Until Removal, Treaties Ceding Land
Brad LiebBrad Lieb talks about the many treaties the Chickasaws negotiated beginning in 1805 and ending with the Treaty of Pontitock Creek in 1832. In the treaty, Chickasaw lands east of the Mississippi were ceded in exchange for land west of the Mississippi in Indian Territory.
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