281 ————— oe And we hereby, on oath certify before me, the Honorable John W. Weldon, Judge of Her Majesty’s Court of the Supreme Court for the Province of New- Brunswick and Dominion of Canada aforesaid, that the above release or surrender “was assented to and executed by the Chief and principal members of the band of Indians above mentioned, assembled at a meeting of such band or tribe summoned for that purpose, and who were entitled to vote thereat. Sworn before me at Buctouche in = 5 5 1s the Province of New Brunswick DOMINIQUE x BERNARD. this 26th day of September, in the ee year of Our Lord one thousand Franois E. W. Pou.tot, eight hundred and seventy. Dy. Supt. for the Indians of Buctouche. J. W. WELDON. Judge of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick aforesaid. DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF CANADA, Recistrar’s BrANcu, Orrawa, 19th September, 1871. I hereby certify that this surrender anid the drawing attached thereto have this day been duly entered on the records of this Department, in Lib. S. (Surren- ders to the Crown), folio 43. og. 6, ALKINS, Secretary of State and Registrar-General of Canada. Recorded 19th September, 1871. | Lib. S., folio 43. J. C. AIKINS, Secretary of State and Registrar-General of Canada. No. 128. Kyow att Men sy THESE Presents that we, the undersigned Chiefs and Prin- cipal Men of the Micmac Band, owning the Buctouche Indian Reserve, for and acting on behalf of our people, do hereby remise, release, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors for ever, all and singular those certain parcels of land forming a portion of the said Buctouche Indian Reserve and situated in the Province of New Brunswick, in the Dominion of Canada, and known and described as follows, anid as laid down on the annexed traced plan of the same : From a maple stump GNe 187. 157 WW.) te a stake being the upper line of Oliver White, Samuel White and Oliver White’s land; from that stake (N. 91° 45’ E.) to the line of Dominique Robicheau’s land, as shown on the plan attached to the first surrender; from thence to the Big Buctouche River (N. 16° 30’ W.) and bounded by the land granted to Domini- que Robicheau; from thence to the starting point, bounded by Big Buctouche River, including all the Indian land in the Buctouche Reserve, excepting the piece occupied by us at the present time, as shown on a special plan annexed to the present surrender. MecMillan’s lot and every other lot is included in ‘the surrender. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and sue- | eessors for ever, all and singular those certain parcels or tracts of land as above described, in trust, to sell and convey the same to such person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the said Dominion of Canada shall or may \leem most conducive to the interest 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 from the sale thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expense of manage- | ment, be placed at interest, and that the interest money so accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants in all time to come forever. And we, the said Chiefs anid Principal Men of the band afore- said do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm and promise to ratify and confirm whatever the Government of this Dominion of Canada may do or cause to be lawfully done in connection with the disposal and sale of the said Jands. 282 Ix Wrexess Wuereor we. the said Chiefs and Principal Men, have set our hands and have affixed our seals unto this instrument at Buctouche, County of Kent, in the said Province of New Brunswick and Dominion of Canada aforesaid, this 24th day of — April, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred seventy-one. Signed, sealed and delivered in his ae ; DoMINIQUE x Bernarp, Indn. Chief, [L.8.] the presence of: j mari : F. E. W. Poutior. his Peter x Grimes, Depy. Sub Chief, [L.8.] mark his GREOIRE x BIGUEL, Captain. [L.8.] mark : And we hereby on oath certify before Blin Botsford, Judge of Her Majesty’s County Court for the County of Kent, Province of New Brunswick and Dominion of Canada, aforesaid, that the above release or surrender was assented to and executed by the Chiefs and principal members of the band of Indians above men- tioned, assembled at a meeting of such band or tribe summoned for that purpose, and who were entitled to vote thereat. Sworn before me at Buctouche, his : in the Province of New Dominique x Burnarp, Chief. Brunswick, this fourth day or eae eo e a ‘ 1S of May in the year of Our Peter x Grimes, Depy. Act. Chief. Lord one thousand eight mails hundred and seventy-one. | F. E. W. Povuuiot, Depy. Indian Supt. B. Borsrorp, Judge of the County Court aforesaid. DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF CANADA, REGISTRAR’S BRANCH, Ortawa 19th September, 1871. I hereby certify that this surrender and the drawings attached thereto have this day been duly entered on the records of this Department in Lib. S. (Surrenders to the Crown), fol. 45. J. CO. AIKINS, Secretary of State and Registrar-General of Canada. No. 124. ARTICLES OF A TREATY malde and concluded this third day of August, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, between Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland by Her Commissioner, Wemyss M. Simpson, Esquire, of the one part, and the Chippewa 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 otl-er part. Whereas all the Indians inhabiting the said country have pursuant to an appoint- ment made by the said Commissioner, been convened at a meeting at the Stone Fort, otherwise called Lower Fort Garry, to deliberate upon certain matters of interest to Her Most Gracious Majesty, of the one part, and to the said Indians of the other, and whereas the said Indians have been notified and informed by Her Majesty’s said Com- missioner that it is the desire of Her Majesty to open up to settlement and immi- gration a tract of country bounded and described as hereinafter mentioned, and to obtain the consent thereto of her Indian subjects inhabiting the said tract, and to make a treaty and arrangements with them so that there may be peace and good will between them and Her Majesty, and that they may know and be assured of what allowance they are to count upon and receive year by year from Her Majesty’s bounty and benevolence. And whereas the Indians of the said tract, duly convened in council as aforesaid, and being requested by Her Majesty’s said Commissioner to name certain Chiefs and Headmen who should be authorized on their behalf to conduct such negotiations