his : JAGLE Rip, or Pita x PikKis, mark. his SITTING EAGLE, or PITAH x PI. ' mark. Recorded 18th March, 1885. Lib. 95, Fol. 548. } TL. A. Catetimr, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. No. 208. Know atu Men sy THEse Presents, that we, the Blood Indians of the Black- — foot Tribe, being a majority of the male members of the Blood Band of the full age of 21 (twenty-one) years, assembled in council, duly called for the purpose of con- sidering the surrender of the reserve hereinafter mentioned, and in presence of the Honourable Edgar Dewdney, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories and Commissioner duly authorized to attend the said council, do hereby assent to ratify and confirm a certain treaty made and concluded the second day of July last past between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners the said Honourable ° Mdgar Dewdney and James Farquharson Macleod, C.M.G., of thé one part, and the ‘Blood Indians, by their Head and Minor Chiefs, of the other part. And, in consideration of the terms of the said treaty, we do hereby unanimously release and surrender to Her Majesty the Queen all the land reserved to the said Blood Indians under and by virtue of a certain treaty made and concluded on the twenty-seventh day of September, in the year Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners, the Hon- curable David Laird and the said James Farquharson Macleod, of the one part, and the Blood, Blackfeet, Sarcee, Piegan and Stony Indians of the other part, which said land is more particularly described as follows : “A belt of land on the north side of the Bow and South Saskatchewan Rivers, of an average width of four miles along said rivers, down stream, commencing at a point on the Bow River twenty miles north-westerly of the ‘Blackfoot Crossing’ thereof, and extending to the Red Deer River at its junction with the South Saskatchewan ; also for a term cf ten years, and no longer, from the date of the concluding of this treaty, when it shall cease to be a portion of said Indian reserves, as fully to all intents and purposes as if it had not at any time been included therein, and without any com- pensation to individual Indians for improvements, of a similar belt of land on the south side of the Bow and Saskatchewan Rivers of an average widti of one mile along said rivers, down stream; commencing at the aforesaid point on the Bow River, and extending to a point one mile west of the coal seam on said river, about five miles below the said ‘ Blackfoot Crossing’ ; beginning again one mile east of the said coal seam and extending to the mouth of Maple Creek at its junction with the South Saskatchewan ; and beginning again at the junction of the Bow River with the latter river, and extending on both sides of the South Saskatchewan in an average width on each side thereof of one mile, along said river against the stream, to the junction of the Little Bow River with the latter river,” together with all our right, title and interest therein. To have and to hold the same unto Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever. Ty Wirxess Wuerreor, Mekasto (Red Crow), the Head Chief of the said Blood Band, hath hereto at our request placed his hand and affixed his seal at the Blood Reserve this first day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and eighty-four. 1 : Ars his Signed, sealed and delivered in} Miicagro, x Rep Crow. rL.8.] presence of ( es E. DEWDNEY, Indian Com. and Lieutenant-Governor, JAMES F. MACLEOD, Stip. Magistrate, N.W.T. CANADA. ) NortH-WeEst TERRITORIES. \ : To Wit: J I, Edgar Dewdney, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories and Commissioner duly authorized to attend a council of the Blood Indians held for the purpose of considering the surrender of certain lands reserved to the said Indians by a treaty made and concluded the twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, between Her Majesty the Queen of the one part and the said Blood Indians, and the Blackfeet, Sarcee, Piegan ‘and Stony Indians of the other part, make oath and say : That I was present at the said council, which was composed of a majority of the male members of the said Blood Band of the full age of twenty-one years, who unani- mously assented to release and surrender to Her Majesty the Queen the said reserve, as set forth in the deed hereto annexed. Sworn before me at the Blood Reserve} E. DEWDNEY, this first day of February, in the year} Ind. Com., Lieut-Governor. of Our Lord 1884. J James EF. Mac eon, Stipendiary Magistrate, N.W.T. CANADA. - NortH-weEst ‘TERRITORIES. \ To Wit: J I, Mekasto (Red Crow), Head Chief of the Blood Band of Indians, make oath snd say : - That I was present and entitled to vote at a council composed of a majority vf the male members of the Blood Band of the full age of twenty-one years, duly called +o consider the surrender to Her Majesty the Queen of certain land reserved to the said Indians by virtue of a treaty made and