931 No. 399. Know att Men sy Turse Presents. THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of The Temiscamingue Band of Indians resident on our Reserve at Temiscamingue in the County of Pontiac in the Province ot Quebec 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 Lapy 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 Township of Temiscamingue in the County of Pontiac and Province of Quebee containing by admeasurement thirty acres be the same more or less and being composed of that certain portion of land comprising Lots 19 and 20 and a portion of Lot 18 in the River Quinze Front of the said Reserve and described as follows:—Commencing at the point where the South boundary of the Church Lot produced strikes the water’s edge of the River Quinze; thence South 80 degrees 10 minutes West along the said boundary produced 10.50 chains more or less to the South West angle of the said Church Lot; thence North 9 degrees 50 minutes West along the West boundary of the said Lot 3.16 chains to the North West angle thereof; thence North 80 degrees 10 minutes East along the North boundary of the said Lot and the said boundary produced 8.00 chains more or less to the North Westerly limit of the travelled road; thence North Easterly along the said limit 2.50 chains more or less to the South Westerly limit of Lot 19; thence North 45 degrees West along the said limit 19.50 chains more or less to the Westerly angle of said Lot 19; thence North 33 degrees East along the North Westerly boundary of said Lot and of Lot 20. 29 chains to the Northerly angle of Lot 20; thence South 45 degrees East 21.80 chains to the water’s edge of the River Quinze; thence South Westerly along the said water’s edge 15.00 chains more or less to the point of commencement excepting thereout an allowance 66 feet wide for the road as travelled along the said River Quinze TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty Tue Queen, her Heirs and Suecessors 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 received from the sale thereof, shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed to our credit and the Interest thereon paid to us and our descendants annually or semi- annually as to the Department of Indian Affairs may seem best in our interest. AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said The Temiscamingue 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 cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the sale of said land and the disposition of the moneys arising therefrom. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this twenty fourth day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety eight. Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre-) TAnis STENGER [L.S.] sence of 4] Wiruam McBrive [L.8.] 7HO. LL. CHITTY, JEAN MASINIKIJIK [L.s.] Timber Inspector. his A iieitens JouN x SIMPSON [L.S.] es mark Indian Agent JouN McBrivg [L.S.] SoLoMON MASINIKIJUK (Geiss Basin Kwakwans [L.S.] 232 his BASILE x KWAKWANIS [L.8.] mark his BASILE x ANTOINE [L.8.] mark DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, Geo. L. PROVINCE OF ONTARIO Chitty, Timber Inspector, of the City of District or NIPISssING Ottawa, in the Province of Ontario and To Wit: Stanislas Stanger Chief of the said Band of Indians. AND the said Geo. L. Chitty 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 Township of Temiscamingue 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 Stanislas Stanger says: That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by him and a majority 0” 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 Indian summoned for that purpose, according to their Rules, and held in the presence of the said Geo. L. Chitty That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not a 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 sai! meeting or council. Sworn before me by the said ae at the Town of North Bay in the Dis- { GEO. L. CHEDMstY trict of Nipissing this third day of | TANIS STENGER June A.D., 1898. J J. Nori District Judge District of Nipissisng. Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 24th June 1898. H. G. La MOTHE Asst. Clerk of the Privy Council. Recorded 13th July 1898 Liber 148, Folio 514 P. PELLETIER Actg Dep Registrar General of Canada ‘