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DoMINION oF CANADA, ]
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. |
To Wit: J

Personally appeared before me William Plummer, of the city of Toronto,
in the said Province, Indian Superintendent and Commissioner, and Joseph Benson*
Naningishkung, of the Township of Rama, in the County and Province aforesaid,
Chief of the Rama Band of Ojibway Indians, who, being duly sworn, severally de-
rese and say ; and the said William Plummer, for himself, saith that the annexed
release or surrender was assented to by the said Joseph Benson Naningishkung, he
being a Chief, and the only Chief of the said Tribe or body of Indians, assembled at
a meeting or council of the Band summoned for that purpose.

That he was duly authorized to attend such council by the Minister of the
Interior.

That the meeting or council was held in his presence, and he heard such assent
given. |

And the said Joseph Benson Naningishkung for himself saith :

That he is a Chief, and the only Chief of the Rama Band of Indians aforesaid,
and was entitled to vote at the council or meeting above mentioned.

That the annexed release or surrender has been assented to by him.

That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the Band summoned for
that purpose at which he was present, and also the said other deponent William
Plummer.

Sworn before me by the «*'4 deponents,
William Plummer and Joseph Benson WILLIAM PLUMMER,
Naningishkung, this eleventh day of | J. B. NANEGESHKUNG.

February, 1876.

JAS. Rost. Gowan,
Senior Wide Co. Ot., ee. Simcoe.

Recorded 28th May, 1877. ]
Liber S., Folio 441. }

L. A. CatvELLIER,
Deputy Registrar-General of Canada.

No. 159.

Tuts INDENTURE, made in duplicate, the fifth day of May, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-six, in pursuance of the Act to facilitate the conveyance of real
property, intituled: “An Act respecting Short Forms of Conveyances.”

Between John Moon Trenouth, of the Township of Rama, in the County of
Ontario, in the Province of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, Lumberer, of the
first part :

Her Majesty Queen Victoria of the second part :

And Agnes Ann Trenouth (wife of the said party of the first part), of the third
part:

WIrtnesseEtH, that in consideration of the sum of six hundred and eighty dollars
cf lawful money of Canada, now paid by Her Majesty to him, the said party of the
first part (the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged), he, the said party of the first
part, doth grant and surrender unto Her Majesty 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 Township of Rama, in the County of Ontario, in the Province
of Ontario, in the Dominion of Canada, containing by admeasurement one hundred
acres of land, more or less, known and described as and being composed of the south

~ half of lot number eighteen in the fifth concession of the said Township of Rama.
ee
To have and to hold unto Her Majesty the Queen Her heirs and successors
forever.
The said party of the first part covenants with Her Majesty the Queen that he
hath the right to convey the said lands to Her Majesty, notwithstanding any act of
the said party of the first part, or of any other person or persons whomsoever.
And that Her Majesty the Queen shall have quiet possession of the said lands,

free from all encumbrances.
And the said party of the first part covenants with Her Majesty the Queen, that

he will execute such further assurances of the said lands as may be requisite.
And the said party of the first part covenants with Her Majesty the Queen that

he hath done no act to encumber the said lands. :
And the said party of the first part surrenders and releases to Her Majesty the

Queen all his claims upon the said lands.
And the said party of the third part, wife of the said party of the first part,

hereby bars her dower in the said lands.
Ix Wirvess Wuereor, the said parties have hereunto set their hands and seals

the day and year first above written.

Signed, sealed and delivered] JOHN M. TRENOUTH, [L.S.]
in the presence of L AGNES ANN TRENOUTH, [L.5.]
T. J. DECATIN. J .

Received on the day of the date of this Indenture, from the therein named party
of the second part, Her Majesty the Queen, the sum of six hundred and eighty dollars,

being the amount therein specified to be paid to me.
Witness: l JOHN M. TRENOUTH, [L.8.]

Ay tae DECATIN. §

CANADA, |
Province oF ONTARIO, |
County oF Simcoe, [{
To Wate J

I, Thomas James Decatin, of the Town of Orillia, in the County of Simcoe, law

student, make oath and say :
1. That I was personally present and did
cate thereof duly signed, sealed and executed by

Trenouth, two of the parties thereto.
2. That the said Indenture was executed at the said Town of Orillia.

3 That I know the said parties.
4. And that I am a subscribing witness to the said Indenture and duplicate.

see the within Indenture and a dupli-
John Moon Trenouth and Agnes Ann

Sworn before me, at the Town of]
Orillia, in the County of Simcoe,}
this fifth day of May, A.D., 1876.)

FRANK EVANS,
A Commr. for taking Affidavits, &e., for said County.

THOS. J. DECATIN.

I certify that the within Instrument is duly entered and registered in the Regis-
iry Office for the County of Ontario, in Book 148, for the Township of Rama, at 1

o'clock, 20 minutes p.m., of the 29th day of May, A.D. 1877. Number 441.

J. HAM PERRY,
Regr.