TREATIES 1 AND 2
BETWEEN
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
AND
THE CHIPPEWA AND CREE INDIANS
OF
MANITOBA AND COUNTRY ADJACENT WITH ADHESIONS
LAYOUT IS NOT EXACTLY LIKE ORIGINAL
TRANSCRIBED FROM:
EDMOND CLOUTIER, C.M.G., O.A., D.S.P. QUEEN'S
PRINTER AND CONTROLLER OF STATIONERY OTTAWA, 1957
92099-1
Treaty No. 1
ARTICLES OF A TREATY made and concluded this
third day of August in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one, between Her Most Gracious Majesty the
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland by Her Commissioner, Wemyss
M. Simpson, Esquire, of the one part, and the Chippewa and
Swampy Cree Tribes of Indians, inhabitants of the country within
the limits hereinafter defined and described, by their Chiefs
chosen and named as hereinafter mentioned, of the other part.
Whereas all the Indians inhabiting the said
country have pursuant to an appointment made by the said
Commissioner, been convened at a meeting at the Stone Fort,
otherwise called Lower Fort Garry, to deliberate upon certain
matters of interest to Her Most Gracious Majesty, of the one
part, and to the said Indians of the other, and whereas the said
Indians have been notified and informed by Her Majesty's said
Commissioner that it is the desire of Her Majesty to open up to
settlement and immigration a tract of country bounded and
described as hereinafter mentioned, and to obtain the consent
thereto of her Indian subjects inhabiting the said tract, and to
make a treaty and arrangements with them so that there may be
peace and good will between them and Her Majesty, and that they
may know and be assured of what allowance they are to count upon
and receive year by year from Her Majesty's bounty and
benevolence.
And whereas the Indians of the said tract,
duly convened in council as aforesaid, and being requested by
Her Majesty's said Commissioner to name certain Chiefs and
Headmen who should be authorized on their behalf to conduct such
negotiations and sign any treaty to be founded thereon, and to
become responsible to Her Majesty for the faithful performance
by their respective bands of such obligations as should be
assumed by them, the said Indians have thereupon named the
following persons for that purpose, that is to say:
Mis-koo-kenew or Red Eagle (Henry Prince), Ka-ke-ka-penais, or
Bird for ever, Na-sha-ke-penais, or Flying down bird, Na-na-wa-nanaw,
or Centre of Bird's Tail, Ke-we-tayash, or Flying round,
Wa-ko-wush, or Whip-poor-will, Oo-za-we-kwun, or Yellow
Quill,—and thereupon in open council the different bands have
presented their respective Chiefs to His Excellency the
Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Manitoba and of the
North-West Territory being present at such council, and to the
said Commissioner, as the Chiefs and Headman for the purposes
aforesaid of the respective bands of Indians inhabiting the said
district hereinafter described; and whereas the said Lieutenant
Governor and the said Commissioner then and there received and
acknowledged the persons so presented as Chiefs and Headmen for
the purpose aforesaid; and whereas the said Commissioner has
proceeded to negotiate a treaty with the said Indians, and the
same has finally been agreed upon and concluded as follows, that
is to say: The Chippewa and Swampy Cree Tribes of Indians and
all other the Indians inhabiting the district hereinafter
described and defined do hereby cede, release, surrender and
yield up to Her Majesty the Queen and successors forever all the
lands included within the following limits, that is to say:
Beginning at the international boundary line near its junction
with the Lake of the Woods, at a point due north from the centre
of Roseau Lake; thence to run due north to the centre of Roseau
Lake; thence northward to the centre of White Mouth Lake,
otherwise called White Mud Lake; thence by the middle of the
lake and the middle of the river issuing therefrom to the mouth
thereof in Winnipeg River; thence by the Winnipeg River to its
mouth; thence westwardly, including all the islands near the
south end of the lake, across the lake to the mouth of Drunken
River; thence westwardly to a point on Lake Manitoba half way
between Oak Point and the mouth of Swan Creek; thence across
Lake Manitoba in a line due west to its western shore; thence in
a straight line to the crossing of the rapids on the Assiniboine;
