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COPY OF TREATY 
 
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 SUPPLEMENTARY TREATIES 
 
 MADE 20th and 'JItu SEPTEMBEE, 1875, 
 
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 HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN 
 
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 SAULTEAUX AND SWAMPY CREE 
 
 TRIBES OF INDIANS, 
 
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 1.BTICLES OF A TREATY mndo and concluded at Berens' Rivor the 20th day of 
 September, and at Norway House the 241 h day of Soptembor in the year of Our 
 • Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, between Her Most Gracious 
 Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Trehind, by her Commissionom, the 
 Honorable ArEXANUER Morris Lieutenant Govornoroftlie Province of Manitoba 
 and the North West Territories, and the Honorable James McKay, of tho cio 
 part, and the Saulteaux and Swampy Cree Tribes of Indians, inhabitants of tho 
 country within the limits hereinafter defined and described by their Chiefs, 
 chosen and named aa horeiuaftor mentioned, of tho other part : — 
 
 YY HE RE AS tho Ixdians inhabiting tho said countr^ have, pursuant to an appoint- 
 ment ma!o by tho said C'ommissionorj*, been convened at meetings at Berens 
 River and Norway House, to delilicrate upon certain matters of interest to Hor 
 Most Gracious Majesty, of tho one part, and the said Indians of tho other ; * 
 
 And WHEREAS tho said Indiana have been notified and informed by Hor Majesty's 
 said Commissioners, that it is tho desire of Her Majesty to open up for settlement, 
 immigration, and such other purposes as to Her Majesty may seem meet, a tract of 
 country bounded and described as hereinafter mentioned, and to obtain tho consent 
 thereto of Her Indian subjects inhabiting tho said tract, and to make a treaty .and 
 arraniro with them, so that there may bo peace and a-ood will between t!-.em and 
 Hor Majesty, and that they may know and be assured of what allowance they m'O to 
 count upon imd receive from Her Majesty's bounty and benevolence; 
 
 And whereas^ tho Indians of tho said tract, duly convened in Council as aforosafd, 
 and being requested by Her Majesty's said Commissionors to name cortiin Chiefs anl 
 headmen, who should bo authoi-izod on their behalf to conduct such negotiations and 
 sign any treatr to be founded thei'oon, and to become rosponsiblo to Her M:ijcsty for 
 their faithful performance by their respective Bands of such obligations as shall be 
 assumed by them, tho said Indians have thereupon named the following persons for 
 that purpose, that is to say : — For tho Indian.^ within tho Borons River region and 
 their several Bands : 
 
 Nah-wee-kee-sick-quah-yash, Chief; Kah-nah-wah-kee-wce-nin andNahkec-quan- 
 nay-yaah, CQuncillors. and Pco-wah-noo-wee-iiin, of Poplar River, Councillor; for the 
 Indians within tho Norway Hou<o region and their several B:inds, Daviil Rundle, 
 Chief; James Cochrane, Harry Constatag and Charles Pisoquinip, Councillors ; and 
 Ta-pas-ta-nuni, or Donald William Sinclair Roj^s, Chief; James Garriock and Proud 
 McKay, Councillors ; 
 
 And thereupon in open Council, tho aifferont Bands having presented their Chiefs 
 to tho said Commissioners as the Chiefs and head men, for the purposes aforesaid, of 
 the respective Bands of Indians inhabiting tho t^aid district hereinafter described 
 
 And rohereas, tho said Commissioners then and there received and acknowledged 
 the persons so presented as Chiefs and head men, for the purposes aforesaid, of th© 
 respective Bands of Indians inhabiting tho said district hcroinaftor described ; 
 
itnt/ «cAcr«is, the said Com misfeioiicM's Imvo procoedod to iie^otirito n tronty with 
 the said Indians and iho wnrao has liecii Hii:\!l_v jiixrocd upon and foiu'liidcd us Ibllowa, 
 that iH to Hay : — 
 
