No. 407.

Know atu Men By THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of the Fort William Band of Indians resident on our Reserve in the
Township of Neebing in The District of Thunder Bay 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 Sovereign Lady The Queen, her Heirs and Successors forever, ALL AND:
SINGULAR, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and
being in the Township of Neebing in the District of Thunder Bay and Province of
Ontario containing by admeasurement Thirty Seven Acres be the same more or less
and being composed of that certain tract of land situated on the East shore of a Bay
of Loch Lomond in the Fort William Indian Reserve, District of Thunder Bay and
Province of Ontario and which may be described as follows;—commencing at 4
Yedar post planted on the said East shore of a Bay of Loch Lomond and near the
head of Carp River, thence East, 299 yards to a post, thence North 440 yards to a
post, thence West 440 yards, thence South 220 yards more or less to the shore of Loch
Lomond, thence South easterly following the said shore 253 yards more or less to thi
point of commencement, as shown on a Plan of survey made by E. C. Steele, copy
of which is attached hereto.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty THE QUEEN, her
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 condition that all moneys received from the Sale thereof,
shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed to
our credit and the Interest thereon 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 Fort William 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 sale of the said land and the disposal of the
money to be derived therefrom.

IN WITNESS WHERHOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our

seals this ninth day of December in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety eight

Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre- ) Moses McCoy Chief [L.S.]
sence of THOMAS BOUCHER [L.s.]
J. F. Hopper AMBROSE CYRETTE JR. PES]
Indian Agent Louis DESCHAMP [L.S.]
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249

DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared me, John F Hod-
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO der of the Town of Port Arthur in the
District oF THUNDER BAY Province of Ontario Indian Agent and
To Wit: ' Ambrose Cyrette one of the Principal

‘men of the said Band of Indians.

AND the said John F Hodder 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 Fort William Reserve 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 their Rules. eas

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 Sur-
render.

And the said Ambrose Cyrette says:

That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by him and a majority 0’
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 their Rules, and held in the presence of the
said

That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not an
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 Principal man of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at
the said meeting or council.

Sworn before me by the said Deponents
at the | J F Hopper

Town of Port Arthur in the District his :
of Thunder Bay this Twenty ninth day | AMBROSE x eee
of December A.D., 1898. mer

W. ©. Dostr J.P.
And Police Magistrate for Port Arthur.

Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 14th Jany 1899.
JOHN J. McGEE
Clerk of the Privy Council.

Recorded 4th February 1899.
Lib: 163. Fol: 206

P. PELLETIER
Acting Dep: Registrar General of Canada.