...forced to move, the United States promised to convey the land to the Choctaw Nation in fee simple "to inure to them while they shall exist as a nation and live on it." In addition, the United States pledged itself to secure to the Choctaws the "jurisdiction and government...

...Nation a tract of country west of the Mississippi River, in fee simple to them and their descendants, to inure to them while they shall exist as a nation and...running thence to the source of the Canadian Fork, if in tJie limits of the United States, or to those limits ; thence due south to Red River, and down Red...

...of the south fork of the Canadian River, " thence west along the main Canadian River to its source, if in the limits of the United States, or to those limits ; and thence, due south to Red River, and down Red River to the beginning." Here was a repetition of...

...remove to Indian Territory. There the United States pledged to convey land to the Choctaws "to insure to them while they shall exist as a nation and live on it." *• The Federal Government further promised in that treaty to guarantee to the Choctaws : * * * jurisdiction...

...the description of the western boundary thereof to read as follows: "to the source of the Canadian, if in the limits of the United States, or to those limits." The 1820 treaty described the western boundary of their cession thus: "extending up the Arkansas to...

...on it, beginning near Kort Smith where the Arkansas boundary erossea the. Arlutimiii Kiver, runnini; thence to the source of the Canadian fork; if in the limits nf the I'nited State.s, or to those limits; thence due south to Ked Kiver. and down Ked Uiver to the...

...the mouth of the South Fork of the Canadian; thence west along the main Canadian River to its source, if in the limits of the United States or to those limits, and thence due south to Red River and down Red River to the beginning." 36 Chickasaw Memorial to the...

...Nation a tract of country west of the Mississippi River, in fee simple to them and their descendants, to inure to them while they shall exist as a nation and live on it ... "ARTICLE in. In consideration of the provisions contained in the several articles of this Treaty,...

...beginning nenr >*ort Smith where the Arknn^n boundary rio--M the Ai kiin-iM Ttivrr. running thrnce to the source of the Canadian fork; if in the limits of the I'niied States, or to those limit-; thence due south to Ked Hiver. mid down Hnd Kiver to the west boundary...

...lands east of the Mississippi and in return received "in fee simple to them and their descendants, to inure to them while they shall exist as a nation and live on it" the territory that had already been marked out in the treaty of 1825. The national existence of the...