 The Saultcaux and Swumpy i'lw Trl!<'s «»(' I iidinns mid nil oilier tlio Indians 
 inhabiting the diHti'ict Iiorpinartcr descrilicd Jiiid (k-limii, 'lo lioifhy code, I'clcaHe, 
 surrondor, and yiuld uj) to thu (iovurnnicut of tlic honiinioii ol' Canuda, for llor 
 MajoHty the Qncon and jTor '^ufcossoi'rt Ibivvor, all tlu-ir li^jhtM, tillcs and piiviloges 
 whatHOOver to the land> inelnded within the lollowiiii; limits, that ii to -iiy ; — 
 
 Commencing' at tho north cdi-iior oi-Jiniclion of Treaties Nos. 1 and '{, theiiee 
 easterly alon^ tho boundary of Treaty No. I! ti» ihe lieinht ut' Land at tho north- 
 east corner of the said Treaty limits, a point (lividin<i; iho waters of the Albany and 
 Winnipeg Rivers, thence duo north ;\\nu(x the Hiid l[ei<i:ht of Land to u point inter- 
 sected by theSJi® of north latitude, and theiu-o north-westerly to Favoiablo Lalio. 
 thenco following; tho oast shoi'o of -aid Lake to its northern limit, thenco north- 
 Westerly to the North end of Luke \Vinnipefj;osis, thence AVostcrly to tho Hei/^ht of 
 Land called " Robinson's rorta;;o," thence north-westerly to the the east end of Cross 
 Lake, thence north-westerly crossin;,' Fox's Lake, thence north-westerly to the north 
 end of Split Lake, thenco south-westerly to Pipestone Lake, on Ihniitwood River, 
 thence south-wosterly to tho westei-n point of John Scott's Ijake, thence south- 
 westerly to the north shore of Beaver Ivake, thence south westerly to tho west 
 end of Cumberland Lake, thence due south iu the Saskatchewan River, thence due 
 south to the north-west corner ol" tho northern limits- of Treaty No. 4, including 
 all territory within tho said limits, and all Islands on all lakes wiihin the said limits 
 as above described, and it being also understood that in all cases where lakes form 
 the treaty limits, ten miles from tho shoreof the lakoshould 1)0 included in tho tioaty ; 
 
 - And also all thoir rights, titles and piivilegos whatsoever to all other lands 
 wherever situated in tho North-West Territories, or in any other Province or portion 
 of Her Majesty's Dominion.s .situated and being within the Dominion of Canada, — 
 
 The tract comprised within tho linos above described embracing an area of one 
 hundred thousand square miles, be the same, morooi' less, — 
 
 To have and to hold tha same to Her Majesty tho Queen and Her successors 
 fbrevor. 
 
 And Her Majesty the Queen hereby agrees and undertakes to lay aside Reserves 
 for farming lands, due respect being had to lands at present cultivated by the said 
 Indians, and other Resoi'vos for the benetit of the said Indians to bo admin stored and 
 dealt with tor them by Iler Majesty's (iovernnient of tho Dominion of Canada; 
 provided all such Re.seiTos shall not exi-ood in all KiO acres for each family 
 of five, or in that proportion for larger or smaller families, in manner follow- 
 ing, that is to say: — For the Hand of Saiilleaux in the lierens River region now 
 settled, or who may within two years sell l<; theiein, a I'eserve commencing a. tho 
 outlet of Berons Rivei' into Lake Winnipeg, and exteti<ling along tho shores of said 
 lake and up said river and into llie interior heiiind said lake an(l liver, nO as to com- 
 rehend 1(10 acres for each liimily of five, a reasonable addition being, however, to 
 mmlo by Her Majt^ty to the extent of the said Reserve ior the; inclusion in tho 
 tract so rot^orved of swamp, but reserving tho free navigation of the said lake and 
 river, and free access to tho shores and waters thereof for Her Majesty and all Her 
 subjects, and excepting thereout such land as may have been granted to oi" stipulated. 
 to be held by the Hudsons Ikiy Company, and also su(;h land as Her Majesty oi* hor 
 HHccossors may in her good ])leasure see lit lo grant to the Mission eslal>Iishod at or 
 near Borons River by the Met liodist fJhurch of Canada, for a cluireh, school house, 
 parsonage, burial ground and farm, or oti'.or mi-Tision purposes; and to the Indians 
 residing at Poj)lar River, lulling into Lake Winnipeg north ofeJierens River, a Reserve 
 not exceeding IGO aerea tt) each family of five, respecling Us niui'h as p,)s-.Iblo thoir 
 present improvements: — and inasmuch as a number of the Indians now residing in 
 and about Ndi-way House, of the Band of whom David Ruudle is Chief, are desii'ous of 
 
