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== Source Document Transcription ==
No. 168½.


Know all Men by These Presents, that we, the Chief and Principal Men of the Band of Indians, owning and residing on the Indian reserve at River Desert, in the Township of Maniwaki, in the County of Ottawa, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, being this day assembled with our people in general council, and acting for and on behalf of the whole membership of our said Band, and with the free consent of a majority of the male members thereof, of the full age of twenty-one years, summoned for that purpose according to our rules, and in the presence of Patrick Moore, Esquire, our agent, duly authorized to attend such council by the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, have agreed to surrender and yield up, and do hereby surrender and yield up unto Our Sovereign Lady the Queen, Her heirs and successors forever, in trust, to be disposed of in such manner and on such terms as the Honourable the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs may deem to be most conducive to the interests of our people in all time to come, all those lots in the said reserve known and described as follows, that is to say:


Parts of Lots 24 and 25, Desert front, and lying east of those portions of said lots already surrendered to the Crown, and occupied by J. B. Hall & Co., containing together one hundred and eighty acres (180), more or less.


Part of Lot 23 in the 4th Range, lying west of Betobe Creek, containing thirty-four acres and five-tenths of one acre (34.5), more or less, and occupied by Alexander Bouthier.


Part of Lot C, Desert front, lying east and south of the said Betobe Creek, containing forty-three acres and eight-tenths of one acre (43.8), more or less, occupied by Pierre Saucier.


Part of Lot 24, in Road Range west, lying west of the main old road, containing (57, 2, 16) fifty-seven acres, two roods and sixteen perches, more or less, and occupied by Alexander Bouthier.


Parts of Lots 16 and 17 in said Road Range west, lying west of the said main old road, containing (113, 1, 24) together one hundred and thirteen acres, one rood and twenty-four perches, more or less, and occupied by Amable Beaudry.


Parts of Lots 18, 19, 20 and 21 in Road Range east, lying east of the said main old road, and extending to the road allowance on the Gatineau River, containing together (310 <sup>1/10</sup>) three hundred and ten acres and one-tenth of an acre, more or less, and occupied by Richard Hargrave.


Parts of Lots 17, 18 and 19 in the Gatineau front, lying east of Brady’s Lake and south-east of Brady’s Creek, being the Creek connecting Brady’s Lake with the River Gatineau, containing ninety-nine acres and three-fifths of one acre (99.6), more or less, and occupied by Patrick Brady.


The easterly parts of Lots 24 and 25 in the said Road Range east, and more particularly described as follows, that is to say:


Commencing at the south-easterly corner of said Lot 24 with the intersection of the road allowance of one chain on the Gatineau River; thence due west twenty-two chains, more or less; thence north twenty-four chains fifty links, more or less, to the line between Lots 25 and 26; thence east twenty-five chains, more or less, to the road allowance on the Gatineau River, thence southerly and along said road allowance to the place of beginning, containing fifty-six acres and four-tenths of an acre (56.4), more or less, and occupied by Patrick Brady.


And we, the said Chief and Principal Men of the Band aforesaid, do on behalf of our people, and for ourselves, hereby agree to ratify and confirm whatever the Honourable the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the land hereby surrendered.


In Witness Whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals at Maniwaki, in the aforesaid county and Province, this eighteenth day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight. (Marginal note good.)


Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of:


Hiram McKay,

Thomas Driscoll.

18th February, 1878.


Pierre Te Desi, First Chief [L.S.]

Simon Otjik, and twelve other Indians, Members of the Band. [L.S.]


Marginal Note—Surrendered to lease, but not to sell.

P. M., Indian Agent.

P.T., Chief.


And we hereby on oath certify before Chas. B. Rouleau, Esq., District Magistrate for the District of Ottawa, Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, that the annexed release or surrender was assented to by the Band of Indians therein mentioned, assembled at a meeting summoned for that purpose.


Sworn before me at Maniwaki, in the Province of Quebec, this twenty-sixth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.


Patrick Moore,

Pierre Te Desi,


Chas. B. Rouleau,

District Magistrate for the District of Ottawa.


Recorded 29th October, 1878.

Liber 60, Folio 126.


L. A. Catellier,

Dep. Registrar-General of Canada.
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