band which we represent, transfer, surrender, and relinquish to Her Majesty the Queen, her heirs and successors, to and for the use of her Government of her Dominion of Canada, all our right, title, and privileges whatsoever which we and the said band which we represent have held or enjoy of, in, and to the territory described and fully set out in the said Articles of Treaty and every part thereof; also, all our right, title, and privileges whatsoever to all other lands wherever situated, whether within the limit of any Treaty formerly made, or here after to be made, with the Saulteaux tribe or any other tribe of Indians inhabiting Her Majesty's North-West Territories, or any of them, to have and to hold the same unto and to the use of Her said Majesty the Queen, her heirs and successors, for ever.
And we hereby agree to accept the several provisions, payments, and reserves of the said Treaty, signed at the Qu'Appelle Lakes as therein stated, and solemnly promise and engage to abide by, carry out, and fulfil all the stipulations, obligations, and conditions therein contained on the part of the said Chiefs and Indians therein named to be observed and performed, and in all things to conform to the Articles of the said Treaty as if we ourselves and the band which we represent had been originally contracting parties thereto, and had been present and attached our signatures to the said Treaty.
In witness whereof Her Majesty's said Commissioners and the said Indian Chief and Headman have hereunto subscribed and set their hands at Fort Ellice, this 21st day of September, in the year of Our Lord 1874.
Alexander Morris, Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories.
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David Laird, Indian Commissioner.
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| Their | W. J. CHRISTIE, Indian Commissioner.
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| X | Wa-wa-se-oapow, or, The man proud of standing upright.
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| X | Ota-Ma-koo-ewin, or, Shapous-e-tung's first son
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| marks. | — The man who stands on the Earth. |
Signed by the parties hereto in the presence of the under signed witnesses, the same having been first explained to the Indians by Joseph Robillard.
