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No. 486.

Know atu Men By THESE Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte Band of Indians resident on our
Reserve in the Tp. of Tyendinaga inthe County of Hastings in the Province of
Ontario 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 Soverrian Lapy THe Queen, her Heirs and Successors forever,
ALL AND SINGULAR, that certain parcel or tract of Jand and premises, situate,
lying and being in the Township of Tyendinaga in the County of Hastings and
Province of Ontario containing by admeasurement Two square miles he the same
more or less and being composed of that certain portion of land of an irregular width
in the Tyendinaga Reserve aforesaid, extending Westward from the Marysville
Road, a distance of about three miles and shown on the Plan hereto attached bordered
in red.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty Tur Queen, her
Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to Lease the same to\The Militia authorities in
accordance with the terms of agreement hereto attached.

AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said The Mohawks of the
Bay of Quinte 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 land.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our
seals this Ninth day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre--) Dante. H. Maracie [L.S.]
sence of SAMPSON GREEN [L.S.]
GEORGE ANDERSON Sotomon Lorr [L.S.]
STEPHEN MARACLE TL.S.]
A. T. C. Maracre [L.8.]
JONAH BRANT [L.S.]
Ex WM. GREEN [L.8.]
Henry Hit [L.S.]
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Agreement hereinbefore referred to, embodying terms on which Lease is to be

issued.

1. An annual rental of $100.00 to be paid for any year in which the plains are
used for the camp, drill and gun practice in the Fall after crops are harvested,
or an annual rental of $200.00 be paid for any year in which the said plains
are so used in the months of May, June, July or August. Such rental to
be credited to the interest account of the Band.

2. That subject to the conditions herein laid down, the duration of camps may be
from May 15th to August 10th or in the Fall after the crops are harvested.

3. That gun-practice shall not take place later than 4 P.M. on any one day.

4. That during gun-practice, the occupants of all houses enclosed by a red line
on the Map shall evacuate their premises and remove their livestock.

5. That any injury to livestock or otherwise. arising from neglect to comply with
above paragraph, after a daily warning has been given by the military
authorities and been received by the Indians residing within the limits
denoted by the red line aforementioned, shall not be subject for compensation,
but that any material damages done to buildings or other property by the
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firing shall be compensated’ for at a reasonable rate, to be assessed by a
Board, to consist of one military officer, the Indian Agent, and a third
person selected by these two.  ,

6. The removal of any fence necessary for the passage of troops shall be per-
mitted, the fence being subsequently replaced by the troops or fair compensa-
tion being paid as adjudged by the Board named in the last paragraph.

7. That the compensation for disturbance for gun-practice mentioned in Para-
graph Four, be fixed as follows:
$30.00 per diem for each day of disturbance between May 15th and August
10th and $15.00 per day for each day of disturbance after crops are harvested.
All sums payable for disturbance to be paid direct to the Indian Agent to
be subject to disbursement by the Council of the Band at its discretion in
satisfaction of claims of disturbance.

8. That no other claim shall be made by individuals.

9. That in the event of land actually under cultivation or leased. land being
required by the troops, the Council will use its good offices to make such
land available on payment of reasonable compensation to be fixed by the
aforementioned Board; it being understood that the Council only undertakes
to lease for use of troops common lands over which it has jurisdiction and
to enter into the present agreement in respect to damages and disturbance
on such lands as are not common and lie within the red line. Z

10. That the Lease shall be for Ten years, renewable, at the diseretion-of the
Superintendent General, and that it be provided that there shall be no
renewal and that the existing Lease shall be revocable if it be shown to the
satisfaction of the Superintendent General that Indians of the Band are not
treated as other persons are in the purchase of supplies, performance of
work &e., for the camps, of all which they claim a fair share if they fulfil the
conditions to which others are subject.

11. That in the case of two camps being held in any one year the maximum
annual rental will cover, and includes both camps; and the per diem rate
for disturbance be determined as herein laid down being governed by the

Season at which the camps may be held. )

DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, George
Province of Ontario Anderson, of the Township of Tyendinaga,
County of Hastings in the Province of Ontario, Indian Agent,

To Wit: and Daniel H. Maracle, Chief of the said

Band of Indians.

AND the said George Anderson for himself says :—

That the annexed Release or Surrender was assented to by a majority of the male
members of the said Band of Indians of the Tyendinaga Indian 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-
itendent 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.
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And the said Daniel H. Maracle 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 Daniel H. Maracle

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 said Deponents |
George Anderson and Daniel H. GEORGE ANDERSON

Maracle, at the Town of Deseronto,
in the County of Hastings this Six- DANIEL H. MARACLE

teenth day of May A.D., 1900.
Henry R. Beprorp,
One of Her Majesty’s Justices of the
Peace, in amd for said County.

Accepted by Order in Council of the oTth August 1900.
JOHN J. McGEE

Clerk of the Privy Council.

‘Recorded 23rd October 1900,
Lib. 163; Fol. 432.
JosEPH Popr
Dep. Registrar General of Canada

No. 487.

Kwow att Men sy tuese Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of The Mississaga Band of Indians resident on our Reserve at Missis-
‘saga River on the North Shore of Lake Huron in the District of Algoma in the
Province of Ontario 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 Sovereiaen Lapy Tue Queen, her Heirs and
Successors forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, that certain parcel or tract. of land and
premises, situate, lying and being in the Mississaga River Indian Reserve in the
‘District of Algoma and Province of Ontario containing by admeasurement Three
"Thousand acres be the same more or less and being composed of all that portion of
the Mississaga River Indian Reserve, on the North Shore of Lake Huron, Province of
‘Ontario, lying West of a line drawn due North Astronomiecally, to the North boundary
of the Reserve, from-a point on the left Bank of the Mississaga River, distant about
-one mile and a quarter up the Stream from the crossing of the Algoma Branch of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, containing approximately Three Thousand acres. The said
line is marked A. B. on the accompanying Plan.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty THe Qungn, her
“Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to sell the same to such person or persons, and