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‘known as the Lower Indian Reserve, and containing two thousand six hundred and
seventy-five acres, in trust for the benefit of the said Indians, that it may be granted
and disposed of as Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, may deem most adyisab!

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end for no other use, trust, intent or purpose whatsoever.
Tx Wirness WueErREorF, we, the said Indians, have hereunto set our nands and seals

at Kingston, on the eighteenth day of August, in the year of Our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and forty-three.

Signed and sealed in the presence CHEOGEMA, (totem. )
of SHAWANAW, (totem. )
Samu. P. Jarvis, Ch. S. I. Affacrs,) QUAY-QUA-KEBONE, (totem. )

T. W. Keatine, A. S. I. A. § PETWEGESHIG, (totem. )
KEKANASAWA, (totem. )

GEORGE ANSE, (totem. )

KyosuH, (totem. )

Certified to be a true copy,

SAML. P. JARVIS.,
Oh. 8.2. Affairs.

rer 3 | No. 54.

To ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME:

I, Samuel Peters Jarvis, of the city of Toronto, in the Home District, and Pro-
vince of Canada, Esquire, Chiet Superintendent of Indian Affairs, in and for that
part of the said Province formerly called Upper Canada, send Greeting:

. Whereas by Indenture of bargain and gale, bearing date the first day of Decem-
ber, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, George
Strange Boulton, of Cobourg, in the District of Newcastle and then Province of Upper
Canada, conveyed in fee simple to James Givins, of the said city of Toronto, then
being Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs, in and for the said then Province of
Upper Canada, and his successors in office, a certain lot or parcel of land being lot
number seven in the second concession of the Township of Alnwick, in the said
District of Neweastle, containing by admeasurement one hundred and thirty-six acres
and two roods, more or less, and therein particularly described in trust for the absolute
use and benefit of the Mississagua Tribe of Indians of Kingston and the Bay of
Quinté, to be disposed of as they should direct, and for no other trust and intent or
- purpose whatsoever, as upon reference thereto will more fully appear. |

And whereas the said James Givins has since been succeeded in the said office cf
Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs by the said Samuel Peters Jarvis.

And whereas, further by Indenture of bargain and sale bearing date the eightfr
day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-
nine, and made between John Steele, of Cobourg aforesaid, Esquire, and Chiarles:

George Buller, of the Township of Hamilton, near Cobourg, aforesaid, Esquire, of the
one part, and the said Samuel Peters Jarvis, as Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs,
as aforesaid of the other part, the said John Steele and Charles George Buller, for the
consideration therein named did convey to the said Samuel Peters Jarvis, his heirs
and assigns for ever, all that certain parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being
~ §n the Township of Otonabee, in the County of Northumberland and District of New-
, containing by admeasurement four hundred acres, be the same more
omposed of lots numbers four and five in the tenth concession of the
caid Township of Otonabee, in trust for the Mississagua Tribe of Indians of Kingston
and the Bay of Quinté, and their posterity for ever, as upon reference to the said

Indenture will appear.
And whereas also, one Adolphus Liscam, of the Township of Hamilton aforesaid,

did convey to the said Samuel Peters Jarvis as such Chief Superintendent of Indian
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Affairs as aforesaid, and his successors in the said office for ever, a certain parcel or
tract of land situate in the said Township of Alnwick, being composed of the west
half of lot number sixteen in the second concession of the said Township of Alnwick,
containing one hundred acres, be the same more or less, in trust for the said Miss-
issagua Tribe of Indians of Kingston and the Bay of Quinté aforesaid, as upon refer- |
ence to the said conveyance will more fully appear.

And waereas, also by Indenture of bargain and sale bearing date the thirtieth day
of November, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight,
and made between William Roe of the Township of Whitchurch, in the Home District
and Province aforesaid, Esquire, of the one part, and the said Samuel Peters Jarvis
as such Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs as aforesaid, of the other part, the
seid William Roe, for the consideration therein named, did convey to the said Samuel —
Peters Jarvis and his successors in the said office all that parcel or tract of land
situate in the Township of Rama, then in the County of Simcoe, in the said then
Province of Upper Canada (now in the County of York, in the Home District and |
Province of Canada aforesaid), containing by admeasurement ninety-seven acres, be
the same more or less, being composed of broken lot number seven in the front con-
cession of the said Township of Rama, and better known and described in the patent
which issued upon the original grant from the Crown to one Benjamin Yarnold in
trust, for the express use and enjoyment of the Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Lakes
Huron and Simcoe, and residing at Coldwater and the Narrows, in the said Home
District, and their posterity forever; subject, however, to such appropriation, —
alienation or disposal thereof as might be ordered by the Governor, Lieutenant
Governor or person administering the Government of the said Province for the time
being, by and with the consent and advice of the Executive Council tnereof, with the
assent and approbation of the said Tribe of Chippewa Indians, to be given in a Coun-
ceil of the said Tribe of Chippewa Indians expressly convened for that purpose, as by
reference to the said Indenture will appear.

