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No. 355.

Know att Men sy tTHese Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The Temiscamingue Band of Indians, resident on our Reserve in the
County of Pontiac in the Province of Quebec 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 for ten years, ALL AND SINGULAR, the mer-
chantable Timber on the Temiscamingue Reserve in the County of Pontiac aforesaid,
ceder excepted.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty Tue Qusen, her
Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to dispose of the same to such person or persons,
and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most
conducive to our welfare and that of our people.

AND upon the further condition that all moneys received from the disposal
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 in such
a manner as the Superintendent General may deem most advisable.

AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said 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 disposal of the said timber and of the proceeds derived
therefrom

IN’ WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our
seals this tenth day of July in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety four

Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre- ) WILLIAM McBripE [L.8.]

sence of Isaac McBripe [L.8.]
_| THomas McBripe [L.8.]
The same having first been read over | TANIS STENGER [L.S.]
by me to the said JOHN McBrIDE [L.S.]
who appeared to un- { JEAN MAJINKIJIK [L.S.]
derstand the same and made his mark his
thereto in my presence. JOHN x WABIKIJIK [L.S.]
. mark
his
Ancus McBrwe. JEAN Baptist x MASIKIJIK [L.S.]
\ mark
mama his
Ae JOSEPH x QUAQUANE [L.S.]
mark
his
CyriL x WETTAWESIRES ; [L.8.]
mark
his
JOHN x MASINIKIJIK [L.s.]
mark
his
JOHN x SIMPSON [L.S.]
mark
his :
ALIx x SIMPSON [L.8.]
mark
his
MICHEL x WETTAWESIRES [L.8.]

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DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, Angus
PROVINCE OF QUEBEC McBride of Indian Reserve of Lake Te-
County OF PONTIAC miscamingue in the Province of Quebec,

To Wit: in the Dominion of Canada and Angus
Wabegijig Chief of the said Band of In-
+ dians, of same place,

AND the said Angus McBride 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 Temiscamingue 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 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 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 Angus Wabegijig says:

That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by him 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

That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not a
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 Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said

meeting or council.

Sworn before me by the said Deponents
Angus McBride and Angus Wabegijig
at the Township of Duhamel in the

County of Pontiae this Eleventh day
of July A.D., 1894

J.T. St. JuLien
Stipendiary Magistrate for the
Districts of Ottawa, Terrebonne & Pontiac

AnGcus McBripe
ANGUS WABEGIJIG

Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 25th Aug 1894

JOHN J. McGEE
Clerk of the Privy Council

Recorded 20th October, 1894
Lib: 139. Fobdl: 587
L. A. CaTELLIER

Dep. Registrar General of Canada