534 That no Indian was 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 a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the said two De- ponents William McFarlane and Joseph WM. MecFARLANE Irons at the Town of Peterborough in Pete = the County of Peterborough this 16th JOSEPH TRONS. day of May A.D., 1901 | HT. Rusu Sf Jes County of Peterborough Accepted by the Governor in Couneil on the 6th June 1901 JOHN J. McGEE Clerk of the Privy Council. Reeorded 4th September 1901 Lib 176. Fol. 20) P. PrLLErier Actg. Dep. Registrar General of Canada No. 447. Kxow ati Men sy tiese Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of The Leech Lake Band of Indians resident on our Reserve at Leech Lake in the District of Assiniboia in the 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, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our SoverrticN Lapy THe Querrn, her Heirs and Successors forever, ALL AND SINGU- LAR, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the Leech Lake Indian Reserve in the District of Assiniboia containing by admeasurement be the same more or less and being composed of that certain Road allowance one chain wide across Leech Lake Reserve, Number 73 A, surveyed by W. T. Thompson D L. S. in 1899, as set forth on a Plan of Survey of record in the De- partment of Indian Affairs, a copy of which is hereto attached. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty THe Queen, her IHleirs and Suecessors forever, in trust to dedicate the land hereby surrendered for the purpose of a road allowance AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said Leech Lake Band of Indians 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 eause to be lawfully done, in connection with the dedication of the said land for a road allowance. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this twentieth day of July in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred. 335 Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre- . his ae sence of NS USAT DEIN os [ J mark his PEEPEETCH x [L.S.] 23 mark Witnesses his Prrer Lourie YELLOW CALF x [L.S.} Interpreter man 11s : VW ate i: wNO! W rs JOWRTT. JINTECUMIPETUNG x BAS | mark his MuSsKAyGoo x pease mark his IXAQUACHE CAPPO x [L.S.] MAT his IXAQUATASAWININ x mark his KAQUATECUMICENUNG x [L.S.J f mark his KENOWEKESEQUAPE x [L.S.J mark DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, John P. Province of Wright (at the time of this surrender) County of of the Ageney of Crooked Lake Reserves To Wit: in the District of Assiniboa Indian. Agent and Kinnistayno representative of the said Band of Indians. AND the said John P. Wright for himself says :— That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the Leech Lake 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 Super- intendent 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 Kinnistayno, the representative of the said Band of Indians 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 Kinnistayno That no Indian was 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. 336 That he is the representative of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by John P. Wright, the former Deponent at the City of Win- nipeg in the Province of Manitoba this eighth day of September A.D., 1900. .| JNO. P. WRIGHT Davin Lairp Indian Agent Indian Commissioner his KINNISTAYNO x Sworn before me by Kinnistayno, the mark latter deponent, at the Crooked Lake Representative of the Band Agency, in the Provisional District of Assiniboia, this twenty third day of July A.D., 1901. J Davin Latrp Indian Commissioner. Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 13th Septr. 1901 JOHN J. McGEE Clerk of the Privy Council. Recorded 8th October 1901 Lib. 164. Folio 206. P. PreLLetiEer Acting Deputy Registrar General of Canada No. 448. Know atu Men sy tuoese Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of Pheasant Rumps Band of Indians No. 68 resident on our Reserve at the West end of Moose Mountain, in the Provisional District of Assinaboia in the 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 Lorp Tue Kine, his Heirs and Successors forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the District of Assinaboia of the North West Territories containing by admeasurement 23,424 acres be the same more or less and being composed of the whole of the Reserve of the Pheasant Rump Band aforesaid TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto His said Majesty Ture Kye, his 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 con- ducive to our welfare and that of our people. AND upon the further condition that all moneys recetved from the Sale thereof, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, and after setting apart for road allowances, that may be transferred to the North West Government, and used and maintained as Public Highways, shall be placed to our eredit, to be disposed of as hereinafter set forth, AND WE, the said Principal men of the said Pheasant Rumps Band 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 be lawfully done, in connection with the disposal of the said Reserve, it being understood and