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Know aut Men spy THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of the Band of Ka-Kee-Wistahaw No. 72 in Treaty No. 4, resident on
our Reserve No. 72 in Treaty No. 4, in the Provisional District of Assiniboia, in the
North West Territories and Dominion of Canada, for and acting on behalf of the
whole people of our said Band in Council assembled, Do hereby release, remise, surren-
der, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady The Queen, her Heirs and
Successors forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, those certain parcels or tracts of land and
premises, situate, lying and being in the said Reserve No. 72 in said Treaty No. 4 in
the said Provisional District of Assiniboia, containng by admeasurement One hundred
and forty four acres be the same more or less and being composed of—

First—A Road allowance 66 feet in width running from a point on the northern
boundary of said Reserve No. 72 in said Treaty No. 4, immediately south of the
agency, thence in a southerly direction through said Reserve to connect with a road
running northward from Broadview, a distance of about seven miles.

Second—A Road allowance 66 feet in width through said Indian Reserve No.
72, in said Treaty No. 4, from a point on the Qu’Appelle River on or near Section
20 Township 18, Range 4, West of the 2nd Initial Meridian and thence southerly to
eonnect with a road running northerly from Broadview a distance of about eleven
miles

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty The Queen, her
Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to be used for public highways, 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 WE, the said.Chief and Principal men of the said Band of Kakeewistahaw
No. 72 in Treaty No. 4 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 said Road allowances.

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

seals this Nineteenth day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hun-
dred and ninety.

Signed, sealed and delivered in the pre-) __ Es isha)
sence of Kan KEE wista HAw. x Chief [L.8.]
A. McDonaup ee mark
Indian Agent WAH SAH-CASE x Hl, M. [L.8.]
mark
his
Say Say Sew x H. M. fL.S.J
mark
his :
Lovuison x H. M. [L.S.]
mark
his
FRANCIS x [L.S.]
mark

This is the document sworn to before me by Allen McDonald the 5th day of
August A.D. 1890 and averred to be true by Kakeewistahaw

K. L. WETMORE

Sfaatehy (Of
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DOMINION OF CANADA Personally appeared before me, Allen
PROVISIONAL DISTRICT McDonald Indian Agent of the Crooked
oF ASSINIBOIA Lakes Agency in the Provisional District
To Wit: | of Assiniboia and Kakewistahaw Chief of
the said Band of Indians.

AND the said Allen McDonald Indian Agent 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 said Reserve No. 72 in Treaty No. 4 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 Kahkewistahaw Chief of the said Band No. 72 in Treaty No. 4 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 Allen McDonald Indian Agent and the said Kakewistahaw.

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 Kakewistahaw is Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote

at the said meeting or council.
Sworn before me by the Deponents Al- aw. OMonoeien

len MeDonald at the Village of Gren- his
fell in the District of Assiniboia this ( KaxpewistaHaw x
Fifth day of August A.D., 1890. mark

E. L. Wetmore
A Judge of the Supreme Court of the
North West Territories
And I certify that the above named Kakeewistahaw the above named Indian
Chief personally came before me at the same time and place and that I read over and
explained to him that part of the aforegoing document containing the statements
alleged to be made by him therein that such reading over and explaining was done
through the Interpreter John Sinclair and in the presence of the above named Allen
McDonald that the said Kakeewistahaw seemed perfectly to understand the same and
made his mark hereto in my presence and averred that his statement was true
As he is a Pagan Indian I had no means cr method of administering any oath to

him in this matter that I am aware of.

E. L. WETMORE
foe C.

Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 7 March 1893
JOHN J. McGEE
Clerk of the Privy Council .
Recorded 29th March 1893 Lib 135 Fol. 537. :
L. A. CATELLIER
Dep. Registrar General of Canada