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Governor of Manitoba and of the North-west Territories, and Chief Superintendent
of Indian Affairs for the Manitoba Superintendency, and the said Chiefs and Coun- —
cillors. have hereunto subscribed and set their hands at the “ Pas,” on the Saskat- —
chewan River, this seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand |

cight hundred and seventy-six. :
Signed by the Chiefs and Councillors Tuos. Howarp, [L.8.]
within named, in the presence of the nis
following witnesses, the treaty and Joun Constant, Chief, X
this adhesion, having been first read (3 nie mark.
and explained by the Rev. Henry| e James Coox, Sr., X
Cochrane+ hs mark.
H. BeLiancer, z y Br ius
ie are ) = a OHN BELL, JR. x
Henry Cocuraneg, Missionary,
as A4 mark.
Cuarites D. RICKARDS, G his
Cuartes Apams, C. Clk,, H.B. Co., Peter BELL, X
Water R. Nursery, | mark. Pe
JouNn CLEMONS, DonaLpD Cook, Sr., X
Tuomas Nixon, JR., mark.
Rospert BALLENDINE, Councillors.
A. M. Muck te; J.P. ‘
= "pais
a Joun Cocurane, Chief, x
=| mark.
a his
s Peter CHAPMAN, X
acs mark.
5 his
=| ALBERT FLETT, X
5 mark.
Ss Councillors.
fa . g aais
as) Q-Tin-Ik-IM-aw, Chief, X
= mark.
fea} his R
FS Ma-IK-WUH-E-HA-Pow, X
0) mark.
ra his
4 WaA-ME-KWUW-UH-OP, X
oA mark.
S his
| | Ka-CHA-CHUCK-008, X
s mark.
Councillors.
No. 149 E.

_ ArticLes or AGREEMENT AND ADHESION TO A Treaty made and concluded at Beren’s —
2iver the 20th day of September, and at Norway House the 24th day of September,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five between Her
Most Gracious Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, by Her Commis- —
joners, the Honourable Alexander Morris, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province |
of Manitoba and the North-west Territories, and the Honourable James McKay, |
of the one part, and the Saulteaux and Swampy Oree Tribes of Indians, inhabitants _}
of the country within the hmits hereinafter defined and described, by their Chiefs, |
chosen and named as hereinafter mentioned, of the other part. Pa

We, the Band of Saulteaux Indians residing in the vicinity of the Grand Rapids
of the Beren’s River, having had communication of the aforesaid treaty, of which
a true copy is hereunto annexed, hereby and in consideration of the provisions of
the said treaty being extended to us, transfer, surrender and relinquish to Her
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Majesty the Queen, Her heirg and successors, to and for the use of the Government
of Canada, all our rights, titles and privileges whatsoever, which we have or enjoy in
the territory described in the said treaty, and every part thereof, to have and to
hold to the use of Her Majesty the Queen, and Her heirs and successors forever.

And Her Majesty agrees, through Her representatives as hereinafter named
to assign a reserve of sufficient area to allow one hundred and sixty acres to each
family of five, or in that proportion for larger or smaller families, such reserve to be
laid off and surveyed as soon as may be found practicable, at or near the Sandy
Narrows of the Beren’s River, on both sides of the said river, reserving the free nav-
igation of the said river, and free access to the shores thereof, to all Her Majesty’s
subjects.

And the said Indians, represented herein by their Chief and Councillor, pre-
sented as such by the Band, do hereby agree to accept the several provisions, pay-
ments and other benefits, as stated in the said treaty, and solemnly promise and
engage to abide by, carry out and fulfil all the stipulations, obligations and conditions
therein contained, on the part of the said Chief and Indians therein named, to be
observed and performed, and in all things to conform to the articles of the said
treaty, as if we ourselves had been originally contracting parties thereto.

In Witness Wurreor, the Honourable Thomas Howard, and John Lestock Reid,
Esquire, acting herein for Her Majesty, under special authority of the Honourable
Alexander Morris, Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and the North-west Terri-
tories, and Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Manitoba Superintend-
ency, and the said Chief and Councillor, have hereunto subscribed and set their
hands at the Beren’s River, this fourth day of August, A.D. 1876.

Signed by the Chief and Councillor) THos. Howarp, [L.S.]

within named in the presence of| J. Lestock Rem, [L.8.]

the following witnesses, the eae NAH-WEE-KEE-SICK-QUAH-YASH (or Jaco,

and this adhesion having been first his

read and explained by the Rev. H.| Berens, of Beren’s River), Chief, x

Jochrane: J , mae mark.
Henry Cocurane, Missionary, NUN-AK-OW-AH-NUK-WaPE, x Councillor.
JAMES Fier, mark.

Owen HUGHES,
ALEXANDER Brao,
Deve MoCKLE, J.P.,
Gro. CoLDEE,
THomas Pratt,

Witam McKay,
Tuomas Nixon, JR.

No. 149 F.

ArticLes or AGREEMENT AND ADHESION TO A TREATY made and concluded at Beren’s
River the 20th day of September, and at ‘Norway House the 24th day of September,
in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, between
Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireiand, by Her Com-
missioners, the Honourable Alexander Morris, Lieutenant-Governor of the Province
of Manitoba and the North-west Territories, and the Honourable James McKay,
of the one part, and the Salteaux and Swampy Cree Tribes of Indians, inhabitants of
the country within the limits hereinafter defined and described, by their Chiefs
_ chosen and named as hereinafter mentioned, of the other part :

We, the Band of Salteaux Indians residing at or near the Big Island and the
other islands in Lake Winnipeg, and also on the shores thereof, having had communi-
eation of the aforesaid treaty, of which a true copy is hereunto annexed, hereby,

and in consideration of the provisions of the said treaty being extended to us, trans-
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