Hi List, While looking for my Harringtons on ancestery.com I found this. Thought that some People might like to see this. Hope it is ok to post this here hugs Sheila Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Vol. II. Done at Harrington's, in the territory of Arkansas, on the fifteenth day of November, A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, and of the independence of the United States the forty-ninth. Robert Crittenden, Commissioner on the part of the United States, Hackehton, his x mark, Tononseka, his x mark, Kiahhacketady, his x mark, Sarazen, his x mark, Kakapah, his x mark, Hunkahkee, his x mark, Wahtonbeh, his x mark, Hunkatugonee, his x mark, Hepahdagonneh, his x mark, Wahehsonjekah, his x mark, Gratonjekah, his x mark, Watuhtezka, his x mark, Dohkuhnonjeshu, his x mark, Kahtahkonku, his x mark, Hahcrontenah, his x mark, Signed, sealed, and witnessed in presence of— Thomas W. Newton, secretary to the commission, Robert C. Oden, lieutenant-colonel Second Regiment Arkansas Militia, F. Farrelly, adjutant-general of Arkansas Militia, B. Harrington. D. Barber, S. Agt. to the Osages, Gordon Neill, Edmund Hogan, Thomas W. Johnston, Antoine Barrague, Etienne Vanyine, interpreter, Joseph Duchassin, interpreter. Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Vol. II. TREATY WITH THE CHOCTAW (1825, Jan. 20) Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Vol. II. 7 Stat., 234. Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Vol. II. Proclamation, Feb. 19, 1825. Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Vol. II. Articles of a convention made between John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, being specially authorized therefor by the President of the United States, and the undersigned Chiefs and Head Men of the Choctaw Nation of Indians, duly authorized and empowered by said Nation, at the City of Washington, on the twentieth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five. Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Vol. II. WHEREAS a Treaty of friendship, and limits, and accommodation, having been entered into at Doake's Stand, on the eighteenth of October, in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty, between Andrew Jackson and Thomas Hinds, Commissioners on the part of the United States, and the Chiefs and Warriors of the Choctaw Nation <212> of Indians; and whereas the second article of the Treaty aforesaid provides for a cession of lands, west of the Mississippi, to the Choctaw Nation, in part satisfaction for lands ceded by said Nation to the United States, according to the first article of said treaty: And whereas it being ascertained that the cession aforesaid embraces a large number of settlers, citizens of the United States; and it being the desire of the President of the United States to obviate all difficulties resulting therefrom, and also, to adjust other matters in which both the United States and the Choctaw Nation are interested: the following articles have been agreed upon, and concluded, between John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, specially authorized therefor by the President of the United States, on the one part, and the undersigned Delegates of the Choctaw Nation, on the other part: Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Vol. II. ARTICLE l. The Choctaw Nation do hereby cede to the United States all that portion of the land ceded to them by the second article of the Treaty of Doak Stand, as aforesaid, lying east of a line beginning on the Arkansas, one hundred paces east of Fort Smith, and running thence, due south, to Red river: it being understood that this line shall constitute, and remain, the permanent boundary between the United States and the Choctaws; and the United States agreeing to remove such citizens as may be settled on the west side, to the east side of said line, and prevent future settlements from being made on the west thereof. Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Vol. II. ARTICLE 2. In consideration of the cession aforesaid, the United States do hereby agree to pay the said Choctaw Nation the sum of six thousand dollars, annually, forever; it being agreed that the said sum of six thousand dollars shall be annually applied, for the term of twenty years, under the direction of the President of the United States, to the support of schools in said nation, and extending to it the benefits of instruction in the mechanic and ordinary arts of life; when, at the expiration of twenty years, it is agreed that the said annuity may be vested in stocks, or otherwise disposed of, or continued, at the option of the Choctaw nation. Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Vol. II. ARTICLE 3. The eighth article of the treaty aforesaid having provided that an appropriation of lands shall be made for the purpose of raising six thousand dollars a year for sixteen years, for the use of the Choctaw Nation; and it being desirable to avoid the delay and expense attending the survey and sale of said land; the United States do hereby agree to pay the Choctaw Nation, in lieu thereof, the sum of six thousand dollars, annually, for sixteen years, to commence with the present year. And the United States further stipulate and agree to take immediate measures to survey and bring into market, and sell, the fifty-four sections of land set apart by the seventh article of the treaty aforesaid, and apply the proceeds in the manner provided by the said article. Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Vol. II. ARTICLE 4. It is provided by the ninth section of the treaty aforesaid, that all those of the Choctaw Nation who have separate settlements, and fall within the limits of the land ceded by said Nation to the United States, and desire to remain where they now reside, shall be secured in a tract or parcel of land, one mile square, to include their improvements. It is, therefore, hereby agreed, that all who have reservations in conformity to said stipulation, shall have power, with the consent of the President of the United States, to sell and convey the same in fee simple. It is further agreed, on the part of the United States, that those Choctaws, not exceeding four in number, who applied for reservations, and received the recommendation of the Commissioners, as per annexed copy of said recommendation, shall have the privilege, and the right is hereby given to them, to select, each of them, a portion of land, not exceeding a mile square, any where within the limits of the cession of 1820, when the land is not occupied or disposed of by the United States; <213> and the right to sell and convey the same, with the consent of the President, in fee simple, is hereby granted.