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DOMINION OF CANADA Personally appeared before “me, Mr.
NortH-WeEst TERRITORIES John Ross, Indian Agent of the Saddle
JUDICIAL DiIsTRICT OF Lake Ageney, in the said Judicial Dis-
NorTHERN ALBERTA trict of Northern Alberta.
To Wit:

And the said John Ross 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 Wahsahatanow Indian Reserve, No. 126,
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 such council or meeting who was not a
member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said Release or Sur-

render.

Sworn before me by the Deponent at Ed-
monton in the Provisional District of
Alberta this 22nd. day of March A.D.
1897.

Joun Ross

D. L. Scorr
Judge Supreme Court

Recorded 21st. April 1898
Liber 164 Folio 25

Josep Pore
Dep Registrar General of Canada.

No. 394.

Know att Men sy rHesr Presenrs, THAT I, the undersigned Principal man of
The Gambler Band of Indians resident on our Reserve in Treaty No. 4 in the Province
of Manitoba 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 Lady The Queen, her Heirs and Successor
forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, that certain parcel or tract of land. and: premises,
situate, lying and being in Treaty No 4 in the Province of Manitoba containing by
admeasurement Fifteen Sauare Miles of land be the same more or less and being com-
posed of the following Sections, viz: Sections 23, 24, 25, 26, 35 36 and all those por-
tions of Sections 22, 27, 33 and 34 in Township 18 Range 29, East of the Assiniboine
River.

Sections 19, 20, 29, and 30 in Township 18 Range 28.

Sections 1, 6, W2 of 5, S4 of 7, and S.W.4 of 8, Township 19, Range 28 all West
of the First Principal Meridian.

Excepting from the lands above described the following portions of Sections viz:
All that portion of Section 33 east of the Assiniboine River, That portion of the West
4 of Section 34 East of the Assiniboine River, in Township 18 Range 29, the East }
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of Section 1 Township 19 Range 29, the South East 3 of Section 7, and the South
West 4 of Section 8 in Township 19, Range 28, all West of the first Principal Meridian.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty Tat Queen, her
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 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 may seem best in our interest.

AND I, the said Principal man of the said Gambler Band of Indians do on behalf
of my people and for myself, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and
confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in con-
nection with the sale of the said lands and the disposition of the money to be derived
therefrom.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal
this fourteenth day of January in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety eight

Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre-

sence of
J. A MARKLE his
Indian Agent JOHN TANNER x [L.S.]
A. SUTHERLAND mark
Interpreter.
DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, John A
PROVINCE. OF MANITOBA Markle of the Town of Birtle in the Pro-
To Wit: vince of Manitoba Indian Agent and

John Tanner Principal Man of the said
Band of Indians.

AND the said John A Markle for himself saith :—

That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by the only one of the
male members of the said Band of Indians of the Gamblers Band of the full age of
twenty-one years.

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 3
member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said Release or Sur-
render.

And the said John Tanner says:

That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by him and that he is the
only one of the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-
‘one years resident on the Reserve

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 John A. Markle
223

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 the principal man of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at
the said meeting or council.

\

Sworn before me by the said John A.
Markle and John Tanner the Deponents | Joun A Markie
above named at the Town of Birtle in his
the Province of Manitoba this 11th day | JOHN x TANNER

of March A.D., 1898 mer
J. D. CuBERLAND
Judge of County Court
Western Judicial
District Manitoba
DOMINION OF CANADA, ‘) Personally appeared before me, Alex-
PROVINCE OF MANITOBA { ander Sutherland of the town of Birtle
Mo \Wenpoe—— in the Province of Manitoba, Indian
Agent Markle’s Interpreter.

And the said Alexander Sutherland for himself saith :-—

That he was present when the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by
“ John Tanner” of the Gamblers band of Indians.

That the annexed Release or Surrender was read over by J. A. Markle of the
Town of Birtle, Indian Agent, in the presence and hearing of the said John Tanner,
and that it was by him Alexander Sutherland translated into the language understood
by the said John Tanner, and that he the said John Tanner appeared to understand and
that Alexander Sutherland is satistied that he John Tanner did understand the purport
of the Release or Surrender, to which he assented, thoroughly.

Sworn before me by the said Alexander
Sutherland at the Town of Birtle in
the Province of Manitoba the 11th day
of March A.D. 1898

J. D. CUMBERLAND
Co. Ct. Judge

A. SUTHERLAND [L.S.]

Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 28th March 1898.
JOHN J. McGEE

Clerk of the Privy Council.

Recorded 18th April 1908
Liber 164 Folio 22

JosepH Popr
Dep Registrar General of Canada