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No. 168.

Tus INDENTURE made the fifteenth day of January, in the year of Our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight :

Between William Elias Jones, of Swan River, in the North-west Territories,
Gentleman, and Her Majesty Queen Victoria—

Witnesseth, that the said William Elias Jones, for and in consideration of the
sum of one dollar of lawful money of Canada, to him in hand paid by Her Majesty
(the receipt whereof is hereby by him acknowledged), doth grant and surrender
unto Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, all and singular that certuin strip of
land, one chain and a half in width situate, lying and being in the North-west Terri-
tories of the Dominion of Canada, and being composed of that part of the public
trail or travelled road leading from Westbourne to Fort Ellice, which hes within the
south-east quarter (fractional) of section nineteen in the sixteenth township in th»
twenty-third range, west of the Principal Meridian in the said North-west Territories.

To have and to hold the said strip of land hereby granted and surrendered, or
intended so to be, unto Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors forever.

In Witness Wuereor, the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands and seals.

Signed, sealed and delivered |
in presence of A. McDonatp. § W. EK. JONES. [L.8.]
CANADA,

NortH-WeEst TERRITORIES,
Swan RIvER.
eon VV At ;
I, Allan McDonald, of Swan River, in the North-west Territories, make oath
and say : ,
1. I was personally present and did see the within Instrument duly signed,
sealed and delivered by the within named William Elias Jones, the party thereto.

9. That the said Instrument was executed at Swan River, in the North-west
iTerritories.

3. That I know the said William Elias Jones.
4. That I am a subscribing witness to the said Instrument.

Sworn before me at Swan River, in the |
North-West Territories of the Domin- |
ion of Canada, this fifteenth day of |
January, A.D. 1878. J

Matw. Ryan,
Stipendiary Magistrate.

Recorded ist February, 1878. |
Lib. 27, Fol. 523. §

LL. A. CATELLIER,
Deputy Registrar-General of Canada

A. McDONALD.

No. 1683.

Know att MEN By THESE Presents, that we, the Chief and Principat Men of the
Band of Indians, owning and residing on the Indian reserve at River Desert, in the
Township of Maniwaki, in the County of Ottawa, in the Province ot Quebec and
| Dominion of Canada, being this day assembled with our people in general council,
and acting for and on behalf of the whole membership of our said Band, and with
the free consent of a majority of the male members thereof, of the full age of twenty-
one years, summoned for that purpose according to our rules, and in the presence of
| Patrick Moore, Esquire, our agent, duly authorized to attend such council by the
| Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, have agreed to surrender and yield up,

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and do hereby surrender and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her
heirs and sueceessors forever, in trust, to be disposed of in such manner and on such
‘erms as the Honourable the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs may deem to
he most conducive to the interests of our people in all time to come, all those lots
in the said reserve known and described as follows, that is to say:

Parts of Lots 24 and 25, Desert front, and lying east of those portions of said
lots already surrendered to the Crown, and occupied by J. B. Hall & Co., containing
together one hundred and eighty acres (180), more or less.

Part of Lot 23 in the 4th Range, lying west of Betobe Creek, containing thirty-
four acres and five-tenths of one acre (34 %o), more or less, and occupied by Alex-
ander Bouthier.

Part of Lot C, Desert front, lying east and south of the said Betobe Creek, con-
taining forty-three acres and eight-tenths. of one acre (48 840), more or less, occu-
vied by Pierre Saucier.

Part of Lot 24, in Road Range west, lying west of the main old road, containing
(57, 2, 16) fifty-seven acres, two roods and sixteen perches, more or less, and occupied
by Alexander Bouthier. .

Parts of Lots 16 and 17 in said Road Range west, lying west of the said main
old road, containing together (118, 1, 24), one hundred and thirteen acres, one rood
and twenty-four perches more or less, and occupied by Amable Beaudry.

Parts of Lots 18, 19, 20 and 21 in Road Range east, lying east of the said main
old road, and extending to the road allowance on the Gatineau River, containing
together (310 %4o) three hundred and ten acres and one-tenth of an acre, more or
less, and occupied by Richard Hargrave.

Parts of Lots 17, 18 and 19 in the Gatineau front, lying east of Brady’s Lake and
south-east of Brady’s Creek, being the Creek connecting Brady’s Lake with the River.
Gatineau, containing (99 %), ninety-nine acres and three-fifths of one acre, more or
less, and occupied by Patrick Brady.

