HMXK NO/LVIO7 LAY SYD ODZP ° “SAUSSSAY NVIGNI YSAIY N3GHYO NIVLNAOW JBIGYVW Suimoug eS SYD IO GE YLAL 209 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 above depon-| A. ENGLISH, ents at the Town of Sarnia, in the| Indian Agent, Sarma. County of Lambton, this 16th day of { WILSON JACOBS, July, A.D. 1885. j Head Chief. CHARLES ROBINSON, Judge, County Court, Co. of Lambton, - Sworn before by the within named de- ponents this 17th day of December, 1885. CHARLES ROBINSON, Judae, County Lambton. - No. 248. Kyow att MEN By THESE Presents, that we, the undersigned Chief and Principal Men of the Garden River Indians resident on our reserve in the District otf Algoma, 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 heirs and successors for ever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the Garden River Indian Reserve, in the District of Algoma and Province of Ontario aforesaid, containing by admeasurement one hundred acres, be the same more or less, more fully described as follows : Com- mencing where a cairn of stones has been erected around a certain cedar post placed there by Joseph Cozens, Provincial Land Surveyor, as a point of departure, the said point having been established from actual survey from the south-west corner of Loca- tion XXII H. of said Garden River Reserve surrendered ; thence from said cairn ot stones west astronomically a distance of twenty-five chains to a cedar post; thenve north at right angles thirty chains ; thence east at right angles thirty-three chains and thirty-three and one-third links ; thence south at right angles thirty chains ; thence west at right angles eight chains and thirty-three and one-third links to the place of beginning at said cairn of stones, as per tracing of said land hereto annexed. Also a right of way from the said parcel of land across the Garden River Indian Reserve to the St. Mary’s River, and sufficient water frontage on said river for the pur- pose of erecting wharves, docks, We., in connection with export of marble from the above described parcel of land. To have and to hold the same to Her said Majesty the Queen, Her heirs and successors for ever, 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 at interest, and that the interest money accruing from such investment shall be paid annually or semi-annually to us and our descend- ants for ever. And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said The Garden River 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 the said parcel or tract of, land. » In Wrrvess Wuereor, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this twenty-seventh day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven. Signed, sealed and delivered in the} PEQUETCHENENE, x LES.) presence of fs JOHN AUGUSTIN, x [L.S.] Moses McFAppEN. | JARVIS AUGUSTIN, x (iS. 210 PETER BELL, x [8.}- Jor LESAGE, x {L.s.] Wo. CaBAIOSA, x [L.8.] GEO. CABAIOSA, x [L.S.] THEO. BoIstNAULT, x yD CHARLES BELLEAU, x [L.S.] JOHN LESAGE, x [L.8.] JOHN WEGWASS, x st : JOHN BELL, x PS. | JOE ‘LESAGE, Junr., x [L.S.] FELIX PERRAULT, x [L.8.] FRANK CLARK, x rL.s.] Prerer LESAGE, x . [L.S.] GEORGE JONES, xX [L.8.] Hiya BELLEAU, x esa J. WENKISNAH, X [L.8.] FRANCOIS BOISENEAULT, x LLS. J JoE BELLEAU, x PAR AMBROSE BOISENEAULT, xX [L.8.] Wa. 3.) ONE) ox [L.S.] WILLIAM JONES, x [L.8.] Wm. PEQUETCHENENE, X iS. Tuos. AUGUSTIN, x [L.8.] ALEX. WAHBONALASUS, X [L.8.] DoMINION OF CANADA, Prov. OF ONTARIO, District oF ALGOMA. Personally appeared before me William Van Abbott, of the Town of Sault Ste. Marie, District of Algoma, in the Province of Ontario, Indian Land Agent, and Pequetchennene and John Augustin, Principal Men of the said Band of Indians. And the said William Van Abbott 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 Garden River 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 Superin- tendent-General of Indian Affairs. That no Indian was present or voted at said council or mveting who was not a member of the Band or interested in the land mentioned in the said release or sur- render. ‘ And the said Pequetchennene and John Augustin say, and each 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 Van Abbott. : 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. 211 That he is one of the Principal Men of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council. Sworn before me by the deponents Wil-° liam Van Abbott and Requechennene and John Augustin, at the Garden WM. VAN ABBOTT, River Reserve, in the District of Algo- PEQUETCHENNENE, x ma, this 27th day of April, A.D. 1887, JOHN AUGUSTIN, x through and by George Cabaiosa as interpreter. Wautrer McCREA, Judge, District of Algoma. Recorded 17th June, 1887. | Tb: wud, olio. 212. § L. A. CaTELUIER, ; Dep. Registrar-General of Canada. No. 244. ; Tis InpENTURE made (in duplicate) the fourteenth day of May, in the year of Our Lord one‘ thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, in pursuance of the Act respecting short forms of Indentures, between the Synod of the Diocese of Ruperts Land (a corporation duly incorporated under a statute of the Province of Manitoba) of the first part, and Her Majesty the Queen of the second part : Witnesseth that in consideration of one dollar of lawful money of Canada now paid by the said party of the second part to the said parties of the first part (the receipt whereof is hereby by them acknowledged), they, the said parties of the first part, do grant unto the said party of the second part, her heirs and assigns forever. All and singular those certain parcels or tracts of land and premises situate lying and being in the Province of Manitoba aforesaid being composed of lots num- _ bers twenty-five (25), eighty-two (82), and one hundred and sixty-eight (168), of the Parish of St. Peters, according to the Dominion Government survey thereof. Also lot number two hundred and twelve (212) of the said Parish of St. Peters, according to the Dominion Government survey thereof saving and excepting thereout the following described forty-five (45) acres, that 1s to say : Commencing at the intersection of the easterly side of the Red River, and the boundary line between river lots two hundred and twelve (212) and two hundred and thirteen (213) in the said parish; thence in an easterly direction along the south- erly boundary of lot two hundred and twelve (212) a distance of twenty-eight chains and ninety-six links (28¢. 96lks), thence N. 38° 54’, East at right angles to the southerly boundary, fourteen chains ; thence N. 56° 06’, West in a direction parallel to the southerly boundary thirty-five chains and thirty-two links (35c. 32lks.) to the banks or margin of the Red River; thence in a southerly direction following the bank or margin of the Red River to the place of beginning. To have and to hold unto the said party of the second part, her heirs and assigns to and for her and their sole and only use forever, subject, nevertheless, to the reser- vations, limitations, provisoes and conditions expressed in the original grant thereof from the Crown. The said parties of the first part covenant with the said party of the second part that they have the right to convey the said lands to the said party of the second part, notwithstanding any act of the said parties of the first part. And that the said party of the second part shall have quiet possession of the said lands, free from all encumbrances. And the said parties of the first part covenant with the said party of the second part that they will execute such further assurances of the said lands as may be requisite.