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TREATY WITH THE CHOCTAWS. 1820. 211 the state of Mississippi, to obtain a small part of the land belonging to said nation; for the mutual accommodation of the parties, and for securing the happiness and protection of the whole Choctaw nation, as well as preserving that harmony and friendship which so happily subsists between them and the United States, James Monroe, President of the United States of America, by Andrew Jackson, of the State of Tennessee, Major General in the Army of the United States, and General Thomas Hinds, of the State of Mississippi, Commissioners Plenipotentiary of the United States, on the one part, and the Mingoes, Head Men, and Warriors, of the Choctaw nation, in full Council assembled, on the other part, have freely and voluntarily entered into the following articles, viz: Am-. 1. To enable the President of the United States to carry into css,;.," of effect the above grand and humane objects, the Mingoes, Head Men, l¤¤d= by ¤h¤ and Warriors, of the Choctaw nation, in full council assembled, in Ch°°"“"‘ I behalf of themselves and the said nation, do, by these presents, cede to the United States of America, all the land lying and being within the boundaries following, to wit :—-Beginning on the Choctaw boundary, Bounds of the East of Pearl River, at a point due South of the White Oak spring, on °°$¤*°“· the old Indian path; thence north to said spring; thence northwardly to a black oak, standing on the Natchez road, about forty poles eastwardly from Doake’s fence, marked A. J. and blazed, with two large pines and a black oak standing near thereto, and marked as pointers; thence a straight line to the head of Black Creek, or Bouge Loosa; thence down Black Creek or Bouge Loosa to a small Lake; thence a direct course, so as to strike the Mississippi one mile below the mouth of the Arkansas River; thence down the Mississippi to our boundary; thence around and along the same to the beginning. Am. 2. For and in consideration of the foregoing cession, on the U.S. cedea part of the Choctaw nation, and in part satisfaction for the same, the *'°°* °‘l ‘§“,'é}'Y Commissioners of the United States, in behalf of said States, do hereby ¥;5;,gi_l ° m` cede to said nation, a tract of country west of the Mississippi River, situate between the Arkansas and Red River, and bounded as follows: ·-Beginning on the Arkansas River, where the lower boundary line of Boundaries. the Cherokees strikes the same; thence up the Arkansas to the Canadian Fork, and up the same to its source; thence due South to the Red River; thence down Red River, three miles below the mouth of Little River, which empties itself into Red River on the north side; thence a direct line to the beginning. ART. 3. To prevent any dispute upon the subject of the boundaries Commissioners mentioned in the lst and 2d articles, it is hereby stipulated between the tv ¤S¤¢f$¤i¤ dw parties, that the same shall be ascertained and distinctly marked by a b°“"d°"°°' Commissioner, or Commissioners, to be appointed by the United States, accompanied by such person as the Choctaw nation may select; said nation having thirty days previous notice of the time and place at which the operation will commence. The person so chosen by the Choctaws, A Choctaw shall act as a pilot or guide, for which the United States will pay him guide at $2 per two dollars per day, whilst actually engaged in the performance of that °Y· duty. Am'. 4. The boundaries hereby established between the Choctaw Boundaries _ Indians and the United States, on this side of the Mississippi river, shall eps! °(*{’:`_Ig’°‘ remain without alteration until the period at which said nation shall gfggumr &_°_ become so civilized and enlightened as to be made citizens of the United States, and Congress shall lay off a limited parcel of land for the benefit of each family or individual in the nation.