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The Treaty of Doak's Stand (7 Stat. 210, also known as Treaty with the Choctaw) was signed on October 18, 1820 (proclaimed and legally binding on January 8, 1821) between the United States and the Choctaw Indian tribe. The Treaty of Doak's Stand was the seventh of nine major treaties that were ratified from the period from 1786 through 1866 ...
Doak's Stand: 1820: United States: Natchez Trace, Choctaw Nation (Mississippi) Exchanged cession in Mississippi for parcel in Arkansas and prepare the Choctaws to become citizens of the United States: 5,169,788 acres (20,921.39 km 2) Washington City: 1825: United States: Washington, D.C. Exchanged Arkansas land for Oklahoma parcel: 2,000,000 ...
The Treaty of Doak's Stand was considered one of Andrew Jackson's greatest achievements since the Battle of New Orleans. It, and one of the first "significant achievement of Calhoun's policy of moderation." [9] The treaty had the Choctaws ceding five million acres of land, but they were to receive thirteen million acres of land in Arkansas. [10]
Monroe raised the U.S. governments' offer to $90,000 in the annuities over ten years and the delegation demanded settlement from the claims of the Doak's Stand Treaty and $6,000 a year in perpetuity. [21] President Monroe agreed to these terms and to honor the funding of Choctaw schools arranged in the treaty of 1820.
Although settlers continued to move into the area, the Treaty of Doak's Stand (October 18, 1820) was about to change Miller County. After Doak's Stand, Choctaws had already been moving into the area of Arkansas Territory, but a treaty signed January 20, 1825, ceded the land west of a line "one hundred paces east of Fort Smith, and running thence, due south, to Red river" to them in exchange ...
Treaty of Doak's Stand: Treaty with the Choctaw 7 Stat. 210: 115 Choctaw: 1821 January 8 Treaty of Indian Springs: Treaty with the Creeks 7 Stat. 215: 116 Creek: 1821 January 8 Treaty of Mineral Spring: Treaty with the Creeks, Articles of agreement with the Creeks 7 Stat. 217: Creek: 1821 August 29 Treaty of Chicago: Treaty with the Ottawa, etc ...
Treaty of Doak's Stand; F. Treaty of Fort Adams; Treaty of Fort Confederation; Treaty of Fort St. Stephens; H. Treaty of Hoe Buckintoopa; Treaty of Hopewell; I. Iksas; M.
The Treaty of Doak's Stand in 1820, appropriated US$600 per year to the Choctaw Nation to organize and maintain the Choctaw Lighthorsemen. These men were given the authority to arrest, try and punish those who broke tribal laws.