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 Francis Wilson Jacobs 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 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 cf the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the said Adam Eng- A. ENGLISH lish and Francis Wilson Jacobs De- ponents aforesaid at the Town of Sarnia in the County of Lambton this 6th day FRANCIS W. JACOBS of October A.D., 1903 (Head Chief) W. J Hanna A Notary Public in and for the Province of Ontario. Sworn before me at the town of Sarnia, this 14th day of October, 1903. é H. Gorman, J.P. Indian Agent Recorded 10th November 1903 libs di: Kolio 18s: y JosppH Pope Dep. Registrar General of Canada. No. 479. wow att Men sy vtuese Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of The Chippewas of Sarnia Band of Indians resident on our Reserve at Sarnia in the County of Lambton 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 Tap Kine, his Heirs and Successors forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the Sarnia Indian Reserve in the County of Lambton and Province of Ontario containing by admeasurement be the same more or less and being composed of lands hereinafter described and subject to the conditions hereto attached and signed by A. English, Indian Agent, Francis W. Jacobs, Chief, and W. Wawanosh, Inter- preter, istly—The whole of Lots Numbers Forty-two (42), Forty-three (43), and Forty-four (44), together with the water lots in front thereof, in the Front Range of lands in the said Sarnia Indian Reserve; Qndly. Parts of Lots “A” and Eleven (11) in the Fifth Range of lands in the said 390 Sarnia Indian Reserve, which said parcels or tracts of land may be better known and deseribed as follows, that is to say:—Commencing at the north-easterly angle of Lot Number Forty-four (44) in the Front Range of lands in the said Sarnia Indian Reserve thence southeasterly in a straight line which is the continuation of the northerly limit of said Lot Number Forty-four (44) thirteen chains and thirty-six links thence south-westerly parallel with the westerly limit of said Lots “A” and Kleven (11) nineteen chains more or less to the intersection of this last deseribed course with the line which is the southerly limit produced of Lot Number Forty-two (42) in the said Front Range of lands, thence north-westerly in a straight line thir- teen chains and thirty-six links to the south-easterly angle of said Lot number Forty- two (42) thence north-easterly along the easterly limit of said Lot Number Forty- two (42) and Lots Numbers Forty-three (43) and Forty-four (44) in the said Range nineteen chains more or less to the place of beginning. containing by admeasurement twenty-three-and-one-half acres be the same more or less, exclusive of the road allow- ance bounding the easterly limit of said Lots Numbers Forty-two, Forty-three and Forty-four ; 3rdly—Parts of Lots Numbers Thirty-three (33) Thirty-four (34) Thirty-five (35) Thirty-six (36) Thirty-seven (37) Thirty-eight (38) Thirty-nine (39) Forty (40) and Forty-one (41) in the said Front Range of lands in the Sarnia Indian Reserve, which said parcels or tracts of land may be better known and described as follows :— Commencing at the intersection of the southerly limit of said Lot Number Thirty- three (38) with the easterly limit of the lands of the Erie and Huron Railway, thence northerly along the easterly limit of the lands of the said Erie & Huron Railway fifty-eight chains and eighty Jinks more or less to its interseetion with the northerly limit of said Lot Number Forty-one (41) thence to a point distant two hundred feet easterly from the easterly limit of the lands of the said the Erie & Huron Railway measured on a course at right angles to the centre line of the said Railway at this point, thence southerly across said lots Numbers Forty-one (41) Forty (40) Thirty- nine (39) Thirty-eight (38) Thirty-seven (37) Thirty-six (36) Thirty-five (35) Thirty- four (34) and Thirty-three (33) parallel with the easterly limit of the lands of the said the Erie and Huron Railway and distant two hundred feet therefrom measured on a course at right angles thereto fifty-eight chains and eighty links more or less to the southerly limit of said Lot Number Thirty-three (33) thence westerly along the southerly limit of said Lot Number Thirty-three (33) to the place of beginning, containing by admeasurement seventeen and eight-tenths acres be the same more or less: 4thly.—All that portion of land required for the said The Sarma Fetroiia & St. Thomas Railway ninety feet in width and extending from the easterly limit of the lands hereinbefore secondly deseribed and extending through to the easterly limit of said Indian Reserve lands, which will be required for the said railway as a right of way, and to be hereafter located and determined upon; 5thly—The water lots in front of Lots Numbers 39, 40, 41 in the said front range of lands in the Sarnia Indian Reserve aforesaid. A. ENGLISH Fr. W. JACOBS W. WAWANOSH TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto His said Majesty Tne Kno, his Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to sell the same to such person or persons, and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most con- ducive to our welfare and that of our people. AND upon the further conditions that all moneys received from the Sale thereof, shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed t» our credit and the interest thereon paid to us and our descendents annually or semi- annually as to the Department of Indian Affairs may seem best in our interests. a ee se oe eh we AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said The Chippewas of Sarnia 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 eause to be lawfully done, in connection with the Sale of the said portion of land and the disposition of the moneys arising therefrom. