AND the said James Gibbons 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 Michel’s Band 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 its 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 Michel Callihoo 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 its Rules, and held in the presence of the
said James Gibbons :

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 JAS GIBBONS
James Gibbons and Michel Callihoo a Indian Agent
the Town of Edmonton in the District ieatone his i
of Alberta this 18th day of ee | MICHEL x CALLIHOO Chief
AD., 1908. mere
S Lakry

A Justice of Peace
in and for the N. W. T.

Recorded 28th October 1903
Lib 176 Fol 233
P. Pe_Letrirr
Acting Dep: Registrar General of Canada.

No. 478.

Know atin Men sy rHEse Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The Chippewas of Sarnia Band of Indians resident on our Reserve
at Sarnia in the County of Lambton in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of
Canada, for and acting on behalf of the whole people of our said Band in Council
assembled, Do hereby re'erse, remise, surrender, quit claim and yield up unto Ovr
SoverEIGN Lorp THe Kina, his Heirs and Successors forever, ALL AND SINGULAR,
that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the
Sarnia Indian Reserve in the County of Lambton and Province of Ontario containing
by admeasurement one hundred & Seventy-two & eighty-eight hundredths acres be the
same more or less and being composed of River Lots Thirty-five, Thirty-six, Thirty-
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seven, Thirty-eight, Thirty-nine. Forty and Forty-one, and the portions of land in
front thereof to the water’s edge, reserving thereout the Right of Way of the Erie and
tluron Railway.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto His said Majesty THe Kine, his
Tleirs and Successors forever, in trust to sell the same to such person or persons, and
upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem most con-
ducive to 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 to
our credit and the Interest thereon paid to us and our descendants annually or semi-
annually, as to the department of Indian Affairs may seem best in our interest.

AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said Chippewas of Sarnia
3and of Indians do on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and con-
. firm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or
cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the sale of the said land and the dis-
position of the moneys arising therefrom.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals
this day of in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred
and three.

Vote taken Sept. 20th at Sarnia, and Oct Ist at Kettle Pt.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre- ) Cimer F. W. Jacoss. [L.S.]
sence of Surron SHAWKENS [L.S.]
A. ENGLISH ELigAH MANASS [L.S.]
Francis W. JAcoss GEORGE OLIVER [L.S.]
Levi PLaIn [L.$.]
Perer Ropp [L.$.]
JAMES WILLIAMS [L.S.]
WESLEY NAHMABIN [L.S.]
Peter NAwaNnG [L.S.]
Joun J. MILirken [L.8.]
JAMES MENASS JR [L-S.]
CoRNELIUS SHAWANOO [L.S.j
JEFFERY BrIssert JR {LS8.]
his

THOMAS GEORGE x ~ [L.S.]

mark
JAMES JOHNSTON [L.8.]
DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, Adam
Province of Ontario English of the Town of Sarnia in the
County of Lambton Province of Ontario, Indian Agent and
To Wit: Francis Wilson Jacobs Chief of the said

} Band of Indians.

AND the said Adam English 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 Chippewas of Sarnia 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 its 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 Francis Wilson Jacobs 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 its 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 cf the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said
meeting or council.

Sworn before me by the said Adam Eng- A. ENGLISH
lish and Francis Wilson Jacobs De-
ponents aforesaid at the Town of Sarnia

in the County of Lambton this 6th day FRANCIS W. JACOBS
of October A.D., 1903 (Head Chief)
W. J Hanna
A Notary Public in and for the
Province of Ontario.
Sworn before me at the town of Sarnia,
this 14th day of October, 1903. é
H. Gorman, J.P.

Indian Agent

Recorded 10th November 1903
libs di: Kolio 18s: y
JosppH Pope
Dep. Registrar General of Canada.

No. 479.

wow att Men sy vtuese Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The Chippewas of Sarnia Band of Indians resident on our Reserve
at Sarnia in the County of Lambton in the Province of Ontario 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
SovereicN Lorp Tap Kine, his Heirs and Successors forever, ALL AND SINGULAR,
that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the
Sarnia Indian Reserve in the County of Lambton and Province of Ontario containing
by admeasurement be the same more or less and being composed
of lands hereinafter described and subject to the conditions hereto attached and signed
by A. English, Indian Agent, Francis W. Jacobs, Chief, and W. Wawanosh, Inter-
preter,
istly—The whole of Lots Numbers Forty-two (42), Forty-three (43), and Forty-four
(44), together with the water lots in front thereof, in the Front Range of lands in the
said Sarnia Indian Reserve;
Qndly. Parts of Lots “A” and Eleven (11) in the Fifth Range of lands in the said