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 612 TREATY WITH THE CHOCTAWS AND CHICKASAWS. JUNE 22, 1855. the western boundary line of the State of Arkansas crosses the said river, and running thence due south to Red River; thence up Red River to the point where the meridian of one hundred degrees west longitude crosses the same ; thence north along said meridian to the main Canadian River; thence down said river to its junction with the Arkansas River; thence down said river to the  of beginning. d M 28 83 The lands in And ursuant to an act o ngress approve ay, 1 0, the n‘°$° 2:51*** t United éltates do hereby forever secure and guarantee the lands embraced gjlgxn 0 within the said limits, to the members of the Choctaw and Chickasaw 1930. ch- 148- tribes, their heirs and successors, to be held in common; so that each and V0}- 1V- P· UL every member of I either tribe shall have an equal, undivided interest in Proviso as the whole : Provided, however, no part thereof shall ever be sold without
 * 2 iglfpcgggigg gae consent of both tribes; and. that said land shallurevert to the United

same. District estab- Anrrcnn 2. A district for the Chickasaws is hereby established, Hsllw f°¤‘ *h° bounded as follows, to wit. beginning on the north bank of Red River, Ch`°ka”‘w5‘ at the mouth of Island Bayou, where it empties into Red River, about twenty-six miles on a straight line, below the mouth of False Wachitta.; thence running a northwesterly course along the main channel of said bayou, to the junction of the three prongs of said bayou, nearest the dividing ridge between Wachitta and Low Blue Rivers, as laid down on Capt. R. L. Hunter’s map; thence northerly along the eastern prong of Island Bayou to its source; thence due north to the Canadian River; thence west along the main Canadian to the ninety-eighth degree of west longitude; thence south to Red River; and thence down Red River to the b_eginning: Provided, however, if the line running due north, from the eastern source of Island Bayou, to the main Canadian, shall not include Al1en’s or Wa·pa—nacka Academy, within the Chickasaw district, then, an olfset shall be made from said line, so as to leave said academy two miles within the Chickasaw district, north, west and south from the lines of boundar. Choctaw Dis- Anrxcnr. 3. The remainder of the country held in common by the officers and people shall at all times have the right of safe conduct and free passage through the Chickasaw district. Present laws Anrtcmt  The. government and laws now in operation and not in- §dm§g;f;“l;‘l°“* compatible with this instrument, shall be and remain m full force and fm., mi .,1;.,,.,.;, effect within the limits of the Chickasaw district, until the Chickasaws shall adopt a. constitution, and enact laws, supcrseding, abrogating, or changing the same. And all judicial proceedings within said district, commenced prior to the adoption of a constitution and laws by the Chickasaws, shall be conducted and determined according to existing laws. Either tribe Aivrxcms 5. The members of either the Choctaw or the Chickasaw §“‘{h:°‘£;g“;;. tribe, shall have the right, treely, to settle within the jurisdiction of the the ohm-, and other, and shall thereupon be entitled to·all the rights, pr1v1legcs,and ¤¤¤i¤¤¤¤¥t¤· immunities of citizens thereof; but no member or either tribe shall be entitled to participate in the funds belonging to the other tribe. Citizens of both tribes shall have the right to institute and prosecute suits in the courts of either, under such regulations as may, from time to time, be prescribed by their respective legislatures. _ • _ _ ltnrtmditien of ARTICLE 6. Any person duly charged with a criminal olfence against
 * ,,S,,id1,mdS_ tates 1f said Indians and their heirs become extinct, or abandon the
 * 'i°*· Choctaws and Chickasaws, shall constitute the Choctaw district, and their
 * `j;‘;;“°‘;m gi: the laws of either the Choctaw or the Chickasaw tribe, and escaping into

t,-ich_ the jurisdiction of the other, shall be promptly surrendered, upon the demand of the proper authorities of the tribe, within whose jurisdiction the offence shall be alleged to have been committed. Soter_ee1g.w· Anrxcm: 7. S0 far as may be compatible with the constitution of {:l,:£:;";‘,g;"‘bf the United States and the laws made in pursuance thereof, regulating 6mm3N_ g° trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, the Choctaws and Chicka-