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ENTRY	YEAR	MONTH	DAY	NO.	FIRSTNATIONSURRENDERING	OTHERSURRENDERER	LOCATIONNAME	COUNTY	INDEXTEXT	PAGE	VOLUME
19	1884	2	7	202	BLACKFOOT		BOW; SOUTH SASKATCHEWAN; RED DEER RIVERS	ALBERTA DISTRICT, N.W.T	OLD RESERVE ON BOW, SOUTH SASKATCHEWAN AND RED DEER RIVERS	128	II
123	1884	2	7	202	BLACKFOOT		BOW; SOUTH SASKATCHEWAN; RED DEER RIVERS	ALBERTA DISTRICT, N.W.T	OLD RESERVE ON BOW, SOUTH SASKATCHEWAN AND RED DEER RIVERS, ALBERTA DISTRICT, N.W.T.	128	II

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No. 202

Know All Men By These Presents, that we, the Blackfoot Indians, being a majority of the male members of the Blackfoot Band of the full age of twenty-one years, assembled in council duly called for the purpose of considering the surrender of the reserve hereinafter mentioned, and in presence of the Honourable Edgar Dewdney, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories, and Commissioner duly authorized to attend said council, do hereby assent to ratify and confirm a certain treaty made and concluded the twentieth day of June last past between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners, the said the Honourable Edgar Dewdney and James Farquharson Macleod, C.M.G., of the one part, and the Blackfoot Indians by their Head and Minor Chiefs, of the other part.

And in consideration of the terms of the said Treaty, we do hereby unanimously release and surrender to Her Majesty the Queen all the land reserved to the said Blackfoot Indians, under and by virtue of a certain treaty made and concluded on the twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners the Honourable David Laird, and the said James Farquharson Macleod of the one part, and the Blood, Blackfeet, Sarcee, Peigan and Stoney Indians of the other part which said land is more particularly described as follows: “A belt of land on the north side of the Bow and South Saskatchewan Rivers of an average width of four miles along said rivers down stream, commencing at a point on the Bow River, twenty miles north-westerly of the 'Blackfoot Crossing' thereof, and extending to the Red Deer River at its junction with the South Saskatchewan; also for a term of ten years and no longer from the date of the concluding of this treaty when it shall cease to be a portion of the said Indian reserves, as fully to all intents and purposes as if it had not at any time been included therein, and without any compensation to individual Indians for improvements of a similar belt of land on the south side of the Bow and Saskatchewan Rivers of an average width of one mile along the said rivers down stream, commencing at the aforesaid point on the Bow River, and extending to a point one mile west of the coal seam on said river, about five miles below the said 'Blackfoot Crossing'; beginning again one mile east of the said coal seam and extending to the mouth of Maple Creek at its junction with the South Saskatchewan; and beginning again at the junction of the Bow River with the latter river, and extending on both sides of the South Saskatchewan in an average width on each side thereof of one mile along said river against the stream, to the junction of the Little Bow River with the latter river, excepting therefrom all such portions of the said tract of land as are now included in the Blackfoot Reserve, as fixed in the said treaty made and concluded on the twentieth day of June last past, together with all our right, title and interest therein.

To Have and To Hold the same unto Her Majesty the Queen, Her Heirs and successors forever.

In Witness Whereof, Sapo-a-Mexico Crowfoot, the Head Chief of the said Blackfoot Band, hath hereto at our request placed his hand and affixed his seal at the Blackfoot Reserve this seventh day of February, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of:

Sapo-a-Mexico Crowfoot [L.S.]

E. Dewdney,

Indian Commissioner and Lieut.-Governor.

Canada

North-West Territories

To Wit:

I, Edgar Dewdney, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories and Commissioner duly authorized to attend a council of the Blackfoot Indians held for the purpose of considering the surrender of certain lands reserved to the said Indians by a treaty made and concluded the twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, between Her Majesty the Queen of the one part, and the said Blackfoot Indians, and the Blood, Sarcee, Peigan and Stoney Indians of the other part, make oath and say: That I was present at the said council which was composed of a majority of the male members of the said Blackfoot Band of the full age of twenty-one years, who unanimously assented to release and surrender to Her Majesty the Queen the said reserve as set forth in the deed hereto annexed.

Sworn before me at the Blackfoot Reserve, this seventh day of February, in the year of Our Lord 1884.

E. Dewdney,

Indian Com’r and Lieut.-Governor

James F. Macleod,

Stip. Magistrate, N.W.T.

Canada

North-West Territories

To Wit:

I, Sapo-a-Mexico Crowfoot, Head Chief of the Blackfoot Band of Indians, make oath and say:

That I was present and entitled to vote at, a council composed of a majority of the male members of the Blackfoot Band of the full age of twenty-one years, duly called to consider the surrender to Her Majesty the Queen, of certain land reserved to the said Indians by virtue of a treaty made and concluded the twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven. That the members of the said council unanimously assented to the surrender of the said reserve as set forth in the deed hereto annexed having been thoroughly explained.

Sworn before me, at the Blackfoot Reserve, this seventeenth day of February, in the year of Our Lord 1884.

SAPO-A-MEXICO CROWFOOT

James F. Macleod, Stip. Magistrate, N.W.T.

Articles of a Treaty made and concluded this twentieth day of June, in the year of Our Lord eighteen hundred and eighty-three, between Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, by Her Commissioners, the Honourable Edgar Dewdney, Lieutenant-Governor and Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and James Farquharson Macleod, C.M.G., Stipendiary Magistrate, of the one part, and the Blackfoot Indians, by their Head Chiefs and Minor Chiefs in council assembled of the other part.

