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No. 395.

Know atu Men sy THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The River Desert Band of Indians resident on our Reserve in the
Township of Maniwaki in the County of Ottawa in the Province of Quebee 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, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being
in the Township of Maniwaki in the County of Ottawa and Province of Quebec con-
taining by admeasurement Sixty Acres be the same more or less and being composed’
of Lot Number Fourteen in the Seventh Range of the said Township of Maniwaki

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

AND upon the further condition that all moneys received from the leasing thereot,
shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed t:
our credit

AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said River Desert 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 leasing of the said land and disposition of the
said money

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our
seals this fourth day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-eight.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre- |

sence of Louris COMMANDAN [L.S.]
W. J. McCarrrey [ons McDoucau [L.S.]
Indian Agent

DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, William
PROVINCE OF QUEBEC |: ames McCaffrey Indian Agent of the
County OF OTTAWA Village of Maniwaki in the Province of
To Wit: | Qustec and Simon Otjik Chief of the

said Band of Indians.

AND the said William James McCaffrey 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 Maniwaki Reserve 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 Simon Otjik says:

That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by him and a majority o7
the male members of the said Band of Indians of the full age of twenty-one years
then present.

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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 th:
said William James McCaffrey.

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 Deponents
at the | W. J. McCarrrey
Township of Maniwaki in the County Indian Agent
of Otawa this Twenty eighth day of | Srmon Orsik
June A.D., 1898. |
J. T. Sr. Juien
District Magistrate for the Districts of Ottawa Terrebonne
and Pontiac

Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 7th July 1898.
JOHN J. McGEE
Clerk of the Privy Council.

Recorded 23rd July 1898.
Liber 150 Folio 354.
P. PrLLetinr
Acting Dep Registrar General of Canada.

No. 396.

Know aut Men sy tTHEse Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The River Desert Band of Indians resident on our Reserve in the
Township of Maniwaki in the County of Ottawa in the Province of Quebee 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, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and
being in the Township of Maniwaki in the County of Ottawa and Province of Quebec
containing by admeasurement thirty-eight acres be the same more or less and being
composed of Lot Number Eleven, Road Range East, bounded on the West by the
Ottawa Road, on the East by Gatineau Front Range, on the South by the Road
Allowance between the said Lot Number Eleven and Lot Number Ten, and on the
North by Lot Number Twelve.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty Tur Queen, her
Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to lease 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 leasing thereof,
shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be placed to
our credit

AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said River Desert Band of
Indians do on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and