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Show LX REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF 1NDIA.N AFFAIRS. of aaW nations, exeent in the annuities. monev"s., an dnuhlio domain claimed hvor ho-longing to said nationa respectively; and slao to give to such persons who were resi-dents as aforesaid, and their deaeendont~4. 0 acres each of the land of said nation8 on the name t c m s s the Chortxrsaod Chickasaws, " - ; audimn8rdintnly ou the nnaetment of sneh laws, rolee, and regulntiona, the said som of $300,000 shall bu paid to the said Choetaw and Chickasaw Nations the nronortion of three-fonrths & + to the fnrmer and one-fourth to the latter-less sueh sum, at the rate of $100 per capita, a8 8haU he ~u6icient to pay such persons of African descent before re-ferred to as, within ninety days after the passage of,auoh laws, rules, and regula-tions, shdl elect to remove and actually remove from the said nations respectively. And should the said laws, rules, and reendations not he made hv the l e.~, s l a t n r eosf tllo mid nntinna rorpectiselg, within two jews from tho ratifieatlou of this trr.lty, then tho said snm of $ROO,OW shall rcasd tn be hold in trust for ttne said Clroetsw aod Chickasaw Nations, and be held for thense and benefit of such of said persons of Afri-can descent as the United States ahall remove from the said Territory, in such man-ner as the United States shall deem nwller-tbeUnited States a-sr eeine-., within ninctv days from the expiration of the said two yesrs, to remove from said nations aU.anai persons of africsn deaoent ss may he willing to remove- Those remaining or returning after removal to be on the same footing as other citizens of the United States. The forty-sixth article of the same treaty provided that- Of the moneys stipulated to he paid to the Choctavs and Chickasaws under this treaty for the cession of the leased district the sum of $150,000 ahall be advanced and paid to the Choctaws, and $50.000, to the Chickaams, through their respeotive treasurers as soon a8 practioable after the ratification of this tceaty. Without waiting for the Choctaws and Chickasaws to comply with the requirements of the treaty, in July, 1866, Congress appropriated $200,000, which was paid these nations in aduaace. Also in 1867 and 1669 two appropriationsof 615,060 each were made as interest on the $300,000. This $30,000 was also paid these nations. Meantime, on November 9,1866, the Chickasaw legislature passed an act declaring it to be the unanimons desire of the legislatare that the United States keep and hold the sum of $300,000 for the benefit of the negroes and requesting the governor "to notify the Government of the United States that it is the wish of the legislature of the Chickasaw Xa-tion for the Gorernment to remove said negroes from the limits of the Chickasaw Nation according to said third article of the treaty of April, 1866.'1 The following month the freedmen also memorialized the Government, sti~tingth at the bitter feeling of the Chickasaws toward them and the willingnessof the Chickasaws togive up their proportion of the $300,000 rendered them anxious to leave that nation, and to settle. on any land designated by the Government, and th'ey asked that the Government provide transportation for themselves and familiesi and supplies suF-cient to enable them to make a start in their new homes. To this pe-tition no attention was paid. Neilrlytwo years passed and on June 27, 1863, the freedmen again sent in a petition to the same eEect; which mas laid &fore Congress, but no'action taken. August 17,1868, both the Choctaw and Chicliesaw Nationsurged the Government to fulfill its pledges and remove the freedmen. In Bebruary, 1869, a delegat'ion of |