thence due south to the international boundary line; and thence
eastwardly by the said line to the place of beginning. To have
and to hold the same to Her said Majesty the Queen and Her
successors for ever; and Her Majesty the Queen hereby agrees and
undertakes to lay aside and reserve for the sole and exclusive
use of the Indians the following tracts of land, that is to say:
For the use of the Indians belonging to the band of which Henry
Prince, otherwise called Mis-koo-ke-new is the Chief, so much of
land on both sides of the Red River, beginning at the south line
of St. Peter's Parish, as will furnish one hundred and sixty
acres for each family of five, or in that proportion for larger
or smaller families; and for the use of the Indians of whom Na-sha-ke-penais,
Na-na-wa-nanaw, Ke-we-tayash and Wa-ko-wush are the Chiefs, so
much land on the Roseau River as will furnish one hundred and
sixty acres for each family of five, or in that proportion for
larger or smaller families, beginning from the mouth of the
river; and for the use of the Indians of which Ka-ke-ka-penais
is the Chief, so much land on the Winnipeg River above Fort
Alexander as will furnish one hundred and sixty acres for each
family of five, or in that proportion for larger or smaller
families, beginning at a distance of a mile or thereabout above
the Fort; and for the use of the Indians of whom Oo-za-we-kwun
is Chief, so much land on the south and east side of the
Assiniboine, about twenty miles above the Portage, as will
furnish one hundred and sixty acres for each family of five, or
in that proportion for larger or smaller families, reserving
also a further tract enclosing said reserve to comprise an
equivalent to twenty-five square miles of equal breadth, to be
laid out round the reserve, it being understood, however, that
if, at the date of the execution of this treaty, there are any
settlers within the bounds of any lands reserved by any band,
Her Majesty reserves the right to deal with such settlers as She
shall deem just, so as not to diminish the extent of land
allotted to the Indians.
And with a view to show the satisfaction of
Her Majesty with the behaviour and good conduct of Her Indians
parties to this treaty, She hereby, through Her Commissioner,
makes them a present of three dollars for each Indian man, woman
and child belonging to the bands here represented.
And further, Her Majesty agrees to maintain a
school on each reserve hereby made whenever the Indians of the
reserve should desire it.
Within the boundary of Indian reserves, until
otherwise enacted by the proper legislative authority, no
intoxicating liquor shall be allowed to be introduced or sold,
and all laws now in force or hereafter to be enacted to preserve
Her Majesty's Indian subjects inhabiting the reserves or living
elsewhere from the evil influence of the use of intoxicating
liquors shall be strictly enforced.
Her Majesty's Commissioner shall, as soon as
possible after the execution of this treaty, cause to be taken
an accurate census of all the Indians inhabiting the district
above described, distributing them in families, and shall in
every year ensuing the date hereof, at some period during the
month of July in each year, to be duly notified to the Indians
and at or near their respective reserves, pay to each Indian
family of five persons the sum of fifteen dollars Canadian
currency, or in like proportion for a larger or smaller family,
such payment to be made in such articles as the Indians shall
require of blankets, clothing, prints (assorted colours), twine
or traps, at the current cost price in Montreal, or otherwise,
if Her Majesty shall deem the same desirable in the interests of
Her Indian people, in cash.
And the undersigned Chiefs do hereby bind and
pledge themselves and their people strictly to observe this
treaty and to maintain perpetual peace between themselves and
Her Majesty's white subjects, and not to interfere with the
property or in any way molest the persons of Her Majesty's white
or other subjects.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Her Majesty's said
Commissioner and the said Indian Chiefs have hereunto subscribed
and set their hand and seal at Lower Fort Garry, this day and
year herein first above named.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the WEMYSS M.
