No. 455.

Know aut Men sy trese Preseyts, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of Enochs Band of Indians resident on our Reserve, known as Stony
Plain Reserve No. 135, in Tp. 52, Ranges 25 and 26; West of the 4th Meridian in the
North West Territories 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 SovereicN Lorp Tue Kine, his Heirs and
Successors forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, that certain parcel or tract of land and
premises, situate, lying and being in the Stony Plain Indian Reserve in the Township
52, Ranges 25 & 26 North West Territories containing by admeasurement Nine
Thousand one hundred and thirteen acres, be the same more or less and being composed
of all that portion of the Stony Plain Indian Reserve, No. 135, situated in Township
52, Ranges 25 and 26, West of the 4th Meridian, lying to the North of the South limit
of a Road Allowance surveyed under instructions from the Government of the North
West Territories, by A. Driscoll D.L.S., in 1899.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto His said Majesty Tur Kine, his
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 con-
ducive to our welfare and that of our people.

AND upon the further condition 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 as to the Department of Indian Affairs may seem best in our interest.

AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said EKnochs 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 sale of the said land and disposition of the moneys aris-
ng therefrom.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals
this twentieth day of January in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
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Signed, Sez n livered, in the pre- ) his ; i
pee EP PIS | agora Jie x Chief [L-S.]
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ALEXANDER x HM. [L.S.]
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CHARLO MORIN x [L.8.]
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ALEXIS MorN [L.S.]
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WILLIAM WarRD x [L.8.]
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JAMES STONY x [L.S.]
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Four Souns x [L.S.]
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Tuomas BIGHEAD x [L.S.]
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Henry Ward [L.S.]
José [L.S.]
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ECE Wa: CHARLES PAPIN x [L.S8-]

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Witnesses to signatures— Tom SALTEAU [L.S.]
Henry A, CARRUTHERS his

Agency Clerk. BEAVERFOOT x [L.8.]

Joun Fouey mark fas
Agency Interpreter, BaPtiste SHORTLEGS x [L.S.]

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DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, James
Province of Alberta Gibbons Indian Agent of the Agency of
N. W. T. Edmonton in the Province of Alberta,
To Wit: N.W.T. and Mista Jim Chief of the Band
. of Indians.

AND the said James Gibbons 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 Edmonton Agency of the full age ot
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 its Rules.

That he was present at such meeting or council and heard such assent given.

That he was duly authorized to attend such couneil or meeting by the Super-
intendent 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 Mista Jim 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 its Rules, and held in the presence of the
said Mista Jim

That no Indian was present or voted at such council or meeting who was not a
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 the JAS GIBBONS
Town of Edmonton in the County of iis
Alberta this fourteenth day of Feb- MISTA JIM x
ruary A.D., 1902. mark

Chief of Enoch’s Band.

S Lakry
A Justice of the Peace
In and for the North West Territories
Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 1st April 1902.
JOHN J. McGEE
Clerk of the Privy Council.

Recorded 21st April 1902
Mibeeli(oy eHolid2.0:
JosEPH PoPE
Dep: Registrar General of Canada.