Quakeolth Tribe - Fort Rupert
Know all men, that we the chiefs and people of the Tribe called Quakeolths who have signed our names and made our marks to this deed on the eighth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, do consent to surrender, entirely and for ever, to James Douglas, the agent of the Hudson's Bay Company in Vancouver Island, that is to say, for the Governor, Deputy Governor, and Committee of the same, the whole of the lands situated and lying between McNeill's Harbour and Hardy Bay, inclusive of these ports, and extending two miles into the interior of the Island.
The conditions of our understanding of this sale is this, that our village sites and enclosed fields are to be kept for our own use, for the use of our children, and for those who may follow afer us and the land shall be properly surveyed hereafter. It is understood, however, that the land itself, with these small exceptions, becomes the entire property of the white people for ever; it is also understood that we are at liberty to hunt over the unoccupied lands, and to carry on our fisheries as formerly.
We have received, as payment, Eighty-six pounds sterling.
In token whereof, we have signed our names and made our marks, at Fort Rupert, Beaver Harbour, on the eighth of February, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one.
(Signed)
Wawattie his X mark and 15 others.
Witness to signatures, (signed)
William Henry McNeill, G.T., H.B.Co.
Charles Dodd, Master, Steamer Beaver
George Blenkinsop, Clerk H.B. Co.