288 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 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 Chief Esquakappow 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 E. McColl 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 ; ae 2 : his City of Winnipeg in the Province of Manitoba, this 27th day of October A. SU Oe D., 1899. Daviw Larrp Indian Commissioner Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 18th Novr. 1899. JOHN J. McGEE Clerk of the Privy Council. Ay Recorded 12th December 1899 Lib 148 Fol 580 JosEPH Pope Dep. Registrar General of Canada. No. 427. Know ALL MeN BY THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of The Red Bank Band of Indians resident on our Reserve at Red Bank in the County of Northumberland in the Province of New Brunswick 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, Soverrian Lapy 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 Indian Point Reserve in the County of Northumberland and Province of New Brunswick containing by admeasurement be the same more or less and being composed of Lot No 13 Indian Point Reserve. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty Tue QueEN, her Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to sell the same to such person or persons, and 289 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 interests. AND WE, the said Chief*‘and Principal men of the said Red Bank 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 disposal of the moneys derived therefrom. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this Thirty first day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Ninety Nine. Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre- his 5 i baie r JOHN x TENAS Chief [L.S.] Wo. D. Carter ae JouN x DOMINICK [L.8.] mark his LEMUEL x P PAUL [L.8.] ° mark his . CHARLES x CLOUD [L.S.] mark j his JOSEPH x WARD PES] iu mark his JOSEPH x GINNISH pESe mark ; his ALBERT x J WarpD [L.S.] mark ; DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, the un- Province of New Brunswick dersigned J, Niven Police Magistrate of County of Northumberland the Town of Newcastle in the Province To Wit: of New Brunswick William D. Carter and John Tenas Chief of the said Band of Indians. AND the said William ID. Carter 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 Red Bank Reserve 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 Super- intendent General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or meeting who was not + member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said Release or Sur- render. 290 A : And the said John Tenas for himself 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 William D. Carter 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 sai- meeting or council. Sworn before me by the said Deponents William D. Carter and John Tenas at Me re D. CARTER the Town of Neweastle in the County JOHN x TENAS of Northumberland this First day of ack November A.D., 1899. J. Niven J.P. Police Magistrate in and for the said Town of Newcastle. Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 6th January 1900 ° JOHN J. McGEE> Clerk of the Privy Council. Recorded 29th January 1300 Lib: 150 Fol: 633. Josepu Popr Dep: Registrar General 0} Canada. = No. 428, TREATY No. 8, ARTICLES OF A TREATY made and concluded at the several dates mentioned therein, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, between Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, by Her Commis- sioners the Honourable David Laird, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Indian Commissioner for the said Province and the North West Territories, James Andrew Joseph McKenna, of Ottawa, Ontario, Esquire, and the Honourable James Hamilton Ross, of Regina, in the North West Territories, of the one part; and the Cree, Beaver, Chipewyan, and other Indians, inhabitants of the territory within the limits hereinafter defined and described, by their Chiefs and Headmen, hereunto subscribed, of the other part :— Wuereras, the Indians inhabiting the territory hereinafter defined have pursuant to notice given by the Honourable Superintendent General of Indian Affairs in the year 1898, been convened to meet a Commission representing Her Majesty’s Government of the Dominion of Canada at certain places in the said territory in this present year 1899, to deliberate upon certain matters of interest to Her Most Gracious Majesty, of the one part, and the said Indians of the other.