Transcript of Treaty IT-257/IA-124 (1), (1817)

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Indian Treaties and Surrenders: From 1680 to 1890 Vol. I-II. (Ottawa: Brown Chamberlin [Queen's Printer], 1891)

 No.124
   
THIS INDENTURE, made on the eighteenth day of July, in the fifty-  
seventh year of the reign of Our Sovereign Lord King George the Third,   
and in the year of Our Lord eighteen hundred and seventeen between the   
undersigned Chiefs and Warriors of the Chippeaway or Sautaux Nation,   
and the Killistine or Cree Nation, on the one part, and the Right   
Honorable Thomas Earl of Selkirk, on the other part, Witnesseth: that   
for and in consideration of the annual present or quit-rent herein after   
mentioned the said Chiefs have given, granted and confirmed and do by   
these presents give, grant and confirm unto Our Sovereign Lord the King,   
all that tract of land adjacent to Red River and Assiniboyne River,   
beginning at the mouth of the Red River and extending along the same as   
far as the Great Forks at the mouth of Red Lake River and along the   
Assiniboyne River as far as the Musk Rat River, otherwise called   
Rivière des Champignons, and extending to the distance of six miles   
from Fort Douglas on every side, and likewise from Fort Daer, and also   
from the Great Forks, and in other parts extending in breadth to the   
distance of two English statute miles back from the banks of the said   
river, on each side, together with all the appurtenances whatsovever    
of the said tract of land, to have and to hold forever the said   
tract of land and appurtenacnes, to the use of the said Earl   
of Selkirk and of the settlers being established thereon,   
with the consent and permission of Our Sovereign Lord the King,  
 or of the said Earl of Selkirk; provided always, and these   
presents are under the express condition, that the said Earl, his   
heirs and successors, or their agents, shall annually pay to the   
Chief and Warriors of the Chippeway or Saulteaux Nation the   
present or quit-rent, consisting of one hundred pounds weight of good   
and merchantable tobacco, to be delivered on or before the tenth day of   
October at the Forks of Assiniboyne River, and to the Chiefs and   
Warriors of Killistine or Cree Nation a like present or quit-rent of one   
hundred pounds weight of tobacco, to be delivered to them on or before   
the said tenth day of October at Portage de la Prairie, on the banks of   
Assiniboyne River, provided always that the traders hitherto   
established upon any part of the above mentioned tract of land shall not   
be molested in the possession of the lands which they have already   
cultivated and improved till His Majesty's pleasure shall be known.  
   
  
In WITNESS THEREOF the Chiefs aforesaid have set their marks, at the   
Forks of the Red River, on the day aforesaid.  
   
  
Signed in presence of:                  MATCHIE WHEWAB, his (totem) mark , 
 SELKIRK,                               Le Sonnant.
 THOMAS THOMAS,                         MECHKADETTINNAH, his (totem) mark,  
 JAMES BIRD,                            La Robe Noire.  
 F. MATTHEY, Captain,                   KAYAGUSKEBINOA, his (totem) mark,  
 P.D. ORSONNIOS, Captain,               L'Homme Noir  
 MILES MCONNNELL,                       PEGWISS, his (totem) mark,  
 J. BT.  CHS.  DELORIMIER,             OUCKIDOAT, his (totem) mark,  
 LOUIS NOLIN, Interpreter.              Premier.