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No. 323.
Know all Men by These Presents, THAT WE, the undersigned Chief and Principal men of the Band of Indians owning the White Fish River Indian Reserve, otherwise Reserve number Four under the Treaty known as the Robinson Treaty, being a majority of the male members of our Band of the full age of twenty-one years, resident on our reserve, in the District of Algoma and 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 forever, ALL AND SINGULAR all the Burnt, Dead and Fallen Timber also the Green standing Pine Timber on that portion of our said Reserve lying South of the mouth of the White Fish River—the said Timber to be cut and hauled out by ourselves under License on payment of dues as per tariff of the Department of Indian Affairs.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same unto Her said Majesty the Queen, her heirs and successors forever, in trust to sell 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, the proceeds of the said Timber (less dues and bonus) to be paid directly to ourselves by the purchaser.
AND upon the further condition that all moneys by way of Dues and Bonus received for the said Timber shall, after deducting the usual proportion for expenses of management, be invested for the benefit of our Band.
AND WE, the said Chief and principal men of the said White Fish River Band do on behalf of our people and for ourselves, hereby ratify and confirm, and promise to ratify and confirm whatever the said Government of Canada may do, or cause to be lawfully done, in connection with the said Timber hereby surrendered.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands and affixed our seals this second day of December in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one.
Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the presence of:
Jas. C. Phipps
Superintendent
Frederick Frost
Ch. Of Eng. Missionary
Joseph Esquimaux
James Nahwegahbow [L.S.]
David Nowcanbowh [L.S.]
Andrew Paibomsey [L.S.]
Jacob Nowegahbow [L.S.]
Duncan Mcgregor [L.S.]
Gregor Mcgregor [L.S.]
Adam Nowegahbow [L.S.]
James (Cezhikgobeness) [L.S.]
DOMINION OF CANADA,
Province Of Ontario
District of Manitoulin
To Wit:
Personally appeared before me, James Charles Phipps of the village of Manitowaning in the Province of Ontario, Indian Superintendent and James Nahwegahbow Chief of the said Band of Indians.
AND the said James Charles Phipps 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 White Fish River Indian 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 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 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 James Nahwegahbow 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 James Charles Phipps and James Nahwegahbow
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 Chief of the said Band of Indians and entitled to vote at the said meeting or council.
Sworn before me by the Deponents James Charles Phipps and James Nahwegahbow at the Town of Little Current in the District of Manitoulin this eighth day of June A.D., 1892.
Jas. C. Phipps
James Nahwegahbow
P. McCurry
Stipendiary Magistrate for the District of Manitoulin
Recorded 19th September 1892
Lib: 138. Folio 274
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.