Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-09-01

SALE OF CHOCTAw ORPHAN LANDS
--rrr-r-~ IN MISSISSIPPI.
DErARrMRNr OF INTERIOR, ?

. DEPARTMENT OF IsrKRIoR,s sd
4, ONCE OF Indian Affairs, August ID, 1855!
pUBLIC NOTICES hereby given, that th'
Il tI,several pieces or parcels OF land hereinafte
described, lying In the counties Of Talahafchie
Yalobusha, Holmes, Lowndes, and Bolivar, II
the State Of Mississippi, will, at the times an.
quarter sections, at public auction, to the highes
bidder for cash, by commissioners to be appointed
| on behalf Of the Choctaw orphans by the govern.
ment as their trustee under the provision Of tn,
9th clause of the 10Th article Of the Choctaw treat,
| Of 1890, viz:
On Monday, the Sd day Of December, 1856, a
the court house door In CoffeeviIle the followin,
| tracts In Yalobusha county:
All in township stcemty-tArss (23) Of raags sigk
(6) east. -.8
All Of section thirty three (33)
The west half and southeast quarter Of section
twenty-eight (sSJ lt
The east half Of section twenty-nine coy
The northeast quarter section thirty-one (3l)
The north half Of section thirty-two (32)
The whole Of section thirty-three (33,) and
The west half Of section thirty-four (34)
And, at the same time and place, the following
| described tract in the adjoining range In Bolica
| county, viz: e. +, ret ..-
The south half Of section thirteen totcnship tcen
sns., ty-six (26) range Secsa ca tcsst.
| On Monday, the 10th day Of December, 1855, a
| the court house door in Charleston, Tdlldhatchi
| county, the following described tracts Of land i.
odlu -
In township tcsnty-four C9i) range ttco (2) east
All Of sections three 81 ten (10,) and thirty
three (33) 90 ~
The east half Of section four az
The southwest quarter of section nine 10y
The north half and southwest quarter Of sec,io,
twenty-five cay
The west half Of section twenty five (25)
The north half of section twenty-six (26)
The west half Of section twenty (27)
The northwest quarter Of section thirty (3i)
The north half Of the northwest quarter and
west half of the northeast quarter Of section thir-
ty six (36) fa ~ s| EE1
In tovnsaip twenty.tive esq range t,ro (2) easf
(2S) and twenty-nine (29)
The northeast quarter Of section four (4)
The southwest quarter of section twenty 1.-TWO
The southwest quarter Of section twenty-three
(23,) and
The east half of section thirty (3O.G
In tOrcnship tscsnty-four C2i) rangs three 81
All Of section three az
The east half OF the northeast quarter Of section
two (2,) and
The northeast quarter Of section four(
In township tcentg.fre C25,) range three 90
- .Hr.gT east.
The southwest quarter Of section fourteen nay
The southeast quarter of section fifteen Q5)
The southwest quarter Of section twenty five
(25) e =.
The southeast quarter of section twenty six 1857
The southeast quarter Of section thirtY-three
(33,) and
The southwest quarter Of section thirty-fou g
On Monday, the 18th day Of December, 1855. a,
the courthouse door in the town Of Lexington.
Holmes county, the following described tracts OF
land in said county, viz:
In to,cnship sirtesH (l6,) range one Q) tosst.
The west half Of sc ction fifteen (15) and
The west half and southeast quarter Of section
twenty-five (22C .e
In totcnshiP fifteen (15,) range one az tcest
The southeast quarter of section twenty (2U)
On Saturday, the 22d Of December, 1855 at the
court house door in the town Of Columbus, the
Lolrndes county, viz:
The northwest quarter of section TWENTY-FIVE
(22) township nineteen 49, range seventeen ~
Of the above described lands seventy. tyyoouar.
ter sections were selected In 1884, at time when
some of the best lands i'm the State were unoccn-
pied and unappropriated and the other Eve quar-
ter sections and one-eghth acre lot, or eighth of
section, have been acquired in settlement from
debtors 10 the orphan fund The late commits
soner to settle w tn debtors to that fund describes
the lands above offered for sale as being "slmost
without an exception rich and fertile well and adj
vantageously located, many Of them considerably
improved, - and being sslargely enhanced In
value by the settlement, improvement, prosperity
and excellent population Of the section In which
they He," 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 win be resold at his or their cx-
pense and risk.
The title to these lands Is believed to be indis-
pufable; but II, in any case, an adverse claim
shall be set up, the hight Of the orphans VIII be
defended by the government, as their guardian.
laQ will Of |. I'll,
ma med at II O'Clock Of each day. and continue ur-
I'll the lands are al offered
CHARLES e. MIX,
Acting Commissioner