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his

GALEGAIGUESE xX [L.8.]

mark.

; his
SAHQUAKEZHIK xX [L.8.]

mark.

ct or ALGOMA.
te a,7 To Wit:
sae 4 Lan ames CO. Phipps, of Manitowaningue, in the said District, Visiting Superin-
. _tendent, duly authorized by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs to attend
council of the Band of Indians referred to in the annexed surrender of the tim-
ber on the Point Grondine Indian Reserve, and Oneweigonce, Chief of the said Band
y OF Indians, do, and each for himself doth, hereby certify under oath that the annexed
- surrender was duly assented to by a majority of the male members of the said Band
of the full age of twenty-one years, who habitually reside at or near the said reserve,
ata meeting or council of the said Band summoned according to their rules for that
purpose, and held at Point Grondine, in the District, on the thirty-first day of May,
in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and at the

same time duly executed by us and the Principal Men of the said Band.
Certified and sworn to before me at Kil-]

larney, in the District of Algoma, ;
this aia, day of August, mea ee ae

and the same being first read over and| ONEWEIGONCE, x

explained. | ‘mark.

Waurer McCrea,
Judge, D.A.
ie
No. 208.

Know ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, the undersigned Chiefs of the Mo-
hawk Band of Indians of the Bay of Quinté, resident on our reserve in the Township
of Tyendinaga, in the County of Hastings, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion
of Canada, for and acting on behalt of the whole people of our said Band in council
assembled :

[Do hereby remise, release, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign
Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, all and singular that certain par-
cel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Village of Deseronto,
in the County of Hastings and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement
thirty-five acres and three roods, be the same more or less, and being composed of
all that part of township lot number thirty-eight (38) in the third concession (or

Concession A) of the Mohawk Indian Reserve, in the Township of Tyendinaga, south

of the “Slash Road,” not heretofore eranted to the late John Culbertson, and being

shown on the registered plan of the Village of Deseronto as Blocks “K” and “ M.”
To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and

successors forever.
Tn trust to sell and convey the sam

terms as the Government of the Dominion of

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
at interest, and that the interest money accruing from such investment shall be paid

annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants forever.

e to such person or persons and upon such
Canada may deem most conducive to

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\nd we, the said Chiefs, do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby

ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government

~ the said Dominion may do or cause. to be lawfully done in connection with the
sale and disposal of said thirty-five acres and three roods of land.

Provided, that the Government of the Dominion of Canada shall have the tract
of land hereby surrendered surveyed into village lots of one-fifth of an acre, each, or
such other sizes as may be most suitable, and sold at public auction in the month of
October next; that prior to the sale thereof the Indian council shall be consulted
as to an upset price to be fixed upon the said lots; and that no lots shall be sold for
fess than the upset price; that purchasers of lots shall pay at least one-fourth of the
purchase money at the time of sale, and the balance in three equal annual instal-
ments, bearing interest on the unpaid balances of six per cent per annum; and that
the interest moneys, when paid by the purchasers on the said instalments, shall be
placed to the credit of the annuity account of the Band and distributed semi-annu-
ally to us and to our people.

It is further provided that the Government of the said Dominion shall pay to
Mrs. Elizabeth Powles, widow of the late Seth Powles (Indian owner of the said
land hereby surrendered), from the first proceeds of the sale of the village lots, the
sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000), in full of all her claims to the said land and
improvements made thereon.

And we, the said Chiefs, do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby
ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Govern-
ment of the said Dominion may do or eause to be lawfully done in connection with
the sale of and disposal of the said thirty-five acres and three roods of land.

Ix Witness WHEREOF, we, the said Chiefs, have set our hands and affixed our
seals to this instrument in duplicate this eighth day of May, in the year of Our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

Signed, sealed and delivered) Chief SAMPSON GREEN, pLS.]
in presence of us, hav-| Chief ARCHIBALD CULBERTSON, [1.S.]
ing been first read and in-{ WILLIAM GREEN, [L.8.]
terpreted before signing: | CoNELIUS MARACLE, [L.S.]

