229 Recorded 19th July 1898 | d Liber 148 Folio 520 P. PELLETIER Acting Dep Registrar General of Canada. No. 398. Know ALL Men sy tHese Presents THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of The Temiscamingue Band of Indians, resident on our Reserve at Temiscamingue, Township of Temiscamingue, in the County of Pontiac in the Pro- vince of 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 Quebec, containing by admeasurement a quarter of an acre, being part of Lot No. 17 in the plan of Indian Holdings in the said Township, deseribed as follows:—Commencing at the point where the road allowance around the said Reserve survey of Indian Holdings is intersected by the road shown on the said plan, which. extends from the River des Quinze on a course N. 45° West, thence along the south western boundary of said road to the road now travelled and used, thence along the southerly boundary of said road to a point from which a line run therefrom in a southerly direction to the said road allowance along the bank of said river des Quinze and thence easterly to the point of commencement will include one quarter of an acre, "more or less. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty THe QuEEN, her Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to lease the same to such person or persons, and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada, may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people. AND upon the further condition that all moneys received from the lease 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 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 lease 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 thirty first day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand cient hundred and ninety eight. Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre--) TANIS STENGER [L.S.] sence of WILLIAM McBripe [L.8.] Gro. L. Curry JEAN MASINIKIJIK [L.8.] Timber Inspector. Basin MAKAWNEES [L.S.] ANGus McBrRIDE his Indian Agent. JOHN x SIMPSON [L.S.] - mark his BASILE x JK WAKWANES [L.8.] mark SoLoMON MASNIKIJIK [L.8.] THomas McBripg [L.S.] 288—184 230 == — DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, Geo. L. PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, Chitty, Timber Inspector, of the City of District OF NIPISSING Ottawa in the Province 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 summoneil 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 o” the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one year 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 th 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 said meeting or council. ; Sworn before me by the said Deponents ) | ‘ at the Town of North Bay, in the Dis- GEOR. CHES: trict of Nipissing this third day of TANIS STENGER June A.D., 1898 { J. Noun District Judge District of Nipissing. Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 24th June, 1898. H. G. La MOTHE, Asst. Clerk of the Privy Council. Recorded 15th July 1898. Liber 148, Folio 517. P. PELLETIER, Acting Dep Registrar General of Canada.