Whereas by a certain treaty made and concluded on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, between Her Majesty the Queen, by Her Commissioners, the Honourable David Laird and the said James Farquharson Macleod, of the one part, and the said Blackfoot Indians, and the Bloods, Sarcees, Peigans and Stoney Indians, of the other part, it was amongst other things provided in the words following, viz.: It is also agreed between Her Majesty and Her said Indians that reserves shall be assigned them of sufficient area to allow one square mile for each family of five (5) persons, or in that proportion for larger or smaller families, and that said reserves shall be located as follows, that is to say: First—'The reserves of the Blackfeet, Blood, and Sarcee Bands of Indians shall consist of a belt of land on the north side of the Bow River and South Saskatchewan River, of an average width of four (4) miles along said rivers, downstream, commencing at a point on the Bow River twenty miles northwesterly of the 'Blackfoot Crossing' thereof, and extending to the Red Deer River, at its junction with the South Saskatchewan; also for the term of ten years, and no longer, from the date of the concluding of this treaty, when it shall cease to be a portion of said Indian reserves, as fully to all intents and purposes as if it had not at any time been included therein, and without any compensation to individual Indians for improvements, of a similar belt of land on the south side of the Bow and Saskatchewan Rivers, of an average width of one mile along said rivers, downstream, commencing at the aforesaid point on the Bow River, and extending to a point one mile west of the coal seam on said river, about five (5) miles below the said 'Blackfoot Crossing'; beginning again one (1) mile east of the said coal seam and extending to the mouth of Maple Creek at its junction with the South Saskatchewan; and beginning again at the junction of the Bow River with the latter river, and extending on both sides of the South Saskatchewan in an average width on each side thereof of one (1) mile along said river against the stream to the junction of the Little Bow River with the latter river."

And whereas the Blood and Sarcee Indians have been granted other reservations, and have released all their right to the reservation hereinbefore mentioned, and it becomes necessary to sell and re-adjust the reserve of the Blackfoot Indians.

It is hereby agreed by and between the parties to these articles that the Blackfoot Reserve shall be and consist of the following land, that is to say: Townships twenty (20), in ranges nineteen (19), twenty (20), twenty-one (21), twenty-two (22), twenty-three (23), and twenty-four (24); townships twenty-one (21), in ranges twenty-two (22), twenty-three (23) and twenty-four (24); and all those parts of townships twenty-one (21), in ranges nineteen (19), twenty (20) and twenty-one (21); and townships twenty-two (22), in ranges twenty-one (21), twenty-two (22), twenty-three (23) and twenty-four (24) south of the railway and of a line drawn parallel to and two hundred and sixty-four (264) feet from the centre of the present road-bed of the Canadian Pacific Railway, excepting and reserving from the said last mentioned township that part thereof west of a line projected by William Ogilvie, Esquire, D.L.S., and marking the west limit of the Blackfoot reservation; also all that portion of township twenty-three (23), range twenty-four (24), bounded on the west by the beforementioned line projected by the said William Ogilvie, Esquire, D.L.S.; on the north-east by a line drawn parallel to and two hundred and sixty-four (264) feet south-westerly from the centre of the road-bed of the said Canadian Pacific Railway; and on the south by the southern boundary of the said township, all west of the Fourth (4th) Principal Meridian.

And Her Majesty the Queen, by Her said Commissioners, parties to these presents, doth hereby grant to the said Blackfoot Indians the land hereinbefore lastly described, to have and to hold the same unto and for the use of the said Blackfoot Indians forever.

And in consideration of the premises, the said Blackfoot Indians, by their Head Chiefs and Minor Chiefs in council assembled, do hereby release unto Her Majesty the Queen all the reserve mentioned and described in the said hereinbefore in part recited treaty, and all their interests therein, except that portion of the same included in the reserve settled by these articles.

And it is lastly fully understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto that all the stipulations set forth and rights reserved to Her Majesty the Queen by the said hereinbefore in part recited treaty shall apply to the reserve settled by these articles.

In Witness Whereof, Her Majesty’s said Commissioners, and the said Indian Head and Minor Chiefs, have hereunto subscribed and set their hands at the “Blackfoot Crossing” the day and year herein first above written.

Signed by the said Commissioners and Head and Minor Chiefs in the presence of the following witnesses, the same having been first explained by Jean L'Heureux, Blackfoot Interpreter.Witnesses:

A. Lacombe, O.M.I, Cath. Miss.

C. E. Denny, Indian Agent.

John C. Nelson, W. Pocklington.

G. E. Simon,

Jean L’Heureux, Interpreter,

Edgar Dewdney, Indian Com. and Lieut.-Gov.

James F. Macleod, Commissioner

Crowfoot or Chapo Mexico

Old Sun or Matose Apiw

Three Bulls or Nioxka stamik

White Eagle or Pitah Siksikum

Low Horn or Ekkas Kin

Bear Child or Kayo Okosis

Bull Elk or Ponoka Stamix

Big Plume or Omaksi Sapop

Calf Robe or Oni tah

Wezel Calf or Apan Onistah

Rabbit Carrier or Atatistah hoes

Lone Fighter or Ne Tenah

Medicine Shield or Nato aotan

Eagle Rib or Pita Pikksis

Sitting Eagle or Pitah Pi

Recorded 18th March, 1885.

Lib. 95, Fol. 548.

L. A. Catellier,

Deputy Registrar-General of Canada.