hands of the agent, to pay the expenses incurred in raising and Art. 14. Whereas the father of the beloved chief Mushula- Mushulatub- Art. 15. The peace and harmony subsisting between the l'eace and Choctaw nation of Indians and the United States, are hereby harmony derenewed, continued, and declared to be perpetual. Art. 16. These articles shall take effect, and become obli- In testimony whereof, the commissioners plenipotentiary of ANDREW JACKSON, } Commissioners. THOMAS HINDS, MEDAL MINGOES. CHIEFS AND WARRIORS. General Humming Bird, his x mark, Talking Warrior, his x mark, Little Leader, his x mark, Captain Bob Cole, his x mark, Red Fort, or Oolatahooma, his x mark, Choctawistonocka, his x mark, Oglano, his x mark, Chuleta, his x mark, John Frazier, his x mark, Oakchummia, his x mark, Nockestona, his x mark, Chapahooma, his x mark, Onanchahabee, his x mark, Copatanathoco, his x mark, Atahobia, his x mark, Opehoola, his x mark, Chetantanchahubbee, his x mark, 22 clared to be perpetual, Captain Lapala, his x mark, Chuckahicka, his x mark, ་ Thlahomia, his x mark, Tishotata, his x mark, Inoquia, his x mark, Ultetoncubbee, his x mark, Palochubbee, his x mark, Jopannu, his x mark, Captain Joel H. Vail, Tapanastonahamia, his x mark, Hoopihomia, his x mark, Chelutahomia, his x mark, Tusklamingo, his x mark, Capt. Daniel M'Curtain, his x mark, Muck lisahopia, his x mark, Nuckpullachubbee, his x mark, Captain Thomas M'Curtain, his x mark, Capt. John Cairns, his x mark, Col. Boyer, his x mark, Holantachanshahubbee, his x mark, Washaschahopia, his x mark, Hapeahomia, his x mark, Capt. Samuel Cobb, his x mark, Pooshonshabbee, his x mark, Casania, his x mark, Joseph Nelson, his x mark, Unahubbee, his x mark, Red Duck, his x mark, Capt. Red Knife, his x mark, Capt. Tonnanpoocha, his x mark, Capt. Charles Durant, his x mark, Witnesses present at sealing and signing: Saml. R. Overton, secretary to the commission, Eden Brashears, J. C. Bronaugh, asst. surg. gen. S. D. U. S. army, H. D. Downs, Wm. F. Gangent, Wm. M. Graham, 1st lieut. corps of artillery, LIBRAR UNIVERSITY CALIPOI Andrew J. Donalson, brut. 2d lt. corps of eng. and aid-de-camp to gen. Jackson. P.A. Vandorn, John H. Esty, John Pitchlynn, U. S. interpreter, M. Mackey, U. S. interpreter, Edmund Falsome, interpreter, X, Geo. Fisher, Jas. Jackson, jr. No. 8. Articles of a convention made between John C. Calhoun, Secretary of Treaty with Whereas, a treaty of friendship, and limits, and accommo- Reference to the treaty of dation, having been entered into at Doake's Stand, on the eigh- 1820. teenth of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred (See ante, Not and twenty, between Andrew Jackson and Thomas Hinds, 7 of this chap.) commissioners on the part of the United States, and the chiefs and warriors of the Choctaw nation of Indians; and whereas the second article of the treaty aforesaid provides for a cession of lands, west of the Mississippi, to the Choctaw nation, in part satisfaction for lands ceded by said nation to the United States, according to the first article of said treaty: And whereas, it being ascertained that the cession aforesaid embraces a Lands eeded large number of settlers, citizens of the United States; and it being the desire of the president of the United States to obviate all difficulties resulting therefrom, and also, to adjust other matters in which both the United States and the Choctaw nation are interested: the following articles have been agreed upon, and concluded, between John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, specially authorized therefor by the president of the United States, on the one part, and the undersigned delegates of the Choctaw nation, on the other part: Art. 1. The Choctaw nation do hereby cede to the United to U. States. States all that portion of the land ceded to them by the second article of the treaty of Doake Stand, as aforesaid, lying east of a line beginning on the Arkansas, one hundred paces east of fort Smith, and running thence, due south, to Red River: it being understood that this line shall constitute, and remain, the permanent boundary between the United States and the Choctaws; and the United States agreeing to remove such citizens as may be settled on the west side, to the east side of said line, and prevent future settlements from being made on the west thereof. $6,000 to be paid them annually. $6,000 to be paid them annually for sixteen years, Art. 2. In consideration of the cession aforesaid, the United States do hereby agree to pay the said Choctaw nation the sum of six thousand dollars, annually, forever; it being agreed that the