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Akd, whereas^ the Indians of the said tract, duly convened 

 in council and at the respective points named hereunder, and 

 being requested by Her Majesty's Commissioners to name cer- 

 tain 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 

 therefore acknowledged for that purpose the several Chiefs and 

 Headmen who have subscribed hereto. 



And whereas, the said Commissioners have proceeded to 

 negotiate a treaty with the Cree, Beaver, Chipewyan and other 

 Indians, inhabiting the district hereinafter defined and described, 

 and the same has been agreed upon and concluded by the respec- 

 tive bands at the dates mentioned hereunder, the said Indians 



DO HEREBY CEDE, RELEASE, SURRENDER AND YIELD UP tO the 



Government of the Dominion of Canada, for Her Majesty the 

 Queen and her successors for ever, all their rights, titles and 

 privileges whatsoever, to the lands included within the following 

 limits, that is to say: — 



Commencing at the source of the main branch of the Eed 

 Deer Eiver in Alberta, thence due west to the central range of 

 the Eocky Mountains, thence north-westerly along the said 

 range to the point where it intersects the 60th. parallel of north 

 latitude, thence east along said parallel to the point where it 

 intersects Hay Eiver, thence north-easterly down said river to 

 the south shore of Great Slave Lake, thence along the said 

 shore north-easterly (and including such rights to the islands 

 in said lakes as the Indians mentioned in the treaty may 

 possess), and thence easterly and north-easterly along the south 

 shores of Christie's Bay and McLeod's Bay to old Port Eeliance, 

 near the mouth of Lockhart's Eiver, thence south-easterly in 

 a straight line to and including Black Lake, thence south- 

 westerly up the stream from Cree Lake, thence including said 

 lake south-westerly along the height of land between the 

 Athabasca and Churchill Elvers, to where it intersects the 

 northern boundary of Treaty Six, and along the said 

 boundary easterly, northerly and southwesterly, to the place 

 of commencement. 



And also the said Indian rights, titles and privileges what- 

 soever to all other lands wherever situated, in the North-West 

 Territories, British Columbia, or in any other portion of the 

 Dominion of Canada. 