SIMPSON, [L.S.] presence of, the same having Indian
Commissioner, been first read and explained: MIS-KOO-KEE-NEW, or
RED EAGLE
ADAMS G. ARCHIBALD, his Lieut.-Gov. of Man.
and (HENRY PRINCE), x N.W. Territories. mark JAMES McKAY, P.L.C.
KA-KE-KA-PENAIS (or BIRD FOR EVER), A. G. IRVINE, Major his
ABRAHAM COWLEY, WILLIAM PENNEFATHER, x DONALD GUNN, M.L.C. mark
THOMAS HOWARD, P.S. NA-SHA-KE-PENNAIS, or HENRY COCHRANE, his
JAMES McARRISTER, FLYING DOWN BIRD, x HUGH McARRISTER, mark E.
ALICE ARCHIBALD, NA-HA-WA-NANAN, or HENRI BOUTHILLIER. his
CENTRE OF BIRD'S TAIL, x mark
KE-WE-TAY-ASH, his or FLYINGROUND, x mark
WA-KO-WUSH, his or WHIP-POOR-WILL, x mark
OO-ZA-WE-KWUN, his or YELLOW QUILL, x mark
Memorandum of things outside of the Treaty
which were promised at the Treaty at the Lower Fort, signed the
third day of August, A.D. 1871.
-For each Chief who signed the treaty, a
dress distinguishing him as Chief.
- For braves and for councillors of each
Chief a dress; it being supposed that the braves and councillors
will be two for each Chief.
- For each Chief, except Yellow Quill, a
buggy.
- For the braves and councillors of each
Chief, except Yellow Quill, a buggy.
- In lieu of a yoke of oxen for each reserve,
a bull for each, and a cow for each Chief; a boar for each
reserve and a sow for each Chief, and a male and female of each
kind of animal raised by farmers, these when the Indians are
prepared to receive them.
- A plough and a harrow for each settler
cultivating the ground.
- These animals and their issue to be
Government property, but to be allowed for the use of the
Indians, under the superintendence and control of the Indian
Commissioner. - The buggies to be the property of the Indians to
whom they are given. - The above contains an inventory of the
terms concluded with the Indians.
WEMYSS M. SIMPSON,
MOLYNEUX St. JOHN,
A. G. ARCHIBALD,
JAS. McKAY.
COPY of a Report of a Committee of the
Honourable the Privy Council, approved by His Excellency the
Governor General in Council on the 30th April, 1875.
On a memorandum dated 27th April, 1875, from
the Honourable the Minister of the Interior, bringing under
consideration the very unsatisfactory state of affairs arising
out of the so-called "outside promises" in connection with the
Indian Treaties Nos. 1 and 2, Manitoba and North-west
Territories, concluded, the former on the 3rd August, 1871, and
the latter on 21st of the same month, and recommending for the
reasons stated:
1st. That the written memorandum attached to
Treaty No. 1 be considered as part of that Treaty and of Treaty
No. 2, and that the Indian Commissioner be instructed to carry
out the promises therein contained, in so far as they have not
yet been carried out, and that the Commissioner be advised to
inform the Indians that he has been authorized so to do.
2nd. That the Indian Commissioner be
instructed to inform the Indians, parties to Treaties Nos. 1 and
2, that, while the Government cannot admit their claim to any
thing which is not set forth in the treaty, and in the
memorandum attached thereto, which treaty is binding alike upon
the Government and upon the Indians, yet, as there seems to have
been some misunderstanding between the Indian Commissioner and
the Indians in the matter of Treaties Nos. 1 and 2, the
Government, out of good feeling to the Indians and as a matter
of benevolence, is willing to raise the annual payment to each
Indian under Treaties Nos. 1 and 2, from $3 to $5 per annum, and
make payment over and above such sum of $5, of $20 each and
every year to each Chief, and a suit of clothing every three
years to each Chief and each Headman, allowing two Headmen to
each band, on the express understanding, however, that each
Chief or other Indian who shall receive such increased annuity
or annual payment shall be held to abandon all claim whatever
against the Government in connection with the so-called "outside
promises," other than those contained in the memorandum attached
to the treaty.
