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	Treaty Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		TREATY WITH THE CHOCTAW AND CHICKASAW -- 1837
		TREATY WITH THE CHOCTAW AND CHICKASAW -- 1854
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	home.flash.net /~kma/treaty.htm (60 words)

	Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was a treaty signed on September 27, 1830 (and proclaimed on 24 February 1831) between the Choctaws (an American Indian tribe) and the United States.
		The treaty ceded about 11 million acres (45,000 km²) in Mississippi in exchange for about 15 million acres (61,000 km²) in the Indian territory (now the state of Oklahoma).
		This treaty was the last in a series of such treaties which the Choctaws signed.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Treaty_of_Dancing_Rabbit_Creek (207 words)

	Museum of the Red River–The Choctaw
		Treaty of Fort Confederation, whereby approximately 50,000 acres are ceded to U.S. for $1.
		Treaty of Hoe Buckintoopa, whereby 853,760 acres of land are ceded in settlement of trade debt of $40,000.
		Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, whereby remaining 10,000,000+ acres of Choctaw land in Mississippi and Alabama are ceded, and tribes agree to move to Indian Territory in exchange for protection, passage, and an annuity of $20,000 for twenty years, plus funds for schools, churches, and a council house.
	www.museumoftheredriver.org /choctaw.html (1294 words)

	Treaties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Treaty of Mount Dexter ceded the remaining strip of their southern territory, 4,142,720 acres, to the United States in exchange for the clearing of debts and the establishment of annuities; the U.S. government agreed to pay $48,000 per year, to be distributed according to the will of the chiefs.
		It is further agreed that, immediately upon the Ratification of this Treaty, or as soon thereafter as may be, an agent shall be appointed for the Choctaws West of the Mississippi, and a Blacksmith be settled among them, in conformity with the stipulation contained in the 6th Article of the Treaty of 1820.
		Treaties, and Laws of the United States; and except such as may, and which have been enacted by Congress, to the extent that Congress under the Constitution are required to exercise a legislation over Indian Affairs.
	www.choctaw.org /history/treaties.htm (7245 words)

	Removal
		This treaty was the first attempt by the U.S. to establish hegemony over the Choctaw and it required the return of escaped slaves, turning over of any Choctaws whom had been convicted of crimes by the U.S., and the return any property which had been captured during the Revolutionary War.
		This treaty strengthened the Treaty of Hopewell, directed the construction of a wagon road called the Natchez trace and "compensated" the Choctaw $2000 in trade goods and three sets of flsmithing tools for 2.5 million acres of land referred to as the "Old Natchez District".
		The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek abrogated all previous agreements and called for removal of all Choctaw from their remaining ancestral lands to reservations in what was to eventually become Oklahoma by 1833, though each individual had the option of accepting a parcel of land and remaining in Mississippi.
	www.uga.edu /~toli/information/removal.html (860 words)

	Mississippi History - Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, 1830
		Governor Scott, in 1833, vetoed a bill for the division of Yazoo county, asserting the principle of the national constitution that treaties are the supreme law of the land.
		The treaty of 1830 with the Choctaws was made at the council ground between the two prongs of Dancing Rabbit creek (Chukfi ahihla bok, literally, Rabbit-there-dances creek) in what is now the bounds of Noxubee county.
		Lincecum's testimony that "no treaty could have been made but for the solemn assurances of the commissioners that all might stay and keep their homes who did not wish to go, and the Indians distinctly understood that this was put down as part of the treaty."
	www.rootsweb.com /~msalhn/dancingrabbit.htm (1294 words)

	TREATY OF DANCING RABBIT CREEK WITH THE CHOCTAW SEPTEMBER 27
		The boundary of the same to be agreeably to the Treaty made and concluded at Washington City in the year 1825.
		But the Choctaws, should this treaty be ratified, express a wish that Congress may grant to the Choctaws the right of punishing by their own laws, any white man who shall come into their nation, and infringe any of their national regulations.
		The Chiefs of the Choctaws who have suggested that their people are in a state of rapid advancement in education and refinement, and have expressed a solicitude that they might have the privilege of a Delegate on the floor of the House of Representatives extended to them.
	www.rootsweb.com /~itchocta/treaties/rabbit_creek_1830.htm (2274 words)

