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| ENTRY | YEAR | MONTH | DAY | NO. | FIRSTNATIONSURRENDERING | OTHERSURRENDERER | LOCATIONNAME | COUNTY | INDEXTEXT | PAGE | VOLUME |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1581 | 1890 | 7 | 25 | 289 | CHIPPEWAS OF THE THAMES | CARDOC TOWNSHIP | MIDDLESEX COUNTY | BY CHIPPEWAS OF THE THAMES. PART OF TOWNSHIP. TO BE LEASED FOR SHOOTING PURPOSES FOR TEN YEARS | 16 | ||
| 1599 | 1890 | 7 | 25 | 289 | CHIPPEWAS OF THE THAMES | CARDOC TOWNSHIP | MIDDLESEX COUNTY | PART OF CARDOC TOWNSHIP, MIDDLESEX COUNTY. TO BE LEASED FOR SHOOTING PURPOSES FOR TEN YEARS | 16 |
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No. 289.
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 Lady the Queen, her 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 Her said Majesty the Queen, her 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 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this 25th day of July in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety
Signed, Sealed and Delivered, in the presence of
R. Williams
Chief Joseph Fisher [L.S.]
“ John T. Henry [L.S.]
“ James Fox [L.S.]
“ Samuel French [L.S.]
“ John Chicken [L.S.]
“ John French [L.S.]
Warrior. Geo. Fisher, Sr [L.S.]
“ Francis Deleary [L.S.]
“ John Waucaush [L.S.]
“ James Alway [L.S.]
“ Frank Fisher [L.S.]
“ Isaac McGahey [L.S.]
Dominion of Canada,
Province of Ontario
County of Middlesex
To Wit:
Personally appeared before me Thomas Gordon of the Village of Strathroy in the Province of Ontario, Indian Agent and Chief of the said Band of Indians.
AND the said Thomas Gordon 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 Caradoc 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 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 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 Thomas Gordon
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 Thomas Gordon and at the City of London in the County of Middlesex this 30th day of September A.D., 1890
Will Elliot
Judge Co. Ct. Co. Middlex.
Recorded 19th December 1890
Lib: 138, Folio 79.
L. A. Catellier
Dep: Registrar General of Canada
- ↑ Canada. Indian Treaties and Surrenders from No. 281 to No. 483. CIHM/ICMH Digital Series = CIHM/ICMH Collection Numérisée. Ottawa: C.H. Parmelee, 1912.