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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.
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DOMINION OF CANADA,

PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, |

County oF Essex.
To Wit:

Personally appeared before me, Ebenezer Watson of the Town of Sarnia, in the
Province of Ontario, Indian Lands Agent, and James Clark, Chief of the said Band
of Indians. Be .

And the said Ebenezer Watson 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 Wyandotts of Anderdon 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 James Clark 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 Ebenezer Watson.

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 the Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said
meeting or council.

Sworn before me by the deponents |

Eberezer Watson and James Clark| EBENEZER WATSON.
at the Town of Windsor in the} |

County of Essex this 26th day of| JAMES CLARK.
June, A.D. 1889. J

©. R. Horne,
Judge of the County Court of the County of Essex.

Recorded 3rd October, 1889. )
Lib. 127, Fol. 620. §

L. A. CAaTELLigR, |
Dep. Registrar-General of Canada.

Wore gall

Kyow Att MEN By THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Prin-
cipal Men of the Chippewas of Sarnia resident on our reserve in the County of
Lambton, 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 those certain parcels or tracts of land
and premises situate, lying and being in the Sarnia Indian Reserve, in the County of
Lambton and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement eighteen acres and
fifty-seven one hundredths of one acre, be the same more or less, being composed of
the right of way of the Erie and Huron Railway Company through lots E. one, two,
three, four, five, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-five, twenty-six,