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No. 408.

Know atu Men sy Turse 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 Maniwaki Indian Reserve in the County of Ottawa and Province of
Quebee containing by admeasurement One Hundred and one and thirty three hun-
dredths acres be the same more or less and being composed of those portions of lots
numbers 32, 33 and 34, in the Gatineau Front Range of the Indian Reserve in the
Township of Maniwaki aforesaid, being composed of the northern unsold portions of
said lots south west of the property of the Reverend Oblate Fathers, and also those
southerly portions of lots 32 and 33, in the same Range southerly and easterly of the
aforesaid property belonging to Reverend Oblate Fathers, not including the road
allowance in front of said lots along the Gatineau River.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty THE QUEEN, her
Heirs 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 as to the Super-
intendent General of Indian Affairs may seem best.

AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said 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 sale of the said property and the disposal of the money
to be derived therefrom

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

seals this seventh day of January in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and ninety nine

Signed, Sealed, and Delivered in the pre- ) Louis CoMMaNDAN [L.S.]
sence of Simon OtTJIK [L.S.]
W. J. McCarrrey JoHnN McDoucan [L.S.]
Indian Agent JOSEPH MINASS [L.S.]

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PETER x TENESCO [L.S.]

mark
MICHEL CoMANDO [L.S.]
DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, William
Province of Quebec James McCaffrey Indian Agent of the
County of Ottawa Village of Maniwaki in the Province of
To Wit: Quebec 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......................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 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 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 William James McCaffrey.

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 said Deponents
at the Township of Maniwaki in the | W J McCarrrey
County of Ottawa this 13th day of Indian Agent
January A.D., 1899 Smmon OTsik

AwnastTase Roy J. P.

Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 23rd Jan. 1899.
JOHN J McGEE
Clerk of the Privy Council.

Recorded 14th February 1899
Lib: 163. Fol: 212.

P. PELLETIER
Acting Jep: Registrar General of Canada.

No. 409.

Know atu Men sy THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The Temiscamingue Band of Indians resident on our Reserve at
North Temiscamingue in the County of Pontiac in the Province of Quebec 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 Temiscamingue Reserve in the County of Pontiac and Province of
Quebec containing by admeasurement One Hundred and Fourteen Acres be the same
more or less and being composed of lots numbers one, two, three, and four in the
River Range, and lot number five in Block X. all in the aforesaid Temiscamingue
Reserve.

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