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974 TREATY WVITH THE CHICKASAWVS, JUNE 22, 1852. MILLARD FILLMORE, —l¤¤<> 22.1852- PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO Am. nun sxueumm TO wnom mass rmzsesrs suxnr. coms, ennmme; p,,,,,,-,,b;c_ WVH-EREAS a Treaty was made and concluded at the City of Washington on the 22d day of June, 1852, between Kenton Harper, Commissioner on the part of The United States, and Colonel Edmund Pickens, Benjamin Love, and Sampson Folsom, Commissioners duly appointed for that purpose, by the Chickasaw tribe of Indians, which treaty is in the words and figures following, to wit: Articles of a treaty concluded at WVashington, on the 22d day of June, 1852, between Kenton Harper, Commissioner on the part of the United States, and Colonel Edmund Pickens, Benjamin S. Love, and Sampson Folsom, Commissioners duly appointed for that purpose, by the Chickasaw tribe of Indians. Agent to re- ARTICLE 1. The Chickasaw tribe of Indians acknowledge themselves 3g?c£;‘;:;§ LM to be under the guardianship of the United States, and as a means of " securing the protection guaranteed to them by former treaties, it is agreed that an Agent of the United States shall continue to reside among them. Sm of the ARTICLE 2. The expenses attending the sale of the lands ceded by Chi¢k¤S¤Wl¤¤dS· the Chickasaws to the United States, under the treaty of 1832, having, for some time past, exceeded the receipts, it is agreed that the remnant of the lands so ceded and yet unsold, shall be disposed of as soon as practicable, under the direction of the President of the United States in such manner and in such quantities, as, in his judgment, shall be least ex- B,,,,,,_g,O,,,,d pensive to the Chickasaws, and most conducive to their benefit: Provided, in Pontotoc. That a tract of land, including the grave-yard near the town of Pontotoc, where many of the Chickasaws and their white friends are buried, and not exceeding four acres in quantity, shall be, and is hereby set apart and conveyed to the said town of Pontotoc to be held sacred for the purposes of a public burial-ground forever. Settlement of ARTICLE 3. It is hereby agreed that the question of the right of the t¤i¢l<= of Chi<>k¤- Chickasaws, so long contended for by them, to a reservation of tour miles ?fQ;i,;QS2;f“°°i“ square on the River Sandy, in the State of Tennessee, and particularly described in the 4th article of the treaty concluded at Oldtown, on the 19th day of October, 1818, shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Interior who shall decide, what amount, if any thing, shall be paid to the T’¤>ViS<>· Chickasaws for said reservation: Provided, however, That the amount so to be paid shall not exceed one dollar and twenty—1ive cents per acre. Settlement of ARTICLE 4. The Chickasaws allege that in the management and dis- §;;f*t;}mI(£‘l°k’*‘ bursement of their funds by the Government, they have been subjected `to losses and expenses which properly should be borne by the United States. WVith the view, therefore, of doing full justice in the premises, it is hereby agreed that there shall be, at as early a day as practicable, an account stated, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, exhibiting in detail all the moneys which, from time to time, have been Vol- vii· pp- placed in the Treasury to the credit of the Chickasaw nation, resulting BSL 450* from the treaties of 1832, and 1834, and all the disbursements made therefrom. And said account, as stated, shall be submitted to the Chickasaws, who shall have the privilege, within a reasonable time, of filing exceptions thereto, and any exceptions so tiled shall be referred to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall adjudicate the same according to the