And whereas, also by Indenture of bargain and sale bearing date the first day
of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight,
and made between William Frederick Hill Rooke, of the Township of Rama afore-
said, gentleman, then late Second Lieutenant in the Sixtieth Regiment, of the one
part, and the said Samuel Peters Jarvis, Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs, as
aforesaid, of the other part, the said William Frederick Hill Rooke did, for the con-
eideration therein named, convey to the said Samuel] Peters Jarvis and his successors
in the said office for ever all those parcels or tracts of land situate in the said Town-
ship of Rama, containing by admeasurement four hundred and sixty-one acres, be the
<ame more or less, being composed of lots numbers nine and ten in the front concession
upon Lake Couchiching, containing one hundred and seventy-four acres; lot number
thirty-two in front upon Couchiching Lake, containing ninety-nine acres; broken lot
number twenty-four, and south-west part of lot number twenty-three, in the second
concession of the said Township of Rama, in the said Indenture particularly deseribed ©
hy metes and bounds, containing one hundred and eighty-eight acres, upon trust for
the express use and enjoyment of the said tribe of Chippewa Indians last mentioned,
and their posterity forever, subject as last above mentioned, as upon reference to the
said Indenture will more fully appear.

And whereas, further, by Indenture of bargain and sale bearing date the thirty-
first day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
thirty-eight, and made between Benjamin Yarnold, of the Township of Rama, afore-
said, gentleman, and Sarah Anne Yarnold, his wife, of the one part, and the said
Samuel Peters Jarvis, Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs, as aforesaid, of the
other part, the said Benjamin Yarnold, for the consideration therein named, did con-
vey to the said Samuel Peters Jarvis and his successors in the said office for ever,
all that parcel or tract of land situate in the said Township of Rama, being com-
sosed of lot number twenty-five in the second concession of the said Township ot
Rama, upon trust, for the express use and enjoyment of the said last-mentioned tribe

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of Chippewa Indians and their posterity forever, subject, as last aforesaid, as upon
reference thereto will more fully appear.

And whereas, further, by Indenture of bargain and sale, bearing date the first
day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-
eight, and made between John Murray Coppinger, of the Township of Rama, afore-
said, and Eliza Hamilton, his wife, of the one part, and the said Samuel Peters Jar-
vis, Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs, as aforesaid, of the other part, the said
John Murray Coppinger did, for the consideration therein named, convey to the said
Samuel Peters Jarvis, as such Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs, as aforesaid,
and his successors in office for ever, all that parcel or tract of land situate in the
said Township of Rama, containing by admeasurement four hundred and sixty-nine
acres, be the same more or less, being composed of lots numbers five and six, in the
front concession; lot number seventeen, in the front concession, and the broken lots
numbers nineteen and twenty in the fifth concession of the said Township of* Rama,
upon trust for the express use and enjoyment of the said above-mentioned tribe of
Chippewa Indians and their posterity for ever, as by the said Indenture reference be-
ing thereunto had will more fully appear.

And whereas, further, by Indenture of bargain and sale, bearing date the thirtieth
day of November, in the year last aforesaid, and made between William Laughton,
of the Township of East Gwillimbury, in the Home District and Province aforesaid,
merchant, and Andrew Borland, of the Township of Orillia, in the said Home District,
gentleman, of the first part, and the said Samuel Peters Jarvis, as such Chief Super-
intendent of Indian Affairs, as aforesaid, of the second part; the said William Laughton
and Andrew Borland did convey to the said Samuel Peters Jarvis as such Chief Super-
intendent, as aforesaid, and his successors in the said office for ever, all and singular
those certain parcels or tracts:of land situate in the said Township of Rama being\
composed of broken lot number eight and broken lot number sixteen in the front con-
cession; lot number twenty-five in the first concession; lot number twenty-five in the
+hird concession; lot number nineteen in the third concession; and lots numbers nine-

_ teen and twenty in the fourth concession of the said Township of Rama, containing in
the whole five hundred and ninety-four acres, be the same more or less: upon trust for
the express use and enjoyment of the said last-mentioned tribe of Chippewa Indians
and their posterity for ever, subject, however, as last aforesaid.