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this 22nd. day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and Three. Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the AS | yvesence of S ged : SS } 7 nee S:* | Francis W. Jacoss Chief [L.S.4 . A. Macrak aS : 4 LA & DP S > | WILLIAM WawaNnosi “ y Sr . a : Sis Interpreter & Chief [ESS] DY . ° — | tuk . resen 1 ithorization IS : 5 re Pre i oo horize ’S | Enian Manass Councillor L.S.] \. ENGLIS a = z mine TA = °°’ | Perer Ropp Councillor (L.S.] a &’ , } Grorce Oxtver Councillor [L.S.] > 2 ) Levi Pua Councillor [L.S.] = = | Dantet Orrer ex-Councillor [L.S.] => t& | Stras Wausmona ea-Councillor [L.S.] a . =a = Sz | Hrisan Grorce ex-Councillor pogset & a : pe Se 2 — | ALEXANDER Kays ex-Councillor Pi.S8.] = & | Ben WuiteE ea-Couwneillor -(1.S.] ans J. A. Macrar hy UeTRAR & Re ~ ; Present under authorization = ; A. ENGLISH te | SUTTON SHAWKENS [L.S.] LA. oS his &S. | SAMUEL x JOHNSTON [L.8.] $ >= mark S =< JouN J. MILLIKEN mye | 7 eee > s: | James JOHNSTON Sse his aS JEPPREY x BRESSETTE SENR ST mark x St sS g DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, J. Ans- Province of Ontario dell Macrae of the City of Ottawa in the County of Lambton Province of Ontario, Inspector of In- To Wit: dian Agencies and Francis -Wilson Jacobs Chief of the said Band of Indians. AND the said J. Ansdell Macrae 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 Chippewas of Sarnia 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 oy 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 Francis Wilson Jacobs, Chief, 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 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 cf the said Band of Indians and entitled to yote at the sai? meeting or council. Sworn before me by the two aforesaid Deponents at the | J. ANSDELL MACRAE town of Sarnia inthe County of Lamb- { FRANCIS W. JACOBS. ton this 24th day of June A.D., 1903 } H. Gorman JP: Recorded 11th February 1903 Lib 175 Fol 194 Josep Porr Dep: Registrar General of Canada. Parper, Mackenzie & BurniaM, Barristers, &e., Sarnia & Alvinston. Sarnta Ont, June 24, 1903. Dear Sim :— Re/ Surrender of Indian lands to the Sarnia, Petrolia, & St. Thomas Railway Company: Referring to our conversation of this morning in which you drew my attention to the fact that Clause 5 of the Conditions attached to the Surrender reads as follows — “That the Company agrees not to interfere with existing drainage without making “compensation or providing for means of drainage, and also to put in one eulvert for “further drainage at a point to be agreed upon in lots 11 in Ranges 2 and 3. The point you make as to this is, that in case the lots mentioned in that section should not be the ones that are cut off from proper drainage but should the railway by passing through other lots cut off other lots from drainage then that we enter into the same stipulation in regard to them. This, on behalf of the Railway Company, I undertake will be done. Yours truly, F. F. PARDEE J. A Macras, Esq., Indian Department, Ottawa. 393 Conditions of the surrender of the Chippewas of Sarnia of certain lands intended to be sold to the Sarnia, Petrolia and St. Thomas Railway Company, aated this 22nd. day of June, A.D. 1908, and the land to be bought and the surrender hereto attached. (1) That the lands surrendered or any part thereof are to revert to the Band if not used by the Railway Company its suecessors or assigns for Railroad purposes within five (5) years from the date of surrender unless the railway having been con- structed it be shewn to the satisfaction of the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs that parts of the said lands not actually in use will be required for the pur- pose of the Railroad within a reasonable time. (2) That the price for the lands and the improvements thereon or privileges attached thereto, if any, shall be fixed by J. A. Macrae representing the Band a repre- sentative to be appointed by the Railway Company and in any case of difference a third arbitrator to be chosen by these two and their decision shall be final. (3) That any roads, crossed by the track or tracks of the said Railway Company shall be kept open and the crossings to be constructed and kept in order by the said Railway Company and the Railway Company shall put proper crossings in at places where crossings now are on the L. FE. & D. R. R. and will also keep in order gates therefore saved that they will be moved to the eastward according to the lands to be surrendered and will use their best endeavours to keep crossings open for traffic and that cars shall not in any way be left standing so as to block the crossing unless it shall be unavoidable. (4) That the purchase price for the lands shall be paid within twelve months from the time that the price is agreed upon or fixed by award. (5) The Company agrees not to interfere with existing drainage without making compensation or providing for means of drainage and also to put in one culvert for further drainage at a point to be agreed upon in Lots eleven (11) in ranges two and three. (6) That 10 per cent of the purchase price paid for the land shall be distributed as soon as moneys paid over. A. ENGLISH, F. W. JACOBS Witness: W. WAWANOSH. J. A. Macrar § No. 480. I