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: No. 119.

Wuereas, the Chippewa Indians of Sarnia in general council assembled upon their
reserve, on Thursday, the fourth day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand
cight hundred and seventy-one, at which were present about seventy of our Chiefs,
Principal Men and Warriors, did covenant and agree with Wiiliam Spragge, Esquire,
Deputy Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Dominion of Canada, and Robert
Mackenzie, Esquire, our Visiting Superintendent, to surrender and yield up to Our
Sovereign Lady the Queen, in trust, to be sold for the benefit of our people, so much
of our said reserve, being composed of the westerly portion of lot number fifty-one, cf
the front range of lots on the River St. Clair, in the said reserve, containing twenty-
three acres, and also the water lot in front thereof, in consideration that out of the
preceeds of +he sale thereof, to be made for the stipulated sum of five thousand dollars,
there shall be, with all convenient dispatch after the receipt of the said amount, divided
and distributed among the members of our said band of Indians the sum of one thou-
sand five hundred dollars, and that a further sum of five hundred dollars be paid to
Abraham Oamahsong, one of the said Sarnia Indians, in consideration of certain imi-
provements owned by him on the said lot, and upon the further condition that the
balance of the said principal sum of five thousand dollars, and amounting to the sum
of three thousand dollars, be placed at interest by the Government of the said Dom-
snion of Canada, and that the interest accruing thereon be paid to us half yearly at
the same time with our other distribution moneys. Know therefore all men by these
presents, that we, Joshua Wawanosh, William Wawanosh, George Aishquagonaby,
Thomas Noyahuaquodt, Jacob Petadick, Antoine Rodd, John Sumner, Nicholas Plain,
John Johnston, William Waubuck, Andrew Nageeshig, Moses Henry, Luke Nawah-
dayosh, Elijah George and Ephraim Jackson, and John Lighthouse, Chiefs, Principal
Men and Warriors of the said Sarnia Indians, do hereby and with the consent of our
people and on their behalf, convey, surrender and yield up to Our Sovereign Lady the
Queen, Her heirs and successors, in trust, as aforesaid, absolutely and for ever, so
much of the said Sarnia Reserve, comprising twenty-three acres, described as afore-
said, together with the water frontage lying in front of the road allowance bounding:
the said lot number fifty-one, subject, nevertheless, to the conditions aforesaid.

Tx Witness WuHereor, we, the said Chiefs, Principal Men and Warriors above
named, have set our hands and seals to this surrender, executed in duplicate and dated
at Sarnia, in the County of Lambton, Province of Ontario, and Dominion of Canada,
this fifth day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-

* one.

Signed in the presence of C. WM. SPRAGGE, [L.S.]
M. Garvey, of the Town of Rost. MCKENZIE, [L.S.]
Sarnia, Student-at-Law. JOSHUA WAWANOSH, X [L.S.]

WILLIAM WAWANOSH, Less]
Gro. ASHQUAGONABY, xX [LS.]
Tuomas NAYAHUAQUODT, x [L.S8.]
Jacop PETAHDICK, x [L.8.]
ANTOINE Ropp, x [L.S.]
JOHN SUMNER, ph. |
NicHonas PLAIN, x [L.8.]
JOHN JOHNSTON, [L.S.]
Wittiam WAUBUCK, xX [L.8.]
ANDREW NAGEESHIG, X [L.8.]
‘Moses HENRY, LE Ss
Luke NAWAHDAYOSH, [L.S8.]
ELIsAH GEORGE, LS.
EPHRAIM JACKSON, fLs.4
JouNn LIGHTHOUSE, x [L.8.]

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County or Lampron,]
To Wit. \

We, William Spragge, of the city of Ottawa, in the County of Carleton and Pro-
\inee of Ontario, Deputy Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Dominion of Can-
eda. and Joshua Wawanosh, of the Indian reserve adjoining the Town of Sarnia, in
the County of Lambton and said Province of Ontario, Head Chief of the Chippewa
Rand of Indians resident on the said reserve, severally make oath and say:—

1. That a certain surrender of twenty-three acres, and of the water lot in front
thereof, of lot number fifty-one, in the front range of lots on the River St. Clair, in the
said reserve bearing date the fifth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-one, was, at a certain council held on the said reserve, on the fourth day of
May instant, by the Chiefs entitled to vote at such council and by the Principal Men
ond Warriors of the said band assented to.

Sworn before me at the Town of WM. SPRAGGE
Sarnia in the said County of ; his ,
Lambton, this fifth day of May, JOSHUA x WAWANOSH,
AD.;: 1874: mark.

CHARLES ROBINSON,
Judge of the Co. Court of the Co. of Lambton.

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No. 120.

SurRENDER by the Chiefs and Band of the Ojibway Indians residing on the Christian
Island, in Lake Huron, in the Province of Canada, to Her Majesty, Queen Victoria
of a certain piece of their land in the said Christian Island for lighthouse pur-
poses, described below, to be sold for their benefit.

Kxow ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, the undersigned Chiefs and Principal
Men of the Beausoleil Band of Ojibway Indians resident on the Christian Island, in
the Georgian Bay, in Lake Huron, in the County of Simcoe and Province of Canada,
for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said band, do hereby remise, release,
surrender, quit claim anid yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs
and successors for ever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land situated
+n the Province of Canada aforesaid, and in that part of the said County of Simeoe
known as the Christian Island aforesaid, being composed of part of the south-easterly
point of the island called the Christian Island aforesaid, containing twenty-five and
three-quarter acres (a plan of which is attached to this surrender, and which twenty-
five and three-quarter acres adjoins the ten acres already surrendered), be the same
more or less. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her
heirs and successors for ever, in trust, to sell and convey the same to such person or
yersons and upon such terms as the Government of this said Province shall or may
deem most conducive to the interests of us the said Chiefs and Principal Men and
our people in all time to come.

And upon the further condition that the moneys received for the sale thereof shall,
after deducting the usual proportions for expense of management, be placed at interest

ond that the interest money accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or
semi-annually to us and our descendants.

And we, the said Chiefs and Principal Men of the Beausoleil Band of Ojibway
Indians aforesaid, do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and con-
firm and promise to ratify and confirm whatever the said Government of this said
Province may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the disposal and sale
of said land.

Tx Witxess Wuernor, we, the said Chiefs and Principa] Men have set our hands
and affixed our seals unto this instrument in the year and place stated below.