And whereas, it has become expedient that the several trusts created by the several
above in part recited trust conveyances to the said Samuel Peters Jarvis should be
+ransferred from him the said Samuel Peters Jarvis.to the Crown. 7

And whereas for the purpose of effecting this object it has been directed by His
Excellency the Governor General of the Province, that the said Samuel Peters Jarvis
should surrender the said lots, pieces or parcels of land and premises comprised in
the several in part above recited Indentures, and their and every of their appurtenances,
unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Her heirs and successors, upon such trusts as are
hereinafter mentioned.

Now Know Yu, that I, the said Samuel Peters Jarvis, as such Chief Superin-
tendent of Indian Affairs, as aforesaid in consideration of the premises, and also in
further consideration of the sum of five shillings to me in hand paid at or before the
sealing and delivery of these presents (the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge)
have surrendered and yielded up and by these presents do surrender and yield up
unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Her heirs and successors, all the estate, right, title,
claim, interest and demand whatsoever, which I, the said Samuel Peters Jarvis, my
heirs or successors in the said office, have or hereafter might have under and by virtue
of the said several above in part recited trust conveyances or any or either of them,
of, in and to all and singular the lots, parcels or tracts of land above and therein
‘respectively set forth and all and singular the appurtenances thereto respectively be-
Jonging. To have and to hold the same respectively, and every part and parcel thereof,
with their and every of their appurtenances, unto Her said Majesty, Her heirs and

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successors forever: upon the same trusts, nevertheless, and subject to the same con-
ditions, respectively, as are in and by the said several above in part recited trust con-—
veyances set forth and imposed in relation to the premises therein respectively con-_
tained. — 4

Ix Testimony Wuerror, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twentieth day —
of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five.

Signed, sealed and delivered in SAMUEL P. JARVIS,
Chief Supt. Indian Affavrs.

presence of:

W. D. P. JARVIS,
G. Murray JARVIS,

Ropert DAvIpson.
REGISTRY OFFICE,
County or NORTHUMBERLAND.
I hereby certify that a memorial of the within Indenture was by me duly regis-
tered on the 14th January, A.D. 1846, at 9 a.m., Liber O., folios 711 and 712, memorial

7,896.

J. CAMERON, a
Dep. Registrar. “-

A memorial hereof is recorded in the registry office, County York, the 9th J uly,
1845, at 11 am., in Lib. G. 2, folio 462, memorial 24,895. .

JOHN RIDOUT,
Dep. Registrar.

Recorded 13th February, 1867, |
Lib. C. S. of Surrenders, folio 283. {

Geo. H. LANE,
Dep. Provl. Regr.

No. 5b.

To all to whom these presents shall come:
We, John Henry Dunn, of the City of. Toronto, in the Home District and Pro-
vince of Canada, Esquire, George Herchmer Markland, of the Town of Kingston, in
the Midland District and Province aforesaid, Esquire, and William Hepburn, of the
City of Montreal, in the Province aforesaid, Esquire, send greeting. Whereas by
Indenture of bargain and sale bearing date the twenty-fourth day of February, in the
year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, the lot, parcel or tract
of land hereinafter set forth and described was, for the consideration therein mentioned,
conveyed to us, our heirs and assigns, in fee simple, by George Strange Boulton, of
the Town of Cobourg, in the Newcastle District and Province aforesaid, upon trust
for the benefit of the Mississagua Tribe of Indians of the Rice and Mud Lakes, in the
District of Newcastle aforesaid.

And whereas it has since become expedient that the said trust so created as afore-
caid should be transferred from us the said J ohn Henry Dunn, George Herchmer
Markland and William Hepburn to the Crown, and for that purpose it has been
directed by the Governor General of the said Province of Canada that we, the said |
John Henry Dunn, George Herchmer Markland and William Hepburn, should sur-
render all our estate, right, title and interest of and in the said parcel or tract of land,
under and by virtue of the above in part recited trust conveyance, upon the same trust
upon which we now hold the same to the Crown.

Now Know Ye, that we, the said John Henry Dunn, George Herchmer Mark-
land and William Hepburn, in consideration of the premises, and also in further
consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful money of the said Province to us
sn hand well and truly paid, at or before the sealing and delivery hereof (the receipt