235 Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 24th June 1898. HA. G. La MOTHE Asst. Clerk of the Privy Council. Recorded 20th July 1898 Liber 148 Folio 523. P. PELLETIER Acting Dep Registrar General of Canada. No. 401. Know atu Men sy THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of The Wikwemikong Band of Indians resident on our Reserve on the unceded portion of Manitoulin Island in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in Couneil assembled, Do hereby release, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady The Queen, her Heirs and Successors forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, the petroleum oil and gas within the unceded portion of the Manitoulin Island, together with all the mining privileges necessary for the proper working and extract- ing from the ground and carriage of the said oil and gas off the Reserve; and also with permission to erect and maintain buildings and other structures necessary for the prosecution of mining the said oil and gas. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty Tre Quren, her Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to dispose of the same to such pérson 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 disposal of said oil and gas, shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of manage- ment, be paid to us and our descendants as to the Department may seem best in our interest AND WHE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said 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 disposal of the said oil and gas and of the moneys to be derived therefrom. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this eighth day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety eight Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre-) Chief Wa. KiNosHameEc Sr. Pose samee GE Councilor JosepH ASAWANIMIK| [L.S.] B. W. Ross Councilor JosppH PErLrus [L.s.] V. Supt. Councilor Isaac Jawana [L.S.] CHARLES WABIGIJIG Councilor WM. KixosuaMerc Jr. [L.S.] PETER BrGONEIASONG [L.S.] his AMABLE x WEMIGWANS [L.8.] mark his JouNn Baprist x OWESAOMIK mark his THOMAS x SaGANAkI [L.S.] mark DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, Benja- PROVINCE OF ONTARIO min W. Ross of the Village of Manito- District of ALGOMA waning in the Province of Ontario Visit- To Wit: ing Superintendent of Indian Affairs and William. Kinoshameg Chief of the said Band of Indians of the unceded part of the Manitoulin Islands. AND the said Benjamin W. Ross 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 unceded part of the Manitoulin Island of the full age of twenty-one years then present. That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band summone4 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 : member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said Release or Sur render. And the said Chief William IXinoshameg says: That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by him and a majority 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 Benjamin W. Ross and myself 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 Deponents at the | B. W. Ross Town of Sault Ste. Marie in the V. Supt. District of Algoma this 11th day of ;- Chief WM. KinosHAMEG §8r, June A.D., 1898. Frep. W. JoHNSTON Judge, Algoma. Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 27th June 1898. JOHN J. McGEE Clerk of the Privy Council Recorded, 30th July, 1898. Lib: 149, Fol. 527. P. PEeLueticr Acting Dep. Registrar General of Canada.