concluded the twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. That the members of the said council unanimously assented to the surrender of the said reserve, as set forth in the deed hereto annexed, after being thoroughly explained. Sworn before me at the Blood Reserve] ee this first day of February, in the year | MEKASTO, x. (RED CROW.) of Our Lord 1884 (by the sun and/ pees by the earth). | James EF. MacLeop, Stipendiary Magistrate, N.W.T. 134 ARTICLES OF A Treaty made and concluded this second day of July, 14 the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, between “ Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen” of Great Britain and Ireland, by Her Commission- ers the Honourable Edgar Dewdney, Commissioner of Indian Affairs and Lieut- enant-Governor of the North-West Territories, and James Farquharson Macleod, C.M.G., Stipendiary Magistrate, of the one part, and the Blood Indians, by their Head and Minor Chiefs in council assembled, of the other part. . Whereas by a treaty made and concluded on the twenty-seventh day of Septem- ber, in the year of Our Lord 1877, between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Com- missioners the Honourable David Laird and the said James Farquharson Macleod C.M.G., of the one part, and the said Blood Indians, and the Blackfeet, Piegans, Sarcee and Stoney Indians of the other part, it was amongst other things provided in the words and to the effect following, that is to say : [t is also agreed between Her Majesty and Her said Indians that reserves shall be assigned them of sufficient area to allow one square mile for each family of five persons, or in that proportion for larger and smaller families and that said reserves shall be located as follows, that is to say : First, the reserves of the Blackfeet, Bloods and. Sarcee Indians shall consist of a belt of land on the north side of the Bow and South Saskatchewan Rivers, of an average of four miles along said riverg down stream, commencing at a point on the Bow River twenty miles north-westerly of the “Blackfoot Crossing” thereof, and extending to the Red Deer River at its junction with the South Saskatchewan ; also fer the term of ten years, and no longer, from the date of the concluding of this treaty, when it shall cease to be a portion of said Indian reserves as fully to all intents and purposes as if it had not at any time been included therein, and without iany compensation to individual Indians for improvements, of a similar belt of land on the south side of the Bow and Saskatchewan Rivers, of an average width of one mile along said rivers, down stream, commencing at the aforesaid point on the Bow River and extending to a point one mile west of the coal seam on said river, about five miles below the said “Blackfoot Crossing”; beginning again one mile east of the said coal seam and extending to the mouth of Maple Creek at its junction with the South Saskatchewan, and beginning again at the junction of the Bow River with — the latter river, and extending on both sides of the South Saskatchewan in an average width on each side thereof of one mile along said river against the stream to the junction of the Little Bow River with the latter river. And whereas the said Blood Indians have requested that a reserve other than and in lieu of that described in the said hereinbefore in part recited treaty should be granted to them, and it hath been agreed, by the parties hereto, that the reserve hereinafter described shall be granted to them as such reserve. These Articles witness that Her Majesty the Queen, by Her said Commissioners, parties hereto, doth grant unto the said Blood Indians— All that certain tract of land in the North-West Territories, Canada, butted and bounded as follows, that is to say: Commencing on the north bank of the St. Mary’s River at a point in north latitude forty-nine degrees twelve minutes and sixteen seconds (49° 12’ 16”); thence extending down the said bank of the said river to its Junction with the Belly River; thence extending up the south bank of the latter river to a point thereon in north latitude forty-nine degrees, twelve minutes and sixteen seconds (49° 12’ 16”), and thence easterly along a straight line to the place of beginning; excepting and reserving from out the same any portion of the north- east quarter of section number three, in township number eight, in range twenty- two west of the Fourth Principal Meridian, that may lie within the above mentioned boundaries; to have and to hold the same unto the use of the said Blood Indians forever. And in consideration of the premises the said Blood Indians, by their Head and Minor Chiefs, in council assembled, do hereby release to Her Majesty the Queen all the reserve mentioned and described in the said hereinbefore in part recited treaty and all their interests therein. # 4 : 1385 And it is hereby lastly fully understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto that all the stipulations mentioned and rights reserved to Her Majesty the Jueen in the said hereinbefore part recited treaty shall apply to the reserve granted to the said Blood Indians by these articles. In Witness Wuerror, Her Majesty’s said Commissioners and the said Blood Indian Head and Minor Chiefs have hereunto subscribed and set their hands at the Blood Reserve. Signed by the said Commissioners and) E. DEWDNEY, the above named Head and Minor Indian Com. and Lieut.