said sum of six thousand dollars shall be annually applied, for the term of twenty years, under the direction of the president of the United States, to the support of schools in said nation, and extending to it the benefits of instruction in the mechanic and ordinary arts of life; when, at the expiration of twenty years, it is agreed that the said annuity may be vested in stocks, or otherwise disposed of, or continued, at the option of the Choctaw nation. Art. 3. The eighth article of the treaty aforesaid having provided that an appropriation of lands shall be made for the purpose of raising six thousand dollars a year for sixteen years, and to avoid for the use of the Choctaw nation; and it being desirable to delay and exavoid the delay and expense attending the survey and sale of pense. said land; the United States do hereby agree to pay the Choctaw nation, in lieu thereof, the sum of six thousand dollars, annually, for sixteen years, to commence with the present year. And the United States further stipulate and agree to take immediate measures to survey and bring into market, and sell, the fifty-four sections of land set apart by the seventh article of the treaty aforesaid, and apply the proceeds in the manner provided by the said article. Provision made for all those Choc taws having separate set Art. 4. It is provided by the ninth section of the treaty aforesaid, that all those of the Choctaw nation who have separate settlements, and fall within the limits of the land ceded by said nation to the United States, and desire to remain where fall within the remain. they now reside, shall be secured in a tract or parcel of land, tlements, and one mile square, to include their improvements. It is, there- lauds ceded to fore, hereby agreed, that all who have reservations in confor- the U. States, mity to said stipulation, shall have power, with the consent of who desire to the president of the United States, to sell and convey the same in fee simple. It is further agreed, on the part of the United States, that those Choctaws, not exceeding four in number, who applied for reservations, and received the recommendation of the commissioners, as per annexed copy of said recommendation, shall have the privilege, and the right is hereby given to them, to select, each of them, a portion of land, not exceeding a mile square, any where within the limits of the cession of 1820, when the land is not occupied or disposed of by the United States; and the right to sell and convey the same, with the consent of the president, in fee simple, is hereby granted. late United Art. 5. There being a debt due by individuals of the The debt due Choctaw nation to the late United States' trading house on of the Choctaw by individuals the Tombigby, the United States hereby agree to relinquish nation to the the same; the delegation, on the part of their nation, agreeing States' trading to relinquish their claim upon the United States, to send a fac- house on the tor with goods to supply the wants of the Choctaws west of Tombigby, relinquished. the Mississippi, as provided for by the 6th article of the treaty aforesaid. in the Pensa Art. 6. The Choctaw nation having a claim upon the United 14,972 dollars States, for services rendered in the Pensacola campaign, and and 50 cents to be paid for which it is stipulated, in the 11th article of the treaty them for seraforesaid, that payment shall be made, but which has been de- vices rendered layed for want of the proper vouchers, which it has been found, cola campaign. as yet, impossible to obtain; the United States, to obviate the inconvenience of further delay, and to render justice to the Choctaw warriors for their services in that campaign, do hereby agree upon an equitable settlement of the same, and fix the sum at fourteen thousand nine hundred and seventy-two dollars fifty cents; which, from the muster rolls, and other evidence in the possession of the third auditor, appears to be about the probable amount due, for the services aforesaid, and which sum shall be immediately paid to the delegation, to be distributed by them to the chiefs and warriors of their nation, who served in the campaign aforesaid, as may appear to them to be just. of the afore Art. 7. It is further agreed, that the fourth article of the Fourth article treaty aforesaid, shall be so modified, as that the congress of said treaty to the United States shall not exercise the power of apportioning be modified. the lands, for the benefit of each family, or individual, of the Choctaw nation, and of bringing them under the laws of the United States, but with the consent of the Choctaw nation. |