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 removing to a locality where they can cultivate tho noil, Hor Mnjesty tho Qneon 
 hereby ngrt'CH to lay anide a Ee^erve on tho west ^ido of Lake Winnipeg, in tho 
 vicinity of Fisher iJivor, so us to give 100 acren to onch family of five, or in that 
 proportion for laigor or imallcr liiniilicH, who siiall i cmove to tho said locality within 
 •' three yearn,'' it Icing estimated thai ninety fnnjilicM or thercahout will remove 
 within tho said jicriod, and that u Hoscivc will lo laid aside sufficient for that or the 
 actual numlier; — and it \h fuiiher iigKcd Ihat those of the Band who remain in the 
 vicinity of "Isoi way House" shall retain lior their own use their piosent gaidenn, build- 
 irgp, and imjirovenientn until the same I edejiailed with hy the Queen's Govcirmcnt, 
 with their e()n^ent tiist had and olttained Icir tluir indiviilual 1 «'nefit, if any value canle 
 real. zed thciclbr : — and with legaiil to the Band of "Wood Indians of whom Tn-pas-to- 
 num or Donald William Sinclair Uosh in Chief, a Bcseivo at Otter Island on the went 
 «ide of CiosH Lake of ICO acies for each tiimily of live, or in that juopoition for 
 Bmaller lamilies, lescrving howev(M' to Jler Majesty, Her sticcessors, and Her sul Jecta, 
 the free navigation of all lakes and rivcis, and fiee acccsH to the shoic» thereof; Pio- 
 vided, however, that Hei- Majesty leserves tlio right to deal with any sctllciB within 
 the LoundHofaii}' lands reserved tor any Band as she hliall deem fit, and also that 
 the aforesaid Bescrvcs of land, or any inleiest therein, may le hold or othoiwisc diB- 
 posed of by Her Majesty's (lovemmcnt for the use and I enefit of the said Indians 
 entitled thereto, with thoir consent first had and obtained; and with a view to show 
 the satisfaction of Her Majesty with the behaviour and good conduct of her Indians 
 eho hereby through her Commissioners make^ thoni a ]ii'^^cnt of five dollars for each 
 man, woman and child belonging to the BanilM heio roprtscnted, in extinguishment 
 of all claims heretofore prefericd ; 
 
 And further, Hor Majesty agrees to maintain schools for instruction in such 
 Reserves heieby made as to Her Government of the Dominion of Canada may eeem 
 advisable, whenever the Indians of the Beserve shall desire it. 
 
 Her Majesty further agrees with her said Indians, ihat within the boundary of 
 Indian Eeserves, until otheiwise deUMrninod by her Government of the Dominion of 
 Canada, no intoxicating liquor shall bo allowed to bo intinduced or sold, and all laws 
 now in foice, or heieaf'ter to be enacted, to preserve hor Indian subjects inliabiting 
 the Eeserves or living elsewhere within Her Kort i-West Territories, from the evil 
 infiucncc of the use of intoxicating liquors, sliall be bti-ictly enforced ; — 
 
 Her Majesty further agrees with her said Indians that they, the said Indians, 
 shall have right to pursue (heir avocations of hunting and fishing throughout the tract 
 Burrendeicd as hereinbefore described, subject to such regulations as may from time 
 to time be made bj' Her Goveinment (filer Dominion of Canada, and saving and 
 excepting such tracts as may from time to time bo required or taken up for fettle- 
 ment, mining, luniber'ng or other jmrposes by her said Government of the Dominion 
 of Canada, or by any of tho subjects thereof duly nuthoi-ized therefor by the said 
 Government; 
 