-Gov. Chiefs in presence of the following JAMES F. MACLEOD, winesses, the same having been first Commissioner. explained to them by David Mills, his MEKASTO, x or Red Crow. Blackfoot Interpreter. CG. E. Denny, Indian Agent. = as L. N. F. Crozier, PA-KAH-POTAKAN, x or Bad Head.- Joun ©. NELSON, Hs D. Mitts, ee ; Rennie Conn. SaKoove Sromax, x or Hind Bull. mark, Ee. BOURNE, his Jos. Porana HEALEY. AKKA-KIST-SIPIAMY, x or Many Spotted mark. Horses. his Kayte-sum, x or Old Moon. mark. his PAY-IN-NA-QUAIM, x or Captive or Stolen mark. : Person. his Paw-wow-Kasl, x or White Antelope. mark. his Ma-quar-r-quim, x or Wolf Collar. mark, his Pere OroKan, x or Eagle Head. mark. his ONISTAH-POKAH, x or White Calf (away). mark. his NETAH-KIST-SIPENY, x or One Spot. mark. his AKUK-oTAs, x or Many Spotted Horses. mark, his QTrOMIX-OTRE-KA-PE, x or Bull Turn mark. Round. his Kaye-Tapo, x or Going to the Bear. mark. his QTAMIX-AH-OTAN, x or Bull Shield. mark. his QpXEKAH-E-PE-TUKE, x or Blackfoot Ola mark. Woman. his APpE-SO-NEUGH-KUN, x or Running Wolf. mark. his : ) MAQUAI-IS-TU-PISTAU, x or Strangled Wolf. Recorded 20th March, 1885. mark. Lib. 95, Fol. 554. | L. A. CaTELuLier, Deputy Registrar-General of Canada. No. 204: Kwow aut Men By THESE Presents, that we, the Sarcee Indians, being a major- ity of the male members of the Sarcee Band of the full age of twenty-one years, essembled in council duly called for the purpose of considering the surrender ‘of the reserve hereinafter mentioned, and in presence of the Hon. Edgar Dewdney, Lieut- enant-Governor of the North-West Territories and Commissioner duly authorized to attend the said council, do hereby assent to ratify and qonfirm a certain treaty made and concluded the twenty-seventh day of June last past between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners the said the Hon. Edgar Dewdney and Jaraes #arquharson Macleod, C.M.G., of the one part, and the Sarcee Indians, by their Head and Minor Chiefs, of the other part. And in consideration of the terms of the said treaty, we do hereby unanimously release and surrender to Her Majesty the Queen all the land reserved to the said Sarcee Indians under and by virtue of a certain treaty made and concluded on the twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and seventy-seven, between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners, the Honourable David Laird and the said James Farquharson Macleod, of the one part, and the Blood, Blackfeet, Sarcee, Piegan and Stony Indians of the other part, which said Jand is more particularly described as follows : “A belt of land on the north side of the Bow and South Saskatchewan Rivers, of an average width of four miles, along said rivers down stream, commencing at a point on the Bow River twenty miles north-westerly of the ‘Blackfoot Crossing’ thereof and extending to the Red Deer River at its junction with the South Saskatchewan ; also, for a term of ten years and-no longer, from the date of the concluding of this treaty, when it shall cease to be a portion of said Indian reserves as fully to all intents and pur- poses as if it had not at any time been included therein, and without any compensa- tion-to individual Indians for improvements, of a similar belt of land on the south side of the Bow and Saskatchewan Rivers of an average width of one mile along said rivers, down stream, commencing at the aforesaid point on the Bow River and ex- tending to a point one mile west of the coal seam on said river, about five miles below the ‘ Blackfoot Crossing,’ beginning again one mile east of the said coal seam and extending to the mouth of Maple Creek at its junction with the South Saskatche- wan, and beginning again at the junction of the Bow River with the latter river, end extending on both sides of the South Saskatchewan in an average width on each cide thereof of one mile along said river against the stream to the junction of the Little Bow River with the latter river,” together with all our right, title and interest therein. ; To have and to hold the same unto Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and suc- cessors forever. Ixy Wiryess Wuereor, Stamix-otokan (Bull’s Head), the Head Chief of the said Sarcee Band, hath hereto at our request placed his hand and affixed his seal at the Sarcee Reserve this fourth day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four. Signed, sealed and delivered in pre- his Wee poe Bre ; STAMIX x OTOKAN, (L.8.] Wg aa mark. E, DEWDNEY, Indian Com’r, Ineut.-Gov. JAMES F. MAcLEop, Stip. Mag., N.W.T. (Bull’s Head.)