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 454 TREATY WITH THE CHICKASAWS. 1834. fraction, as may be contained in the following lines, to wit .—begining near Smith’s ferry at the point where the base meridian line and the Tennessee river come in contact,-thence south so far as to pass the dwelling—house, (and sixty yards beyond it,) within which is interred the body of his wife,-thence east to the river and down the same to the point of begining. Also there shall be reserved to him an island, in said river, nearly opposite to this fraction, commonly called Colberts Island. A reservation also of two sections is admitted to Ish-ta·ho-ta-pa the King of the Chickasaw nation. And to Min-ta-ho—yea the mother of Charles Colbert one section of land. Also one section, each, to the following persons:—Im-mub-bee, Ish-tim·o-lut-ka, Ah-to-ho-woh, Pistah-lah·tubbe, Capt. Samuel Seley and William McGilvery. To Col. Benj. Reynolds their long tried and faithful Agent, who has guarded their interests and twice travelled with their people far west, beyond the Mississippi, to aid them in seeking and finding a home, there is granted two sections of land. Jointly to William Cooper and James Davis, lawyers of Mississippi who have been faithful to the Indians, in giving them professional advice, and legal assistance, and who are to continue to do so, within the States of Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi, while the Chickasaw people remain in said States, one section is granted. To Mrs. Margt. Allen wife of the sub-agent in her own right, half a section. These reservations to Benj. Reynolds, William Cooper, James Davis and Margt. Allen, are to be located so as not to interfere with the Indian reservations. Disposalof the Am`. XI. After the reservations are taken and located, which shall lend; ¤f¤¤r the be the case as speedily as may be after the surveys are completed, of igizgggngf "' which the Register and Receiver shall give notice, the residue of the ' Chickasaw country shall be sold, as public lands of the United States arc sold, with this difference; The lands as surveyed shall be offered at public sale at a price not less than one dollar and a quarter per acre; and thereafter for one year those which are unsold, and which shall have been previously offered at public sale, shall be liable to private entry and sale at that price; Thereafter, and for one year longer they shall be subject to entry and private sale, at one dollar per acre; Thereafter and during the third year, they shall be subject to sale and entry, at fifty cents per acre; Thereafter, and during the fourth year, at twenty- five cents per acre; and afterwards at twelve and a half cents per acre. But as it may happen, in the fourth and after years, that the expenses may prove greater than the receipts, it is agreed, that at any time after the third year, the Chickasaws may declare the resedue of their lands abandoned to the United States, and if so, they shall be thenceforth acquitted of all and every expense on account of the sale of the same. And that they may be advised of these matters it is stipulated, that the Government of the United States, within six months after any public sale takes place, shall advise them of the receipts and expenditures, and of balances in their favor; and also at regular intervals of six months, after the first report is made, will afford them information of the proceeds of all entries and sales. The funds thence resulting, afier the necessary expenses of surveying and selling, and other advances which may be made, are repaid to the United States, shall from time to time be invested in some secure stocks, redeemable within a period of not more than twenty years; and the United States will cause the interest arising therefrom, annually to be paid to the Chickasaws. Notice cfsala Am. XII. When any portion of the country is fully surveyed, the from the date of the first notice to the first sale; and three months’ notice of any subsequent intended public sale, within which periods of
 * ° be S“'°¤· President may order the same to be sold, but will allow six months,