 It is further agreed between Her Majesty and Her said Indians, that such 
 eections of the Beserves above indicated as may at any time be required for public 
 works or buildings, of what nature soever, may be appropriated for that purpose by 
 Hei- Majesty's Government of the Dominion of Canada, due compensation being made 
 for tho value of any improvements thereon, — 
 
 And further, that Her Majesty's Conin\issionei's shall, as soon as possible after 
 the excculion of this treaty, cause to bo taken an accurate census of all tho Indians 
 inhabiting the tract above described, distributing thorn in lamilies, and shall in every 
 3'ear ensuing the date hereof, at some period in each year, to bo duly notified to the 
 Indians, and at a place or places to bo appointed for that purpose within thoTorritory 
 coded, pay to each Incjjan person the sum of five dollars per liead yearly. 
 
 It is further agreed between Her Majesty and the said Indians that the sum of 
 $600 per annum shall bo yearly and every year expended by Her Majesty in the 
 purchase of ammunition and twine for notti for the use of the said Indians, in manner 
 
fbllowing. thnt is to nay : — In the reasoniiblo discrotion as rcgiii^ds the dintribution 
 thereof nmoni^ tlio Indians inhabiting the several RcMervos or otherwise included 
 heroin, of Iler Majesty's Indian Aj'ont having the supervision of'this trciity ; 
 
 It in further agreed between Ilcr Majosty and the said Indians that the fallowing 
 articles Hhuli l>o HU|»])lied to any Band of the wdd Inilians who are now cultivating the 
 Boii, or who shall hercal'tor cojnmonco to cultivate the land, thut is to i-ay:— Two 
 hoo-i for every fiimily actually cultivating; also one spade por family as aforesaid; 
 one plough for every ten fatnilios as aforesaid; five hai-rowH for every twcnt}' fjim- 
 ilies as afoi'osnid ; one Hcyiho for every family as aforesaid, and also oiio axe; and 
 also one cross-cut saw, one hand saw, o?io pit saw, the necessary tiles, one grindstone, 
 and one auger for each Hand; and also for each UhieC for the use of Lis Band, one 
 chest of ordinary carpenter's tools; also, for each Baml, enough of wheat, barley, 
 potatoes and oats to plant the land actually broken u])for cultivation by such Uiintl ; 
 also, for (Mch Band, one yoke of oxen, one bull, and four cows : all the aforesaid 
 artitrlos to be given once for all for the encouragement ot the practice of agriculture 
 among thu Indians. 
 
 It is fui'thor agreed between Her Majesty and the said Indirius, (hat each Chief 
 duly recoirnizcd as such, shall receive an annual salary of twcnty-Hvo dollars per 
 annum, and each subordinate otHcer, not exceeding three for ench band, shall receive 
 fifteen dollars per annum, and each such Chief and subordipaio oftlcor as aforesaid 
 shall also receive, once every three ye:>rs, a suitable suit of clothing : and each Chief 
 shall receive, in recognition of the closing of the treaty, a suitable flag antl tncdal. 
 
 And the undersigned Chiefs, on their own behalf, and on b(!ialf of all other In- 
 dians inhabiting the tract within coded, do hereby solemnly promise and engage to 
 Btricily observe this treaty, and also to conduct and behave tnein-iclves as good and 
 loyal subjects of Her Maje-tty the (Jueen. They ])romise and eti'^ago that thcsy will, 
 in all respects, obey and abide by the law, and they will maintain iieacc and good 
 order between each other, and also betweea themselves and other Tribes of Indians, 
 and between them>^elves and others of Her Majesty's subjects, whether Indians or 
 Whites, now inhabiting or hereafter to inhabit any part of the s;iid ceded tracts; and 
 that they will not molest the person or properly of any inhabitant of such ceded 
 ti'Pcts, or the property of Her Majesty tho Queen, or interfei'c with or trouble any 
 person passing or ti-avelling through the said tracts or atiy part thereof: and that they 
 will aid and assist the officers of Her Majcity in bringing to ju-ilice and punishment 
 any Indian offending against tho stipulations of this treaty, or infringing tho laws 
 in force in the countr-y so ceded. 
 
