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July 1867

[£.135"18"2?] [135 pounds, 18 shillings, 2 pence?]

Required for the use of the Chippeway Indians
of Port Sarnia the sum of One hundred thirty five
pounds, eighteen shillings & two pence for the
purposes mentioned below.

To be [charged?] to the Annuity payable
to this Tribe for Lands ceded to the Crown.

To pay for a new house for [Wm?] Wawanosh £ 42 " 10 [42 pounds, 10 shillings]

To purchase a yoke of oxen for }
[I. Mashahkeyosh?] -- 25 " " [25 pounds]

To pay [D. Furguson?] for finishing }
new School House -- 31 " 5 " [31 pounds, 5 shillings]

To enable John [Sumner?] to remove his }
House - 10 " " [10 pounds]

To pay W.B. Clark's account of }
funeral articles &c &c 27 " 3 " 2 [27 pounds, 3 shillings, 2 pence] [sum underlined]

£ 135. 18 " 2 [135 pounds, 18 shillings, 2 pence]

Signed in my presence }
being first [read?] & explained
[S. Waldron?]
[Missionary?]

[In.?] Council at Sarnia
this [28th?] day of July [1857?]
David B. Wawanosh H.C.
Joshua Wawanosh [image: handwritten symbol of 2 parallel horizontal lines ending in arcs on the right side, with 2 short lines sticking out in the middle of each side]
Johnston [Waupaligais?] [image: handwritten symbol of 2 parallel horizontal lines ending in arcs on the right side, with a vertical line crossing them in the middle}

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The signing date at the bottom must be 1857 and not 1837, as David Wawanosh was Head Chief (H.C.) from 1853-1867.