DoMINION OF CANADA, 1}
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO, |
County oF Huntinepon. §
To Wit: J
Personally appeared before me, George Long, Agent of the said Tribe ; Hon.
Thomas White, Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, of Ottawa, in the County
of Carleton, in the Province of Ontario ; and Alexander Thompson, Chief of the
said Band of Indians.
And the said Hon. Thomas White 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 Tribe Iroquois, of St. Regis, 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 Alexander Thompson for the said Tribe 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 Baha 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.

Sworn before me by the deponents,) THOS. WHITE,
at the Village of St. Regis, in the his
County of Huntingdon, this 16th ALEXANDER = THOMPSON.
day of February, A.D. 1888. J mark.
G. Lona,
Agent.

Recorded 28th March, 1888.
Lib. 117, Folio 469.

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

IN'o. 253.

Know ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal
Men of the Iroquois of St. Regis Indians, resident on our reserve in the County
of Huntingdon, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, for and acting
on behalf of the whole people of 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 River St. Lawrence, in the County
of , and Province of , containing by
admeasurement sixty acres, be the same more or less, and being composed of that
certain island in the River St. Lawrence aforesaid known by the name of Jacobs

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Island, and situate nearly opposite to the Village of Summerstown, and south of the
flat island long known as Summers Island.

To have and to hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and
successors forever, 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 lease thereof
shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be paid
to the Band.

And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the Troquois of St. Regis
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 disposal of said island.

In Wrirness WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this
sixteenth day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and

eighty-eight.

Signed, sealed and delivered in his
the presence of: MIcHEL x BENEDICT, [L.S.]
W. J. WHITE, gh e
Ropert Barr. ALEXANDER x THOMPSON, [L.8.]
mark.
his
THOMAS x Lazar, [L.8.]
mark.
his
PETER x LONGPOINT, [L.8.]
mark. ‘
his
PETER x COLWELL. Wiesel
mark.

DomINIoN oF CANaDA, |
PROVINCE OF QUEBEC, |
County oF HUNTINGDON.
To Wit: |

Personally appeared before me, George Long, of St. Regis aforesaid, Indian
Agent; the Hon. Thomas White, Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, of
Ottawa, in the County of Carleton, in the Province of Ontario; and Alexander
Thompson, Chief of the said Band of Indians.

And the said Hon. Thomas White 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 Troquois Tribe of St. Regis 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 eouncil 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 Alexander Thompson for the said Band 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 |
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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 at THOS. WHITH,
the village of St. Regis, in the his
County of Huntingdon, this 16th{ — ALEXANDER x THOMPSON.
day of February, A.D. 1888. mar
G. Lone, !
Agent. ’

Recorded 9th April, 1888.
Lib. 94, Fol. 206.

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

No. 254.

Tus IxpenTURE, made the fifth day of November, in the year of Our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, between Hiram A. C. Spinney, of Boston,
in the State Massachusetts, United States of America, Yeoman, and Ann Spinney,
his wife, and George Willett, of Yarmouth, in the County of Yarmouth, in the Pro-
vince of Nova Scotia and Dominion of Canada, Yeoman, of the one part, and Her
Majesty the Queen, represented in this behalf by the Honourable Thomas White, Her
Majesty’s Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs for the Dominion Canada, of the
other part.

Witnesseth, that the said Hiram A. C. Spinney and Ann Spinney, his wife, and
George Willett, for and in consideration of the sum of'two hundred dollars of lawful
money of Canada to them in hand well and truly paid by. Her said Majesty the
Queen, represented as aforesaid, at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents,
the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have and each of them hath surrendered,

and bounded and described as follows, viz. :—
Beginning on the eastern side of the said Starr’s Road, at a stone bound and a

hacmatack square post marked “I.R.” at the south-western corner bound of land
now or formerly of the estate of Joseph B. Bond, deceased ; thence running north
twenty-four degrees and forty-five minutes, west by said Starr’s Road seven chains
and fifty links to.a stone bound and a hacmatack squarred post marked “I.R.” at the
south-eastern corner bound of land of Benjamin F. Rogers ; thence north sixty-three
degrees seven minutes and thirty seconds, east by said land of said Benjamin F. Rogers
and land of Joseph J. Brown twenty-eight chains and twenty-five links to a stone
bound and a spruce squared post marked “1.R.” on the western line of land belong-
ing now or formerly to the estate of the late Israel Lovitt, Jr.; thence south twenty-
four degrees forty-five minutes, east in company with said line of said Lovitt’s land
and by the western line of James Lambert’s land, seven chains and fifty links, to a
stone bound and squared spruce post marked “I.R.” on the north-western corner of
the said land now or formerly of the estate of the late Joseph B. Bond, deceased ;
thence south sixty-three degrees seven minutes and thirty seconds, west by said
Bond’s land twenty-eight chains and twenty-five links to said Starr’s Road and the
place of beginning. Being the lands and premises marked “ Indian Reserve ” on the
plan herewith, and to which reference is here made for a further description of the
location and boundaries of said lot. Excepting and reserving to James Lambert, his