 In witness wherbop. Her Majest}'^ said Commissioners and the said Indian 
 Chiefs have hereunto subscribed and set tlieir hsmds at "Berens River," this Twen- 
 tieth day of September, A. D. 1875, and at Norway House, on tho Twenty-fourth 
 day of tho month and year herein first above named. 
 
 Signed by tho Chiefs within named in' 
 presence of the following witnesses, the 
 same having been first I'cad and ex- 
 
 Eluined by the Honorable James 
 [cKay : — 
 
 Thomas Howard. 
 A. G. Jacices, M.D. 
 (/imisTiNE Morris. 
 E. C. Morris. 
 Elizabeth Youno. 
 
 EOERTON RyERSON YoUNO. 
 
 William McKay. 
 John McKay. 
 
 Alex. Moriiis, L. G. [L.S.] 
 
 James McKvY. [^.S.j 
 
 NaH'WEE-K ke-sick-quaii-yash, 
 
 otherwise Jacob Berens, 
 
 Kah-wah-nah-kee-"wee-\in, 
 otherwise Antoine Gouin, 
 
 Nau-kee-quan-nay-yash, 
 
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 Pee-wah-eog-wee-nin, 
 
 Covncillors. 
 
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 treaty, 
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 privileges 
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 Queen, an 
 
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 next year 
 
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difltribution 
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 wcnfy fiim- 
 
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 ^'vind^^tone, 
 
 1 Band, one 
 leiit, barley, 
 Huoh IJantl ; 
 
 10 nforosiaid 
 iigiiculturo 
 
 each Chief 
 dollars per 
 hall receive 
 as aforesaid 
 I oach Chief 
 ml Micdal. 
 
 11 other In- 
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 t th(!y will, 
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 i of Indians, 
 
 Indiana or 
 tracts; and 
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 ig the laws 
 
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 [I-YASH, 
 
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 Sigrod at Norway Iloune by theChiefi*^ 
 und Councillors hereunto Hub«cribing ' 
 in the presence of the Undersigned 
 vjritneHHOH, the same huving been llrHt 
 rcud rnd explained, by the Ilonorublo 
 Jameti MuJiuy : — 
 
 ItoDERICK ii08H, 
 
 JouN 11. Rlttan. 
 
 Methodmt Minister, 
 
 O. Geuman. 
 
 Methodist Minister. 
 
 D. C. McTavisii. 
 Alexander Sinclair. 
 L. C. McTavisii. 
 Christine V. K Morris. 
 
 E, C. Moiiuia. 
 
 A. G. Jackes, M.D. 
 Thomas Uoward. 
 
 At.KX. MOHRIH, L. G. 
 James MoKav, 
 David Rundlu, 
 
 Chief. 
 
 JaMCS (vOOURANC. 
 
 Uaory Constatau, 
 
 Charlxs Piskquinip, 
 
 Councillors. 
 
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 [L.S.] 
 
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 mark. 
 
 his 
 
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 murk. 
 
 ills 
 
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 Ta-pa8-ta-num or hi.s 
 
 Donald Wm. Sinclair Roas, -♦- 
 
 [Chief. mark. 
 
 GeORUE G.iRRIOCK, 
 
 Proud McKay, 
 
 Councillors. 
 
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 mark. 
 
 llors. 
 
 We the Band of the Saulteaux Tribe of Indians, residing at the monili of the Sas- 
 katchewan Ilivor, on both sides thereof, having had eommunication of the foregoing 
 treaty, hereby, und in consideration of the provisions of the said treaty being 
 extencled to us, transfer, surrender, and i-elinquish to ller'Majesty the (Jueon, Her Heirs 
 and successors, to and for the useof the Government ofCanada, all our right, title and 
 privileges whatsoever, which we liave or enjoy in the ten-itory describcil in the said 
 treaty, and every part thereof, to have and to hold to the use of Her Majesty the 
 Queen, and Her Heirs and successors foi-ever. 
 