The Committee submit the foregoing
recommendation for Your Excellency's approval:
W. A. HIMSWORTH,
Clerk Privy Council.
Certified,
W. A. HIMSWORTH,
Clerk Privy Council.
We, the undersigned Chiefs and Headmen of
Indian bands, representing bands of Indians who were parties to
the Treaties Nos. 1 and 2, mentioned in the report of the
Committee of the Queen's Privy Council of Canada, above printed,
having had communication thereof, and fully understanding the
same assent thereto and accept the increase of annuities therein
mentioned, on the condition therein stated, and with the assent
and approval of their several bands, it being agreed, however,
with the Queen's Commissioners, that the number of braves and
councillors for each Chief shall be four, as at present, instead
of two, as printed 1875.
In the presence of the following:
Representing East-Manitoba or Elm ALEX. MORRIS, L.G. [L.S]
Point: JAMES McKAY, his JAMES F. GRAHAM, SON-SONSE, x Chief,
ISAAC COWIE, mark FRANCIS FIELD, his JOHN A. DAVIDSON,
NA-KA-NA-WA-TANG, x CHARLES WOOD. mark his PA-PA-WE-GUN-WA-TAK,
x mark Councillors.
Representing Fairford Prairie: his MA-SAH-KEE-YASH,
x Chief, mark his DAVID MARSDEN, x Councillor mark his JOSEPH
SUMNER, x Councillor mark Fairford Mission: RICHARD WOODHOUSE,
Chief, JOHN ANDERSON, Councillor, his JOHN THOMPSON, x
Councillor mark
Formerly Crane River and now Ebb and Flow
Lake: his PENAISE, x Chief, mark (son of deceased Broken
Finger.) his BAPTISTE, x Councillor mark his KAH-NEE-QUA-NASH, x
Councillor mark
Representing Water Hen Band:
his KA-TAH-KAK-WA-NA-YAAS, x Chief, mark
his WA-WAH-KOW-WEK-AH-POW, x Councillor mark
Representing the Turtle River and Valley
River and Riding Mountain:
his KEE-SICK-KOO-WE-NIN, x Chief mark (in
place of Mekis, dead.)
his KEE-SAY-KEE-SICK, x Councillor mark
his NOS-QUASH, x Brave mark
his BAPTISTE, x Brave mark
Representing the St. Peter's Band:
MIS-KOO-KE-NEW his (or Red Eagle), x mark
his MA-TWA-KA-KEE-TOOT, x mark
his I-AND-WAY-WAY, x mark
his MA-KO-ME-WE-KUN, x mark
his AS-SHO-AH-MEY, x mark
No. 124
We, the undersigned Chiefs and Headmen of
Indian bands representing bands of Indians who were parties to
the Treaties Nos. 1 and 2, mentioned in the report of a
Committee of the Queen's Privy Council of Canada, "as printed on
the other side of this parchment," having had communication
thereof and fully understanding the same, assent thereto and
accept the increase of annuities therein mentioned on the
condition therein stated, and with the assent and approval of
their several bands, it being agreed, however, with the Queen's
Commissioners, that the number of braves and councillors for
each Chief shall be four, as at present, instead of two, as
printed 1875.
Signed near Fort Alexander, on the his Indian
Reserve, the twenty-third KAKEKEPENAIS, x day of August in the
year of Our or mark Lord one thousand eight hundred (WILLIAM
PENNEFATHER), and seventy-five. Witnesses: his J. A. N.
