B54 SS That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians summoned for that purpose, according to its Rules, and held in the presence of the said John Thackeray and John Sunday 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 Deponents at the Township of Alnwick in the JOHN THACKERAY County of Northumberland this 15th JOHN SUNDAY day of April A.D., 1902 a Wm. Bressry J.P. Recorded 10th June 1902 Lib: 164. Fol: 256. JosepH Pope Dep: Registrar General of Canada. No. 458. Kyxow att Men spy THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of The Oneidas of The Thames Band of Indians resident on our Reserve in the Tp. of Delaware in the County of Middlesex in the Province of Ontario 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 SovereicN Lorp Tur Kine, his Heirs and Successors forever, ALL AND SINGU- LAR, The Shooting Privileges on and over that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the Township of Delaware in the County of Middlesex and Province of Ontario and being composed of the Oneida Indian Reserve in the aforesaid Township of Delaware TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto His said Majesty Tue Kring, his Heirs and Successors, in trust to lease the same for shooting purposes for a term of ten years, 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 leasing thereof, shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be paid to us and our descendants annually or semi-annually as to the Department of Indian Affairs may seem best in our interests. AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said Oneidas of the Thames Band of Indians do on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and con- firm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the leasing of the shooting privileges on and over our said Reserve IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this 21st day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre- ) CHIEF STEPHEN WILLIAMS [L.S.} sence of «Evista DANFORD [L.S.] WILuisM K, CorNELIUS « KKAYEN THO KE [L.S.] S. SUTHERLAND his Indian Agent « Joun x NINHAM [L.S.] mark 355 his “« Moses x ScANNADO [L.S.J mark his «PETER x SICKLES [L.8.] mark SPEAKER [satan SICKLES [L.S.} his WILLIAM x JRELAND [L.8.J mark his JOHN x DANFORD [L.8.] mark his ALLEN x THOMAS mark DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, William Provinee of Ontario K. Cornelius S. Sutherland In Agent of County of Middlesex the Township of Delaware Oneida in the To Wit: Province of Ontario and William K. Cor- nelius Chief of the said Band of Indians. AND the said Samuel Sutherland 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 Oneidas of the Thames 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 its 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 Sux render. And the said William K Cornelius says: - That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by him and a majority of 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 Indians summoned for that purpose, according to its Rules, and held in the presence of the said Samuel Sutherland 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 Deponents at the WILLIAM K CORNELIUS Village of Delaware in the County of 8 SUTHERLAND Middlesex this 21st day of May A.D., ee 1902 Indian Agent Henry Locxwoop J.P. Recorded 25th June 1902 Lib. 163. Folio 596. Josepi Pope Dep: Registrar General of Canada.