DoMINION OF CANADA,
NortH-wEst TERRITORIES, |
Prince ALBERT.
To Wit: |

Personally appeared before me Joseph Finlayson, of Prince Albert, in the North-
West Territories, Indian Agent at Muskeg Lake Indian Reserve, and Petequakay,
Chief of the said Band of Indians.

And the said Joseph Finlayson 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 Muskeg Lake 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 Supt.
Genl. 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 Petequakay 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 Petaquakay.

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 several]

deponents, Joseph Finlayson,
and Petaquakay, Chief, at the J. FINLAYSON,

Town of Prince Albert, in the his
County of North-West Terri- PETAQUAKAY. am
mark,

tories, this 24th day of Janu-
ary, A.D. 1888.

J. H. McGuire,
Judge of Supreme Court, North-west Territories, District of Saskatchewan.

Recorded 12th March, 1888. |
Lib. 127, Folio 161. f

L.. A. CATELLIER,
Deputy Registrar-General of Canada.

No. 250,

Kwow ALL MEN By THESE PRESENTS that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men
of the Rice Lake Band of Indians, resident on our reserve in the Township of Otonabee,
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, sur-
render, quit claim and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and
successors, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land situate, lying and be-
in the Township of Otonabee, in the County of Peterborough and Province of Ontario,
containing by admeasurement two hundred and fifteen acres, be the same more or less,
and being composed of all that part of lots six and nine in the tenth concession of the
Township of Otonabee, in the County of Peterborough, lying and being west of the
western limit of the right of way of the Cobourg and Peterborough Railway Company,
to the western limits of said lots, excepting thereout a small portion of land now occu-
pied by Robert Soper on the north-west corner of lot number six, also twenty acres
(be the same more or less) located by the late George Howard, and now in the posses-
sion of Sarah Ann Howard, his widow, being composed of a strip of land on the south
side of the west half of lot number nine, said strip of land to be six chains and thirteen
links wide.

To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and
successors, for the term of fifteen years from 1st January, 1888, 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 paid
annually or semi-annually to us and our descendants for said term.

And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Rice 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 leasing of said lands, all the pine, cedar,
hard and soft wood to be reserved for the use of the said Indians, the said Indians
to have the right to remove pine, cedar, hard and soft wood in the months of Janu-
ary, February, March and December of each and every year, during the term limited.

Ix Wirness WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this
twenty-fourth day of October, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred

and eighty-seven.

Signed, sealed and delivered in) M. G. Paupusu, [L.S8.]
the presence of if JEREMIAH CROWE, [L.S.]
Epwin Harris. WELLINGTON COoWE, [L.8.]
CHARLES ANDERSON, [L.S.]
RosertT Soper, [L.8.]
Rost. Paupusu, [L.8.]
JOSEPH LOUKES, [ia]
JAMES CROWE, [L.S.]
Davip A. McCue, [L.S.]
ANDREW ANDERSON, [L.S.]
Pau ELM, FL.S.]
DANL. Cow. [LS]
DoMINION OF CANADA, + ee
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, |

CouNTY OF PETERBOROUGH.
To Wit:

Personally apppeared before me Edwin Harris, of the village of Gore’s Landing,
in the Province of Ontario, Indian Agent, and Messang George Paudush, Chief of the

said Band of Indians. .

And the said Edwin Harris for himself saith : 7 t 2:
That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the

male members of the said Band of Indians of the Rice Lake 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.

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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 Superin-
tendent-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 Messang George Paudush 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 Edwin Harris.

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, Ed-]

win Harris and Messang George Pau-| EDWIN HARRIS,
dush, at the Town of Peterborough, in} M. G. PAUDUSH.
the County of Peterborough, this 20th|
day of January, A.D. 1888. |

D. W. DUMBLE,
Police Magistrate for the Town and County of Peterborough.

Recorded 1st March, 1888.
Lib. 127, Fol. 155.

i 2A. Catenin,
Deputy Registrar-General of Canada.

No. 251.

Know ALL MEN BY THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned Chiefs and Warriors
of the Indian Band known as the “ Chippewas of Sarnia,” in the County of Lambton
and Province of Ontario, in council assembled according to our rules and regulations,
and holden in the presence of Adam English, Esquire, our Agent, and of Ebenezer
Watson, Indian Lands Agent, in the name and on behalf of the whole Band, do hereby
surrender and release unto Her Majesty, Her successors or assigns, that certain parcel of
land in the Sarnia Reserve containing by admeasurement one quarter of an acre, be
the same more or less, being composed of a part of lot number five in range five of the
Sarnia Indian Reserve, as the same is marked out by posts duly planted at the corners
thereof and set forth in the diagram hereto annexed, made by John H. Jones, Esquire,
a Provincial Land Surveyor.

The said surrender being made in order that the said portion of land may be
leased to the Gorporation of the Township of Moore, to be used as a gravel pit, for the
term of five years from the date of such lease.

The conditions of such lease to be as follows, viz. :—
The said corporation of the Township of Moore to pay to the Superintendent

General of Indian Affairs the sum of one hundred dollars, as follows : Twenty dollars
to be paid in advance each year during the continuance of the lease, the first of such
payments to be made when the lease has been forwarded to the local Agent, and the

like sum of $20 on the 1st day of May, in each of the years 1886, 1887, 1888 and 1889,

said payments to be made through the Indian Lands Agent, at the different dates
mentioned.