	The Removal of the Mississippi Choctaws - Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This movement culminated in the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, signed, September 27, 1830, the terms of which provided for the removal of the Choctaws to the west of the Mississippi river to their reservation in what is now known as the Indian Territory.
		That the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was the result of false representations and bribery on the part of the agents of the United States Government and deceit on the part of certain of the Choctaw chiefs is generally conceded.
		A supplemental treaty had to be made with them the next day, September 28; but probably the one thing most conducive in securing the ratification of this final agreement by the Choctaws finds expression in the 14th article of this instrument.
	www.natchezbelle.org /ahgp-ms/removal/removal1.htm (728 words)

	hist0927b
		This was the Treaty of Hoe Buckintoopa on August 31, 1803.
		In March 1831, the United States Supreme Court decided that the action of the Georgia Courts in sentencing four missionaries among the Creeks to four years in the penitentiary at hard labor was contrary to the laws and treaties of the United States and therefore null and void.
		It was expressly stipulated in the treaty of 1830 that the Choctaws might in part remain until the fall of 1833, and that the lands within the Choctaw district should not be sold until then, with the obvious intention of preventing settlements until that date.
	nativenewsonline.org /history/hist0927b.html (3182 words)

	The Dancing Rabbit
		The Society derives its name from the 1830 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek between the U.S. Government and the Choctaw Indians which opened further land for settlement.
		The extent of the current plantation, having been in the family for over 160 years, is located in Butler County in Lower Alabama on acreage settled by five Burkett brothers in 1837 and the land grant to in-law Mark Franklin by President Andrew Jackson for service in the War of 1812.
		Captain William Butler, a veteran of the Creek Indian War, and for whom the county was named in 1819, was one of the victims killed and their bodies mutilated by Savannah Jack and his band of renegades.
	www.thedancingrabbit.org (739 words)

	National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On September 27, 1830 at Dancing Rabbit Creek, a traditional gathering place of the Choctaw people, an infamous treaty was signed for the removal of the Choctaw people from their homeland.
		This treaty was the most important of the pacts between the United States and the Choctaw as it resulted in the removal of a large part of the tribe from their traditional Southeastern homeland in present-day Mississippi.
		The Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty served as a model for treaties of removal with the Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole tribes.
	tps.cr.nps.gov /nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1346&ResourceType=Site (145 words)

	Chronicles of Oklahoma
		The historic site, famed in Indian lore as the Council Ground of the Choctaw Nation, known to history as the place where the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was signed, was marked by the unveiling of a handsome boulder commemorating the signing of that treaty; the ceremonies took place June 28th.
		The name of the creek in Choctaw is "Chunkfi-ahihlabok" which translated is "Chunkfi", rabbit, "a", the locative preposition prefixed to the verb "hide," to dance and "box," creek.
		Dancing Rabbit Creek was no doubt, selected as a treaty ground on account of its being so well known to the widely scattered Choctaw people.
	digital.library.okstate.edu /Chronicles/v007/v007p323.html (1533 words)

	Treaty With the Choctaw at Dancing Rabbit Creek
		Treaty With the Choctaw at Dancing Rabbit Creek
		Treaty With the Choctaw at Dancing Rabbit Creek, 1830
		If they reside upon said lands intending to become citizens of the States for years after the ratification of this Treaty, in that case a grant in fee simple shall issue; said reservation shall include the present improvement of the head of the family, or a portion of it.
	marciesalaskaweb.com /treatydancerabbitcrk.htm (2051 words)

	Native American Discontent in Alabama in the Early 1800s
		The Choctaw agent John McKee (1771-1832) a native of Virginia, was appointed in 1792 by Governor William Blount (1749-1800) of the Southwest Territory to negotiate a boundary settlement with the Cherokee.
		The 1820 Treaty of Doaks Stand "exchanged" 4,150,000 acres of the prime cotton-growing delta region of the Choctaw Nation for lands of questionable quality west of the Mississippi River, in the (then) new "Indian Territory".
		The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was signed near Macon, Mississippi, on September 27, 1830.
	www.history1700s.com /articles/article1019.shtml (1887 words)

	Fort Tours \| Fort Towson
		Planned by Greenwood LeFlore, the structure was built for the chief of this district of the Choctaw Nation under the provisions of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek of 1830.
		Constructed by government contract workmen from Fort Towson using the $10,000 provided by the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek for its erection, the structure is the oldest home still standing in Oklahoma.
		Located on a bluff along the east bank of Gates Creek, the post was originally constructed in the shape of a square composed of inward-facing buildings; however, it was later expanded to include several additional buildings outside the original square.
	www.forttours.com /pages/mohfttowson.asp (417 words)

	Dancing Rabbit
		Dancing Rabbit is a young ecovillage in Missouri made up of cooperating communities, individuals and families that make ecological sustainability a priority in their lives.
		Dancing Rabbit is not a completed ecovillage -- it's very much a work in progress.
		Dancing Rabbit Vehicle Co-operative (DRVC) The Dancing Rabbit Vehicle Cooperative, DRVC, is the means of transportation for all Dancing Rabbit members and long-term residents.
	www.angora-rabbit.com /rabbit/dancing-rabbit.html (520 words)

