The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-03-07

erred 10 the Committee PENSIONS.
citizens Of the Of Preston, st.ts sE,s,a COB
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FRANKLIN PIERCE,
President Of He Usisd Satrs u Amey,ca,
To all and singular whom these presents shall come
Whereas treaty made and concluded at the city OF
Washington on day Of June one thou
sand eight hundred and ffty-6ve by George W Many
penny the part Of the United States Pc
ter p Pitchlynn, Israel Folsom, Samuel Garland and
Dixon w Lewis commissioners the part OF the Choc-
taws and Edmund pickens and sampson Folsom commis-
the part of the Chickasaws which treaty is In
the words following, TO wit
Articles Of agreement and convention between the Unkd
States and the Choctaw and Chckasaw tribs OF In
dians made and concluded at the city Of Washington
the twentyseco day Of june, D one Thousand eight
hundred and 6fty-fve by Geofke W. Manypem y, com
missioner the part of the United States, lcter r.
Pitcbynn Israel Folsom Samuel Garland, and dickson
W. Lewis commissioners ON tho part OF the Choctaws,
and Edmund Pickens and sampson Folsom commis-
soners on the part of the Chckasaws
Whereas the political connex;on heretofore existing be
the Chocaw and the Chckasaw tribes OF Indians
has given rise TO unhappy and injurious dssensous and
controversies among them when render M a,r
States and whereas the United States desire t'lt the
Choctaw Indians shall renqush all claim 10 amy territory
of the hnndredh degree OF west Longitude and
also to provision for the settlement thin
the Chocaw country OF the Wichita and certain other tribes
bands of Indians for which purpose the Choctaws and
willing lease reasonable terms 10 the
United States that portion of their common territory hich
of the nnetyeighth degree Of west Longitude:
construction Of the treaty Of September 2 1885, they
of right entitled the net proceeds OF the lands ceded by
them the United States under said treaty and have pro-
posed that the question of their the together
with the whole subjectmatter of their unsettled claims,
whether national individual against the United States,
arising under the various Of said treaty shall be
the of he
cation and adjustment and whereas 1t is necessary or he
mp6ca,on and better understanding OF the relations he
the uned States and the Cboctaw Indians that all
subssng treaty spuations be mboded In one COM
prehensiye instrument:
Now therefore the United States Of America by tbdr
oomnissiOnsr Gsorgs 4snypenny the Tncen~s rns ~
uel Garland and Dickson W. Lewis and the Chickasaws,
by their commissioners Edmund Pickons and sampson
Folsom do hereby agree and stipniats as ioiioWf 'H
ARTICLE
The following shall constitute and remain the boundn
res of the Choctaw and Chickasaw country viz begin
ming point the Arkansas river one hundred PAGES
east of old Fort Smith where the boundary line
Of the State Of Arkansas the said river and run
ming thence due south to Red river thence up Red yer
the point where the meridian Of hundred degrees
longitude the same thence north along SAID
meridian TO the main Canadian riser thence down said
river junction with the Arkansas rivers thence down
ssid river TO the place Of beginning
And pursuant ACT OF Congress approved MAY ~,
1890 the United States do hereby forever secure and guar
snty the lands embraced within the said limits TO tho
and be held In common 10 that each and
every member Of either tribe shall have equal undv
ded interest in the whole Provded howeper, no part
thereof shall be cold without the consent OF both
tribes said land shall revert to the United stas
said Indians and their heirs become extinct or nbandoR
the same.
AHrIog u
district for the ChckAsxws is hereby established,
bounded follows 10 witt beginning on the north bank
Of Red river the mouth OF Island Bayou, where Il emp
ties into Redriver about iwcuysix miles astrsght limo
below the mouth Of False wschitia; thence running
along the main channel OF said bayou,
70 The junction q The s o. na ssd o SsySq R.
laid down Capt L. Hunters map thence northerly
along the eastern prong o Island Bayou to IT'S source
north the Canadian river thence west along the
main To degree Of longi,ude
thence south Red river; and thence down He'd river 10
the beginning ProriSed horers the line running due
north from the eastern OF Island Bayou 10 the main
Canadian shall include Aliens Wspa-naeks ncad-
envy within the Chickassw district then an Offset shall be
male iom ON sa,a I'M. Ss,riet norb west And south from
ths lines OF boundary.
ARTICLE IN.
The remainder Of the country held in common BY the
Choctaws and ChickSaws shall constitute the Choeiaw
the right Of safe conduct and free passage through tho
Chckasaw district
ARTlcIs ".
The government laws In operation and in
compatible with ths Instrument shall be and remain in
full force and enec, within the limits Of the Chckssaw d
uic until the Chickassws shall adopt constitution, apd
ensct laws supersding abrogatng changing The
And all judicial proceedings within said district commenced
prior the adoption OF constitution and laws by the
Chekasvs shall be conducted and determined according
to existing laws.
ARTcLu v
The members Of either The Cboctaw the Ccksssw tribe
sha have the right freely settle within the jurisdiction
Of the Other and shall fhereppon be entitled TO all the
rights privileges and imsnnes Of ctsens thereof bot
member Of either tribe shall be entitled 20 participate IN
the funds belonging the other tribe Ctizens OF both
tribes shall have right 10 institute and prosecute suits
in the courts of either under such regulations may,
from time time be prescribed by their respective egsa
tur.s
,EncE
1ny p@rson duly charged with criminal offence against
the laws os either the Chocaw the Cbeksssw tribe,
and escaping the jurisdiction OF the other sha Be
promptly surrendered upon the demand OF Oh. proper
thortes a the tribe within whose jurisdiction the offence
shall he alleged 10 have been committed
SO far may he compatible with the constitution ~ The
United States and the laws made In pursuance thereof
regulating trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes
the Checaws and Chcks.avs shall be secured In the mn
restricted right Of sslfgovcrnmsnt and full Jurisdiction
over persous aud property within their respective limits
excepting however all persons with their property who
by BIRTH adoption, cthsrvise citizens or
ber Of either the Cbocsv Chcksssw all per-
SOM being citizens members of either tribe fopnd
within their limits shall be considered ntruders and be