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 234 TREATY WITH THE CHOCTAWS. 1825. Done at Harrington’s, in the Territory of Arkansas, on the fifteenth day of November, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty- four, and of the Independence of the United States the forty-ninth. ROBERT CRITTENDEN. Commissioner on the part of the United States. Hackehton, Hepahdagoneb, Tononseka, Wahehsonjekah, Kiahbacltetady, Gratonjetub, Sarazen, Watubtezka, Kakapah, Dohkuhnonjeshu, Hunkahhee, Kahtuhkonku, Wahtonbeh, Hahcrontenah. Hunkahtugonee, Signed, Sealed, and Witnessed, in Presence of Thomas W. Newton, Secretary to the Commissioner. Robert C. Oden, Lieut. Col. 2d Reg. Arkansas Militia. F. Farrelly, Adjutant General of Arkansas Militia. B. Harrington. D. Barber, Sub-Agent to the Osages. Gordon Neill. Edmund Hogan. Thomas W. Johnston. Antoine Barrague. Etienne Vauyine, Interpreter. Joseph Duchasin, Interpreter. To the Indian names are subjoined a mark and seal. ARTICLES OF A CONVENTION authorized therefor by the President of the United States, and Feb. 19, 1825., the undersigned Chiefs and Head Men y` the Choctaw Nation of Indians, duly authorized and empowered by said Nation, at the City of Washington, on the twentieth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty- jive. p,,,,,,,,b;,,_ Wunnnas a Treaty of friendship, and limits, and accommodation, having been entered into at Doake’s Stand, on the eighteenth of October, A,m,,P_ m0_ in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty, between Andrew Jackson and Thomas Hinds, Commissioners on the part of the United States, and the Chiefs and 'Warriors of the Choctaw Nation of Indians; and whereas the second article of the Treaty aforesaid provides for a cession of lands, west of the Mississippi, to the Choctaw Nation, in part satisfaction for lands ceded by said Nation to the United States, according to the first article of said treaty: And whereas, it being ascertained that the cession aforesaid embraces a large number of settlers, citizens of the United States; and it being the desire of the President of the United States to obviate all diliiculties resulting therefrom, and also, to adjust other matters in which both the United States and the Choctaw Nation are interested: the following articles have been agreed upon, and concluded, between John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, specially authorized therefor by the President of the United States, on ge onle part, and the undersigned Delegates of the Choctaw Nation, on e other part: Lands ceded ARTICLE 1. The Choctaw Nation do hereby cede to the United tm'; U- gm States all that portion of the land ceded to them by the second article ’P` ‘ of the Treaty of Doak Stand, as aforesaid, lying east of a line beginning_ on the Arkansas, one hundred paces cast of Fort Smith, and running thence, due south, to Red river: it being understood that this
 * ,,,_ 20, me Made between John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, being specially