Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-11-26
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR,


Office of Indian Affairs, August ID, 1855. :
DUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that the
several pieces or parcels OF land hereinafter
described, lying in the counties Of Talahatchie,
alobusha, Holmes, Lowndes, and Bolivar, in
the State Of Mississippi, will, at the times and
places designated, be exposed for sale separate
qEaTfsr sseions at public auction, to the highest
bidder for cash, by commissioners to be appointed
on behalf OF the Choctaw orphans by the govern
ment, their trustee, under the provision Of the
9th clause Of the 10th article Of the Choctaw treaty
of 1880, viz:
On Monday, the Sd day Of December, 1855, at
the court house door IN Cofeeville, the following
tracts In Yalobusha county:
All IN township t,osnty-thrss (s3) Of range eight
(6) east.
All Of section thirty three (a3)
The west half and southeast quarter Of section
twenty-eight (2S)
The east half Of section twenty nine coy
The northeast quarter section thirty-one (3D
The north half Of section thirty-two (32)
The whole Of section thirty-three (33,) and
The west half Of section thirty-four (3i)
And, at the same time and place, the following
described tract in the adjoining range in BoliUa1
county, viz:
The south half of section thirteen township t,csx-
ty-Stz (26) range seveS ca tcest.
On Monday, the 10th day Of December 1855, at
the court house door In Charleston, TdIldhatchte
county, the following described tracts Of land in
said county, viz:
In to,cnsh,p tresty- four (2) range t,co (2) east
All of sections three a. ten (lO,) and thirty
three (33)
The east half Of section four (4)
The southwest quarter Of section nine (9)
The north half and southwest quarter Of section
The west half OF section twenty-five (25)
The north half of section twenty i25)
The west half Of section twenty seven (27)
The northwest quarter Of section thirty four (3i)
and
The north half Of the northwest quarter and
west half Of the northeast quarter Of section thir-
ty six (36)
In township tpesty :fve esq range t,ro (2) east
All Of section twenty-sev (27D twenty-eight
(2S) and twenty mine coy
The northeast quarter Of section four (i)
The southwest quarter Of section twenty-five
The southwest quarter Of section twenty.three
(23,) and
The east half of section thirty (30.)
In township 'icenty-fonr GAY range three (3)
east.
All Of section three ~
The east half Of the northeast Quartes Of section
two (2,) and
The northeast quarter Of section fouri)
In toTHshiP t'centy:fce esq range three C3)
east
The southwest quarter Of section fourteen Qi)
The southeast quarter Of section fifteen U5)
The southwest quarter Of section twenty five
C25)
The southeast quarter Of section twenty. six 1857
The southeast quarter Of section thirty three
49, and
The southwest quarter Of section thirty four (3l)
On Monday, the 18th day of December 1885 at
the courthouse door in the town of Lexington,
Holmes county, the following described tracts Of
land In said county, viz:
rs township sixteen (l6,) range one (I) wes..
The west half of section fifteen 15) and
The west half and southeast quarter Of section
twenty-five (22)
Ia tOtcnship fifteen Q5,) range one ~ tcest.
The southeast quarter Of section twenty COY
On Saturday, the 22d OF December, 1855, at the
court house door In the town of Columbus, the
following described quarter section Of and In
Lo,cHd.s county, viz:
The northwest quarter Of section TWENTY-FIVE
(23 township nineteen (l9,) range seventeen ~
east
Of the above described lands, seventy. twou laf-
ter sections were selected In 1884 at a time when
some of the best lands in the State were unoccu-
Pied and unappropriated; and the other FIVE quar-
ter sections and one-eighth acre lot or eighth of
section, have been acquired In settlement from
debtors to the orphan fund. The late commits
sioner TO settle with debtors to that fund describes
the lands above offered for sale as being A" almost
without an exception rich and fertile well and ad
vantageously located, many Of them considerably
improved" and as being ''largely enhanced In
value by the settlement, improvement, prosperity,
and excellent population Of the section In which
they lie, " and "eminently adapted" for planting
purposes.
An aPpraisement Of these reserves, showing
their value, and the minimum price at which
each tract, respectively, may be sold, will be made
prior to the dates Of sale.
In cases where the purchaser or purchasers Of any
tract shall fail TO comply with the terms Of SALE the
land purchased will be resold at his or their ex-
pense and risk.
The title to these lands is believed to be indis-
putable; but IL, IN any case, an adverse claim
shall be set up the night Of the orphans will be
defended by the government, as their guardian.
The above sales will commence at the places
named at II O'Clock Of each day, and continue un.
IL the lands are all offered
CHARLES E. MIX,
Acting Commissioner.
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