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PA-ME-GEZ-HIC-GAH-NO-KEE x (totem),

[L.S.]
ME-TAH-SO-BE-NESS x (totem), [L.8.]
PAH-ME-BAI-GEZ-HIK X (totem), [L.S.]
KAH-GE-GE-wWAI x (totem), [L.$.]
Now-QUOME-GAH-Bow xX (totem),  [1.8S.]
Esqual-GAH-Bow xX (totem) (eS:
NEE-BAI-NAI X (totem) [L.8.]
MAISs-QUO-DAL-GIVON x (totem), [L.S.]

WAIS-QUO-NAI-GEZ-HIK x (totem), [L.S.]

Nine of the above mentioned were signed by me by their direction, I being their
Chief; and they being scattered and living at great distances, could not be present at
this Council.

Witness: PAIMOQUONAISHKUNG, Chief, x

GEORGE OBOTOSSOWAY.

And we hereby certify that the above release or surrender has been assented to and
executed by the Chief and principal members of the tribe of Indians above mentioned,
assembled at a meeting of such band or tribe summoned for that purpose according to

their rules and entitled to vote thereat,
WM. PLUMMER,

Visiting Supt. and Com. I. A.
GEORGE OBOTOSSOWAY.

No. 118.

SuRRENDER by the Band of Montagnais Indians for whom was set apart the Reserve of
the Township of Ouiatchouan, wm the Province of Quebec, to Her Majesty Queen
Victoria, of thetr lands in the Indian Reserve there, as described below, to be sold

Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors for ever, all and singular those certain par-

Province of Quebec, being composed of concessions one, two, three; parts of four, five,
six and the whole of seven and eight, in the said Township of Ouiatchouan, as described
and set forth in the map or plan hereunto annexed.

To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and suc-
cessors for ever, in trust, to sell and convey the same to such person or persons and upon
such terms as the Government of the said Dominion of Canada shall or may deem most
conducive to the interest of us, the said Chiefs and Principal men and our people in
all time to come. And upon the further condition that the monies received from the
sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expense of management, be
placed at interest, and that the interest money so accruing from such investment shall
e paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants. And we, the said Chiefs
and Principal Men of the band aforesaid do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves,
hereby ratify and confirm and promise to ratify and confirm whatever the Government
of this Dominion of Canada may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with
the disposal and sale of the said lands.

In Witness WHEREOF, the said Chiefs and Principal Men have set our hands and
affixed our seals unto this instrument in the said Province of Quebec, at Post Meta-
betchouan. Done at our Council House this twenty-fifth day of June, in the year of
Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

Sicned, sealed and delivered in the Signed by the Chief and thirty-six other
presence of : Indians, members of the Band.

D, Roy,
Judge of Superior Court and of the District of Chicoutem.
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We, the undersigned, do hereby certify that all the names here above have been
freely and voluntarily given, either by those who have set their own hands or affixed
their marks.

Ix Wirness WHEREOF, we have signed the present at Metabetchouan, this twenty-
fifth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

F. DUROCHER,
THOMAS B. ROSS.

And we hereby certify that the above release or surrender has been assented to and
executed by the Chief and principal members of the tribe of Indians above mentioned,

assembled at a meeting of such band or tribe, summoned for that purpose according to
their rules and entitled to vote thereat.

. » D.AROY, :
Judge of Superior Court, and of the District of Chicoutimi.

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[Translation follows. ]
PROVINCE DE QUEBEC, ]}
District DE CHicoutTiMr. {

Affidavit en vertu du chapitre 42, 81 Vict., cl. 8, sous-section 2.

Le révérenid messire Dominique Racine, prétre, vicaire forain, curé de la paroisse
de Saint-Francois-Xavier de Chicoutimi, étant diment assermenté, déclare et dit:

J’ai été chargé de la part du Secrétaire d’Etat de la Puissance du Canada d’assister
au Conseil des chefs de la tribu des Montagnais, dans la région du Saguenay, lac Saint-
Jean, convoqué pour délibérer sur la cession des terres réservées pour l’usage des Sauv-
ages en vertu de tel acte et je déclare que la dite cession a été ratifiée par tous les chefs
de la tribu, tel que pourvu et voulu.

En foi de quoi j’ai signé les présentes.

