translate English to French: And whereas the said Indians have been notified and informed by His Majesty's said commissioner that it is His Majesty's desire to open for settlement, immigration, trade, travel, mining, lumbering and such other purposes as to His Majesty may seem meet, a tract of country bounded and described as hereinafter mentioned and to obtain the consent thereto of his Indian subjects inhabiting the said tract and to make a treaty and arrange with them sot that there may be peace and good will between them and His Majesty's other subjects, and that His Indian people may know and be assured of what allowances they are to count upon and receive from His Majesty's bounty and benevolence.
Et attendu que les indiens de la région dûment réunis en conseil aux endroits respectifs ci-après désignés, et étant requis par le dit commissaire de Sa Majesté de nommer certains chefs et sous-chefs autorisés et en leur nom de conduire ces négociations et de signer un traité fondé sur icelles et de devenir responsables envers Sa Majesté du fidèle accomplissement par leurs bandes respectives des obligations qu'ils auront assumées, les dits indiens ont en conséquence reconnu pour cette fin les divers chefs et sous-chefs qui ont souscrit aux présentes.