Matruew Hitz, Indian Agent. JOHN JOHNSTON. [L383]

SAMPSON GREEN, Interpreter.
Wittiam PLuMMeER, Commissioner.

DOMINION OF CANADA,
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, |
CoUNTY OF
To Wit: |

Personally appeared before me, William Plummer, of the City of Ottawa, in the
said Province of Ontario, Commissioner of Indian Lands, and Chiefs Sampson Green
and Archibald Culbertson, residents on the Indian reserve of the “ Mohawk Indians ”’
of the Bay of Quinté, in the Township of Tyendinaga, in the County of Hastings
and Province aforesaid, Chiefs of the said Band of Indians.

And the said William Plummer for himself saith :

That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the male
members of the said Mohawk Band of Indians of the Bay of Quinté, of the full age
of twenty-one years of age then present.

That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians
summoned for that purpose and according to their rules.

That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given.

That he was duly authorized to attend such meeting or council by the Superin-
tendent-General of Indian Affairs.

That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who wag not a
member of the said Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or
surrender.

And the said Chiefs Sampson Green, Archibald Culbertson for themselves say :

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That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by them 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 their rules, and held in the presence of the
said William Plummer.

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 Mohawk Indians of the Bay
of Quinté, or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or surrender.

That they are Chiefs of the said Band of Mohawk Indians, and entitled to vote

at said meeting or council.

Sworn before me by the deponents) WM. PLUMMER,
Archibald Culbertson, William | SAMPSON GREEN,
Plummer and Sampson Green, { ARCHIBALD CULBERTSON.

this ninth day of May, A.D. 1883.|
iM, B. PRALLICK,

rd C.. H,
Recorded 4th September, 1883.
Lib. 95, Folio 213. i

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

No. 209.

Kyow att Men By THESE Presents, that we, the Chiefs and Principal Men of ‘she
Chippewas and Pottawattomies of Walpole Island resident upon the Indian reserve
on said Island, entitled to vote at a meeting or general council summoned for the
purpose according to our rules, and held in the presence of Mr. Alexander McKelvey,
our agent duly authorized to attend such council, have this day consented and agreed
to surrender and yield up unto Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Her heirs
and successors, in trust, to be leased for our joint benefit for the term of five years
to George Tennant, for mill and dock purposes, the following parcel or yact of land:
Commencing at the north-west corner of James Elgin’s farm at the water’s edge of
the St. Clair River, running south-east along James Elgin’s line fence three hundred
feet: thence at right angles north-east four hundred feet ; thence at right angles
north-west four hundred and fifty feet to the water’s edge of the said St. Clair River,
thence along the said river bank in a southerly direction four hundred and twenty
feet to the place of beginning; the road across the said lot to be kept upen and free

from all obstructions. |
In Witness WHEREOF, we, the undersigned Chiefs and Principal Men, have here-

unto set our hands and seals this twenty-sixth day of December, in the year of Our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and in the forty-seventh year of
Her Majesty’s reign.

Signed, sealed and delivered,) JAMES PorrquaHone, Chief. x  ([1.8.]
having been  previously| ASH-KEE-BEE, Second Chief. [L.8.]
read and interpreted inf JAMES SAHGEE, x (L.8.1
presence of | Henry Knacas, [L.8.]

JAMES ELGIN, JOHN MOKE-WENAH, PoC
Secy. J. S. KivosHx, [L.S.]

ALEX. McKELVEY, iesG. BiRb; [L.S.]
Agent. H. P. JoHnson, [L.8.]

JOSEPH KAHWESOD, x ESSA]

GEORGE KNAGGS, x L.S.]

JOSEPH MOSES, x [L.$.]

OLD SHOWHNOONCE, + Lass]

JOHN CHAROME, x [L.S.]

JOHN PETERS. [L.S8.]