231 DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF CANADA, REGISTRAR’S BRANCH, Orrawa, 26th August, 1868. I hereby certify the within to be a true and faithful copy of the record of the origi- nal surrender as entered in Lib. C.S., Folio 201. HECTOR L. LANGEVIN, Secretary of State and Registrar General of Canada. No. 91 (C.) We, the undersigned Chief and members of the Thessalon River Band of Indians, acting for and on behalf of our whole band, do hereby surrender and yield up to Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, in trust, the whole of the land reserved for us under the Treaty of 1850, on the following conditions :— 1. The land now surrendered to be sold for our benefit and the interest accruing from the invested proceeds of such sales to be annually distributed among us. 9. The sum of five hundred dollars to be divided among us upon the acceptance of this surrender by His Excellency the Governor General in Council. 3. We agree to remove to the reserve at Garden River, where each of our families as at present constituted is to receive a lot of forty acres. For each such lot a writing will be given securing the right of occupation to the individual. 4. Such as desire it to have the privilege of purchase each a lot of eighty acres of the tract now surrendered at the upset price and on the terms laid down by the Govern- ment. 5. Such as have made improvements on our reserve at Thessalon River to receive the value of our improvements as appraised by a competent surveyor. 6. The acceptance of this surrender by His Excellency the Governor General in Council to be the final ratification of this treaty. In ToKkEN WHEREOF, we have hereto set our names and marks after the treaty had been duly read over and explained to us at Bruce Mines, this eleventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine. Witnesses to the signatures: : AHYAKWAHKWAHMIG (totem), KEZHEGUT (totem), R. T. PENNEFATHER, AHZHAHWEGEZHIG, (totem), Superintendent General. JOSEPH x BABAHMESAY, GEO. [RONSIDE, , x PENASHE, S. I. Affairs. x NAYAHNAHGWUD Ropert Law OaILvy, X JAHCHEGWA, F. Assrxinack, I. D. x AHSSINAHBIKOKWA, x NEBENAGEZHEGOKWA, x NAHAHGAHMEEKWA, x KKWAWISH, x PEJEWEKWA, x ODAHYAUNDAUBEKWA, x WANOOGEZHIG, x AHSHAUGASHEE, x NAHMAWISHKISH. 29th July, 1859. Original surrender returned to the Ex. Council Office. WM. KENT. Recorded 28th July, 1859. WM. KENT, Deputy Registrar. 232 _— — - - — eee DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF CANADA, Reaisrrar’s BRaANcH, Orrawa, 26th August, 1868. [ hereby certify the within to be a true and faithful copy of the record of the origi- nal surrender as entered in Lib. C. 8S., Folio 208. ' HECTOR L. LANGEVIN, Secretary of State and Registrar-General of Canada. No. 92. To all to whom these may concern: Be it known that we, the Chiefs and Principal Men of the Chippewa Indian Tribe residing at and resorting to Fort William, do hereby, on otrr own behalf and that of our people and their posterity, surrender to Our Gracious Mother the Queen of Eng- land, Her heirs and successors, all and singular that portion of our reserve on the Kam- inistagua River, on the north shore of Lake Superior, about two miles up the stream from Fort William, commencing on the south bank of the said’ River Kaministagua, at the line recently laid out by Mr.. Herrick as dividing lots ten and eleven, shown by the «nnexed plan; thence following said river north-westward against the current to the north-western boundary of our said reserve; thence following the outlines of said reserve to a small lake situate on its south side to a point produced by the line already mentioned as dividing lots ten and eleven, and thence following said line to the place of beginning, containing a superficial area of about five thousand acres of land, be the same more or less. To have and to hold the said parcel of land and premises, with all its appurtenances, unto Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors forever; for the purpose of being forthwith surveyed and sold for our use and benefit. And we further agree that the proceeds from the sale of the said land may be invested in good securities, in order that the interest arising therefrom may be paid to us and our posterity annually forever. We make this surrender freely and deliberately, after a full consultation with all those who have a common interest with ourselves, and subject to no conditions what- ever, excepting the payments already named when the land shall be sold, and also a copy of this instrument and the annexed plan of survey, so soon as our Father the Gov- ernor General shall or will approve the same. In Testimony Whereof, we hereunto affix our totems and marks at Fort William the fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and tifty-nine. Signed, sealed and delivered in open WILLIAM TULEISHGOGIZIKWEEHGONG, Christian Chief. pis] council, in presence of : S:- Y. CaAESLey, Iosjo NANEBOW, xX Asst. Supt. Genl. Indn. Dept., Pagan Chief, [L.$] Gro, JOHNSTONE, SHEBAGHEEZIK, X Interpreter, Christian Chief, [L.8.] Joux McIntyre, JOHN ILLOINOI, x H. B. G. Services. Christian Chief, [L.8.] James DIcK, TouncauP, X 7 [L.S.] Master Steamer “ Rescue.” JOSEPH FAIGNEENT, X [L.8.] JNo. W. Kers, J. BT. COWCOWKANCE, X [L.8.] Northern Express Capt., ANDRE AKBIE, X [L.8.] JOHN EUNSON, Lour SHAWANEBENANCE, X [L.8] Mt. C.-#. JOE SHEBAGHEEZICK, X [L.S.] W. H. Epsonps. METASUKANESKUNG, X [L.8.] SHAWANEBENANCE, X [L.8.] Davip MICHIKIBINAISE, X [L.S.] SAUL NI-SO-BI, [L.8.] J. Br. KEALOSSEAN, X [L.8.] SoLOMON, X [L.8.] A t