24 Recorded 26th February 1891 Lib: 140, Fol. 36. L. A. CaTELuier Dep. Registrar General of Canada No. 293. Know atu Men sy THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Prin- cipal men of the Se-Shell Tribe of Indians resident on our Reserve at Tsoo-a-Hoie-oie Queen’s Reach, Deserted Bay, Jervis Inlet in the Province of British Columbia 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 forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, all the slate in or upon or under or within that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the District of New Westminster and Province of British Columbia containing by admeasurement Three hundred and four acres be the same more or less and being composed of all that portion of the J'soo-a-Hoi-oie Indian Reserve Deserted Bay Jarvis Inlet, described as follows :— Commencing at the post set up for the South Westerly corner of the Reserve on the Right bank of a Creek thence East Five chains and Thirty Links, thence North Ten chains, Thence East Twenty chains, Thence North Thirty chains, Thence East Twenty chains, Thence North Thirty chains, Thence East Forty five chains, Thence North Forty chains, to the Line marked A on the annexed sketch, West to the Shore of Deserted Bay Jarvis Inlet, Thence South Westerly following shore line to Right Bank of above mentioned Creek at its mouth Thence South Easterly following said bank of said Creek to the point of commencement, said described portion of said Reserve being coloured Red on the sketch hereto annexed. To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, 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 made thereof, shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be deposited to the credit of the Band and shall be used as may be deemed necessary for our sole benefit and advantage and for the sole benefit and advantage of our posterity AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said Se-shell Tribe do on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government made do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this Fifth day of January in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Ninety One. Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the pre- Grorce Kenmen Chief x His mark [L.S.] sence of Jutes Chief x His mark [L.8.] P. McTiernan Harry Keo Kwaznecu Chief x His Indian Agent mark [L.S.] Witness Paut Suipken Chief x His mark [L.S.] CHARLEY x His mark [L.8.] (1) Isipore x His mark [L.8.] Louris x His mark [L.S.] {ms x His mark [L.S.] Timotuy x His mark [L.S.] gobs prog cy suleyy uBIpul Jo ydaq 40K 9AiNS $3149 LED She ey \ (poonpas) kdoo ns. y oz o S$ suayg ¥! PS e6r ew 25 Lucien x His mark [L.S.] (2) IsmporE x His mark [L.S.] EUGENE x His mark [L.8.] WiLuiAM x His mark [L.S.] JOHN Baptiste x His mark [L.8.] JULES x His mark [L.8.] PauLt x His mark [L.S.] Aucuste x His mark [L.S.] IGNAcE x His mark [L.8.] DanieL x His mark [L.S.] JOHN Baptiste x His mark [L.8.] Francois x His mark [L.S.] AUGUSTE x His mark [L.8.] ANDREW x His mark [L.S.] Pau x His mark [L.S.] Farry x His mark [L.8.] GEORGE x His mark [L.S.] PieRRE x His mark [L.S.] PascaL x His mark [L.s.] JOHN Baptiste x His mark [L.8.] ANTOINE x His mark [L.S.] Louis x His mark [L.S.] Paut x His mark [L.S.] ANTHONY x His mark [L.8.] Mara x His mark [L.S.] Pau x His mark [L.8.] PETER x His mark [L.S.] ALEXIS x His mark [L.S.] ANDREW x His mark [L.S.] GEORGE x His mark [L.8.] PETER x His mark [L.8.] ANTOINE x His mark [L.S.] JOSEPH x His mark [L.8.] Louis x His mark [L.8.] ° FiorEs x His mark [L.8.] Pau x His mark [L.8.] Aucust x His mark [L.8.] THOMAS x His mark [L.S.] GEORGE x His mark [L.S.] GASPARD x His mark [L.8.] JULIEN x His mark [L.S.] JstporE x His mark ese DOMINION OF CANADA Personally appeared before me, Patrick PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA McTiernan of New Westminster the Dis- County oF WESTMINSTER trict of New Westminster in the Pro- To Wit: vince of British Columbia Indan Agent and George Kehilen Chief of the said Band of Indians. AND the said Patrick McTiernan 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 Se-Shell Tribe of the full age of twenty- one years then present. 26 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 George Kehilen 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 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 is a Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the Deponents Pat- rick McTiernan and George Kehilen at the city of Vancouver in the Province P. McTIERNAN Indian Agent. . . . . hi = of British Columbia this Seventh day GEORGE « KEHILEN of January A.D., 1891. mark Tsaac H. Honierr A Stipendiary Magistrate in and for the County of Westminster in British Columbia Recorded 28th February 1891 Lib 140, Fol 42. L. A. Carre ume Dep: Registrar General of Canada No. 294. Know Att Men sy THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Prin-