	Mushulatubbee and Choctow Removal Choctaw Removal: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Beginning with the 1816 treaty between the Choctaws and the United States, Mushulatubbee was a signatory to land cessions that brought him gifts from the Americans.
		In 1820 Mushulatubbee supported the Treaty of Doak's Stand that provided the Choctaws with land west of the Mississippi River (present-day Arkansas) in exchange for another cession of land in Mississippi and Alabama to the United States.
		In the five years leading up to the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, Mushulatubbee let it be known to the Americans that he would support removal if they would, in turn, recognize him as the legitimate leader of the eastern division.
	mshistory.k12.ms.us /features/feature14/choctaw_removal.html (1747 words)

	Dawin Wright
		Topic Sentence: The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek stripped the Choctaws of their land, but also seemed to give individual families a chance to live amongst white people by giving them a land grant.
		As means of removing Native Americans from their land, Europeans use not only violence, but also laws and treaties that were designed to make it look as though the Indians would be responsible for their own actions once land was granted to them.
		The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was one of many other treaties that stripped the Choctaws of their land, but also seemed to give individual families a chance to live amongst white people by giving them a land grant.
	www.msu.edu /user/wright96/essay2b.htm (1037 words)

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		Mississippi Choctaw: The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek
		U.S. government passed the Indian Removal Act which was to affect all southeastern Native Americans and immediately followed it up with the Choctaw-specific Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek.
		The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek abrogated all previous agreements and called for removal of all Choctaw from their remaining ancestral lands to reservations in what was to eventually become
	www.dancingrabbitdesigns.net (376 words)

	Customer Support -- FAQ
		To create, foster and maintain interest among citizens of the area included in the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in the genealogy and local history of the area, the genealogy of the pioneers of this area, and such genealogy as may be of interest to the members.
		The area of the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek will hereafter be called the area.
		The member is requested to submit to the Archivist within six months following the date of acceptance of membership in the society, a five-generation pedigree chart of the family line of those who settled in the Dancing Rabbit area.
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	www.Forest-Ms.com - Forest History
		The territory which now constitutes Scott County was granted to the State of Mississippi and to the United States at the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, concluded on September 27, 1830.
		The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek stipulated that the Choctaw Indians leave the area of the Choctaw Purchase as quickly as they safely could.
		The number of Choctaws who emigrated to the Choctaw Nation west of the Mississippi River was reported by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs of 1838 to have been 15,177.
	www.forest-ms.com /history/historymain.html (1525 words)

	Jack Amos
		In this deposition Jack stated that several individuals told him that he “was crawling” when the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was signed on September 27, 1830.
		This was the treaty that released two-thirds of central Mississippi into the hands of white settlers and sent most of the Mississippi Indians on a Trail of Tears to the western lands, later to become the state of Oklahoma.
		Article 14 of that treaty provided that any Choctaw head of household who remained in Mississippi would be granted a section of land.
	www.nchgs.org /native/jackamos (5051 words)

	Treaty at Dancing Rabbit Creek, 1830
		The grant to be executed so soon as the present Treaty shall, be ratified.
		Done, and signed, and executed by the commissioners of the United States, and the chiefs, captains, and head men of the Choctaw nation, at Dancing Rabbit creek, this 27th day of September, eighteen and thirty.
		As evidence of the liberal and kind feeling of the President and Government of the United States the Commissioners agree to the request as follows,, (to wit) Pierre Juzan, Peter Pitchlynn, G. Harkins, Jack Pitchlynn.
	www.peaknet.net /~aardvark/treaty.html (2053 words)

	Memories
		That was the first in a series of treaties between the Choctaws and the United States.
		The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830 marked the final cession of lands and outlined the terms of Choctaw removal to the west.
		TONY's FOOTNOTE: Despite the entitlements of the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek only about 1,300 of the Choctaws who stayed in Mississippi were actually given the parcels of land guaranteed by the treaty.
	www.theautoist.com /memories.htm (2298 words)

	treaty of dancing rabbit creek
		Treaty With the Choctaw at Dancing Rabbit Creek, 1830 A treaty of perpetual friendship, cession and limits, entered into by and John H. Eaton and John Coffee …
		TREATY OF DANCING RABBIT CREEK WITH THE CHOCTAW SEPTEMBER 27, 1830 7 Stat., 333.
		During oral arguments on April 24, 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court was asked to rely on the 165-year-old Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek (7 Stat.
	www.aimmtransport.com /treaty-of-dancing-rabbit.html (344 words)

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