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That such assent was given at a meeting or council of the said Band of Indians
summoned for that purpose, according to its Rules, and held in the presence of the
said

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

Sworn before me by the Deponents Wm.
McFarlane and Robert Paudush at the WM. McFARLANE

Township of Otonabee in the County
of Peterborough this 31st day of De- ROBT. FAUDUSH.
cember A.D., 1902.

J. B. McWiniiams
AJ.P
in and for the County of Peterborough

Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 3rd Feby 1903.
JOHN J. McGEE
Clerk of the Priwy Council.

Recorded 17th February 1903
Lib 164. Fol 343
JosEPH Popr
Dep: Registrar General of Canada.

No. 469.

Kynow att Men sy tursr Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and
Principal men of the Whycocomagh Band of Indians resident on our Reserve at Why-
cocomagh in the County of Inverness in the Province of Nova Scotia 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
SoverEicn Lorp Tue Kine, his Heirs and Successors for Twenty years ALL AND
SINGULAR, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and
being in the Whycocomagh Indian Reserve in the County of Inverness and Province
of Nova Scotia containing by admeasurement One Hundred acres be the same more
or less and being composed of that certain tract of land situated at the South West
corner of the Whycocomagh Indian Reserve, aforesaid and described as follows;
Commencing at the South West angle of the said Reserve, thence N. 2° E, along the
Westerly boundary 40 chains; thence N. 88° East 25 chains; thence South 2° West
40 chains more or less to the water’s edge of Whycocomagh Basin, thence Westerly
along the said water’s edge to the point of Commencement.

All improvements within said boundaries are excepted. “Lessee not to interfere
with the wood or anything else on the property, except the soapstone” In the lease
provision is to be made for the satisfactory working of the property.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto His said Majesty Tue Krvc, his
. Heirs and Suceessors for 20 years, in trust to Lease for mining for soapstone and
manufacturing cement 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.

B72

—.

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 us and our descendants annually or semi-annually as to the Department of
Indian Affairs may seem best in our interests,

AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said Whycocomagh 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
Jawfully done, in connection with the leasing of the said portion of land and the
disposition of the moneys arising therefrom

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals

this sixteenth day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and
Tw
wo.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the pre- ) Smmon Bosquer [L.S.]
sence of PETER GooGcoo Jr. [L.S.]
his
STEPHEN x SYLBoY [L.S.]
mark
his
CHRISTOPHER x SYLBOY [L.S.]
mark
his
BEN x SYLBOY [L.S.]
mark
his
SAMUEL x GooGoo [L.S.]
mark
his
PETER x NEVEN [L.S.]
mark
Isaac Reck [L.S.]
his
ANDREW x GooGoo [L.S.]
mark

GABRIEL SILIBOY
PETER GooGoo
STEPHEN J. SILIBoy

his
BrNJAMIN x NOEL
mark
DOMINION OF CANADA, Personally appeared before me, Donald
Province of Noya Scotia McPherson of the Village of Glendale in
County of Inverness the Province of Nova Seotia Indian
To Wit: Agent and Simon Bosquer Chief of the

said Band of Indians.

AND the said Donald McPherson 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 Whycocomagh 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 its 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.
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And the said Simon Bosquer 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 its Rules, and held in, the presence of the
said Donald McPherson

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 Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said

meeting or council.

Sworn before me by the above named ) DONALD MACPHERSON P.P.

Deponents at my office Whycocomagh Indian Agent
in the County of Inverness this 27th { SIMON BOSQUER
day of June A.D. 1902. Capt.

James McPuat. J.P.

Accepted by the Governor in Council on the 1st Augt. 1902
JOHN J. McGEE
Clerk of the Privy Council.

Recorded 17th February 1903
Lib. 164. Folio 340.
Joseph Pope
Dep: Registrar General of Canada.

No. 470.

THIS INDENTURE made this twenty ninth day of August in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and two, BETWEEN Michael Saloon of Heatherton
in the County of Antigonish and Province of Nova Seotia, Chief of the Micmae
Indians of the Counties of Antigonish and Guysborough, and Francis Paul, J oseph
Sillieboy, Peter Marble, Peter Louis, James Pictou and Frank Phillip all of Heather-
ton aforesaid, Indians, hereinafter called “ Indians of the Reservation for Indians
at Heatherton,” of the ONE PART and Alexander McDonald and Duncan A. Chis-
holm both of Heatherton aforesaid, farmers, of the OTHER PART;

WITNESSETH that the said “Indians of the Reservation for Indians at
Heatherton ” for and ‘in consideration of the grant and conveyance by said Alexander
McDonald and Dunean A. Chisholm to His said Majesty, the King, represented by the
Honorable Minister of the Interior, by deed bearing date the twenty seventh day of
August A.D. 1902, of certain strips of land situate at Heatherton aforesaid, and
particularly described in said deed, for the use of said Indians and others as a road
or right of way to and from said Reservation for Indians, with all the rights and
privileges particularly set forth in said deed, THEY, the said “ Indians of the Reser-
vation for Indians at Heatherton,” on behalf of themselves and all other Indians,
now resident or hereafter to become resident on said Reservation for Indians at
Heatherton aforesaid, DO hereby covenant and agree with the said Alexander Me-
Donald and Dunean A. Chisholm, their and each of their heirs and assigns, that they,
the said Indians now residing on said Reservation for Indians, and those who may
hereafter become resident thereon, SHALL use said road or right of way to and from