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And the said parties of the first part covenant with the said party of the second
part that they have done no act to encumber the said lands.

And the said parties of the first part release to the said party of the second
part all their claims upon the said lands.

It is hereby declared that this conveyance is subject to the condition that the |
publie school now existing on lot twenty-five (25), and the chapel now existing on
lot eighty-two (82), together with the ground upon which each thereot stands, and
reasonable and eovenient access thereto, are hereby reserved for the purpose for
which the same are now being used.

In Wirxess Wuereor, the Synod of the Diocese of Ruperts Land have hereunto
set their corporate seal and caused these presents to be signed by the Very Reverend
John Grisdale, Commissary of the Bishop of Ruperts Land, and the Venerable William
Cyprian Pinkham, Secretary of the Executive Committee of said corporation.

Signed, sealed and delivered in]
presence of §

JOHN GRISDALE, PES.
Commissary of the Bishop of Ruperts Land.

W. CypriaAN PINKHAM,
Secretary of the Hu. Com. ,

Recorded 15th June, 1887. |
Lib. 117, Fol. 210. \

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

I certify that the within Instrument is duly entered and registered in the
registry office for the County of Lisgar, in Book ist A, for the sub-division of Lisgar, —
at 10 o’clock a.m., on the 18th day of January, A.D. 1888.

No. 6924.

L. S. VAUGHAN, .
Dep. thegistrar.

Certified a true copy.

L. S. VAUGHAN,
Dep. Registrar.

No. 245.

Tus InpENTURE made in duplicate the twenty-second day of August, in the year
of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven. .

Between Peter Erasmus, formerly of White Fish Lake, in Alberta Territory,
and now of Saddle Lake, in said Territory, Gentleman, of the first part, and the
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, of the second part.

Witnesseth, that the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of.
four hundred dollars of lawful money of Canada, to him in hand paid by the said
party of the second part at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents (the
receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged), hath granted, released and quitted claim,
and by these presents doth grant, release and quit claim unto the said party of the
second part and his successors in office forever, all the estate, right, title, interest,
claim and demand whatsoever, both at law and in equity, or otherwise howsoever;
and whether in possession or expectancy of him the said party of the first part, of,
in, to or out of all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises
situate, lying and being in Alberta Territory, on the east side of White Fish Lake
and fronting thereon, and which land is now included in the Indian reserve of one
James Seenum’s Band, and consists of ten acres, more or less, cleared of timber and
fenced, of which six acres are under cultivation, and upon which land are a log
dwelling house, a store house and a stable, together with the said houses and stable.
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And also of, in, to or out of any and all other land or improvements whatsoever
within the bounds of the said reserve, together with the appurtenances thereunto
belonging or appertaining . To have and to hold the aforesaid lands and premises
with all and singular the appurtenances thereto belonging or appertaining unto and.
to the use of the said party of the second part and his successors in office forever,
subject, nevertheless, to the reservations, limitations, provisoes and conditions express-

ed in the original grant thereof from the Crown.

Upon trust, however, to hold the said land and other property hereinbefore
mentioned for the use and benefit of the Indians of said James Seenum’s Band.

Tx Witness Wurreor, the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their

hands and seals.

‘Signed, sealed and delivered }

in the presence co: \ PETER ERASMUS. [L.8.]
Tuos. H. EDMUNDSON,
J. EK. Ineram.

Received on the date hereof from the said party of the second part the sum of
four hundred dollars, the consideration within mentioned.

Witness: )
THos. H. Epmunpson, } PETER ERASMUS.
J. E. InGRAmM. J :
ALBERTA TERRITORY, )
SADDLE LAKE.
io. Wit: {

I, Thomas Herbert Edmundson, of Saddle Lake, in Alberta Territory, Clerk,

make oath and say :
1. That I was personally present and did see the within Instrument and dupli-

cate thereof duly signed, sealed and executed by Peter Erasmus, one of the parties

thereto.
9. That the said Instrument and duplicate were executed at Saddle Lake afore-

said.
3. That I know the said party.
4. That I am a subscribing witness to the said Instrument and duplicate.

Sworn before me at Saddle Lake,]
in Alberta Territory, this 22nd| THOMAS HERBERT EDMUNDSON.

day of August, in the year of(
Our Lord 1887. J

Gro. A. MITCHELL,
A Justice of the Peace for N.W.T.

Recorded 12th October, 1887. |
Lib. 128, Fol. 54. 5

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

No. 246.

Know aut Men By THESE PRESENTS, that we, the undersigned Chief and Prin-

_ cipal Men of the Blackfoot Tribe of Indians, resident on our reserve, which is situated
at or near the Blackfoot Crossing, in Townships numbered twenty, twenty-one,

twenty-two and twenty-three, and Ranges numbers nineteen, twenty, twenty-one,
_ twenty-two, twenty-three and twenty-four, west of the 4th Initial Meridian, and
known as the Blackfoot Reserve, in the District of Alberta and Dominion of Canada,

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