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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 David his
& William lLaing-Meason at the]! Davin x
Town of Clinton in the County of mark
Cariboo this thirteenth day of June | Wm. Larnc-MEAson
A.D. 1892 Indian Agent

M. W. Tyrwuitt Drake
Judge of the Sup: Court B. C.
Recorded 16th August, 1892.
Lib: 134, Fol 505.
L. A. CatTEeLLieR
Dep: Registrar General of Canada.

No. 317.

Know att Men sy THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The Chippewas of Rama resident on our Reserve in the County of
Ontario 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 tleirs and
Successors forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, that certain parcel or tract of land and
premises, situate, lying and being in Lake Couchiching in the County of Ontario and
Province of Ontario containing by admeasurement One Acre be the same more or
less and being composed of That certain Island known as Thistle Island situate in
Lake Couchiching aforesaid West of Heron Island.

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 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

AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said the Chippewas of Rama
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 said Thistle Island.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our
Seals this Thirtieth day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousanad eight hundred
and Ninety Two.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre- ) J. B. NANIGISHKUNG [L.S.]
sence of JOHN KENICE [L.8.]
D. J. McPuer GILBERT WILLIAMS [L.S.]
Indian Agent JAMES B NANIGISHKUNG [L.S.]
JOSEPH KENICE [L.S.]

his
JOSEPH x SAWYER [L.S.]

: mark
E Jos. YELLOWHEAD [L.S.]
GEORGE SNAKE [L.S.]
ALDER SHILLING [L.S.]
MIcHAEL St. GERMAIN [L.S.]

JOHN WILLIAMS. [L.S.]
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DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, Duncan
Province of Ontario J. McPhee, of the Village of Atherley in
County of Ontario the Province of Ontario Indian Agent

To Wit: and Joseph B. Nanigishkung Chief of the

said Band of Indians.

And the said Dunean J. McPhee 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 Rama 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 a

member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said Release or Sur-
render.

And the said Joseph B. Nanigishkung 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 presenece of the
said Duncan J. McPhee

‘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 Dun-
can J. McPhee and Joseph B. Nani-
gishkung at the Town of Whitby in > Duncan J McPHEE
the County of Ontario this seventh day | J. B. NANIGISHKUNG
of June, A.D., 1892.

Gro. H. DartNenn
County Judge Co. Ont.

Recorded 12th August, 1892.
Lib. 134, Fol: 501.

L. A. CATELLIER

Dep: Registrar General of Canada.

No. 318.

On this Second day of the month of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-two, in the afternoon.

Before Mtre. Israel Isaie Crevier, undersigned Public Notary for the Province of
Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, therein residing in the Parish of St. Anicet, in
the district of Beauharnois.