Know all men, we, the chiefs and people of the Kosapsom Tribe, who have signed our names and made our marks to this deed on the thirtieth day of April, 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 Inlet of Camoson, and the head of the said Inlet, embracing the lands on the west aide and north of that line to Esquimalt, beyond the Inlet three miles of the Colquitz and the lands west of those objects. The condition of or 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 after 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, Fifty-two pounds ten shillings sterling. In token whereof, we have signed our names and made our marks, at Fort Victoria, on the thirtieth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and fifty. (Signed) HOOKOOWITZ his x mark, and 20 others Done in the presence of (Signed) ALFRED ROBSON BENSON, M.R.C.S.L. JOSEPH WILLIAM McKAY

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