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== Source Document Transcription ==
No. 445.

Know all Men by these Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of The Chippewas of The Thames Band of Indians resident on our Reserve in the Township of Caradoc 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 Sovereign Lord The King, his Heirs and Successors, ALL AND SINGULAR, those certain parcels or tracts of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the Caradoc Indian Reserve in the County of Middlesex and Province of Ontario containing by admeasurement be the same more or less and being composed of all those portions of the Caradoc Indian Reserve absolutely under the control of the Department of Indian Affairs and belonging to the said Band of Indians

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto His said Majesty The King, his Heirs and Successors in trust to lease 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, for the term of ten years for shooting purposes

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 during the said term.

AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said the Chippewas of the Thames Band 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 lands for shooting purposes for the term of ten years.

[[File:445 (1).png|thumb|Source document pg. 1<ref>Canada. Indian Treaties and Surrenders from No. 281 to No. 483. CIHM/ICMH Digital Series = CIHM/ICMH Collection Numérisée. Ottawa: C.H. Parmelee, 1912.</ref>]]IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this Nineteenth day of July in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.

Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the presence of

Henry Johnstone

Chief Joseph Fisher [L.S.]

Lucius Henry [L.S.]

George Fisher [L.S.]

Francis Deleary [L.S.]

DOMINION OF CANADA,

Province of Ontario

County of Middlesex

To Wit :

Personally appeared before me, A. Sinclair Indian Agent Chief Joseph Fisher

of the Township of Caradoc in the Province of Ontario and Chief of the said Band of Indians.[[File:445 (2).png|thumb|244x244px|pg.2]]

AND the said A. Sinclair 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 Chippewas of the Thames 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 Superintendent 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 Surrender.

And the said Chief Joseph Fisher 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

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 Deponents at the Township of Caradoc in the County of Middlesex this 19th day of July A.D., 1901

M McGugan J.P.

A. Sinclair

Indian Agent

Chief Joseph Fisher

Recorded 3rd September 1901

Lib 176 Fol. 18.

P. Pelletier

Actg. Dep. Registrar General of Canada

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