The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-22


signed on the part Of the u s. by COM
missione-s Sen. Andrew Jackson and
isaac Shelby thrst Governor Of Kentucky
on the 9Th OF January, 1919, on the banks
OF the Tombig bee river, ia Monroe coUn-
~, Miss, ten miles from Aberdeen Ii is
taken from Metbodism in Kentucky:
PREVIOUS to this period, that portion
OF he State nor known as Jackson Pur~
chase was owned and occupied by the
Chiekasaw lndiaps The following trea.
~, made on the 10 h day Of October, 1918,
aud ratified January tn, 1919, between
the United States Government aud the In
dian Chiefs, opened the way for the in
PRODUCTION of the gospel into that inter
esung division of the Stale, where we
shall hereafter witness the success and
triumPhs OF Christianity in lhf CONVEX
sion OF hundreds: 10 settle all territorial
oontro Versies, and TO remove all ground
of complaint or dissatisfaction that mi Oh.
arise TO interrupt the peace aud harmony
which have 5 o long and 90 happily exist
ed between the Uniteu States of America
and the Chickssaw Nation of Indians,
James Monroe, President of the said U nj
ted States, by Isaac Shelby aud Andrew
Jackson, OF the oae part, and the whole
Chiekasaw Nation, by their Chiefs, Head
men and Warriors, in full council assem-
bed, Of the other part, have agreed on
the folio wing Articles, which when rati-
fed by The President and Senate of the
United States CT America, shall form
treaty binding on all parties:
ARTICLE l. Peace and friendship are
hereby established and made perpetual
between the United States Of America and
the Chickasaw Nation Of Indians.
ART , To obtain The object of The
/ foregoing Article, the Chickasaw Nation
Of Indians esle tg ,Ae United States Of
America with the exception of such res
evvation as shall hereafter be mentiOued)
, all claim or title which tie said Nation
/ has to the land lying north OF the south
/ boundary Of the State of Tennessee, y hich
/ is bounded south by The Sjth degree of
north latitude, aud which lands, hereby
coded lie within the following bounda-
I ries, Wig Beginning Oh the Tennessee
river about So miles, by water, below
I Col George ColberI's Ferry, where the
35th degree of north latitude strikes
7 the surue, thence due west, win said
I degree of north latitude, TO where II
cuts the Mississippi at or near the
4 Chickasaw Bluffs; thence mp the said Mis-
sissippi river TO the mouth of the ONO;
thence up the Ohio river to the mouth Of
Tennessee; thence up the Tennessee 10
the plnoe of beginning.
AR. 3. In consideration of relinquish
L
preceding Article, and TO perpetuate the
happiness of the Chickasaw Nation of In
dams the Commissioners of the U. S.,
/ be fore named agree to allow the said Ma
ton the sum Of twenty thousand dollars
per annum for fifteen successive years
TO be paid annually; aud as "A farther con
/ sideration for the acts aforesaid, and at
the requests of the Chiefs of the said
/ Nation, the Commissioners agree to pay
( Captain John Gordon, of Tennessee, the
sum of 81, ll5, it being debt due by Gen.
Wm Colbert, of said Nation, to the afore
said Gordon; and the farther sum of s.
COO due by said Nation of Indians, to
I Capt. David Smith, now of Kentucky, for
that sum by him expended in supplying
! himself aud forty five soldiers from Ten
( nessee, in the year one thousand seven
1 hundred and nine y-fve, when assisting
! them lat their request and invitation iB
/ defending their towns against the inva-
sion of the Creek Indians; both of which
sums ION the application Of the said Ma
lion) are to he paid within sixty dnys af-
ter the ratification Of this treaty to the
aforesaid Gordon and Smith.
"ART A. The commissioners agree, on
the farther and particular application of
the Chiefs, end for The benefit Of the poor
and warriors of the said Nation, that n
tract of land, four miles square, to in
clude salt lick, or springs, on or near
the river Sandy, a branch of the Tennes-
see river, and within the land hereby &C.
ded be reserved and to be laid off in
square or oblong, 50 as to include the best
tin Der, at the option of their beloved
Chief, Levi Colbert, and Major James
Brown, or either of them; who are heres
by made agents and truiees for the Ma
ton, TO lease the said salt lick, or springs,
on the following express conditions, viz:
For the benefit Of this reservation, as be
fore recitel, the trustees or agents are
bound TO lease the said reservation toll
some citizen or citizens of the United 7
States, for reasonable quantity of salt |
to be paid ANNUALLY 10 the said Nation |
for the use thereof; aud that, from and |
after two years after the ratification Of /
this treaty, no salt made at the works to /
be erected on this reservation, shall be I
sold within the limits Of the same for |
higher price than one dollar per bushel /
OF ifty pounds weight; on failure of which
the lease shall be forfeited, and the res
err, ltion revert to the United States.
"a RI. 5. The Commissioners agree
that G. ere shall be paid to 0ppassantubhy,
a primo pal chief, the sum of $500, as a
full com, ensaiion for the reservation of
two miles square, on the north side of
Tennessee River, secured 10 him and his
heirs by the treaty menu N4AA nv tbiCha-
saw Nation, on the 20ih OF Sept, 1916.
and the farther sum of 20 toJohn Lewis,
a half breed FOR n saddle lost while in
The service of the q. S. and TO show the re-
gard the Pres. df tn U. S. has for the said
Nation, Mt the rogue It of the chief, the
agree that the sum of
81. OS9 shall be paid to Major ames Col
bert. interpreter, within the period sta
ed in the first part of this Article, IL be-
ng the amount of money Iaken from his
pocket. in the month of June, 1916. at the
Theatre in Baltimore And the said Con-
nissioners as farther regard for said
Nation, do agree that the reservations
made to George and Levi Colbert, in The
reaty held at the council house of said
Nation, on the 26th of Sept. 1916, the first
o Col. Geo. Colbert, on the north side Of
tennessee River. and those to Major Le-
i Colbert, on the east side of Tombixtee
river. shall insure 10 the sole use of the
aid Col. Geo. Colbert AMI Major Levi Col
ert, their heirs and assigns, forever. with
heir butts and bounds, as defined by
aid treaty, and agreeable to the marks j
nd boundaries ms lsyed of and marked =
y the surveyor of .he United States,
here that is the case; and where the re- c
srvations have not been laid eff and z
larked by the Surveyor. of the u s. The /.
anne shall be so done as soon after the
.tification of this treaty as practicable,
, the application OF the reservees or p
.eir legally appointed agent under them fe
Id agrssably to the definition in the 60