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 lease or sur-
render.

And the said Joe Apaluck 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 ata 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 Patrick McTiernan.
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 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 said deponents
Patrick McTiernan and Joe, at the P. McTIERNAN,
City of New Westminster, in the his .
County of Westminster, this 31st daj JOE x APALUCK.

of March, A.D. 1890. mark.

W. Norman Hos,
Judge of the County Court of New Westminster.

Recorded 14th May, 1890. |
Liber 128, Folio 659.

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

No. 280.

Know ALL Men By THESE PRESENTS, that we the undersigned Chief and Princi-
pal Men of the White Fish River Band of Indians resident on our reserve on the
White Fish River, 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 forever, all and singular that certain parcel or tract of
land and premises situate, lying and being in the White Fish River Indian Reseive,
in the District of Algoma and Province of Ontario, containing by admeasurement
one acre, be the same more or less, and being composed of one acre of land on the

Howry & Son.
- 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 leasing thereof
shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be paid to

us and our descendants annually or semi-annually.
And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the said the White Fish River Band

of Indians do, on behalf of our people and for oureselves, hereby ratify and confirm,
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and promise to ratify and confirm, whatever the said Government may do or cause
to be lawfully done in connection with the leasing of said pareel of land. :
Iy Witness Wuereor, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this

eighteenth day of March, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety. 5 .

Signed, sealed and delivered) his ; |
in the presence of ( JAMES x NoncauBow, Chief. [L.S.]
Jas. OC, Pures, aes
Visiting Superintendent. Joun-x B, Buynag, [L.S8.]
A. PELEKEY, mark.
Interpreter. his 4
I Duncan x McGrecor, [L.S.} 3
mark. a
his
JOHN x KEYHENGOBINESS, [L.S.]
mark. :
¢ Davin NAHWEGAHBUK, is 4
his
JACOB x NONGAHBOW, foe Bere
mark, -
GREGOR McGreEcor, [L.8.]
~his
Moses x BuyNnan, [L.Saf
mark. 4
his
ANDREW x PEBMUSBY, [Saar
market. ,
JOHN MITCHELL, JR. . [L.S.]
DOMINION OF CANADA,
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO,
District or ALGOMA.
To Wit:

Personally appeared before me James C. Phipps, of the Town of Manitowaning,

in the Province of Ontario, Indian Supt., and James Nowegahbow, Chief of the said —
Band of Indians. :

And the said James C. Phipps 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 White Fish 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 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 James Nowegahbow 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 James C. Phipps. 3 of

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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 said James

C. Phipps and James Nowegahbow,
deponents, at the Town of Sault Ste.

Marie, in the District of Algoma, this JAMES C. PHIPPS
19th day of March, A.D. 1890, having his
been first read over and interpreted JAMES x NOWEGAHBOW.

to the said James Nowegahbow, who 1s
an Indian, and seemed perfectly to

understand the same, and made his
mark thereto in my presence.

Water McCrea,
Judge D. A.

Recorded 22nd May, 1890,
Lib. 133, Folio 26.

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

ees

No. 2804

ARTICLES OF PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT entered into on the ninth day of May, in

the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, between George Iron-
side, Superintendent of* Indian Affairs, on behalf of His Majesty, of the one part, and
Tummago, Metwechewin, Sagawsonac, Maquamiss, Tekumagawsie, Pemekuawassigae,
Queckkyick, Pawbetang, Wawjattin, Pemuseh, Lagetch and Canotang, Chiefs and
Principal Men of the Chippawa Nation of Indians inhabiting and claiming the tract
of land hereinafter described, of the other : Witnesseth, that for and in considera-
tion of the yearly sum of ten dollars in goods at the Montreal price, to be paid by His
said Majesty to every man, woman and child of the said Chippawa Nation of Indians
inhabiting and claiming the said tract, so long as such man, woman and child shall
live, but such annuity to cease and be discontinued to be paid in right of any indi-
vidual who may have died between the respective periods of payment, and the several
individuals then living only shall be considered as entitled to receive the yearly
payment of ten dollars in goods as above stated, which tract may be known as fol-
lows, viz. -—Commencing on the northerly side of the River Thames, at the south-
west angle of the Township of London. Thence along the western boundary line
of the Township of London in a course north twenty-one degrees thirty minutes west
twelve miles to the north-west angle of the said township. Thence on a course about
south sixty-two degrees thirty minutes west forty-eight miles more or less, until it
intersects a line on a course produced north two miles from the north-east angle
of the Shawanese Township ; then south two miles to the north-east angle of the
said Shawanese Township ; then along the eastern boundary line of the said town-
ship twelve miles and half, more or less, to the northern boundary line of the Town-
ship of Chatham ; then east twenty-four miles, more or less, to the River Thames ;
then along the water’s edge of the River Thames against the stream to the place
of beginning. Reserving a tract of land eoloured red on the plan accompanying
this description, situate on the northerly side of the River Thames, nearly opposite
the northerly angle of the Township of Southwold and south-west angle of the Dela-

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