This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XV.2ADI/323.5 Message Board Post: Choctaw Scrip was issued under the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek to the Choctaws who chose to remain in Mississippi. Each head of house hold was entitled to so many acres and each child was also entitled to land. Most of the Choctaw Scrip issued to the Choctaw Indians was purchased by white men, usually for pennies on the dollar of what it was worth. It could be used to purchase government land anywhere.