PROVENCHER, JOSEPH KENT x Indian Commissioner. mark J. DUBUC,
his A. DUBUC, PETANAQUAGE, x JOSEPH MONKMAN, Interpreter. or
mark WM. LOUNT, (HENRY VANE), H. L. REYNOLDS. his PETER
HENDERSON x Signed at Broken Head River, the mark twenty-eighth
day of August, in his the year of our Lord one thousand KAY-PAYAHSINISK,
x eight hundred and seventy-five. mark his Witnesses:
NASHAKEPENAIS, x J. A. N. PROVENCHER, mark Indian Commissioner.
his J. DUBUC, AHKEESEEKWASKEMG, x H. L. REYNOLDS, mark DANIEL
DEVLIN, his HENRY COOK. NAYWAHEHEEKEEGIK, x mark
his MAYJAHKEEGEEQUAN, x mark
his PAYSAUGA, x mark
124
We the undersigned Chiefs and Headmen of
Indian bands representing bands of Indians who were parties to
the Treaties Nos. 1 and 2 mentioned in the report of a Committee
of the Queen's Privy Council of Canada, as printed on the other
side of this sheet, having had communication thereof and full
understanding of the same, assent thereto and accept the
increase of annuities therein mentioned, on the condition
therein stated, and with the assent and approval of their
several bands, it being agreed, however, with the Queen's
Commissioners, that the number of braves and councillors for
each Chief shall be four, as at present, instead of two, as
printed.
Signed on the reserve at Rosseau MA-NA-WA-NANAN,
his River, 8th day of September, 1875. (or CENTRE OF x Chief, J.
A. N. PROVENCHER, BIRD'S TAIL) mark Indian Commissioner. his
Witness: KE-WE-SAY-ASH, x JAS. F. GRAHAM. (or FLYING ROUND),
mark
Chief, his WA-KOO-WUSH, x (or WHIPPOORWILL)
mark
Chief his OSAH-WEE-KA-KAY, Councillor, x mark
his OSAYS-KOO-KOON, Councillor, x mark
his SHAY-WAY-ASH, Councillor, x mark
his SHE-SHE-PENSE, Councillor, x mark
his MA-MAH-TAK-CUM-E-CUP, Councillor, x mark
his PAH-TE-CU-WEE-NINN, Councillor, x mark
his KAK-KA-QUIN-IASH, Brave, x mark
his ANA-WAY-WEE-TIN, Brave, x mark
his TIBIS-QUO-GE-SICK, Brave, x mark
his NE-SHO-TA, Brave, x mark
his NAT-TEE-KEE-GET, Brave, x mark
Treaty No. 2
ARTICLES OF TREATY made and concluded this
twenty-first day of August, in the year of Our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one, between Her Most Gracious Majesty
the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, by Her Commissioner
Wemyss M. Simpson, Esquire, of the one part, and the Chippewa
Tribe of Indians, inhabitants of the country within the limits
hereinafter defined and described, by their Chiefs chosen and
named as hereinafter mentioned, of the other part.
Whereas, all the Indians inhabiting the said
country have, pursuant to an appointment made by the said
Commissioner, been convened at a meeting at Manitoba Post to
deliberate upon certain matters of interest to Her Most Gracious
Majesty, of the one part, and to the said Indians of the other;
and whereas the said Indians have been notified and informed by
Her Majesty's said Commissioner that it is the desire of Her
Majesty to open up to settlement and immigration a tract of
country bounded and described as hereinafter mentioned and to
obtain the consent thereto of her Indian subjects inhabiting the
said tract, and to make a treaty and arrangement with them, so
that there may be peace and good will between them and Her
Majesty and that they may know and be assured of what allowance
they are to count upon and receive from Her Majesty's bounty and
benevolence.
And whereas the Indians of the said tract,
duly convened in council as aforesaid, and being requested by
Her Majesty's said Commissioner to name certain Chiefs and
Headmen who should be authorized on their behalf to conduct such
negotiations and sign any treaty to be founded thereon, and to
become responsible to Her Majesty for the faithful performance
by their respective bands of such obligations as shall be
assumed by them, the said Indians have thereupon named the
following persons for that purpose, that is to say: For the Swan
Creek and Lake Manitoba Indians, Sou-sonse or Little Long Ears;
for the Indians of Fairford and the neighboring localities, Ma-sah-kee-yash
or "He who flies to the bottom," and Richard Woodhouse, whose
Indian name is Ke-wee-tah-quun-na-yash or "He who flies round
the feathers;" for the Indians of Waterhen River and Crane River
and the neighboring localities, Francois, or Broken Fingers; and
for the Indians of Riding Mountains and Dauphin Lake and the
remainder of the territory hereby ceded, Mekis (the Eagle), or
Giroux.
