Unknown Treaty Between the United States and the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians [Bilingual]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08055.16 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Pamphlet Date: 4 March 1856 Pagination: 19 p. ; 27 x 19.5 cm. Order a Copy
The first treaty printed in an Indian language. Bilingual, in Choctaw and English, printed in parallel columns and with back to back title pages, each in one of the treaty languages. Choctaw title: "United States Micha Chahta Micha Chikasha Aiena Treaty Anumpa Ai Itim Apesa Tok." Concerns questions of land, compensation, protection of the Choctaws and Chickasaws (who were hostile to each other), and, most importantly, the establishment of a Chickasaw territory and government. Authorized by President Franklin Pierce. Treaty arranged by George W. Manypenny, Commissioner on the part of the United States, several other commissioners, and the Choctaw and Chickasaw leaders on 22 June 1855 (and ratified on 4 March 1856).
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