- The easterly parts of Lots 24 and 25 in the said Road Range east, and more par-
ticularly described as follows, that is to say : ;

Commencing at the south-easterly corner of said Lot 24 with the intersection of
the road allowance of one chain on the Gatineau River; thence due west twenty-two
chains, more or less; thence north twenty-four chains fifty links, more or less, to
the line between Lots 25 and 26; thence east twenty-five chains, more or less, to the
road allowance on the Gatineau River, thence southerly and along said road allow-
ance to the place of beginning, containing fifty-six acres and four-tenths of an acre,
more or less, and occupied by Patrick Brady.

And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the Band aforesaid, do on behalf
cf our people, and for ourselves, hereby agree to ratify and confirm whatever the
Honourable the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs may do, or cause to be
lawfully done, in connection with the land hereby surrendered.

Ix Wirvess ‘Wuereor, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals at
Maniwaki, in the aforesaid county and Province, this eighteenth day of February,
in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight. (Marginal

note good.)

Signed, sealed and delivered in) - PIERRE TE DESI, First Chief, [LS.]
the presence of: § SIMON OTJIK, and twelve other
Hiram McKay, Indians, Members of the Band. [L.S.]

Tuos. DRISCOLL.
18th February, 1878.

Marginal Note—Surrendered to lease, but not to sell.

P. M., Indian Agent.
PF. To Ciiiage . Var

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fee

} And we hereby on oath certify before Chas. B. Rouleau, Esq., District Magis-
|trate for the District of Ottawa, Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, that
\the annexed release or surrender was assented to by the Band of Indians therein
|mentioned, assembled at a meeting summoned for that purpose.

|Sworn before me at Maniwaki, in the)

| Province of Quebec, this twenty-|

PATRICK MOORE,

sixth day of June, in the year of $ his
our Lord one thousand eight hundred | PIERRE TE DESI, x
and seventy-eight. J mark.

Cuas. B. RouLeau,
District Magistrate for the District of Ottawa.

| Recorded 29th October, 1878. |

Liber 60, Folio 126.
ike CATE LLIN,
Dep. Registrar-General of Canada.

No. 169.

Tuis INDENTURE, made the twentieth day of March, in the year of Our Lord one

thousand eight hundred and seventy nine :
Between David Johnson and James Johnson, both of the Township of Sarawak,

in the County of Grey, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, farmers,

of the first part ;
Catherine Johnson, of the same place, wife of the said David Johnson, of the

second part ;
And Her Majesty Queen Victoria of the third part.
Whereas, by letters patent under the Great Seal of the Province of Canada, and

dated the twentieth day of June, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hun-

dred and sixty-seven, Her Majesty Queen Victoria granted unto one William Roy, of
the said Township of Sarawak, Esquire, lot number sixteen, in the third concession

of the Township of Sarawak, in the County of Grey, in the Province of Ontario and
Dominion of Canada, reserving thereout the Indian graveyard thereon, containing

one quarter of an acre.
And Whereas, the said William Roy granted and conveyed said lot to one John

Scagel, and the said John Scagel eranted and conveyed same to one Samuel Redfern,
and the said Samuel Redfern granted and conveyed same to the said parties of the

first part, all said conveyances being subject to said reservation.
And Whereas, the said Indian eraveyard had not at the time of the issuing of

the said patent been selected or set apart.

And Whereas, the land hereinafter described has been selected and set apart by
Her Majesty the Queen as an Indin graveward reserved in said letters patent,
and Her Majesty the Queen has, through Her Superintendent-General of Indian
Affairs for the Dominion of Canada, requested the said parties of the first part to
surrender same to Her Majesty in trust for the use of the Cape Croker Band of Chip-

pewa Indians.

Now This Indenture Witnesseth, that the said parties of the first part, im con-
sideration of the premises and of the sum of one dollar to them in hand paid (the re-
ceipt whereof is hereby acknowledged), have granted and surrendered, and by these
presents do grant and surrender unto Her Majesty Queen Victoria and Her succes-
sors, all and singular that parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being in the Town-
ship of Sarawak, in the County of Grey, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of
Canada: Being composed of a portion of lot number sixteen in the third concession
of the Township of Sarawak aforesaid, and which may be more particularly de-

scribed as follows, that, is to say :

Commencing at a post one ch
the line between lots fifteen and sixteen in the

ain north seventy-three degrees west from where
said third concession of the Town-