And, thereupon, in open council the different
bands have presented their respective Chiefs to His Excellency
the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba and of the North-west
Territory being present at such council and to the said
Commissioner, as the Chiefs and Headmen, for the purposes
aforesaid, of the respective bands of Indians inhabiting the
said district hereinafter described; and whereas the said
Lieutenant Governor and the said Commissioner then and there
received and acknowledged the persons so presented as Chiefs and
Headmen for the purposes aforesaid of the respective bands of
Indians inhabiting the said district hereinafter described; and
whereas the said Commissioner has proceeded to negotiate a
treaty with the said Indians, and the same has finally been
agreed upon and concluded, as follows, that is to say:
The Chippewa Tribe of Indians and all other
the Indians inhabiting the district hereinafter described and
defined do hereby cede, release, surrender and yield up to Her
Majesty the Queen, and Her successors forever, all the lands
included within the following limits, that is to say: All that
tract of country lying partly to the north and partly to the
west of a tract of land ceded to Her Majesty the Queen by the
Indians inhabiting the Province of Manitoba, and certain
adjacent localities, under the terms of a treaty made at Lower
Fort Garry on the third day of August last past, the land now
intended to be ceded and surrendered being particularly
described as follows, that is to say: Beginning at the mouth of
Winnipeg River, on the north line of the lands ceded by said
treaty; thence running along the eastern shore of Lake Winnipeg
northwardly as far as the mouth of Beren's River; thence across
said lake to its western shore, at the north bank of the mouth
of the Little Saskatchewan or Dauphin River; thence up said
stream and along the northern and western shores thereof, and of
St. Martin's Lake, and along the north bank of the stream
flowing into St. Martin's Lake from Lake Manitoba by the general
course of such stream to such last-mentioned lake; thence by the
eastern and northern shores of Lake Manitoba to the mouth of the
Waterhen River; thence by the eastern and northern shores of
said river up stream to the northernmost extremity of a small
lake known as Waterhen Lake; thence in a line due west to and
across lake Winnepegosis; thence in a straight line to the most
northerly waters forming the source of the Shell River; thence
to a point west of the same two miles distant from the river,
measuring at right angles thereto; thence by a line parallel
with the Shell River to its mouth, and thence crossing the
Assiniboine River and running parallel thereto and two miles
distant therefrom, and to the westward thereof, to a point
opposite Fort Ellice; thence in a south-westwardly course to the
north-western point of the Moose Mountains; thence by a line due
south to the United States frontier; thence by the frontier
eastwardly to the westward line of said tract ceded by treaty as
aforesaid; thence bounded thereby by the west, northwest and
north lines of said tract, to the place of beginning, at the
mouth of Winnipeg River. To have and to hold the same to Her
Majesty the Queen and Her successors forever; and Her Majesty
the Queen hereby agrees and undertakes to lay aside and reserve
for the sole and exclusive use of the Indians inhabiting the
said tract the following lots of land, that is to say:
For the use of the Indians belonging to the
band of which Mekis is Chief, so much land between Turtle River
and Valley River, on the south side of Lake Dauphin, as will
make one hundred and sixty acres for each family of five
persons, or in the same proportion for a greater or smaller
number of persons. And for the use of the Indians belonging to
the band of which François, or Broken Fingers, is Chief, so much
land on Crane River, running into Lake Manitoba, as will make
one hundred and sixty acres for each family of five persons, or
in the same proportion for a greater or smaller number of
persons. And for the use of the band of Indians belonging to the
bands of which Ma-sah-kee-yash and Richard Woodhouse are Chiefs,
so much land on the river between Lake Manitoba and St. Martin's
Lake, known as "Fairford River," and including the present
Indian mission grounds, as will make one hundred and sixty acres
for each family of five persons, or in the same proportion for a
greater or smaller number of persons.
