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on the land for the use of the Whites which is to be used for agricultural purposes
only. The lot ought also to be reduced by one-third of an acre on the west side before
the sale or concession is made.

The present resolution should not be adopted as giving up any of the rights of
the tribe on the part of the council ; but, on the contrary, under the express reser-
vation of the land rights and privileges until the final settlement of this matter is
effected.

And that the present resolution should be transmitted to the Government of
Canada, respectfully praying them to give effect, if they think it right in their wisdom
and care for the interests of this tribe to meet the ends of justice.

And that Mr. Henry Vassal, Agent of the Tribe, be requested to forward this to
the Government of Canada, and authorized to carry on in the name of the Tribe, all
correspondence and negotiations tending to the conclusion and final settlement of

this matter.
He iL: MASTA, Chief.

JOS. LAURENT,
LOUIS NAGAZOA,

We, the undersigned, Henry Vassal, Acting Agent for the Abenakis Tribe of
Indians of St. Francis, and Louis Nagazoa, one of the Chiefs of the said Tribe, having
both been duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists, do solemnly swear and make oath
that the foregoing resolution has been adopted according to its form and tenor to all

intents and purposes by the Tribe at a general council thereof and subscribed by the
Chiefs of the said Tribe, and we have signed.
Sworn before me, one of the

Justices of the Superior Court

for Lower Canada, residing at

Sorel, in the District of Riche-| H. VASSAL,
lieu, within the limits of which Indian Agent.
is located the reserve of the said “LOUIS NAGAZOA,

Abenakis Tribe, on this eighth| Chief.
day of January, 1881. | !
CHARLES GILL,
a. C.
Privy Councit OFFICE,
Ortawa, 7th January, 1881.

I hereby certify that the foregoing agreement, dated 1st of July, 1880, has been
accepted by His Excellency the Governor General in Council on this the 7th of Febru-
ary, 1881.

i220. COTE,
Clerk Privy Council.

Recorded 4th March, 1881.
Lib. 44, from folio 704 to 707, both inclusive.

L. A. CATELLIER,
Dep. Registrar-General of Canada.

No. 182.

Tus InDEeNTURE, made the 30th day of April, A.D. 1881, between Preston Bennett,
Moses Lumby and Frederick Bennett, all of Yale District, British Columbia, Gentle-
men, and Robert Edwin Jackson, of the City of Victoria, in said Province, Esquire,
who executes these presents at the request of the said Preston Bennett, Moses Lumby
and Frederick Bennett, hereinafter called the vendors, of the first part; and Her
Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, of the second part :

Wuereas, the Honourable Sir John A. Macdonald, K.C.B., Superintendent General

of Indian Affairs for the Dominion of Canada, for and in the name of Her said
i907} @
Majesty, hath required for the purposes of Indian Affairs the lands hereinafter men-
tioned and described, and the said vendors have agreed to sell the said lands for the
price hereinafter mentioned,—

Now rus InpentuRE Wrrvesseta that the said vendors, in consideration of the
sum of five dollars to them the said vendors in hand paid by the said Minister (the
receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged), do grant, yield up, and surrender unto —
Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors, all and singular that certain piece or —
pareel of land situate in the District of Yale, in the Province of British Columbia,
and- whieh may be described as a portion of lot number (105) one hundred and five ~
group (1) one, section (34) thirty-four, Township (XX XV) thirty-five, in the Osooyos ~
Division of Yale District, more particularly set out and described and coloured red on —
the annexed plan, and containing five and one-half acres, more or less, together with
the mines and minerals thereunder belonging to the vendors, and all and singular,
the ways and rights of way and watercourse, easement, and appurtenances thereto 4
belonging.

Ix Wirvess Wuereor, the said vendors have hereto set their hands and seals. —

Signed, sealed and delivered PRESTON BENNETT, [L.8.]
in the presence of Henry Moss Lumpy, >=. [L.8.]
Harland, of Spallumcheen, : FREDERICK BENNETT, [L.8.]
B.C., farmer. Ropert E. JACKSON. ghey

D. M. Eperts, or Victoria, B.C.,
As to execution by R. E. Jackson.

I hereby certify that Robert Edwin Jackson, personally known to me, appeared
before me and acknowledged to me that he is the person mentioned in the annexed ~

instrument as the maker thereof, and whose name 1s subseribed thereto as party ;_
that he knows the contents thereof and that he executed the same voluntarily.

Tx Testimony Wuereor, I have hereto set my hand and seal of Office at Victoria, —
this twenty-seventh day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred

and eighty-one.
D. My EBERTS. J,
British Columbia.

For Maker of the Deed.

I hereby certify that Preston Bennett, Moses Lumby, and Frederick Bennett |
are personally known to me, appeared before me and acknowledged to me that they |
are the persons mentioned in the annexed Instrument as the makers thereof, and

whose names are subscribed thereto as parties ; that they know the contents thereof, —
and that, they executed the same voluntarily. Se :

Ix Testrrony Wuereor, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office at Spal-
lumcheen, B.C., this thirtieth day of April, in the year of Our Lord one thousand

eight hundred and eighty-one.
A. L. FORTUNE, J.P.

Recorded 27th July, 1881. ]
Lib. 80, Fol. 26.

L. A. CATELLIER,
Dep. Registrar-General of Canada.

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No. 188.

To all to whom these Presents shall come. We, Wa-wa-se-capow, Chief, and Oo-
ta-ka-wenin, and Sauvage, Head Men of the Band of Salteaux Indians in the North-

West Territories of Canada, known as Wa-wa-se-capow’s Band—Send Greeting.
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