly subscribe their said names and set their said seals and
acknowledge their said hands and seals in my presence and in the presence of William
Spragge and Robert Mackenzie, both of the Indian Department. Witness my hand

the day and year aforesaid.
CHARLES ROBINSON,

Judge, County Lambton.

Recorded 19th February, 1867. Lib. C.S. of Surrenders, Folio 296.
GEO. H. LANE,
Deputy Provincial Registrar.

No. 108.

Surrenver by the Sia Nations Indians of the Grand River, in the Province of Canada,
to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, of their lands in the Township of Townsend, as
described below, to be sold for thetr benefit.

Know ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that we, the undersigned Chiefs of the Six
Nations Indians, living upon lands in the Counties of Brant and Haldimand, and
Province of Canada, for and acting on behalf of our whole people, do hereby remise,
release, surrender, quit-claim, and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her
heirs and successors for ever, all and singular those certain parcels or tracts of land

situated in the Province of Canada aforesaid, and in that part of the said Province