And for the use of the Indians of whom
Sou-sonce is Chief, so much land on the east side of Lake
Manitoba, to be laid off north of the creek near which a fallen
elm tree now lies, and about half way between Oak Point and
Manitoba Post, so much land as will make one hundred and sixty
acres for each family of five persons, or in the same proportion
for a greater or smaller number of persons. Saving,
nevertheless, the rights of any white or other settler now in
occupation of any lands within the lines of any such reserve.
And with a view to show the satisfaction of
Her Majesty with the behaviour and good conduct of Her Indians,
parties to this treaty, She hereby, through Her Commissioner,
makes them a present of three dollars for each Indian man, woman
and child belonging to the band here represented.
And further, Her Majesty agrees to maintain a
school in each reserve hereby made, whenever the Indians of the
reserve shall desire it.
Her Majesty further agrees with Her said
Indians that within the boundary of Indian reserves, until
otherwise enacted by the proper legislative authority, no
intoxicating liquor shall be allowed to be introduced or sold,
and all laws now in force or hereafter to be enacted to preserve
Her Indian subjects inhabiting the reserves or living elsewhere
within Her North-West Territories, from the evil influence of
the use of intoxicating liquors, shall be strictly enforced.
And further, that Her Majesty's Commissioner
shall, as soon as possible after the execution of this treaty,
cause to be taken an accurate census of all the Indians
inhabiting the tract above described, distributing them in
families, and shall in every year ensuing the date hereof, at
some period during the month of August in each year to be duly
notified to the Indians, and at or near their respective
reserves, pay to each Indian family of five persons the sum of
fifteen dollars, Canadian currency, or in like proportion for a
larger or smaller family, such payment to be made in such
articles as the Indians shall require of blankets, clothing,
prints (assorted colours), twine or traps, at the current cash
price in Montreal, or otherwise, if Her Majesty shall deem the
same desirable in the interest of Her Indian people, in cash.
And the undersigned Chiefs, on their own
behalf and on behalf of all other Indians inhabiting the tract
within ceded, do hereby solemnly promise and engage to strictly
observe this treaty, and also to conduct and behave themselves
as good and loyal subjects of Her Majesty the Queen. They
promise and engage that they will in all respects obey and abide
by the law; that they will maintain peace and good order between
each other, and also between themselves and other tribes of
Indians, and between themselves and others of Her Majesty's
subjects, whether Indians or whites, now inhabiting or hereafter
to inhabit any part of the said ceded tract, and that they will
not molest the person or property of any inhabitants of such
ceded tract, or the property of Her Majesty the Queen, or
interfere with or trouble any person passing or travelling
through the said tract, or any part thereof, and that they will
aid and assist the officers of Her Majesty in bringing to
justice and punishment any Indian offending against the
stipulations of this treaty, or infringing the laws in force in
the country so ceded.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Her Majesty's said
Commissioner and the said Indian Chiefs have hereunto subscribed
and set their hands at Manitoba Post this day and year herein
first above named.
Signed by the Chiefs within named, in WEMYSS
M. SIMPSON, [L.S.] presence of the following witnesses, Indian
Commissioner, the same having been first read and his explained:
MEKIS, x mark ADAMS G. ARCHIBALD, his Lieut. Gov. of Manitoba
and SOU-SONCE, x the N.-W. Territories, mark JAMES McKAY, P.L.C.,
his MOLYNEUX St. JOHN, MA-SAH-KEE-YASH, x E. A. ARCHIBALD, mark
LILY ARCHIBALD, his HENRI BOUTHILLIER, FRANÇOIS, x PAUL DE
LARONDE, mark DONALD McDONALD, RICHARD WOODHOUSE. ELIZA McDONALD,
ALEXANDER MUIR, Sr.
