Statement Accompanying The Memorial Of The Chickasaws Relating To Lands Of The Choctaw And Chickasaw Nations West Of The Ninety Eighth Meridian Of West Longitude

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ISBN 13 : 9780484107556
Total Pages : 48 pages
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Download or read book Memorial of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations: Relative to the Rights of the Mississippi Choctaws (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-18 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memorial of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations: Relative to the Rights of the Mississippi Choctaws The land thereby acquired by the Choctaw Nation in exchange for the acres of their land in the State of Mississippi embraced all of the land that the Choctaw Nation ever acquired west of the Mississippi River. During the decade following the date of this treaty the Southeast ern States were being rapidly settled by white persons, and it was determined by the authorities of the United States that it was de sirable to effectuate the removal of all the Indians residing in that locality to a territory to be set apart to them west of the Mississippi River. The Choctaws by their treaty of 1820 had already acquired a large domain west of the river, and commissioners were sent to Mississippi to treat with them and to obtain, if possible, their removal to their lands west. Accordingly the treaty of September 27, 1830, was negotiated. On behalf of the United States John H; Eaton and John Coffee were appointed commissioners, and they were instructed to proceed to Mississippi for the purpose of entering into a treaty with the Choctaws. On the 18th day of September, 1880, the said commissioners met the chiefs and headmen of the Choctaws and de livered to them a talk, as it is called in the journal of the commis sioners. This talk was for the purpose of inducing the Indians to enter into negotiations with the commissioners, and as showing the representations made to the Indians will be here quoted. The mate rial parts of it are as follows. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.