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| ENTRY | YEAR | MONTH | DAY | NO. | FIRSTNATIONSURRENDERING | OTHERSURRENDERER | LOCATIONNAME | COUNTY | INDEXTEXT | PAGE | VOLUME |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1657 | 1892 | 6 | 9 | 315 | BEECHER BAY BAND | EAQUIMALT DISTRICT | VANCOUVER ISLAND | BY BEECHER BAY BAND. ALBERT HEAD FISHING RESERVE (4 ACRES) | 63 | ||
| 1674 | 315 | BEECHER BAY BAD | ALBERT HEAD FISHING RESERVE | ESQUIMALT DISTRICT | BY BEECHER BAY BAND. (NO DATES GIVEN) | 63 | |||||
| 1691 | 1892 | 6 | 9 | 315 | BEECHER BAY BAND | ALBERT HEAD FISHING RESERVE | VANCOUVER ISLAND | ALBERT HEAD FISHING RESERVE (4 ACRES) | 63 |
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No. 315.
Know all Men By These Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of the Che-er-no Band of Indians resident on our Reserve at Beecher Bay, Vancouver Island in the Province of British Columbia 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 forever, ALL AND SINGULAR, that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the District of Metchosin in the County of and Province of British Columbia, containing by admeasurement four acres be the same more or less and being composed of all that portion of land known as the Albert Head Indian Fishing Reserve
To Have and to Hold the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, her Heirs and Successors forever, in trust to dispose the same to such person or persons, and upon such terms as the Government of the Dominion of Canada may deem best.
AND WE, the said Chief and Principal men of the said Cheerno Band of Indians 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 Albert Head Indian Reserve.
In Witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this 9th day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the presence of his
W. H. Lomas [L.S.]
Indian Agent Quamichan, B.C.
Klitwhaen [L.S.]
Sclay-a cum [L.S.]
Staughtun (Doctor) [L.S.]
Machaell [L.S.]
Tsartlam [L.S.]
Bos Si ne-withl [L.S.]
William [L.S.]
No-e-kerp [L.S.]
Johnny Whe ten a hun [L.S.]
Hà-è-quatza [L.S.]
Tse-shern [L.S.]
To sleam [L.S.]
Daniel O’Connor (Te kiI noc [L.S.]
Louis Michell [L.S.]
DOMINION OF CANADA,
Province of British Columbia
County of Victoria
To Wit:
Personally appeared before me, William Henry Lomas, of Quamichan, Indian Agent of the Che-er-no Band of Beecher Bay, Vancouver Island in the Province of British Columbia and Sclay-a-cum Chief of the said Band of Indians.
Personally appeared before me, William Henry Lomas, of Quamichan, Indian Agent of the Che-er-no Band of Beecher Bay, Vancouver Island, in the Province of British Columbia, and Sclay-a-cum, Chief of the said Band of Indians.
AND the said William Henry Lomas 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 Che-er-no Band 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 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 Sclay-a-cum 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
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 W. H. Lomas and Sclay-a-cum at the City of Victoria in the County of Victoria this day of June A. D., 1892.
W. H. Lomas
Sclay-a-cum
Farquahar Macrae
Police Magistrate in and for the City of Victoria.
Recorded 13th August 1892
Lib: 135, Folio 465.
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.