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  LAND 
  TITLES. 
  

  

  October, 
  1832, 
  the 
  Chickasaws 
  also 
  ceded 
  all 
  their 
  lands 
  

   in 
  Mississippi, 
  to 
  be 
  sold 
  hy 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  and 
  the 
  

   proceeds, 
  deducting 
  expenses 
  of 
  survey 
  and 
  sale, 
  paid 
  to 
  

   them, 
  and 
  within 
  three 
  years 
  removed 
  across 
  the 
  Mis- 
  

   sissippi 
  River 
  to 
  lands 
  purchased 
  by 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  

   Choctaws.* 
  

  

  By 
  all 
  of 
  these 
  treaties, 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  Mount 
  Dexter, 
  

   certain 
  reservations 
  were 
  made 
  ; 
  these 
  consisted 
  of 
  im- 
  

   provements 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Indians 
  who 
  chose 
  to 
  remain 
  

   — 
  of 
  larger 
  reservations 
  to 
  the 
  chiefs 
  and 
  others, 
  and 
  for 
  

   the 
  benefit 
  of 
  Indian 
  orphans. 
  

  

  Besides 
  these. 
  Congress, 
  in 
  providing 
  for 
  the 
  sales 
  of 
  

   the 
  public 
  lands, 
  made 
  other 
  reservations, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  

   sixteenth 
  section 
  of 
  every 
  township 
  for 
  schools 
  — 
  the 
  

   grant 
  of 
  a 
  township 
  of 
  lands 
  to 
  Jefferson 
  College, 
  and 
  

   two 
  townships 
  for 
  a 
  State 
  University. 
  

  

  Congress 
  also 
  granted 
  two 
  sections 
  to 
  the 
  State, 
  for 
  a 
  

   seat 
  of 
  government, 
  upon 
  which 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Jackson 
  was 
  

   laid 
  oflF. 
  

  

  Large 
  grants 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  State, 
  for 
  

   internal 
  improvements; 
  and 
  lastly, 
  all 
  the 
  swamp 
  lands 
  

   have 
  been 
  surrendered 
  to 
  it 
  to 
  constitute 
  a 
  fund 
  for 
  the 
  

   purpose 
  of 
  reclaiming 
  them 
  from 
  inundation, 
  and 
  to 
  fit 
  

   them 
  for 
  cultivation. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  claims 
  derived 
  from 
  the 
  British 
  and 
  

   Spanish 
  governments, 
  and 
  the 
  lands 
  sold 
  and 
  patented 
  

   by 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  all 
  the 
  grants 
  and 
  reservations 
  

   enumerated, 
  constitute 
  the 
  basis 
  of 
  title 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  

   citizens 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  hold 
  their 
  lands. 
  

  

  The 
  quantity 
  of 
  land, 
  held 
  by 
  title 
  derived 
  from 
  for- 
  

  

  *By 
  a 
  convention 
  at 
  "Washington 
  City, 
  the 
  24th 
  of 
  May, 
  1834, 
  the 
  

   Chickasaws 
  obtained 
  a 
  modification 
  of 
  the 
  treaty 
  to 
  allow 
  of 
  grants 
  in 
  

   fee 
  simple 
  to 
  all 
  heads 
  of 
  families 
  and 
  others. 
  

  

  