D. RACINE, Ptre.,
Procureur du Secrétaire d’Etat.

Assermenté devant nous a Chicoutimi,
Je 9 juillet 1869.
D. Bort Kes.

(Translation.)
PROVINCE OF QUEBEC.
District oF CHICOUTIMI.|

Affidavit in virtue of Cap. 42, 31 Vict., sec. 8, sub-section 2.

The Revd. Dominique Racine, Priest, non-residing Vicar, and Curate of the Parish
of St. Frangois-Xavier of Chicoutimi, being duly sworn, declares and says:

I have been deputed by the Secretary of State of the Dominion of Canada to be
present at the Council of the Chiefs of the Montagnais Tribe, in the region of the
Saguenay, Lake St. John, convoked to deliberate upon the cession of the lands reserved
for the use of the Indians, in virtue of such Act, and I declare that the said cession has
been ratified by all the chiefs of the tribe according to the provisions of the law.

In testimony whereof I have signed.
D. RACINE, Priest,

Proc. to the Secretary of State.
Sworn before me at Chicoutimi,
9th July, 1869.
D, Roy, J &:C.

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[Translation follows.]
PROVINCE DE QUEBEC, |
District DE CHICOUTIMI. |

Affidavit en vertu du chap. 42, 31 Vict., cl. 8, sous-section 2.

Basile Tshgilnu, Etienne Tshinatsilnu, Lue Tsheilone, Francois Jourdin, Sauvages
Montagnais et chefs de la tribu habitant la région du Saguenay, Lac Saint-Jean,
ayant été duement assermentés sur les saints évangiles, déclarent, déposent et disent:

Comme chefs de la tribu des Montagnais habitant la région du Saguenay, Lac
Saint-Jean, nous déclarons que la cession des terres des Sauvages est duement con-
gentie aprés déliberation et ratifiée suivant la loi, par nous dits chefs, au nom de la
dite tribu.

Siené par les cing Sauvages membres de la tribu.

x |
Noms des x
membres x

de la tribu. x |

Assermenté devant nous 4 Chicou- }
timi, le 9 juillet 1869. \
D. Roy, J.CS.

(Translation.)
Province oF QUEBEC, |
DISTRICT OF CuicouTiMI. {

Affidavit in virtue of Cap. 42, 31 Vict. sub-section 2.

Basile Tshgilnu, Etienne Tshinatsilnu, Luc Tsheilone, Francois Jourdin, Monta
gnais Indians and Chiefs of the tribe inhabiting the region of the Saguenay, Lake
‘St. John, having been duly sworn upon the Holy Gospel, declare, &e., &¢. :—

As Chiefs of the Montagnais Tribe, inhabiting the region of the Saguenay, Lake
St. John, we declare that the cession of the Indian lands, after deliberation, is duly
assented to and ratified according to law by us said Chiefs in the name of the tribe,
and we have signed.

Signed by five Indians, members of the Band.
Sworn before me at Chicoutimi ]
this 9th July, 1869. §
D. Roy, J.S.C.

No. 1183.
[Translation follows. ]

SACHEZ TOUS PAR CES PRESENTES QUE NOUS, Frangois Etienne St.-Aubain, premier
chef, Jean Athanas, second chef, Joseph Laurent, Jean Athanas, senior, James Grey,
Antoine Athanas, Joseph Nicolas, Jean Bernard, Thomas Athanas, Jean Denis,
Noél Denis, Laurent Athanas, Félix Etienne St. Aubain, Baptiste Denis, Frangois
Grey, Paul Joseph, Elisabeth Terrien, Vve. Paul Joseph, chefs et principaux de la
tribu des Sauvages Amalécites résidant 4 l’Ile Verte, a la Riviére-du-Loup, 4 Cacouna,
et dans les places environnantes représentant notre peuple et agissant pour lui et en
son nom, assemblés en conseil, ce quatriéme jour @aott dans Vannée de Notre Sei-
gneur, mil huit cent soixante et neuf, 4 Cacouna, dans le comté de Témiscouata, dans
la province de Québec, dans la Puissance du Canada, pour et en considération des
avantages et profits qui devront résulter pour notre peuple de la vente des terres

qui ont été réservées pour nous, dans le township Viger, dans la. dite province de

Québec, dans la dite Puissance du Canada, transportons et cédons par les présentes