No. 489. AGREEMENT between Counsel on behalf of the Dominion and Ontario inter- vening parties upon the Appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Ontario Mining Company vs. Seybold et al AS to all Treaty Indian Reserves in Ontario (including those in the territory covered by the North West Angle Treaty which are or shall be duly established pur- suant to the Statutory Agreement of One thousand eight hnudred and ninety four) and which have been or shall be duly surrendered by the Indians to sell or lease for their benefit Ontario agrees to confirm the titles heretofore made by the Dominion and that the Dominion shall have full power and authority to sell or lease and convey title in fee simple or for any less estate. THE Dominion agrees to hold the proceeds of such lands when or so far as they have been converted into money upon the extinction ,of the Indian interest therein subject to such rights of Ontario thereto as may exist by law. AS to the Reserves in the Territory covered by the North West Angle Treaty which may be duly established as aforesaid Ontario agrees that the precious metals shall be considered to form part of the Reserves and may be disposed of by the Dominion for the benefit of the Indians to the same extent and subject to the same undertaking as to the proceeds as heretofore agreed with regard to the lands in such Reserves. THE question as to whether other reserves in Ontario include the precious metals to depend upon the instruments and circumstances and law affecting each case respectively. NOTHING is hereby conceded by either party with regard to the constitutional or legal rights of the Dominion or Ontario as to the sale or title to Indian Reserves or precious metals or as to any of the contentions submitted by the cases of either Gov- ernment herein but it is intended that as a matter of policy and convenience the Reserves may be administered as hereinbefore agreed. NOTHING herein contained shall be construed as binding Ontario to confirm the titles heretofore made by the Dominion to portions of Reserve 38 B already granted by Ontario as appearing on the proceedings. Dated the 7th July 1902. E. L. NEWCOMBE for the Dominion EDWARD BLAKE for Onto No. 460. Know att Men sy THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of The Eagle Lake Band of Indians resident on our Reserve on Eagle Lake in the District of Thunder Bay 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 SoverEIGN Lorp THE Kina, his Heirs and Successors forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, the merchantable pine tamarac and cedar on the Eagle Lake Indian Reserve being No. 27, under Treaty No. 3. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto His said Majesty THe Kine, his 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 of the timber, 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 Superintendent General of Indian Affairs may seem best in our interest (oh) Si =I AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said Eagle Lake 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 timber and the disposition of the money arising therefrom. IN WITNESS WHEREOFPF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this 17th day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and Two Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre- gi his sence of IXAKEEWAYCABOWETUNG x [L.S.] L. J. ArTHUR LEVEQUE Conn wae Inspector of Ind Agencies ee NAIBAISHE x eee mark his OKEEMANKEBJICK x [L.S.] mark f his OKEEMAHKEEJICK x [L.S.] 4 mark his } sAPATASSIN x [L.S.] f mark t his {Doonmasu x [L.S.] § mark his »ALATCHEYACINIGA x [L.8.] . malik : his {Puvace x [L.S.] i mark x his 2 CLEAR SKY x [L.S.] mark his WAWAYANCE x [L.S.] mark DOMINION. OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, LL J Province of Ontario Arthur Leveque of the Town of Rat District of Rainy River Portage in the Province of Ontario and To Wit: Kakeewayeabouching Chief of the said Band of Indians (Eagle Lake) AND the said L J Arthur Leveque 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 Eagle Lake 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. 358 And the said Kakeewaycabewetung 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 of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the Deponents at the L. J. ARTHUR LEVEQUE Town of Rat Portage in the District his of Rainy River this 17th day of Octo- KAKEEWAYCABEWETUNG x ber A.D., 1902 mark JAMES Ropinson ; Police Magistrate in & for Town of Rat Portage. Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 31st Octr. 1902. JOHN J. McGEE Clerk of the Privy Council Recorded 29th November 1902 Lib 176 Fol. 131 JosEPH Porr Dep. Registrar General of Canada ~No. 461. Kyow att Men sy tHese Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of The Hurons of Lorette Band of Indians resident on our Reserve at Lorette in the County of Quebec 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 Lorp Tur Kina, his Heirs and Successors forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the Lorette Indian Reserve in the County of Quebee and Province of Quebee containing by ad- measurement seventy-one, one hundredths of an arpent be the same more or less and being composed of the Right of Way for a road along the Easterly boundary of the Lorette Indian Reserve, in the County and Province aforesaid, being a strip of land along the said boundary 18 feet (French) wide, Commencing at the South East angle of the said Reserve, thence North 35° W. two arpents and 175 feet; thence N. 46° 30’ E. 92 feet; thence N. 27° 34’ W. 3 arpents and 113 feet to the N.E. angle of the said Reserve, Containing an atea of “400 of an arpent of land TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto His said Majesty Tue Kine, his Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to be granted for Road purposes 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.