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Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 30th Sept. 1899.
JOHN J. McGEE
Clerk of the’'Privy Council.

Recorded 30th October 1899
Lib. 148, Fol. 569. : ’

P. PELLETIER
Acting Dep. Registrar General of Canada.

No. 425.

Know ALL Men sy tTHese Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The Crane River Indian Band resident on our Reserve on the North
East side of Crane River in the Province of Manitoba 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 LApy
Tue Queen, her Heirs and Successors forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, One half
Million of feet of Spruce Timber now standing on the North East side of .Crane
River on the North West side of Lake Manitoba, on the said Crane River Reserve in
the said Province of Manitoba.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty Tur Quren, 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 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
the credit of the Capital Funds of the said Band of Crane River Indians

AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said Band of Crane 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 sale of the said one half million of feet b.m. of
Spruce Timber.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our
seals this Fourteenth day of August in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight.
hundred and Ninety-Nine.

‘Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre- their
sence of AHYAIGEKEESIGOWENIN p-catel far
S. R. Maryuatr ; IX EENOOMOOTAY Xe GS]
Inspector of Indian Agencies. KKAHKEEKAYASH x E.Shl)
JCKAHKEEKAYGEESICK Xx, LS.
: KAHKEEWAYASH x 2S.)
GEORGE Moar >a (esa
PENAISSEWAY JXAPPOW x aS .]
SHIPAKAMEKOWENIN Ropert x [L.S.]
JAMES EASTMAN x), Sa]
Ropert JCAHKEEKAYASH bo Pas ea]
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DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, Samuel
Province of Manitoba R. Marlatt of the Town of Portage la
County of Prairie in the Province of Manitoba In-

To Wit: spector of Indian Agencies and Ahyan-

gekeesigowenin Headman of the gaid
Band of Indians.

AND the said S. R. Marlatt 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 Crane 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 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 Ahyangekeesigowenin 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

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 S. R. MARLATT
at the at Inspector of Indian- Agencies
Crane River Indian Reserve in the hel re Ct) os oa ness
Provinee of Manitoba this Fourteenth | AHYANGEKEESIGOWENIN x
day of August A.D., 1899 ; mark

A. W. O. Brine
Police Magistrate
in and for the Province of Manitoba

Original of Surrender approved by Order in Council dated 14th October, 1899.

JOHN J. MoGEE.
Recorded 9th November 1899
Lib: 150—Fol: 631
JosEPH PopE
Dep: Registrar General of Canada,