Whereas the Indians inhabiting the said territory have, pursuant to an appointment made by the said Commissioners, been convened at a meeting at Qu'Appelle Lakes, to deliberate upon certain matters of interest to Her Most Gracious Majesty of the one part, and the said Indians of the other:
And whereas the said Indians have been notified and informed, by Her Majesty's said Commissioners, that it is the desire of Her Majesty to open up for settlement, immigration, trade, and such other purposes as to Her Majesty may seem meet, 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 arrange with them so that there may be peace and good-will between them and Her Majesty, and between them and Her Majesty's other subjects; and that her Indian people 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 Commissioners 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:—Ka-kii-shi-way, or "Loud Voice" (Qu'Appelle River), Pis-qua, or " the Plain " (Leech Lake), Ka-we-zauce, or "the Little Boy" (Leech Lake), Ka-kee-na-wup, or "One that sits like an Eagle" (Upper Qu'Appelle Lakes), Kus-kee-tew-mus-coo-musqua, or "Little Black Bear" (Cypress Hills), Ka-ne-on-us-ka-tew, or "One that walks on Four Claws" (Little Touchwood Hills), Can-ah-ah-cha-pew, or "Making ready the Bow" (south side of the south branch of the Saskatchewan), Ku-si-caw-ah-chuk, or "Day Star" (south side of the south branch of the Saskatchewan), Ka-ra-ca-toose, or "The Poor Man" (Touchwood Hills and Qu'Appelle Lakes), Ka-ku-nis-ta-haw, or "Him that flies Round" (towards the Cypress Hills), Cha-ca-chas (Qu'Appelle River), Wah-pii-moose-too-sus, or "the White Calf" or "Pus-coos" (Qu'Appelle River), Gabriel Cote or Mee-may, or "the Pigeon" (Fort Pelly):
And thereupon in open Council the different bands having presented the men of their choice to the said Commissioners