 And Her Majesty agrees, through the said Commissioners, to assign a Reserve of 
 sufficient area to allow one hundred and sixty acres to e:K'h family of live, oi* in that 
 proportion for larger or smaller families — such Reserve to be laid otf and surveyed 
 next year, on the south side of the River Saskatchewan. 
 
 And having regard to the importance of the land where the said Indians are now 
 settled, in respect of the purposes of the navigation of the said river, and transport in 
 connection therewith, and otherwise, and in view of the fact that many of the said 
 Indians have now houses and gardens on the other side of the river, and elsewhere, 
 which thoj' will abandon, Her Majesty agrees, through Her said Commissioners, to 
 grant a sum of live hundred dollars to the .said Band, to bo paid in equitable p'oportions 
 to such of them as have houses, to assist them in removing their houses to the said 
 Reserve, or building others. And the said Indians representetl herein by their Chief 
 and Councillors, presented as such by the Band, do hereby agree to accept the several 
 provisions, payments, and other benotits, as stated in the said trtsaty, and solemnly 
 promise and engage to abide by, cany out and fultil all the stipulations, obligations 
 and conditions therein contained, on the part of the said chiefs and Indians therein 
 named, to be observed and perlbrmed, and in all things to conform to the ai'ticles of 
 the said treaty as if we ouj'selves had been originally contracting parties thereto. 
 
 In witness whereof, Her Majesty's said Commissioners and the said Indian 
 Chief and Councillors have hereunto subscribed and set their hands, at the Grand 
 Rapids, this twenty-seventh day of September, in the year of Our Lord One thousand 
 eight hiindi'ed and seventy'five. 
 
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 ■jif^noil by the parties in tho presence of^ 
 
 Ac EX. Morris, L.G. 
 
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 x. s.; 
 
 the uudorsigned witnesses, tlie iame 
 
 Jamas McK ivy. 
 
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 havini^ been lirst explained tu the 
 
 
 
 his 
 
 Indians by tho Honourable James Mc- 
 
 Peter Beardy, 
 
 
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 Kay:- 
 
 Chief, 
 
 
 mark. 
 
 Tho8. Howard. 
 
 
 
 his 
 
 RODK. Eoss. 
 
 Joseph Atkinson, 
 
 
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 B. C. Morris. 
 
 • 
 
 
 mark. 
 
 A. Ct. J acres, M. D. 
 
 
 
 his 
 
 Alex. Matheson. 
 
 i.v.^«RT Sanderson, 
 
 
 + 
 
 Joseph IIonsTON. 
 
 
 
 mark. 
 
 Christine V. K. Morris. 
 
 Councillors. 
 
 Memora * 
 
 The Queen's Indian Commissioners » -ving met Thick Foot and a portion 
 . I of the Islands Band of Indians at Wapang or Dog Head Island, on tho 28th 
 
 1 1 day of Soptombei-, A.]). 1875. request him to notify the Island Indians and those of 
 
 : I Jack Head Point, to meet at AVapang an Indian Agent next summer, to leceivo pay- 
 
 I monts under tho ti-oaty which they have made wilh the Indians of Norway House, 
 
 , I Borens liiver, Clrand Rapids and Lake Winnipeg, and in which they are included, at 
 
 ; I a time of which they will be notified, and to be prepared then to designate their 
 
 I I Chief and two Councillors. Tho Commissioners have agreed to give some of the Nor- 
 
 way House [ndians a Reserve at Fisher Creek, and they will give land to the Island 
 Indians at the same place. 
 
 Given at Wapang, this 28th day of September, A.D, 1875, under our hands. 
 
 Alex. Morris, L.G. 
 James McKay. 
 
 I accept payments under the treaty for myself and those who may adhere to me, 
 and accejit the same and all its provisions, as a principal Indian, and agi-eo to notify 
 the Indians as above written. 
 
 Wapang, September 28th, 1875. his 
 
 Thick Foot, + 
 
 Witness. mark. 
 
 Thos. Howard. ) 
 RoDK. Ross. (