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The land was ceded to the U.S. with the understanding that the proceeds made in the sale of the land to white settlers would go to the Chickasaw. The treaty led to the Chickasaw Trail of Tears, by which the entire Chickasaw Nation emigrated to new territory in present-day Oklahoma in 1837-1838.
Treaty of Chickasaw Council House: Treaty with the Cherokee 7 Stat. 148: 79 Cherokee: 1816 September 20 Treaty of Chickasaw Council House: Treaty with the Chickasaw 7 Stat. 150: 80, 81 Chickasaw: 1816 October 24 Treaty of Choctaw Trading House: Treaty with the Choctaw 7 Stat. 152: 82 Choctaw: 1817 March 30 Treaty of St. Louis: Treaty with the ...
The entire Choctaw Nation divided up by treaty in relation to the U.S. state of Mississippi. List of Choctaw Treaties is a comprehensive chronological list of historic agreements that directly or indirectly affected the Choctaw people, a Native American tribe, with other nations.
Treaty Year Signed with Where Main Purpose Ceded Land Treaty with the Chickasaw [39] 1786: United States: Hopwell, SC: Peace and Protection provided by the U.S. and Define boundaries: N/A Treaty with the Chickasaw [40] 1801: United States: Chickasaw Nation: Right to make wagon road through the Chickasaw Nation, Acknowledge the protection ...
[90] [91] They reached an agreement to purchase of land from the previously-removed Choctaw in 1836 after a bitter five-year debate, paying the Chocktaw $530,000 for the westernmost Choctaw land. [92] [93] Most of the Chickasaw moved in 1837 and 1838. [94] The $3 million owed to the Chickasaw by the US went unpaid for nearly 30 years. [95]
The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was signed into law on May 28, 1830, by United States President Andrew Jackson. The law, as described by Congress, provided "for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, and for their removal east of the river Mississippi ".
The Chickasaw, dwelling in northern Mississippi and western Tennessee, lay across the French path. Much to the eventual advantage of the British and the later United States, the Chickasaw successfully held their ground. The wars came to an end only with the French cession of New France to the British in 1763 according to terms of the Treaty of ...
The United States government removed land from the Chickasaw and Choctaw tribes from 1801 to about 1830, as white settlers entered the territory from coastal states. After Congressional passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the government forced the tribes to accept lands west of the Mississippi River in Indian Territory .