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  the 
  eastern 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  district 
  was 
  run, 
  and 
  

   marked 
  by 
  the 
  English 
  surveyor. 
  

  

  By 
  the 
  treaty 
  of 
  Hopewell, 
  made 
  by 
  Col. 
  Hawkins, 
  

   the 
  American 
  commissioner, 
  with 
  the 
  Indians 
  at 
  Keowee, 
  

   on 
  the 
  3d 
  of 
  January, 
  1786, 
  the 
  boundary 
  was 
  again 
  

   established, 
  and, 
  finally, 
  by 
  the 
  treaty 
  held 
  by 
  General 
  

   Wilkinson, 
  at 
  Fort 
  Adams, 
  with 
  the 
  Choctaw 
  Indians, 
  

   on 
  the 
  17th 
  December, 
  1801, 
  was 
  fully 
  recognized, 
  and 
  

   a 
  survey 
  authorized 
  under 
  the 
  superintendence 
  of 
  com- 
  

   missioners, 
  which 
  was 
  soon 
  afterwards 
  made 
  by 
  order 
  of 
  

   the 
  American 
  government. 
  

  

  By 
  the 
  treaty 
  of 
  Mount 
  Dexter, 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  16th 
  of 
  

   November, 
  1805, 
  the 
  Choctaws 
  ceded 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   all 
  the 
  lands 
  embraced 
  in 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  Lawrence, 
  

   Covington, 
  Jones, 
  and 
  Wayne, 
  and 
  those 
  lying 
  to 
  the 
  

   south 
  of 
  them, 
  except 
  perhaps 
  Jackson, 
  Harrison, 
  and 
  

   Hancock, 
  which 
  probably 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  Baluxis, 
  and 
  

   some 
  other 
  small 
  tribes, 
  which 
  had 
  removed 
  or 
  become 
  

   extinct 
  before 
  the 
  acquisition 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  by 
  the 
  

   United 
  States, 
  as 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  that 
  the 
  Choctaws 
  

   claimed 
  the 
  lands 
  in 
  that 
  quarter 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Chickasa- 
  

   hay 
  River. 
  

  

  A 
  further 
  cession 
  was 
  made, 
  at 
  the 
  treaty 
  of 
  Doaks- 
  

   stand, 
  on 
  the 
  Natchez 
  road, 
  on 
  the 
  18th 
  of 
  October, 
  1820, 
  

   of 
  the 
  lands 
  on 
  the 
  Mississippi, 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  

   Yazoo 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  nearly 
  opposite 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  River, 
  

   comprising 
  the 
  counties 
  of 
  Washington, 
  Yazoo, 
  Madison, 
  

   Rankin, 
  Simpson, 
  Copiah, 
  and 
  Hinds, 
  as 
  first 
  established. 
  

  

  The 
  residue 
  of 
  the 
  Choctaw 
  possessions 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  

   were 
  ceded 
  by 
  the 
  treaty 
  of 
  Dancing 
  Rabbit, 
  made 
  on 
  

   the 
  27th 
  September, 
  1830, 
  and 
  the 
  Choctaws 
  removed 
  

   to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Mississippi, 
  to 
  lands 
  given 
  them 
  in 
  

   exchange 
  by 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  By 
  the 
  treaty 
  made 
  at 
  Pontotoc 
  Creek, 
  on 
  the 
  20th 
  of 
  

  

  