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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 the
said Agent and myself.

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 two deponents

Matthew Hill and Solomon Loft, at MATTHEW Bini;
the Town of Deseronto, in the County SOLOMON LOFT,
of Hastings, this 22nd day of May, Chief.

A.D. 1889.
E. B. FRraveck,
Judge of County of Hastings.

Recorded 25th June, 1889,
Lib. 128, Fol. 447.

L. A. CaTenuier,
Dep. Registrar-General of Canada.

No. 268.

TERRITORIES.

Number 1322.
R. 6, Folio 224.

CANADA,

CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP.
Assiniboia Land Registration District.

This is to certify that the Honourable the Superintendent-General of Indian
Affairs for the Dominion of Canada is now the owner of an estate in fee simple of
and in the north half of section number twenty-eight (28), in township number
seventeen (17), in range number twenty (20), west of the Second (2nd) Meridian, in
the Provisional District of Assiniboia, in the North-West Territories of the Dominion
of Canada, containing by admeasurement three hundred and twenty (320) acres of
land, more or less, subject to the encumbrances, liens and interests notified by memor-
ial underwritten or endorsed hereon, or which may hereafter be recorded in the
Register of Title, and to the reservations contained in the grant thereof from the
Crown.

Ix Witness Wnereor, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal
this fifteenth day of May, A.D. 1888.

GEO. A. MONTGOMERY, [L.S.]
Registrar, Assiniboia Land Registration District.

P. O. Address : Ottawa, Ont.

No. 269.

Know att Men sy THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Prin-
cipal Men of the Rat Portage Band of Indians resident on our reserve Number 38
B, near the Village of Rat Portage, in the District of Rainy River, 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 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 District of Rainy River and Province of Ontario, containing by
admeasurement two thousand nine hundred and eighty-three acres, be the same

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more or less, and being composed of that portion of the said Reserve 38 B described
as follows, that is to say : Commencing at the south-east angle of the said Reserve

iNion oso; thence north-westerly and north-easterly along the eastern boundary of
said reserve to the north-east angle of the same ; thence due west, a distance of three
hundred (300) chains along the northern boundary of said reserve; thence due south
a distance of seventy-five (75) chains to the shores of the Lake of the Woods ;_ thence
southerly, following the shores to a point on the said shore lying one hundred and
twenty (120) chains, south of the northern boundary of the said reserve; thence due
east a distance of ninety (90) chains to the shores of Indian Bay ; thence northerly
and easterly, following the said shore, to the place of beginning. Also two (2)
islands shown and coloured red on the attached plan of the said reserve, the whole ~
containing by admeasurement two thousand nine hundred and eighty-three (2,983)

acres, be the same more or less.

To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and

successors forever, in trust, to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the same to such
person or persons and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of
Ganada may deem most conducive to our welfare and that of our people.

And upon the further condition that all monies received from the sale, lease or

other disposition thereof shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of
management, be invested by Her said Majesty the Queen for the benefit and use of
Reserve No. 38 B, our

us, the Chief and members of Rat Portage

heirs and successors.
And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said Rat Portage Band, Re-

serve No. 38 B, do, on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and con-
firm, and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do, or
cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the said portion of our Reserve No. 88

B hereby released, remised and surrendered.
Tn Witness WHEREOF, we have herunto set

this sixth day of June, in t
eighty-nine.

our hands and affixed our seals

Signed, sealed and delivered| PUGOONAKEJICK, Chief, X HS.
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DoMINIon or Canapa,
Prov. oF ONTario,
District or Ramny River, {
To Wit: J

Personally appeared before me Pugoonakejick, of the Lake of the Woods, in the
Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, Chief of the said Band of Indians.

And the said Pugoonakejick for himself saith : 3

That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by a majority of the ©
male members of the said Band of Indians of the Reserve Number 38 B 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 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
Surrender.

And the said Pugoonakejick says :

That the annexed release or surrender was assented to by himself and a majority

of 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 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.

ents Pugoonakejick, Chief, if swat his
and R. J. N. Pither, Indian PUGOONAKEJIOK, x

Agent, at the Lake of the mark.
Woods, in the District of ROBERT JOHN NICHOLSON PITHER,
Rainy River, this eleventh Indian Agent.

day of June, A.D. 1889.
W. D. Lyon, S.M.

Recorded, 2nd August, 1889. l
Teh 129, Fol. 328. J

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

No. 270.

Know aut Men py THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Prin-
cipal Men of the Wyandotts of Anderdon Band of Indians resident on our reserve
in the Township of Anderdon, 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
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
Anderdon, in the County of Essex and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasure-
ment fourteen acres and eighty-six hundredths of one acre, be the same more or less,
and being composed of gore at the rear of lot number seventeen in the first conces-
sion of the aforesaid Township of Anderdon.

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 conducive
to our welfare and that of our people.

And upon the further eondition 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 annually or
semi-annually for ever.

And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Wyandotts of Anderdon
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 disposal of said parcel of land.

In Witness WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this
twenty-sixth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

eighty-nine.
Signed, sealed and delivered in] JAMES CLARK. [iS.4

the presence of \
EBENEZER WATSON.