Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-07-16
OHoUTAW TREATY.
ANDREW JACKSON,

Whereas. Treaty between the United States 0
 America and the Mingoes, Chiefs, Captains andWar
 riors, of the Choctaw Nation, was entered into n
 Dancing Rabbit Creek, on the twenty-sevenh day
 of September in the year oi our Lord one thousand
 eight hundred and thirty, and of the Independence O
 the United States the fifty fifth, by JOHN H. EATor
 and JOHN COFFEE Commissioners on the part oftht
 United States and the Chiefs Captains and Head
 men of the Choctaw Nation, on the part of said Ma
 ton which Treaty, together with the supplemental
 article thereto is in the words following, to wit:
 TREATY of perPetna fendship esssiOn oa and hm en
 for in behalf of the Government of the United States
 and the he s panSps ans RaS as
 the fifteenth of September in the eighteen hundred
 WHEREAS the General Assembly, of the State of ississr-
 p the laws d said State persons and pro
 pery within the chartered ms ofthe same and the Pre-
 United has iad that he cannot protect
 the Choctaw people, from the oraton of these laws; Now
 therefore that the Choctaws maj live under their own laws
 peace United States md the State of Mississp
 pi they have determined sell heir lands of the Mis-
 ssipP and have accordingly aeed to the following arti
 ARTICLE l. Perpetual pefe and friendship is pledged and agreed upon by aid between the United
 States and the Mingoes, Chick, and Warriors of the
 Choctaw Nation of Red PeopA; and that this may
 be considered the Treaty exishg between the par ties all other Treaties heretofoH existing and incon
 slstent with the provisions oi th are hereby decar
 ed null and void
 ARTICLE II. The United Staes, under n grant specially to be made by the President of the U. S. shall cause to be conveyed to the ehoctaw Nation n tract of country west of the Mississippi River, in fee simple to them and their descendants, to inure 10 them while they shall exist as nation and live on it. beginning near Fort smith where the Arkansas boundary crosses the Arkansas River running thence to the source q the Canadian ork if in the limits of
 the United states, to those limits; thence due south to Red River, and down Red River to the west boun- dary of sie Territory of Arkansas; thence north along that line to the beginning. The boundary of the same to be agreeably to the Treaty made and con clrded at Washington City in the year 1895 The grant to be executed SO soon the present Treaty shali be ratified.
 ARTICLE III. In consideration of the provisions contained in the several articles of this Treaty the Choctaw Nation of Indians consent and hereby cede to the United States, the entire country they own and possess east of the Mississippi Rver and they agree to remove beyondhe Mississippi River as early as practicable, and will so arrange their removal, that many possible of their people not exceeding one half of the whole number, shall depart during the falls of 1881 and 1S32 the residue to follow during the succeeding fall of 1885, better opportunity in this manner will be afforded the Government to ex- tend to them the facilities and comforts which it is de- srabe should be extended in conveying them to their new homes.
 ARTICLE ". The Government and people ofthe United States are hereby obliged to secure to the said Chocaw Nation of Red People, the jurisdiction and government fall the persons and property that may be within their limits west that no Territory or State shall have right to pass laws for the government ofthe Choctaw Nation of Red People and their descendants; and that no part of the land granted them shall ever be embraced in any Terri tory State but the U. s. shall forever secure said Choctaw Nation from, and against all laws except such as from time to time may be enacted in their own National Councils, not inconsistent with the Constitution, Treaties and Laws of the U States; and except such as may, and which have been en- acted by Congress, to the extent that Congress un der the Constitution required to exercise legs- lation over Indian Affairs. But the Choctaws, should this Treaty be ratified, express wish that Congress may grant to the Choctaws the right of pu- nishing by their own laws, any white man who shall come into their nation, and infringe any of their na- tional regulations.
 ARTICLE V The United States arc obliged to protect the Choctaws from domestic strife and from Foreign enemies on the principles that the cti- gems fthe United States protected so that what ever would be legal demand upon the U. s. for de- fence or for wrongs committed by an enemy, on a citizen of the U s. shall be equally binding in favor of the Choctaws, and in all cases where the Choc- taws shali be called upon by legally authorised of. fcer of the U s. to fight an enemy such Choctaw shall receive the pay and other emoluments which citizens of the U. S. receive in such provided no war shall be undertaken or prosecuted by said Choctaw Nation but by declaration made in full Council and to be approved by the U. s. unless it be in self defence against open rebellion against an enemy marching into their country, in which Cases they shall defend until the U. S. are advised thereof.
 ARTICLE VI. Should a Choctaw or any party of ChOctaws commit acts of violence upon the person or property of citizen of the U s. or join any war party against any neghboring tribe ofIndians, with out the authority in the preceding arcle and except to oppose actual threatened invasion or rebel lion, such person offending shall be delivered up to officer ofthe U. S. if in the power of the Cboc Jaw Nation, that such offender may be punished as may be provided in such cases, by the laws of the U. s.; but if such offender Is not within the control of the Choctaw Nation, then said Choctaw Nation shall not be held responsible for the injury done by the offender.
 ARTICLE VII. All acts of violence committed up- oh persons and property of the people off the Choc- taw Nation, either by citizens ofthe U. S. or neigh boring Tribes of Red People, shall be referred to some authorized Agent, by him to be referred to the President of the U. S. who shall examine into such cases and that every possible degree of justice is lone to said Indian party ofthe Choctaw Nation
 ARTICLE VIII. Offenders against the laws of the U. s. or any individual State shall be apprehended and delivered to any duly authorized person where such offender may be found in the Choctaw country, having fled from any part of U s. but in all such cases application must be made to the Agent or Chiefs, and the expense ofhis apprehension and de- livery provided for and paid by the U. States.
 ARTIULE ix. Any ci,izen Of the U. $. who may be ordered from the Nation by the Agent and consii- uted authorities of the Nation, and refusing to obey or return into the Nation without the consent ofthe aforesaid persons, shall be subject to such pains and penalties as may be provided by inc laws of the U. $. in such cases Citizens of the U. s. travelling peaceably under the authority of the laws of U s. shall be under the and protection of the nation
 ARTICLE X. No person shall expose goods or oth- CT article for sale a trader without written per- init from the constituted authorities of the Nation or authority of the laws of the Congress of the U S. under penalty offoreiting the Articles and the con- slituted authorities of the Nation shall grant no li-