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shall be deemed to form part of such Reserve including Islands wholly within such
headlands, and shall not be subject to the public common right of fishery by others
than Indians of the Band to which the Reserve belongs.

5. That this agreement is made without prejudice to the jurisdiction of the
Parliament of Canada, with respect to inland fisheries under the British North-
America Act, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty Seven in case, the same shall
be decided to apply to the said fisheries herein mentioned.

6. That any future treaties with the Indians in respect of Territory in Ontario to
which they have not before the passing of the said Statutes surrendered their claim
aforesaid, shall be deemed to require the concurrence of the Government of Ontario.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF these Presents have been signed and sealed on behalf
of the Government of Canada by the Honourable Thomas Mayne Daly Superintendent
General of Indian Affairs, and on behalf of the Government of Ontario, by the
Honourable John Morison Gibson, Secretary and Registrar of the Province of Ontario.

SIGNED, SEALED and Delivered by the
Honourable Thomas Mayne Daly in
presence of A. Chisholm Clerk Civil
Service and by the Honourable John
Morison Gibson, in presence of J. TI.
MeIntosh, Clerk Civil Service, Ont-

ario

Recorded 29th May, 1894.
Lib: 149. Fol: 68.

L. A. CaTEeLLier

T. Mayne Daty [L.S.]}
J. M. Gipson [L.S.]

Dep: Registrar General of Canada.

Recorded this 26th day of May 1894, in
Liber 7 GS Folio 133,

Joun F. C. UssHer
Deputy Registrar.

No. 354.

Know atu Men sy tiupse Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The Abenakis of Becancour Band of Indians resident on our
Reserve in the County of Nicolet in the Province of Quebec 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 Indian
Reserve in the County of Nicolet and Province of Quebee containing by admeasure-
ment be the same more or less and being composed of a parcel of land
forming part of the Becancour Indian Reserve, known in the Cadastral Registry of
the County of Nicolet for the Parish of Becancour, under Number 582, and described
as follows :—

A parcel of land belonging to Louis Bernard containing 20 feet in width by the
depth of the land between the Public Road and the River Becancour, having for
neighbours on the South East, Noel St. Aubin and Louis Bernard, on the North
West. The said parcel of land to be leased for a right of way.
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TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty THe Qurgrn, 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
the individual owner of the land.

AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said Band of 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 leasing of the said parcel of land for right of way and
the disposal of the rent derived therefrom In regard to the bridge built by Mr. Hall,
one end of which rests upon the land, hereby surrendered for leasing it is hereby
understood:—That the bridge shall be removed every year before the end of December.
That it will not be replaced before the 1st of June in each year. That between two
of the trestles over the deepest part of the river, the span shall not be less than 20
feet, and that a wing boom shall extend from a point on the left bank of the river to
the trestle of the said twenty foot span nearest the left bank, to prevent any timber
that might possibly float down during the freshets, from striking the bank, and to
guide it through the proper span of the bridge. That no toll shall be charged on the
bridge. That if the bridge remains unbuilt for two consecutive years after the sail
term of five years, this Surrender shall be held to be cancelled after the expiration
of the said two years and the owner may resume the said right of way And that an
annual compensation of Six Dollars be paid each year to the individual owner of the
right of way on the Reserve until this Surrender be cancelled.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our
seals this 12th day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
Ninety four.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the pre- ) Noen Sr. AUBIN [L.S.]
sence ot Louis BERNARD [L.S.]
H. Destmets, Agent EpovuaRD SOUGRAINE [L.S.]
I. N. PEpPIn, temoin sa

Louis x SouGRAINE [L.8.]

marque

Signed, Sealed and Delivered again in the sa
presence of XAVIER x NEPTON [L.S.]J

s } marque
H. Desittets, Agent the twenty one an, SAS [L.S.]
of June 1804. Louris BErNarp [L.S.]
I. N. Pepin, temoin Epovuarp SouGRAINneE [L.S.]
sa

Lours x SouGRatNe [L.8.]

marque

sa
XAVIER x NETON | FL.S.]

marque

288—11%
DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, Honoré
PROVINCE OF QUEBEC Desilets of the Parish of Becancour in the
County or NICOLET Province of Quebec Indian Agent and

To Wit: Noel St. Aubin, member of the said Band

of Indians,

AND the said Honoré Desilets 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 Abenakis of Beeancour 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 Noel St. Aubin 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 Honoré Desilets.

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 member of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said
meeting or council.

Sworn before me by the said Deponents,
Honoré Desilets and Noel St. Aubin a Desens
at the City of Three Rivers in the Net, Sie ae
District of Three Rivers this 21st day | ~ ; ; -
of June A.D., 1894.

J. B. BourGrois

Judge Superior Court P.Q.

Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 2nd July 1894.

JOHN J. McGEE
Clerk of the Privy Council.

Recorded 31st July, 1894.
Lib: 149. Fol: 84.

P. PELLETIER

Acting Dep: Registrar General of Canada.