The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-05-23
Treaty between the United states and the
Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians.
FRANKLIN PIERCE. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA


p al asd singular 10 9Aom Aese presents sAaa conn,
gysetng
whereas treaty vas made and concluded at Doaks-
vile near Fort Towson Chociaw Nation on the fourth
Nav IA November eighteen hundred and htiy-four between
he Cboetaw and chickasaw Indians which treaty IS 10
the words following, 10 wit;
whereas sonyea,on aud agreement was made and en-
tered into hy the Chocsw and Chickassw indians, at
Doaksyille near Fort Towson IN the thociaw country
an the seventeenth day Of January A. ID. one thousand
eight hundred and thirty-seyen and whereas difficult
Ties have arisen between said tribes IN regard 70 me line
Of boundary between the chickasaw district ana other
S;s;c,a ~ the Chocaw Nation described in article I'd
Of said convention and agreements and whereas " 10 TIE
desire OF the said tribes that there shall no longer exist
any dispute in regard 70 fhe boundary q ,he chekasnw
ucKeuny r. ~ Jones. Daniel Folsom, and Samuel GAR
land commissioners duly appointed and empowered by
tue Choctaw tribe Of red people aud Edmund Pickens
BENJAMIN 81 Love, james r. Gaines, Sampson Folsom
and Edmund Perry commissioners duly appointed and
empowered by tire Chiekasaw tribe OF Indians 10 settle
al matters in dispute between their respective tribes
which require articles OF agreement between them
have soiemnly made the following articles Of
and agreement on the fourth day Of November A. D.
thousand eight hundred ard hfty-four ut Doaksvle
near Fort Towson ia the Choctaw country subject to
he approval Of the President and Senate OF the United
States.
AgrlcIE l. 1t is agreed by the Choctaw and Chekasaw
tribes OF Indians in lieu OF the boundaries established
Ar article "a Of the convention and agreement entered I'M
"a between said tribes January i7,h A. D. 1881 the Chick
sssw district the Chectaw Nation shall he bounded fol-
lows viz Beginning the north bank OF Red river, at
The mouth Island Bayou, whore ii empties into Red
river about rentysx miles straight line, below the
mouth OF False Wachtia thence running anorthwestefy
course along he main channel OF said hayon the juno
zion Of three prongs OF said bayou the dividing
ridge between Waehta and Low Blue rivers laid down
UPON Capt r. l. hunters map; thence northeriy along
the eastern prong of Island Bayou to its source thence
due north to the Canadian river thence west along
hs main Canadian, 10 the one-hundredth degree
o. ives, longitude; thence south TO Red river and
down Red river to the beginning; Prosaied, horerer,
If the line running due north from the eastern
Of Island Bayou the main Canadian shall not include
Aliens or Wa-pa-nacka Academy within the Chickasaw
district then Offset shall be made from said line
70 leave said academy miles within the Chickasaw dis
ici north vest and south from the lines of boundary.
ARTICLE II is agreed by TIE Choctaws that the Chick
asaws shall capoy surveyor engineer TO OUT and
mark tie line of the Chickasaw district and BY tie
chekasaws that they will pay all expenses incurred in
running out and marking said line and it il mutually
a,reed that the chiefs of each district of the Choctaw
ton shall appoint one commissioner to attend and super
wise the running and marking OF said line; the chief OF
the Chckssaw district giving them at least thirty days
notice Of the time when the surveyor engineer will pre-
coed to and mark the line agreed upon which
shall be planIy marked upon trees where there is timber
and By permanent monuments of stone every mile,
where there is not sufficient timber upon which the line
be marked in permanent manner, before the FIRST
day OF August, a. d. one thousand eight hundred and
6ftg-sve
II testimony whereof the parties 10 this convention sud
agreement have hereunio subscribed their names and
affixed their seals.
Done in triplicate. at DoaksyiIe near Fort Towson