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In Testimony WHEREOF, the parties hereinbefore named, on their own behalf and

that of the tribe they represent, have hereunto affixed their totems and seals at the
office of the Indian Department at Quebec, this 28th day of July, 1852.

‘Read, explained, signed, sealed and) JOSHUA WaAwaANOosH (totem), [L.S.]
delivered in the presence of Davin WAWANOSH (totem), [L.S.]
S. Y. CHESLEY, Henry P. Cuase, I.I.D. [L.S.]

MICHAEL TURNOR.

No. 69.

Know aut Men sy THESE Presents, that we, the Chiefs, Joshua Waywanosh,
James Meshebeshance, Andrew Negeshick, Johnson Wappegass, William Pommosang,
David Waywanosh and Peter Salt, on their own behalf and for and with the consent
of the Warriors whom they represent, being the Chippewas of the Upper Reserve on
the River St. Clair, in the County of Lambton, Canada West, now in full Council
assembled, for and in consideration of the advantages, benefits and anticipated profits
to arise from the sale of a portion of their reserved land, as hereinafter expressed,
do hereby surrender and yield up unto Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria,
Her heirs and successors, that piece, parcel or tract of land and premises, being a
portion of our reserve in the Township of Sarnia, in the County of Lambton and
Province of Canada, adjoining the town of Port Sarnia, containing by admeasurement
one hundred and eighty-nine acres, be the same more or less, and which may be
otherwise known as follows: Commencing at the north-west corner of the said
reserve, at the intersection of its northern boundary (as laid down on the diagram
hereunto annexed) with the water’s edge of the River St. Clair and adjoining lot
number seventy-six in the front concession of tne said Township of Sarnia; thence
south eighty-nine degrees east along the said northern boundary of the reserve one
hundred and forty chains, more or less, to the present eastern boundary of the
reserve; thence south one degree west along the said eastern boundary thirteen
chains and thirty-two links; thence parallel to the northern boundary north eighty-
nine degrees west one hundred and forty-five chains, more or less, to the River
St. Clair; taence northward along the River St. Clair to the place of beginning, to-
gether with the hereditaments and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise
appertaining: To have and to hold the said piece or parcel of land as hereinbefore
described unto Her said Most Gracious Majesty, Her heirs and successors forever,
to the intent and purpose that the said land be laid out into town and park lots and
sold to the best advantage for the benefit of the said Chippewa Indians and their pos-
terity, in such manner and form as Her said Majesty, Her heirs and successors, shall
be graciously pleased to order and direct.

In Testimony Wuereor, the parties hereinbefore named, on their own behalf and
that of the tribe which they represent, have ‘nereunto affixed their names and seals at
Port Sarnia, Canada West, the twenty-fifth day of August, in the year of Our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, and sixteenth year of Her Majesty’s reign.

Signed, sealed and delivered in the his
presence of (being first read and JOSHUA (totem) WAWANOSH, — [L.S.]
explained) : ; ate Head Chief.
Bey SUENOH, JAMES eee MIsHEBISHEE, Chief. [L.S.]
Supt. and Comr. Indian Affacrs. i atric ; ‘cate
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W. D. Patey, Sheriff. JOHNSTON (totem) Wapuaass, Cluef. [L.8.]
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WILLIAM (totem) Pomossone, Chief. [L.8.]
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Davin WawanosH, Chief. [L.S.]
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Prrer (totem) Saut, Chief. [L.8.]
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Anprew (totem) NacisuizK, Chief. [LS ]
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Unrrep Counties OF
Essex AND HAMILTON.
Henry P. Chase, of Port Sarnia, in the united counties aforesaid, Interpreter,

maketh oath and saith that he is a subscribing witness to the preceding deed of surrender,
and that the same was duly signed, sealed and delivered in his presence.

H. P. CHASE, I.7.D.

Sworn before me at Port Sarnia,
the 25th day of August, 1852.
Arco. Youne, J.P.

Exrracr from a report of a Committee of the Honourable the Executive Council on
Land Applications, dated 6th September, 1852, approved by His Excellency the —

Governor General in Council on the same day.
On the letter, dated 1st instant, of the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs,

transmitting a deed of surrender from the Chippewa Indians of Port Sarnia to Her
Majesty the Queen of a portion of their reserve adjoining the town plot, for the pur-
pose of the trust being accepted, and entered upon the records in the offices of the
Commissioner of Crown Lands and of the Provincial Registry.

The Committee recommend that the surrender be accepted and entered upon the
records in the offices of the Commissioner of Crown Lands and of the Provincial

Registry.
Certified.
WM. H. LEE,
Actg. C: E. C
To the Honoureble ;
The Provincial Registrar, |
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&e., &e., &e.

Recorded 21st September, 1852. in Lib. C.S., Folio 62:
THOS. AMIOT,

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Deputy Registrar. ;
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No. 70.

This INDENTURE, made the third day of December, in the year of Our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, between Joseph Augustus Woodruff, of the
Town of Niagara, in the County of Lincoln and Province of Canada, Esquire, and
Julia, his wife, of the first part; Warren Claus, of the same piace, Esquire, of the ~
second part; Catherine Ann Margaret Lyons, of the same town, widow, of the third ;
part; Walter Hamilton Dickson, of the same town, Esquire, and Augusta Maria, his :
wife. of the fourth part; William Stewart, of the Township of Oneida, in the County
of Haldimand and Province aforesaid, gentleman, and Catherine Claus, his wife of —
the fifth part; John Bernard Geale, of the said Town of Niagara, a Lieutenant in the @
Regiment of the Royal Canadian Rifles, and Caroline, his wife, of the sixth part; —
and Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, by the Grace of God cf the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, of the seventh -

part.
Whereas the Honourable William Claus, sometime since of the Town of Niagara,

aforesaid, Esquire, deceased, was, ‘n his lifetime, and at the time of his decease,
seized to him and his heirs in fee simple in possession of and in the tracts or par- ~

cels of land, and hereditaments firstly and secondly hereinafter described, and hereby

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currendered and released or intended to be, and being so seized, he departed this q