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 TREATY WITH THE CHOCTAWS AND CIIICKASAWS. JUNE 22, 1855.613 saws shall be secured in the unrestricted right of self-government, and full jurisdiction, over persons and property, within their respective limits; excepting, however, all persons with their property, who are not by birth, adoption, or otherwise citizens or members of either the Choctaw or Chickasaw tribe, and all persons, not being citizens or members of either tribe, found within their limits, shall be considered intruders, and be re- Inti-uders to moved from, and kept out of the same, by the United States agent, be *°m°V°d· assisted if necessary by the military, with the following exceptions, viz : Such individuals as are now, or may be in the employment of the government, and their families; those peacefully travelling, or temporarily sojourning in the country or trading therein, under license from the proper authority of the United States, and such as may be permitted by the Choctaws or Chickasaws, with the assent of the United States agent, to reside within their limits, without becoming citizens or members of either of said tribes. Anrioms 8. In consideration of the foregoing stipulations, and im- Payment to mediately upon the ratiiication of this convention, there shall be paid to g]h°°*:‘;;'? put °f the Choctaws, in such manner as their national council shall direct, out fu;ds_ lc wm of the national fund of the Chickasaws held in trust by the United States, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. .KR.TICLE 9. The Choctaw Indians do hereby absolutely and forever cessieu er quitclaim and relinquish to the United States all their right, title, and Ind by the interest in, and to any and all lands, west of the one hundredth degree of Ch°°mws' west longitude; and the Choctaws and Chickasaws do hereby lease to the Leeee by the United States all that portion of their common territory west of the ninety- Ch$><>[¢¤WS Md eighth degree of west longitude, for the permanent settlement of the Wi- g;°l,`?%Q,v;r {gf chita and such other tribes or bands of Indians as the government may dians. desire to locate therein; excluding, however, all the Indians of New Mexico, and also those whose usual ranges at present are north of the Arkansas River, and whose permanent locations are north of the Canadian River, but including those bands whose permanent ranges are south of the Canadian, or between it and the Arkansas; which Indians shall be subject to the exclusive control of the United States, under such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the rights and interests of the Choctaws and Chickasaws, as may from time to time be prescribed by the President for their government: Provided, however, the territory so leased shall remain open to settlement by Choctaws and Chickasaws as heretofore. Anrtoms 10. In consideration of the foregoing relinquishment and peyment to lease, and, as soon as practicable after the ratification of this convention, Mich of wid the United States will pay to the Choctaws the sum of six hundred l°"b°s' thousand dollars, and to the Chickasaws the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, in such manner as their general councils shall respectively direct. Artriou: 11. The government of the United States, not being prepared to assent to the claim set up under the treaty of September the twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty, and so earnestly contended for by the Choctaws as a rule of settlement, but justly appreciating the sacrifices, faithful services, and general good conduct of the Choctaw people, and being desirous that their rights and claims against the United Certain ques- States shall receive a just, fair, and liberal consideration, it is therefore 'mllgts ({0 ;’° $*:1*:* stipulated that the following questions be submitted for adjudication to g`;,,;,,, {Og dec; the Senate of the United States. sion. First. lVhether the Choctaws are entitled to, or shall be allowed, the proceeds of the sale of the lands ceded by them to the United States, by the treaty of September the twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty, deducting therefrom the cost of their survey and sale, and all just and proper expenditures and payments under the provisions of said treaty; and if so, what price per acre shall be allowed to the Choctaws for the